I now own 15 Daniel Craig movies! There's not much left for me to buy. The ones I'll really like to see, I can't get, like Some Voices, apparently only issued in region two, Hotel Splendide , that one just never shows up in search engines, and that BBC production where he plays Geordie, Our Friends In The North. Have never seen that for sale, but there are clips on You-Tube, so someone has it.
What I WILL NEVER Buy, The Trench. You couldn't pay me to watch a movie about trench warfare in WWI. Nope.Never! What I will buy is Sword Of Honor, and Copenhagen. I may buy The Golden Compass, but Craig's Lord Asriel could have been played by a standee of Craig in costume. Maybe they cut all his good bits out. I would have liked for the other two to be made, but darn those idiot Christians, who just couldn't get that it was FANTASY! It wasn't real. It wasn't your God, it wasn't even suppose to be THIS universe, but noooo, they just couldn't stand for God to be treated in that manner. BA!! So, anyway, pulling myself together here, I got The Mother at long last!
And Boy, is it good! Yes, Craig makes love to the mother of his girlfriend in this, and it's all done so beautifully that you never stop to think about it being soooo unlikely to happen in real life. Not with a 68 year old woman and a 35ish man. It just seems real, and that's good writing and acting. At first Craig's character Darren seems to be beautiful and sensitive, being the only person who pays attention to May after her husband dies, but bit by bit, you see his flaws show up, the drug taking, the drinking, and the lust for her money. And then the kids find out! Since Daren is the daughter's boyfriend, it's revenge time for Paula against her Mom. It's sad, sometimes painful to watch, but it's so good. I really like this movie.
And after listening to the director's commentary, I find out that it was done by the same people who did Enduring Love! Which I keep thinking about. Because that movie's message seems to be, we all fall in love and completely fuck our lives up. There is no one in that movie who hasn't trashed his life for love in that movie. So, exactly what is enduring about love? That we keep succumbing to it? Or that we are willing to throw everything away every single time it's offered to us? That seems to be what the movie is about really.
It looks like there is a chance for Bond 23 to be made after all with Daniel Craig. I really hope so.
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