Casino Royale

[Marcus]

Have any of you had a chance to check it out yet?

I'll admit I was a little skeptical at first with the direction that they were taking Ian Fleming's work and I was even more skeptical with their choice of Bond in Craig, but I was really surprised at how well the film turned out to be.

For starters... it has one of the best opening Bond sequences to date. Not to mention Craig's performance reminds me very much of how I felt after watching Batman Begins with Christian Bale. I walked out questioning why I liked Brosnan so much and how any of his films were as entertaining as I thought they were. There really is something about Craig that is no-nonsense, and human that I felt the other 007s aside from Connery did not have.

If you have not seen it and are a fan of 007, you really should check it out.

 

[Wil Davis]

I haven't seen it yet, but it's got some pretty good reviews; apparently the trend is away from the explosions/SFX of the more recent Bond offerings, and the focus is more on the development of the characters, which is a refreshing change. One reviewer said that Daniel Craig is the closest yet to Ian Fleming's original idea of the ideal Bond; which makes sense when you think of what happened after Sean Connery, and who can't forget George Lazenby, (George who?)

I was going to say "I can't wait!" but the truth is that I don't really care; I'll wait for it to come out on "Netflix"

- Wil

 

[davidmurphy]

I suppose there had to be a good, English Bond eventually.............

 

[ElMon]

And I bet that even this new guy is of Celtic blood. Maybe oneday if they say their prayers to a WASP'y god, we'll get a good ol' Anglo-Saxon in that tux..........
You'd have to fight the Scots and the Irish for it though, and we can see how well thats turned out in the past.

 

[BEADG]

I suppose there had to be a good, English Bond eventually.............

Ouch.....I love it! LMAO on this one, I'll have to check it out this weekend.

Cheers

 

[Headroom]

A blond Bond is one thing, but leaving Burt Bacharach off of the soundtrack is really unforgivable. I can only hope there's no product placement invollving our hero and Captian Morgan.

 

[Geoff St. Germaine]

I'm going to see it this afternoon.

 

[BluesyCat]

Let us know if he drives a stick or an auto. In the early rumor days, it was reported that he did not know how to drive a manual transmisssion! LOL

 

[Dash Rantic]

I saw it last night, absolutely loved it. Daniel Craig is MUCH better than Pierce Brosnan, really manages fits the role of "brutish killer" nicely.

Definitely a great movie, I highly recommend it

-Dash

 

[DWBass]

I thought the premise of this new movie the beginning of the Agent 007/Bond character? Not just another Bond movie?

 

[karrot-x]

I saw it last night, it was incredible. I loved every part.

 

[Dr. Feelgood]

Going to see it tomorrow night!

Well, it can't be worse than Die Another Day. That film was absolute pants!!!

Apparently, Daniel Craig was somewhat of a spotty/nerdy/uber uncool loser at school.

 

[Marcus]

A blond Bond is one thing, but leaving Burt Bacharach off of the soundtrack is really unforgivable. I can only hope there's no product placement invollving our hero and Captian Morgan.

No Captain Morgan... however, they do show Bond driving a Ford for a minute, which is odd...

He only uses that car once before using an Aston Martin though.

 

[SuperDuck]

I dunno... would I be in the minority if I expressed the opinion that once you've seen one Bond movie, you've seen them all?

 

[Marcus]

I dunno... would I be in the minority if I expressed the opinion that once you've seen one Bond movie, you've seen them all?

I happen to disagree, especially with the latest pic being as great a departure as it was.

 

[SuperDuck]

Well, 1 out of 21 ain't bad, I guess.

 

[bassjamn]

So is the whole movie set in the 60's and stuff, vw bugs, flower power abound ?

 

[Matt Morgan]

Saw it last night with the wife and we both loved it! Great story, great filming, very good character development, great cars, typical smokin' hot Bond women...I'm sorry I lost my train of thought there for a minute.

I concur with the comparison to the most recent Batman movie. This 007 is much more tough and down to earth. He makes mistakes, he gets hurt, he's not perfect, etc. Well acted by the new-comer.

Great flick, highly recommended.

 

[Marcus]

Matt, wasn't the opening action sequence at the embassy one of the most intense Bond openings ever?

It was remarkably shot.

 

[Toasted]

Let us know if he drives a stick or an auto. In the early rumor days, it was reported that he did not know how to drive a manual transmisssion! LOL

He was born in Chester and lives in the UK. We don't have 'stick shift' here.