This time Bond is played by Daniel Craig ( The Golden Compass), and is designed to capture him before he reaches his full apex of suave debonair, yet precise work as an agent for Her Majesty's Secret Service. Quantum of Solace), not to mention countless viewings of the film on cable over the past 18 months, let me see if I can throw my opinion in the ring without it being eaten by a metaphorical hungry, hungry hippo.įor those who haven't seen the film, this incarnation of Bond was done as a prequel of sorts, based on Ian Fleming's novel and adapted by Neil Purvis and Robert Wade ( The World is Not Enough), with an additional writing pass by Paul Haggis ( Crash), and directed by Martin Campbell ( ,GoldenEye). So now, with another disc full of proper supplemental material in a new release just in time for Bond 22 (a.k.a. Boy oh boy, I remember when my colleague Paul Mavis got eviscerated when writing his review of the film, and Joshua Zyber wrote a dissenting opinion, if you will, for the Blu-ray version of the feature.
