"The movies historically have had little or nothing to do with the original Flemming Novels other than Titles and character names. The movie Bonds previously played by Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, and Bronson have never even come close to resembling the Character created by Ian Flemming in his novels. The Ian Flemming Bond was a plain man described as somewhat stout, with a scar on his face. He was an alcohoic, smoked three packs of cigarettes a day, a sexist, and a very cold blooded killer. In the novels Bond was severly hurt or nearly killed in almost every story, and their was no Q gagets. Bond carried a 9mm and drove a lincoln Mark 5 with a 44 in the glove compartment. Quite different from the movies where Bond was a ladies man who seldom ever even got his hair messed up, drove exotic cars and had an endless supply of gagets. Then along comes the last two installments featuring Daniel Craig. Casino Royal attempts to start over and is adapted from the Original Flemming novel. It actually follows the book closer than any other film except for "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." Daniel Craigs Character (although not quite there) is closer the the Flemming character than any other previous Bond. A very dark and dangerous killer. There has always been a discourse between Flemming novel fans and Fans of the Movies. One is usually either or, but not both. Fans of the Flemming novels usually do not like the movies. I think you may be seeing a reverse here as the franchise attempts to match the character closer to the original. Fans of the past movies may find a very different Bond. If you were a fan of the original novels you may find the last two installments to be the best; and Craig's character to be your favorite. If your a long time fan of the Movies and not the books you may not like the new Bond films at all."

" What ChrisR70 did get right was that he usually took a severe beating during each of the novels and barely escaped with his life."