Kristatos wrote:I would say that it started in the second half of the Brosnan era. It seems to be very much a Purvis and Wade thing.
Got a point, starting really with LTK,
Staring with Brosnan he had the Cossack BFF and female m putting bond in his place , betrayal and the for England or himself ? To be or not to be?
TnD had the one who got away, his "true love ".
do you still sleep with a gun under your pillow? ( cause that makes sense and is the safest way to store a weapon all the Solders do it) , his true love murdered by the fake news media, the Chinese counter part who is just as good as a man ! hear her roar!
Twine had bond hurt bad enough he can't work and used to do the bad guys job. The psycho drivel Electra and her comedian turned serious actor Russian with a bullet in his brain played out.
Dad had Bond captured and tortured brought home as a traitor. Start of the bond gone rogue meme used for over a decade
At the time Brosnan's bond got just a little of the pseudo-psychologist drivel, in most of the stories I though it worked for what they were doing.
By Craig's era it had Bond starting as a bundle of emotional hurt who can't stand becoming a killer who only found some small quantum of solace with a girl (not a woman or young woman) just as damaged as he was to watch her die in a stupid way. It gets worse from there dipping in to the art house wannabe. Finally (I hope) to the architect of all this pain bro-feld.
I'm glad some are critiquing mendes as a hack, but the problem with Craig is the series took Bond too seriously and every movie attempted to add more hidden meaning. Why skyfall and spectre are not good bond movies is not they brought back some classic elements it's that the formula was ruined back with CR and continued until the flavor of the bad ingredients could no longer by disguised by the garnishes on the side of the plate.
Bottom line Craig and Barbara are the problem along with their enablers, oh and that hack Logan .
Most of the rest I'd give a pass as just doing the kid they were hired to do. Except for Eva Green, she's just awful and continues to play the same sort of character .
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