James Bond

With the arrival of the new Bond movie "Skyfall", I've decided to do my first profile on the one and only James Bond. I should first note that I love the character and the movies. In fact, my father continues to say that I was named after him (only my middle name apparently). “Casino Royale” was one of my favorite movies in the past 10 years, and I think the James Bond series has been such an inspiration to my other favorite movies, especially Austin Powers and Christopher Nolan’s “Dark Knight” trilogy. http://screenrant.com/skyfall-interview-sam-mendes-james-bond-dark-knight/

However, I think that Daniel Craig has been the only one to really convey more to the character. Throughout his 50 years of existence, multiple actors have played the British spy, each putting their own spin on the character. Sean Connery, an obvious product of the 1960s counterculture, played Bond with a sense of narcissism that I always have found to be annoying. The bravado, the masochism, the chest hair; it was all a bit too much for me. Pierce Brosnan, channeling his inner Connery, was the same way including the chest hair! "World is Not Enough" was his attempt to bring a different light to the character, but that movie wasn't any good and Pierce was never a good enough actor to pull it off. (In fact, Pierce's best acting role may have been in "Mrs. Doubtfire" and his lowest point was trying to think he can sing in “Mamma Mia”) http://youtu.be/pvTEvmhnAMk Craig has enough acting chops to show us the real James Bond-a man dealing with Borderline Personality Disorder.

Borderline personality is part of the Cluster B Personality Disorders including narcissism, histrionic, and antisocial personalities (all of which probably could describe Bond as well). I lean towards borderline, however, primarily because Bond is a splitter-dividing people between good and bad. Especially in “Quantum of Solace,” the only direct sequel in the franchise, Bond is broken by the death of Vesper from the previous film that he cannot seem to trust anyone including M. He gets into unstable interpersonal relationships and acts impulsively-hallmarks of the disorder.

Although borderline personality disorder primarily affects females, it can affect males. Treatment is based around personal therapy, which Bond always gets from M, his own personal therapist. Medication can help the depression and the mood swings, but therapy is the mainstay for treatment.