Hardly royal ---we would still lap you up Mr. Bond

“Name is Bond, James Bond”, we sat stupefied and forgot that this much prized line (umm yeah gadgets, babes and those seat edging fights were pretty much there) hadn’t been uttered even once. Ah finally he did , Bond kills the villain and line is uttered at fag end of movie and is muted by deafening roars of applause that follow it.

So we all felt Bond is wooden with Brosnan not around . Daniel who? Excuse me what did you say Pierce aint around any more. He was awesome, hmm he was..Rather he is.
But let’s not demean new Bond. Craig is no mean actor anyway. I had my own apprehensions before I entered the theatre. For my generation PB (Brosnan) was the only Bond , rest were also rans, kind of patches we keep if original masterpiece lies shattered and we still want our bare walls to be draped.

But then misconceptions are needed 2 be cleansed and so here it was me bidding goodbye to another bias, another misconception. What was that , well I believed if someone could take baton from PB it has to be CF(Collin Farrel, one who was impudent enough to be Angelina Jolie’s son in much celebrated but a damp squib of a movie going by name of ‘Alexander’ ). So when it was announced with much fanfare that DC (CRAIG) is the next reporting to ‘M’, I was hardly enthused. Ah now we’ll find even Judy Dench hot (see Bond has hardly anything which may cause to let temperature soaring, so may be M would step in to provide some warmth). Well jokes apart ‘Casino Royale’ was last thing on my mind.

But did I ever say magazines were all singing paeans of new bond and that raised the curiosity , so I finished the class and with bunch of usual suspects I was off to catch glimpse of latest 007 .

Hmm I liked the novelty the director brought in. How about a Bond replacing “License to Kill “ tag with another tag a capital ‘L’(still learning the ropes mate!!!). Hmm yeah this Bond is not one well versed in art of “Bondgiri”(feel ashamed to coin such a desi word for her majesty’s secret agent). He flounders along, learns the art hard way, gets swindled, gets humiliated but mark it looks very very human. So Bond tries his luck at two girls , one is dead while other cons him with street smart methods ., so what he doesn’t get a girl at the end. He is the bond of poor people, he is the bond you or me can don the mantle of . He is the bond who gets beaten and comes back with vengeance.
He is the bond who looks heartless, still has emotion oozing out of him. Haven’t you witnessed him showing age old chivalry to that con of a lady called Vesper. How martini is served doesn’t matter to him any more, but he is Bond, James Bond who gives you paisa wasool and utters the famous line at fag end of the movie when you least expect it, leaving you craving for more. Looking forward to some more exploits Mr Bond, this fan is willing to shell out some more for you!!!!