Higson may not have seen the more recent entries in the Mission saga. There is no inner life, it’s just, ‘Woah! Look at that building - I’d love to climb it and blow things up.’Īs a fan of both Bond and Hunt’s adventures, it’s hard not to think that Mr. The best ‘Bond films’ now are the Mission: Impossibles.
He chalks those feelings up to his simple logline describing what Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt means to him: That being said, the author behind On His Majesty’s Secret Service thinks that the rival Mission: Impossible franchise is better at capturing the 007 spirit than the most recent entries.
(Image credit: Paramount Pictures) Why Mission: Impossible Is The Better Bond, According To Charlie HigsonĬharlie Higson’s beef with the modern James Bond is certainly not new, as again, this is a very subjective fan base. Serialization had finally hit 007, as the threads to Casino Royale would only become more tightly bound with each passing movie. That all changed when the 2007/2008 writers strike saw Quantum of Solace’s unfinished script go into production. With some slight nods of continuity aside, the history before Daniel Craig’s James Bond films saw the movies being disconnected from each other for the most part. In all fairness, that’s exactly the way that the 007 adventures used to play things. I went to see No Time to Die with my oldest boy, Frank, who is 30, and he said, ‘That felt like a Bond film made by people who are embarrassed to make a Bond film.’ You had to watch two films in advance to know who such and such is and you think, ‘Oh, fuck off with that.’ Make it a new mission each episode and let him be Bond. An experienced writer when it comes to the character, here’s what Charlie Higson has against modern James Bond movies: Commissioned specifically for the coronation of King Charles III, On His Majesty’s Secret Service is the first contemporary set Bond novel since Jeffrey Deaver’s Carte Blanche in 2011.
Speaking with The Sunday Times (opens in new tab) (via Express), the Young Bond series author was promoting his latest novella in the 007 canon. (Image credit: Danjaq, LLC and MGM) Why Charlie Higson Hates No Time To Die
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