Source: Global Times
After 18 months of postponement, the latest 007 film "No Time to Die" met with Chinese audiences on the 29th, which is not only the 25th film in the series, but also the closing work of the sixth 007 actor Daniel Craig. After 16 years of 5 works and a total of $3.2 billion in the global box office, the 53-year-old British actor is about to bid farewell to the "Bond era", and who will play the next 007 will become a big suspense.
"007: No Time to Die" was first met with the audience in Bond's hometown of The United Kingdom on September 30, and was released on a large scale in North America and other countries on October 8. According to the mojoboxoffice website, the global box office of "No Time to Die" has reached 528 million US dollars, of which the overseas box office accounts for 77%, which is still far behind China, the world's largest film market. Word of mouth: Rotten Tomatoes freshness 84%, metacritic average score of 68, French professional film website alllocine gave 3.1 stars, Douban also has 7.0 points.
The San Francisco Chronicle lamented: "This is one of the best 007 movies ever made for Craig, who finally said goodbye to everyone in a 163-minute feast." BBC also commented that the film "not only ended the Craig era with ambition and confidence, but also took parts from several other Bond films and re-glued them together". According to The Telegraph, "The film is very interesting, emotionally closer to the most lively section of Sean Connery's version of 007, with a kind of British contemporary humor." ”
French le Figaro said that "there are too many hot scenes in the past three hours", and French TV praised Craig for "digging into Bond's inner loneliness, bringing him unprecedented depth". However, USA Today believes that this "No Time to Die" is better than "Quantum of Solitaire", but not as good as "Breaking the Sky" and "Casino Royale", "the first half of the film is better, but the key role agent Agent 00, black actress Rushner Lynch failed to reach its potential", and The New York Times considered the film "gorgeous, interesting and pompous and self-pitying, like a superhero movie rather than a spy movie".
As the sixth actor, Craig faced a lot of pressure at the beginning of taking over 007, and his blond hair and "Putin-like strong" figure that were different from his predecessors were questioned. Fortunately, 2005's "Casino Royale" was a great success, and director Campbell used the techniques of "handheld photography" and "fast editing" that emerged with "Spy Movies" at that time, so that the new generation of audiences were refreshed by grandpa's 007.
Later, Craig continued to work hard in 2008's "Quantum of Solace", 2012's "Skyfall Crisis" and 2015's "Ghost Party", redefining his own Bond, that is, bold and gentle, and a sense of man's vicissitudes. However, after "Ghost Party" director Sam Mendes stopped directing, Craig also entered a period of fatigue: "I would rather kill myself by cutting my wrists than play Bond anymore." ”
Fans expressed regret for this at the same time, the good media also began to speculate about who the seventh Bond spent, once rumored that "Jitterson" Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Gillian Anderson, etc. are expected to take over, and the news of "Black Bond" and "Female State" is even more controversial. Although Craig later changed his mind, now the producers are facing casting problems. "Who will be the new Bond?" Time, Fashion and other media have given names: Tom Hardy, Reggie Jean Page, Sam Shuhan, Paul Mescal, James Norton... It even includes Henry Golding, who is of Asian descent, and Rushner Lynch, an African-American female "Agent 00", but as Variety summed up the Craig era: "We want to remind the next 007 successor that everyone loves Bond, but don't expect them to give you a warm welcome when they come up." ”