{"id":288857,"date":"2020-03-02T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1127038"},"modified":"2020-03-02T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T14:00:00","slug":"in-honor-of-daniel-craigs-birthday-a-ranking-of-all-of-his-bond-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/in-honor-of-daniel-craigs-birthday-a-ranking-of-all-of-his-bond-films\/","title":{"rendered":"In Honor of Daniel Craig’s Birthday, A Ranking Of All Of His Bond Films"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We’re shaken and stirred that it’s Daniel Craig<\/a><\/strong>‘s birthday.<\/p>\n

Today, the English actor turns 52 years old and has blessed us with an epic return to the silver screen after a two year hiatus.<\/p>\n

In the past year, we saw the celebrity in Rian Johnson<\/strong>‘s delightful 2019 whodunnit<\/a> Knives Out<\/em>, where the actor laid on a thick, comical Southern accent as a donut hole-loving detective trying to crack a murder case.<\/p>\n

Now, we’re just a few weeks shy of seeing his name in lights again, this time as he reprises his iconic role as James Bond in No Time to Die<\/em>.<\/p>\n

He’ll be reuniting <\/a>with Knives Out<\/em> actress Ana De Armas<\/strong> in the film, which follows the spy as he is enlisted to help find a missing scientist and confronts a new villain<\/a> (played by Rami Malek<\/a><\/strong>) whose entirely new technology makes him a great danger.<\/p>\n

With the series introducing<\/a> Lashana Lynch <\/strong>to the series and featuring a theme song by<\/a> Billie Eilish<\/a><\/strong>, we pretty much can’t wait.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Until its April 10 release date though, we’re ranking Craig’s previous Bond films to fill the void.<\/p>\n

Sound off on which is your favorite below, too.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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No. 4: Spectre <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The franchise’s most recent installment is, in this writer’s opinion, its weakest of the bunch not because it was bad<\/em> but more that we expected Christoph Waltz<\/strong>‘s turn as Blofeld to be epic, but the plot felt bungled and left us a little disappointed.<\/p>\n

That said, the film still shines in sequences like the thrilling train fight<\/a> and we will see Waltz return in No Time to Die<\/em>, giving the franchise opportunity to integrate him better this time around.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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No. 3: Quantum of Solace<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/u>The second film to star Craig is still a pretty good Bond film, but lags a little in terms of action as we follow Bond through a lot of internal turmoil and depression following (spoiler) the death of his lover, Vesper Lynd.<\/p>\n

This was more of an issue immediately following the thrilling Casino Royale<\/em>, but when you go into the film knowing we’re following Bond while he is in grief, you grow to appreciate the film a lot more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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No. 2: Skyfall<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Of all of Craig’s Bond films, this is far and away the most fun all while giving serious weight to Bond’s relationship with M and his own backstory.<\/p>\n

From Adele<\/a><\/strong>‘s still-catchy theme song to Javier Barden<\/strong>‘s deliciously wild villain (and terrible hair color), Skyfall <\/em>is one of the most relevant episodes to pop culture as well.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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No. 1: Casino Royale <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a tough call between Casino Royale<\/em> and Skyfall<\/em>, but I’m bumping this film to the top spot for Craig because it proved the actor was a worthy Bond, it’s enjoyable for non-fans and, quite frankly, I love a movie set at a casino.<\/p>\n

Casino Royale<\/em> also deserves the highest-ranking position because the risky bet to reboot the series paid off in a way that both pleased longtime fans while bringing in new ones to the franchise.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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We’re shaken and stirred that it’s Daniel Craig‘s birthday. Today, the English actor turns 52 years old and has blessed us with an epic return to the silver screen after a two year hiatus. In the past year, we saw the celebrity in Rian Johnson‘s delightful 2019 whodunnit Knives Out, where the actor laid on a thick, comical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-music-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-27 22:59:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIDN - The Lift FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}