July 23, 2015 11:30 pm
Bond… James (my son’s name) Bond.
007 is back.
The first full trailer for Spectre was released this week, and by the looks of it, the film is aiming to be modern, gritty and solemn while also still catering to Bond’s iconic film history by including all the expected: globetrotting, girls, gadgets, and guns.
This is Daniel Craig’s fourth go-around as Bond, and there’s something of a clearing-of-the-decks and a reset on the series.
The massively successful Skyfall, you may remember, ended with the the death of M (Judi Dench) following a weird finale battle set in Bond’s ancestral home in Scotland.
The sequence was part Monarch of the Glen, part Home Alone.
In the new film Bond’s new boss (Ralph Fiennes) is dealing with office politics (Andrew Scott, glimpsed briefly in the trailer, wants his job). Naomie Harris returns as Moneypenny and it looks like she will get to do more than…
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