James Bond author Anthony Horowitz dislikes Skyfall: 'He's weak - that's not Bond'
Author Anthony Horowitz has slated the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, saying it makes him "angry".
Horowitz, who is currently writing the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis, picked apart the film's plot in a recent interview reported by The Mail.
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While the author called Daniel Craig a "terrific" actor, and made it clear that he liked the "gritty" 2006 film Casino Royale, he said that he didn't care for either Quantum of Solace or Skyfall.
Horowitz said: "Quantum of Solace just went wrong. Skyfall is my least favourite. I know it is heresy to say so, but it is the one Bond film I have never liked."
Criticising the film, he went on to say: "Bond is weak in it. He has doubts. That's not Bond."
He added: "Secondly, the villain wins. The villain sets out to kill M. The film finishes with the villain killing M. So why have I watched it?
"And if you have to protect the head of MI6 from a madman, do you take her to a Scottish farmhouse with no weapons? And tell your bad guy where you are, so he will arrive with six people to kill her? … It's that sort of thing that made me angry."
He also went on to say that Idris Elba is too "street" to play James Bond.
"For me, Idris Elba is a bit too rough to play the part. It's not a colour issue. I think he is probably a bit too "street" for Bond. Is it a question of being suave? Yeah."
Horowitz, who is currently writing the James Bond novel Trigger Mortis, picked apart the film's plot in a recent interview reported by The Mail.
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While the author called Daniel Craig a "terrific" actor, and made it clear that he liked the "gritty" 2006 film Casino Royale, he said that he didn't care for either Quantum of Solace or Skyfall.
Horowitz said: "Quantum of Solace just went wrong. Skyfall is my least favourite. I know it is heresy to say so, but it is the one Bond film I have never liked."
Criticising the film, he went on to say: "Bond is weak in it. He has doubts. That's not Bond."
He added: "Secondly, the villain wins. The villain sets out to kill M. The film finishes with the villain killing M. So why have I watched it?
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"And if you have to protect the head of MI6 from a madman, do you take her to a Scottish farmhouse with no weapons? And tell your bad guy where you are, so he will arrive with six people to kill her? … It's that sort of thing that made me angry."
He also went on to say that Idris Elba is too "street" to play James Bond.
"For me, Idris Elba is a bit too rough to play the part. It's not a colour issue. I think he is probably a bit too "street" for Bond. Is it a question of being suave? Yeah."
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