Spectre: 5 Awesome Things (And 8 That Sucked) In The New James Bond

1. Craig Is As Good A Bond As Ever

Ultimately, this will always be Bond's show, and the films live and die based on the quality of the lead. Craig stubbornly refuses to disappoint. His Bond maintains that fine, perilous line between winking dandy and thug, between Hollywood leading man and credible physical brute. So many of the tenures of past Bonds descended into camp, a detached comment on Bond itself, but Craig steadfastly inhabits the character deep into his blood and muscles. Much is made Craig's incredibly physical endurance (the man is 47, he shouldn't be able to do this anymore), but it's the little moments that make his 007 so great. It's when Bond, slightly drunk, draws his gun on a tiny rat that scampers into his hotel room and whispers "Who sent you? Who are you working for?" or when he quietly offers his word as his bond (pun intended) to another character. It's these moments of quiet levity and power that hold these films together even when they threaten to fall apart.