Martin Campbell Is Right About Craig’s Disappointing James Bond Movies

Martin Campbell Is Right About Craig’s Disappointing James Bond Movies

Casino Royale director Martin Campbell recently said he liked Skyfall but not the rest of Craig’s Bond movies, and the helmer has a fair point.

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Martin Campbell Is Right About Craig’s Disappointing James Bond Movies

Casino Royale director Martin Campbell was asked his opinion on the rest of No Time To Die star Daniel Craig’s movies in the role of James Bond, and his answer was a tough but fair summation of the actor’s time as 007. Since debuting in 1962, suave super-spy James Bond has been through seven different iterations on the big screen. In that time, director Martin Campbell boasts the impressive accolade of rebooting the series not once, but twice.

Campbell introduced the world to Pierce Brosnan’s debonair, self-aware spin on Bond with Goldeneye in 1995, and reinvented the character a decade later with Casino Royale, which changed a major death from the novel. Daniel Craig’s first Bond movie, the 2006 hit was critically acclaimed as a darker, more morally ambiguous, and grounded take on the franchise. However, when Campbell was asked about Craig’s Bond movies since then, he was not entirely complimentary—and for good reason.

Asked about Craig’s later James Bond movies, the Casino Royale helmer succinctly said “Disappointed in Quantum of Solace. I really liked Skyfall, but I thought Spectre was disappointing as well”. As unfortunate as it is to say, Craig’s movies have been a mixed bag and Campbell is ultimately right in his summary. Quantum of Solace was a step too far into the gritty realism of Casino Royale that ended up feeling like a Bourne/Body of Lies ripoff with none of Bond’s panache or playfulness. Meanwhile, Spectre, with its goofy Blofeld twist borrowed from Austin Powers and 007’s watch bomb, moved too far in the opposite direction.

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Not only was Spectre too campy to work as a self-serious action flick, but the 2015 release was also a step too far into the goofy territory of earlier Bonds. While Bond should return to being a fun, escapist series once Craig moves on from the role, switching gears in between movies merely results in an inconsistent character and unclear fictional worldbuilding. Thus, it is only Skyfall, which balanced the poignant death of M with an inherently goofy villain, that captured the correct serious/still-fun tone for Craig’s Bond. Skyfall’s best twist did saddle Spectre with a lot of complex backstories to clear up, but the fast-paced action and twisty plotting let the 2012 movie succeed as a Bond adventure while also featuring some of Casino Royale’s brutality.

By 2012, the public appetite for post 9/11 angst was waning and the success of The Avengers made it clear that a sillier brand of blockbusters was emerging, and Skyfall captured the transition between Dark Knight-style self-serious action and goofier MCU-style theatrics without leaning too hard in either direction. Thus, the Sam Mendes movie became the only Daniel Craig outing to do 007 justice since Campbell’s own Casino Royale, making the helmer’s comments more than understandable. Only time will tell whether Cary Fukunaga’s twisty No Time To Die will recapture this delicate tonal balance, but for now, Campbell’s summary of the actor’s James Bond tenure remains accurate, if hard for some fans to hear.

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