I’m in lust with Daniel Craig. OK – Maybe not lust – it’s love – but it sure started out as lust! He came across my radar (and that of a zillion other women) with his performance in Casino Royale. He’d been in a number of other films that I’d seen (Sylvia, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Munich, Elizabeth) but somehow he just didn’t make the impression on me that he did as James Bond. Perhaps it was that scene where he was being tortured…. So anyway, now that I’ve seen a larger representation of his (::cough::) “body” of work I’ve come to realize what a talented and engaging actor he is – of course his appearance in big box office productions such as The Golden Compass might have given me a clue as well.
Since Casino Royal, my husband and I have been on a Daniel Craig pilgrimage of sorts. We started out buying movies at Amazon, and the first of these was Layer Cake. What a blast and so quintessentially English! Since joining SwapaDVD we’ve been able to branch out a bit more quickly, though there are several movies still sitting on my wish list!
So far, we’ve seen:
- Casino Royale (theater)
- Layer Cake (purchased)
- Infamous (swap)
- Archangel (swap)
- Obsession (swap) (1 copy available at the site)
- Enduring Love (swap) (4 copies available to swap)
- Munich (We’ve seen these last 4 entries, but before we became big Daniel Craig fans.)
- The Road to Perdition
- Sylvia
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
On the Wish List:
- Renaissance
- The Invasion
- Kiss and Tell
- Infamous
- Sword of Honor
- The Mother
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, Part 1
- The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, Part 2
Other Daniel Craig films that are currently (as of this post) available for trading at SwapaDVD are:
- Munich (about 20 copies available in 2 formats)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (more than 35 copies available)
- Sylvia (3 copies)
- The Road to Perdition (15 copies)
- Obsession (1 copy)
- Enduring Love (4 copies)
The man has been in a surprising number of movies and I for one am very satisfied with his performance as James Bond (IMO, he has done the impossible and replaced Sean Connery as the best Bond ever) ! If you’re a fellow Daniel Craig admirer I would recommend any of the films I’ve listed as worth watching. Though they differ vastly from Casino Royale, each is impressive in its own right.
Most of the films featuring Daniel Craig are, technically, foreign films. Produced and shot in the UK, they offer the American viewer the opportunity to immerse themselves in a different culture without needing to learn a new language or read subtitles. My husband enjoys foreign films, including those with subtitles (such as A Very Long Engagement with Audrey Tautou). However, he’s really developing a strong appreciation for films from the UK and doesn’t mind that he doesn’t get to read subtitles one little bit!
