23rd Bond film named, dated.

[Jason]

So, after a little bit of a scare where we didn't think we'd be seeing the next Bond film for a while thanks to MGM's financial issues, the next installment in the spytastic adventures of Jimmy B is going to be called 'Skyfall', and will be hitting Cinemas on the 26th October 2012.

Daniel Craig resumes his role as Bond, and the film will be directed by Sam Mendes, best known for American Beauty and the excellent Jarhead. In it, Bond will find his loyalty to M tested, as well as MI6 coming under attack. So far, there's been no word on who's going to be performing the theme tune, although they'd struggle to do worse than Jack White and Alicia Keys' effort last time round.

[MyNameDidntFit]

I've been watching Bond since I was too young to know what it was and I have to say that the Craig films have been testing my faith in the series. Though Quantum of Solace was much, much better than Casino Royale, so maybe the improvement will continue.

Pity they don't release on VHS anymore, it just feels wrong having the first 19 on VHS and the later ones on these new-fangled DVDs.

[Daggers]

I've been watching Bond since I was too young to know what it was and I have to say that the Craig films have been testing my faith in the series. Though Quantum of Solace was much, much better than Casino Royale, so maybe the improvement will continue.

Pity they don't release on VHS anymore, it just feels wrong having the first 19 on VHS and the later ones on these new-fangled DVDs.

You think that's bad, try your head around owning all of them on VHS, apart from 1, which for some reason I missed, Cant't remember which it was other than it was film number 14, possibly Moonraker or there abouts? (goes off to imdb)

[Jason]

I have to say that the Craig films have been testing my faith in the series.

I have to say, I felt the Craig films have been a welcome breath of fresh air - I felt towards the end of the Brosnan era the formula was wearing a little thin after so long, and Die Another Day was the first film in the series I didn't really make a conscious effort to see at the first available opportunity.
Don't get me wrong, the Craig films aren't 'true' Bond films in my eyes - not in the same vein as Goldfinger and Moonraker and co. I just see them as good, enjoyable films that were a means to an end - a way of keeping the series alive and giving the old formula a rest for a while.

[Archangel]

Aye, I wouldn't put any blame on Mr Craig or his movies. Some of them were perhaps slightly lacklustre in plot departments, but compared to some of the Brosnan films, they're doing much better.

I mean, a giant mirror in space that constitutes a mega death laser? Wut?

[Jason]

In defence of the Brosnan era, Goldeneye is one of the finest Bond films at all.

[MyNameDidntFit]

But that's just it. Bond has never been about grittily realistic espionage and cloak and daggers. Bond, to me, is a series about a boy and his toys--without that fun, slightly immature tone it's just another action saga.

Craig's films (and I'm not laying fault on Craig, it's just easier to say it that way) are missing that. They're like GTA IV is to San Andreas, to put it in gaming terms.

[CemeteryGates]

They seem to have wanted to humanize Bond with Craig, sort of.
I've only really watched like 5 Bond films and I'm not really a big fan or anything, but I preferred the ones I saw without Craig than his movies. He's an alright actor, but I don't like him much as Bond, though that's mostly what I feel for the writers rather than Craig himself, I guess.