James Bond Franchise Refining by me, for me but you can enjoy too.
Daniel Craig james bond is more connected to Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Georger Lazenby, Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore's james bond than you think or have led yourself to belief.
Casino Royale book was neither origin or his first adventure, rather released first. Though this is not THE basis of what i am saying. Its mostly fact and my way.
So without any more delay lets begin.
CR 2006's opening Black&White scene, is not where he gets his status, but rather what leads to that, then there is timejump where he already have got that, and have experience, but still early. Thats where the main movie starts, in colour, introducing LeChiffre and parkour scene. M and 007 talk to each other as they are used to each other, which is a fact, maybe few missions.
Thats where Dr No, his first mission then the villains' revenge in From Russia With Love. The Living Daylights have youthfull feel to it too, and he gets An Aston Martin V8 which is infact driven bond in No Time To Die.
Casino Royale 2006 main movie take place after them, except him shooting Mr White as that take place more than one after in 2008, the opening scene of QOS.
In this almost one year time, movies like Live and Let Die take place as it is sequel to the book too and its another actor's first movie. Goldfinger then Thunderball takes place as he gets nearer to spectre organization, and recieves Aston Martin DB12, which is also driven and used in Skyfall. There is no reason as movie like Tomorrow Never Die couldn't take place here too.
Then he finds Mr White as QOS opening scene take place where CR ends. As bond goes rogue in events of Quantum of Solace 2008
After that, On Her Majesty's Secret Service takes place where bond after almost 2 years meets the target Blofeld for first time, and marries Tracy which soon leads to her death. This takes him to You Only Live Twice, where he misses blofeld then Diamonds Are Forever where bond is still after blofeld and he seems to come back again and again.
The Spy Who Loved Me- an opposite sex equal to bond. As james have made his record well known across borders.
The Man with the Golden Gun- an opposite to bond in same sex. And bond has made his name by now to achive an admiror.
Moonraker- its now not as unthinkable is it and it wouldn't be specially for 007.
For Your Eyes Only- so much fed up with blofelds absurd returns that he is fed up with him and kills him probably finally as joke. And visits tracy's grave
Licence To Kill- nod to tracy and him being married a long time ago
Goldeneye- more popular use of double o's is fading and he enters his later prime era which relates to skyfall later. Where he have to fight an old friend. As he is now an unstoppable force(the tank scenes and bond girls 😘).
The World Is Not Enough- where bond is enough cold to kill a lover and there is nod to tracy and other girls who dies in his reign.
Octopussy- goes to place he haven't before.
Skyfall 2012, where Bond is an old and thing of past and saves severine and M from very much danger from silvia, and near miss attack on same old Q and Miss Moneypenny (Yes some parts have to be retconned and nullified, which have been actually done before For example most blofeld appearances).
A View To a Kill- an older james helm the mission as capable as young.
In Die Another Day he have fever dream where he have unreliable memory shufffle, like Spectre 2015 and No Time To Die 2021 where he dreams some part of skyfall too, like comedic Miss Moneypenny in field, Q being quirky, some parts of moonraker and die another day's actual movie is kind of in fever state. All in this state of mind, where he imagines life if he had child, stayed with one of the girls, or replaced or some outlandish mission or blofeld have rolled another of his sleeve tricks, this time imposing as his brother etc. (certain things are too far fetched like brofeld which need to be ignored and cant be real.😋)
Never Say Never Again- bond is called back from retirement.
The franchise was never actually rebooted, no it wasnt. And it always have mantained some sort of legacy and connection, aston martins in skyfall, spectre and no time to die are actual objects moving, bond not recogninzing blofeld in OHMSS even though he just met him in YOLT is completly contridictary for a fact, then his absurd survival and returns, BROfeld just adds to it. And bond's immortal feel have always been attraction and core of the franchise, and reliabilty to roots and formula and tradtion.
Hopefully next james bond 007 movie have few nods to old movies from craig to connery then have only standalone missions, simple goldenye like gunbarrel and formula would be in my wishlist.