Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "No Time To Die - The End Of James Bond" video.

007 is dead: Long Live Sir Johnny English! Seriously though: ever since Brosnan left the 007 role; Rowan Atkinson's been playing the closest thing to Bond (as far as actually being fun to watch is concerned).
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@MechaJutaro I overall agree. Dalton is one of the most underrated Bond's, though I think Brosnan's strong start with GoldenEye and A View to a Kill getting a retrospective cult status is why what came inbetween is often overlooked. For me Craig would've made a great Bond Villain (he has that kind of slavic'ness to him that'd make a convincing Russian character), but was always miscast as Bond. The decision to nuke Q and all the fun from the films though; did the most to kill it for me.
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@MechaJutaro Eeh, I don't quite agree. Brosnan for me was rather good at portraying both sides of Bond; his womanizing & humorous side, and that of a cold and methodically precise MI6 agent. Makes sense in real world logic too, as in the Army the stated goal of training is for the resulting Soldier to be able to turn their [for lack of a better word] aggression on and [just as importantly] off. The World is Not Enough is one example, where he shoots an unarmed woman, because the mission and her part in a terrorist plot requires it. He's visibly mornful straight afterwards, yet pulls it together for the sake of the ongoing mission.
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