It’s Definitely Time For Bond To Die

Even Daniel Craig is tired of this asshole, and it shows

indi.ca
6 min readNov 14, 2021

//all spoilers, all the time

Daniel Craig is a visibly old and visibly bored James Bond. Dude is as tired of playing this imperialist fuckboi as we are of watching him. Craig is 53 years old and Bond is 68. They should both be at home, not out embarassing people by getting in fights and letching on young girls.

This 2021 Bond actually spends much of the movie driving his kid around and making breakfast, which is what a fucking 53 year old should be doing. He still does the killing and car chases, but this Bond is obviously thinking about a good bowl of soup. Dude is retired.

No Time To Die is definitely the right time for Bond to die. It’s a mercy killing, really.

Why is Daniel Craig still playing James Bond?

It’s not just the actor. Times have changed.

Nobody’s rooting for British Intelligence these days. They’re the baddies. All the military materiel on display in this film is actually being used against the poor people of Yemen. The Belmarsh Prison where the movie is shot is actually holding Julian Assange capitive. The Royal Navy that…

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