No Time To Die Failed To Break One Big Bond Tradition For Craig’s Endgame

No Time To Die Failed To Break One Big Bond Tradition For Craig’s Endgame

No Time To Die is Daniel Craig’s final chapter as James Bond, and as such, the film should have broken a classic 007 tradition to reflect that.

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No Time To Die Failed To Break One Big Bond Tradition For Craig’s Endgame

Warning! Spoilers ahead for No Time To Die

No Time To Die is the final chapter of Daniel Craig’s tenure as 007 and, as a result, a classic James Bond tradition should have been broken. Despite not appearing in the most James Bond films, Craig has served as 007 the longest, and No Time To Die is revealed to be Bond’s final mission. This gave the franchise the perfect opportunity to take the saga in a bold new direction and eschew a long-standing trope.

Beginning with Casino Royale, Daniel Craig’s Bond films are unique in that they tell an overarching story and narrative, rather than past 007 films that are more isolated adventures. As a result, the sense of finality that comes with No Time To Die is much more tangible, seeing how it’s the culmination of a 5-film series that has seen Craig’s Bond carrying his pain, love, experience, and foes to this final finish line. Therefore, after Bond’s eventual demise following his face-off against Rami Malek’s Safin, the final moments of No Time To Die do feel like a genuine conclusion, rather than the usual open-ended finale. As such, it would have been right for the film to ignore a long-standing inclusion in almost every Bond film from the last 60 years.

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A post-credits title card has traditionally appeared at the end of 23 of the 25 official James Bond films produced by Eon Productions, which promises the return of James Bond. However, the “James Bond Will Return” message doesn’t quite work in the context of No Time To Die, seeing as how audiences just saw Daniel Craig’s Bond sacrificing himself to prevent genocide as his final endgame. While there will no doubt be a new actor playing 007 and James Bond will indeed return with more films and new narratives, having the title card only serves to diminish the death and finality of Craig’s Bond who won’t be coming back.

Instead of recycling the same message, it would have been better for No Time To Die to have nothing at the end of the credits, as breaking the tradition of promising 007’s return would have made a far greater impact overall. Much like how Avengers: Endgame elected to go without a traditional post-credits scene to focus on the final chapter of the Infinity Saga, No Time To Die should have followed suit. In fact, ditching convention would have been entirely in keeping with the rest of the movie, especially since the opening dispenses with the usual blood in the gun barrel opening scene.

It would have been more satisfying had the No Time To Die producers allowed the film to fully be what it was: a true ending for Daniel Craig’s 007. Instead, keeping the tradition only served to taint the overall finality the film was trying to convey. It promised what many already knew (that a new Bond will be coming in a few years) at best, and confusing others who might have thought Craig’s Bond survived his final mission at worst.

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Kevin Erdmann is one of Screen Rant’s staff writers. With a major in Cinema Studies and a minor in Comics and Cartoon Studies from the UofO, Kevin is pretty sure he’s writing for the right site. While Kevin is a huge Marvel fan, he also loves Batman because he’s Batman and is a firm believer that Han shot first. Disney also shares a big part of his fan patronage. Kevin lives in Oregon with his wonderful wife and sinister cat who is no doubt currently plotting his demise.

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