# Which was the best Daniel Craig Bond film? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727 "2012-10-24T13:35:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/21 "2012-10-25T16:44:49Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Casino Royale was pretty good, but I couldn’t get over the fact that they dumped the Baccarat game for mother-freakin’ Texas Hold 'em. I mean, c’mon. Bond would NOT play Texas Hold 'em if you held a gun to his head. Agreeeeeeeee ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/22 "2012-10-25T16:51:51Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Casino Royale was pretty good, but I couldn’t get over the fact that they dumped the Baccarat game for mother-freakin’ Texas Hold 'em. I mean, c’mon. Bond would NOT play Texas Hold 'em if you held a gun to his head. Baccarat is purely a game of luck. Spending thirty minutes watching baccarat would generate about as much tension as watching children playing Go Fish. Texas Hold 'Em is a game of skill; specifically, bluffing other players and calculating complex odds. The irony, of course, is that Bond one the final hand in _Casino Royale_ purely by luck. He just happened to have the winning hand in an absurdly unlikely set of good hands. I once calcucated the odds and it worked out be be something on the order of ~10[SUP]18[/SUP] to get that particular combination of hands in that particular order. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/23 "2012-10-26T15:46:54Z")
I guess I’ll be the first to vote for _Quantum of Solace_. I liked _Casino Royale_, and would certainly vote it as the better of the two so far released, except I felt like the whole in-love-with-Vesper thing was totally flat. I \*never \*got the feeling that Bond cared at all for Vesper, even as he’s saying he does. To me, he showed no more affection for Vesper than he did for Strawberry Fields in _Quantum_. I don’t know if it was Craig’s actual acting or how he was supposed to be all cool and aloof, but it totally pulls me out of the movie towards the end. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/24 "2012-10-26T21:03:14Z")
None of them. I thought they were both pretty bad and not even enjoyable, other than one very good action scene. Then again, probably none of the Bond films are good. I have enjoyed some of the Sean Connery and Roger Moore films, but I don’t remember them well enough to say they were good. As for Brosnan, the video game GoldenEye was quite good, but the movie isn’t really. It’s ok. ---
**Author:** ![Andiethewestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Andiethewestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andiethewestie)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/25 "2012-10-26T21:11:36Z")
I loved Craig in Casino Royale. Waiting for Skyfall. ---
**Author:** ![Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunzio_Tavulari)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/26 "2012-10-26T21:29:40Z")
_Skyfall_ is likely the last you’ll get before they reboot the original movies. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/27 "2012-10-26T21:37:03Z")
> [@Nunzio\_Tavulari](#): > > _Skyfall_ is likely the last you’ll get before they reboot the original movies. Casino Royale was the reboot. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/28 "2012-10-26T22:00:33Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > I really wanted to like _Quantum of Solace_; it had a great setup–Bond taking down the Quantum organization–and some brilliant individual scenes, such as the brutal knife fight in the suite in Port-Au-Prince and the chase-and-fight on the floating stage in Bregenz, intercut with scenes of vengence from the opera (Mr. White: “Tosca’s not for everyone.”), but the plot seemed almost coincidental, and Bond was completely unaffected by the routine dispatching of his associates, in essence, becoming exactly that which Vesper had so criticized. (The less said about the spontaneously exploding hotel/lair in the desert and Olga Kurylenko, the better.) The movie would have been better told in flashback, with Bond preparing to assault the compound (with more than a single Sig pistol) and expecting to die in the process. And a Bond villain whose evil plot was to take control of the water supply of Bolivia? I mean,\* Bolivia\*? Oh, how have the mighty fallen! Where was the twisted genius aspiring to domination of the entire world? I thought _Casino Royale_ was great. After that, **Quantum of Solace** was a bit disappointing. (It was interesting to me though to see the scenes that were filmed in Panama, even though having Panama locations standing in for Bolivia was hilarious). But since I haven’t seen _Skyfall_ yet, I voted for that option. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/29 "2012-10-27T02:05:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Craig sucks, so none of them. Daniel Craig’s portrayal of Bond is closest to the books. I understand that after all these years you might like your Bond with a little camp, but Craig’s Bond is probably the one that Ian Fleming would most recognize. Or is your objection that Daniel Craig himself sucks? I don’t know about that, I’ve liked pretty much everything he’s been in, but that’s what makes it an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/30 "2012-10-27T06:49:12Z")
Casino Royale for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/31 "2012-10-28T14:17:41Z")
Saw Skyfall this friday - loved it. Topped both QOS and Casino Royale for me. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/32 "2012-10-28T15:01:34Z")
Saw _Skyfall_ yesterday. It’s a _ **good movie** _ I mean, Forget about “Good Bond Flick”… it’s a _ **really good movie!** _ \*\* Warning: \*severe \*Skyfall spoiler!!!\*\*[spoiler]I really mean it!! You have been warned!! [spoiler] > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Daniel Craig could well be the best Bond ever _ **especially if he keeps Judi Dench to play against.** _ Last chance not to click…Apparently not… ☹[/spoiler][/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/33 "2012-10-28T15:22:00Z")
I’ve seen Skyfall and I think Casino Royale was better - but not by much. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/34 "2015-12-01T19:47:41Z")
Skyfall but I personally prefer the current Spectre. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/35 "2015-12-01T20:30:13Z")
Haven’t had a chance to see Spectre yet and I don’t know if I have a favorite. I will say however that I found Quantum of Solace to be under-rated and Skyfall to be over-rated. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727/36 "2015-12-01T20:41:20Z")
IMO: Casino Royale was best – 3.5 stars (out of 4) Skyfall was 2nd best – 3 stars Spectre is 3rd – 2.5 stars Quantum of Solace is last – 2 stars [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-was-the-best-daniel-craig-bond-film/638727.md?page=1)