![]() The Craig era began by confronting 9/11 and continued to then justify itself commercially alongside both other spy franchises (the Bourne series, the Fast & Furious films, and the Mission: Impossible sequels) and the mega-bucks superhero movie personified by the MCU. ![]() Daniel Craig was even more self-doubting and tortured than Brosnan’s 007, and the films’ of-the-moment topicality (including the grimly plausible imperialistic plot of Quantum of Solace) furthered the “Is James Bond relevant?” conversation. Just as Chris Nolan’s grounded and real-world Batman Begins made Tim Burton’s ultraviolent and macabre Batman look like glorified fantasy camp, so too did Martin Campbell’s comparatively grounded, grim-n-gritty (but enjoyable) Casino Royale make the previously “self-reflective” (and comparatively hyper-violent) GoldenEye look like a fantasy adventure. If they were about asserting the franchise’s relevancy after the Cold War, then the Daniel Craig era (2006-2020) is about asserting the franchise’s relevancy after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Brosnan films (1995-2002) took the franchise to new commercial heights ( GoldenEye was the first to top $100 million domestic and $300 million worldwide, while Die Another Day was the first to top $400 million global). All Rights Reserved.Ģ006-2020: Is James Bond still relevant after the 9/11 attacks? CASINO ROYALE © 2006 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation.
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