Morning Glory: Daniel Craig

I saw my first James Bond movie yesterday. I figured with a man as hot as Daniel Craig in the lead and the stellar reviews "Casino Royale" is getting, it was the perfect introduction to the franchise that -- having waited nearly 40 years -- obviously isn't really my cup of tea.

While Craig is more than perfect as Bond, I have just one question: Who do I call to get those NINE hours of my life back? I didn't think it was possible for an action movie to be so slowly paced -- I nearly fell asleep a half-dozen times waiting for something to happen. And where was the sex? I guess casting a "Bond Girl" who looks like a cute lesbian 12-year-old boy wasn't exactly the way to set the mood, but could we at least see some 007 ass in the boudoir? Even the endless idiot plot twists were boring. By the time it was over I wasn't sure who had done what to whom -- and I really couldn't have cared less. I just kept hoping it would end. Michael is a Bond fan and told me that there are always these special cars and cool gadgets in the films, so I looked forward to seeing something like that. But the only thing I noticed was some blatant product placement for Ford and their more Bondian Aston Martin -- and the only gadget I saw on display was a defibrillator(!!!) (the medical device industry must have paid a pretty penny for this one). I guess I never got into "action" films because there's usually too much going on for there to be any character development, which is what I value most. I never expected there to be neither.

Anyway, to each his own, so I decided to focus on the positive here and compile a best-of-on-the-Web Daniel Craig photo montage, including a number of completely not-suitable-for-work photos of Mr. Craig after the jump. --->

I'm thinking his AOL screen name might be something like 007uncut ...