2006’s Casino Royale, the James Bond flick that introduced Daniel Craig as a new kind of Bond, was the Gandalf the White of 007 movies, if I may mix my metaphors. It was brilliant and new and unusual and better than any of its predecessors.
One of its more unusual features was having a title song (thanks to Chris Cornell) that didn’t sound like some cheezy lounge music with a braying female vocalist. I’m looking at you, ‘Gold-FIIIINNNG-er!’
Anyway, I just figured out today the character from whose point of view the song is written:
(spoilers below)
The character is M.
How else do you explain these lyrics:
“Arm yourself because no-one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can’t deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
You know my name.”
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