A video essay exploring James Bond's most underrated movie. TV writer and story producer Andrew Ellard analyses the qualities and shortcomings of Daniel Craig's second outing as 007.

Full subtitles are available on this video.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction: Three Car Boots
2:26 Part One: Revenge
11:36 Part Two: Why Am I Confused?
29:56 Part Three: Swagger
37:03 Part Four: Tracking the Plot
51:14 Part Five: How Soon a Sequel?
56:53 Part Six: Bond Films Are Forever
1:10:33 Final Words

VideoNotes by Andrew Ellard
http://www.andrewellard.com
Twitter: @ellardent

Edited by Nathan Cubitt

Poster Art by Ibrahim Moustafa
https://www.ibrahimmoustafa.com
Twitter: @Ibrahim_M_

Image Archive by Thunderballs
https://www.thunderballs.org
Twitter: @THUNDERBALLS

Special Thanks to Jon Aird

CORRECTIONS
The car stunt is a descendant of Casino Royale’s action, not an “antecedent”. (31m09s)
Fields’ first name is revealed in the credits, not her surname. (35m37s)
The CIA is not “the American Secret Service”. (41m10s)
"The General" should be "The Colonel". (42m44s)
"Film Crit Hulk” is twice misnamed “Film Critic Hulk”. (52m42s, 54m24s)