[Livia]

Originally Posted by the truth

no the creators believe dalton was the closest to the bond they wrote, though connery was close, as for craig, imho he is by far the worst bond, utterly charmless, humourless and gadgetless, in reality black humour is a massive part of everyday life in the secret service or any combat role, so his deadpan humourless take is not remotely realistic. the fact he got overhyped for one scene showing off his gym muscles, just about sums about how far the franchise has fallen. the last craig movie was no better than your run of the mill scwarzennegger turkey from the 1980s muscles and explosions and nothing else,very poor indeed.

No?

I'm talking about Fleming's original books rather than what the producers said about their own screenplays. To me, Craig is the closest to the Bond of the books who is quite a different animal to the Bond on screen. The only thing missing from the Daniel Craig films as far as I'm concerned is that they don't use the Bond incidental music enough... or, in fact, at all in Casino Royale.