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I've been reading a lot in the papers and elsewhere that the casting of Daniel Craig signals a 'return to Bond's grittier roots' (sorry for the crap paraphrase, but I forget where I actually read it, possibly London Times or The Guardian).
I've just read three of Fleming's early Bond novels pretty much on the trot and ... well, I can't really find anything too gritty about them. In tone they're certainly darker than, let's say, Roger Moore's campy high watermarks, at least in terms of the sometimes unflinching violence, but 'gritty' seems like the wrong adjective.
Bond himself in the novels strikes me as somewhat fey, characterised by detailed descriptions of his grooming habits and an anal retentive obsession with how his flippin' martinis are served. Basically, what I'm getting at is he's a bit of a geek.
Mind you, it'd be fun to see Craggy Craig giving it "yes, the '54 Mouton is far superior to the '58 due to certain meteorological anomalies in the region that summer ..." |
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