Growing up James Bond represented outlandish plots and villains. It was pulpy and to many the Goldeneye video game was the standard for 007. As a teen i watched the entire franchise through VHS, Bond Picture Show on ABC and various Thanksgiving marathons on Spike TV. The pulpiness matched that of Batman but once Christopher Nolan unleashed Batman Begins we were ready for a serious & dark Bond. Enter Casino Royale and it changed the game in terms of how to present the character, the plot & that world. 5 films later Daniel Craig had is swan song and for me it is the best of his outings. It wrapped up ideas from the previous 4 and even hearkened back to some classic Bond tropes with the villains. Whatever happens next in this franchise will be hella interesting after this. Will they go back to being relatively stand alone projects? Will they be another series tied tightly together? Will they be serious or go back to the lighter roots? Whatever the case they will have big shoes to fill.
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