Quote Originally Posted by CliffHanger2 View Post
Maybe because I saw him in the Layer Cake first. But nah doesn't come across as a ass-whipper or ladies man to me. I'd put Connery and Brosnan above him.
My favorite thing about Craig's bond is that he's a believable assassin. He's broken. Really only Dalton ever captured that part of the character well in the past, and Craig just has better scripts for it so he shines brighter. The booze, the women and the fancy suits are all a disguise for a man whose entire existence is violence and murder at the behest of the state. That should show. Too often Bond is just a playboy pulp adventurer (which is fine, that's more or less what the character was created as). But I like that they explore this other side as well.

Don't get me wrong, I adore Connery's Bond. And Pierce Brosnan was excellent. Roger Moore was good when his films weren't going ridiculously camp. I'm not going to say Craig is my favorite Bond. But in that one single way I think he's been the strongest performer thus far.