5 movies in 16 years.
Daniel Craig finally ended his "007" career.
He accomplished his mission brilliantly.
No matter how deep Jason Bourne is in "Spy Heavy" and how desperate Atango in "Mission Impossible" is, James Bond has been on the big screen for nearly 60 years and is still the "King of Agents".
Compared with the previous Bond, Daniel Craig is the most distinctive, or the most different. He completely broke away from the impression of tall and mighty laid down by the first Bond Sean Connery, and instead interpreted the gentlemanly sense of the Englishman with an elegant coldness.
This is worth a retrospective summary.
It is better to take the ratings of Douban, imdb, Rotten Tomatoes, and MTC through the ratings of the four websites, see how the ratings of the 5 movies are ranked, and explore the advantages and disadvantages.
(5) "007: The Great Quantum of Solace"
Release year: 2008;
Douban/imdb/mtc/Rotten Tomatoes score: 6.6, 6.6, 58, 64%;'
Average score: 6.35;
Bond Girls: Olga Coryranko, Gemma Artden.
Daniel Craig's second Bond film.
Word of mouth tends to be polarized.
Those who like popcorn action scenes think it will be very cool, just the opening car chase scene is a bit explosive, and the compact rhythm can make the audience have no urine point throughout the whole process;
However, the audience who was refreshing to Bond's film through the previous work felt that "Quantum of Solace" was driving backwards, and even Bond's character was almost destroyed.
Mainly because the script's portrayal of the characters is too poor, because it is a revenge plot, coupled with a large number of action scenes, making Bond look like a reckless man who has lost his mind, which is not only very different from the calm and wise image established over decades, but also makes the quality of the film extremely rough.
It's no wonder the film got the only failing score, the MTC website's 58.
But in fact, the decline in word of mouth is understandable.
Because during the preparation of the project, Hollywood broke out a screenwriting strike at the end of 2007, which made the crew have to replace the literary drama with more brainless action scenes to make up for the lack of text.
And the plot also directly continues the previous work, which gives birth to the sequel in the history of the "007" series that is most closely related to the previous work.
(4) "007: Ghost Party"
Release year: 2015;
Douban/imdb/mtc/Rotten Tomatoes score: 6.4, 6.8, 60, 63%;
Average score: 6.375;
Bond Girls: Leia Saidu, Monica Bellucci, Naomi Harris.
After filming "Ghost Party," Daniel Craig publicly stated that he would rather cut his wrist than play Bond.
Anyway, the ultimate villain behind the scenes has also been solved, and Bond also has a romantic and happy ending at the end of the film, which was once regarded as the finale of Daniel Craig, so the topic of Bond's successor has spread on the Internet long before "No Time to Die".
After watching "Ghost Party", you can probably guess that Daniel Craig will have the idea of stepping down at that time.
Because after making three films, his Bond series has begun to tire, and Sam Mendes, who directed for the second time, is the one who made the Oscar-winning films "American Beauty" and "1917", and he can't play any new tricks.
The whole movie fell back into the clichéd pit, and although it was entertaining and grossed at the box office, the overall quality was dwarfed by the previous year's "Ace Agent: Secret Agent Academy" and the same year's "Mission Impossible 5".
Perhaps Bond films have such a "paddling" capital, as long as some classic elements are not lost, in order to cope with changes, there can be a large number of audience support.
(3) "007: No Time to Die"
Release year: 2021;
Douban/imdb/mtc/Rotten Tomatoes score: 7.0, 7.5, 68, 84%;
Average score: 7.425;
Bond Girls: Leia Saidu, Anna de Armas, Rashner Lynch.
In view of the mediocre reputation of "Ghost Party", the producer MGM decided to try another director, and the director was once rumored to be expected to invite Christopher Nolan, but he did not expect that for various reasons, a toss was delayed until this year.
But in any case, it was finally coaxed into Daniel Craig's final closing performance.
In the end, two new forces of American drama, director Kerry Furyon of the series "True Detective" and Phoebe Waller-Bridge of "London Life", joined the two new forces of American drama, and "No Time to Die" became vibrant.
The emerging creators want to join a thicker plot, which gives the length of the film to the length that the general "finale" can have, but this weakens the consistent entertainment of Bond films, making the film lengthy, not very friendly to passers-by who purely want to find sensory stimulation, and the villain has a slight sense of lag compared to the publicity.
Fortunately, the closing paragraph is ingenious, Daniel Craig's Bond series has gone through the peak, from the Cold War era into the new era of the torrent of "007" IP, is no longer as invincible as the British Empire in the past, the fans' requirements are not high, "No Time to Die" is enough to pass.
(2) "007: The Great Skyfall"
Release year: 2012;
Douban/imdb/mtc/Rotten Tomatoes score: 7.1, 7.8, 81, 92%;
Average score: 8.05;
Bond Girls: Naomi Harris, Benanis Marlowe.
Bond Girl has a weaker sense of existence, but Adele, who sings the theme song, staged a god assist, and quickly conquered the audience with a moving theme song, becoming another angle of Bond Girl, adding icing on the cake for the 50th anniversary of this Bond movie.
Newcomer director Sam Mendes showed his strength to shoot the best film of the awards season, "The Great Curtain" from the narrative, characters, photography and even action, all aspects have a stable quality output, in one fell swoop to reverse the "powerful and unintentional" of "Quantum of Sola Crisis" 4 years ago.
The realistic style of the film is more intense, and Bond has completely lost the dashing ease of his previous predecessors and transformed into a lonely hero with cold and sad feelings.
(1) 007: Casino Royale
Release year: 2006;
Douban/imdb/mtc/Rotten Tomatoes score: 7.7, 8.0, 80, 94%;
Average score: 8.275;
Bond Girl: Eva Green, Caterina Molino.
If you can only choose to watch one, then choose "Casino Royale" is the right one.
Yes, like his predecessor, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig was on the heels.
Both have met the same director, and both "debuts" are among the best in the series, so "007" IP is going to award a 60th anniversary best director, which must be Martin Campbell.
After Pierce Brosnan's quadrilogy reached a limit, MGM decided to get back Martin Campbell to take charge of the reboot played by the new actor.
At the beginning, almost the whole world was not optimistic, mainly because of such an unknown and inconsistent actor, how to copy Martin Campbell's successful experience to him?
As a result, people did not want to copy conservatively.
Casino Royale made the series' biggest innovation ever, which made Bond no longer a casual, idealistic, surreal presence like Superman.
In an era when audiences are increasingly pursuing the realism of movies, if Bond movies are still old-fashioned, then it is difficult to avoid being eliminated.
Luckily MGM was willing to make a bold attempt and chose the right actor. With a plot enriched, the action of the word-of-mouth masterpiece began a new era belonging to the "007" IP.
The whole world thus saw the beauty of Eva Green, saw the gentlemanly charm of Daniel Craig, and in the applause of the audience, a new image of Bond was born.
Sixteen years on, Daniel Craig has used his steady play to hold on to the aura that originated in Casino Royale.
He will move toward his post-Bond era, and the vacant "007", whether it is embracing political correctness or developing a cinematic universe, to cater to the times, bold change is a must.
Of course, retaining iconic scenes is the foundation of all reforms.