Settle the argument

Palantir · August 27, 2014, 5:26pm

Javier Bardem is awesome.

higgmond · August 27, 2014, 5:32pm

Palantir:

higgmond:

Palantir:

Craig’s movies are just a lot better than the old school bond films with comical villians bent on world domination, and Craig is supposed to be a gritty, working class Bond.

Bond is not supposed to be gritty or working class, he’s supposed to be sauve and debonair. In fact, Bond’s creator initially thought Connery was too brutish for the part and preferred David Niven. I get that Craig’s Bond is an effort to bring the character more inline with what modern audiences like, but he’s not really Bond. The comical villians and gadgets, along with the classic persona of Bond, are what make Bond movies special. Current Bond movies are visually entertaining and I enjoy them, but they’re really just modern action movies that are leveraging the Bond name.

I never said Bond is supposed to be gritty and working class, I said Craig is supposed to be gritty and working class as that’s the direction they’ve taken with the character. These joke villians and dumb storylines were the reason the older movies were stupid and childish, and the newer ones are far better.

You’re proving my point that the current movies, as entertaining as they may be, are not really Bond movies.

Greenman72 · August 27, 2014, 5:39pm

We’re not talking about that guy. We’re talking about the REAL James Braddock. Colonel James Braddock.

Sweep_the_Leg · August 27, 2014, 5:47pm

After his boxing career he went into the service?