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"Yes...Considerably" - Casino Royale Appreciation & Discussion.
OK now this film is right up there in the #1 spot for me (tied with FRWL) and has been since back in 2006.
Craig himself is an inspiration in the role as 007 and plays it to a tee,with the gambling,drinking,eating well,all the traits as Bond should be.
With Mathis and le Chiffre,Obano and Vesper we have an intricate and well thought out film that gives us over 2hours of quality film making and acting by all.
Anybody else want to join me in raising a glass of 'Vesper' to Casino Royale ?
Craig himself is an inspiration in the role as 007 and plays it to a tee,with the gambling,drinking,eating well,all the traits as Bond should be.
With Mathis and le Chiffre,Obano and Vesper we have an intricate and well thought out film that gives us over 2hours of quality film making and acting by all.
Anybody else want to join me in raising a glass of 'Vesper' to Casino Royale ?
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Shame he was killed and then shoved in a skip really.
The dialogue is brilliant, witty, and intelligent. Its got much to do with the way that it was acted, but its always interesting. It never falls back on "laziness" or slang, and includes very few Americanisms ("she left her cell phone" being a notable example)
I think its amazing the way that you can sense the physical and emotional feelings from Bond and other characters. The pain after the stairwell fight. The raw sadness and anger after Vesper dies. Very powerful. The scent, smoke (or lack of!) and sweat of the casino can almost be felt just through watching the poker game.
One of the best, if not the best, Bond films to date. Love it.
The film is certainly one of the more faithful adaptations of a Fleming novel when compared to some of the other entries of the series, however I'm not sure whether it's as faithful as some may lead you to believe (perhaps for good reason?). For the first 40 minutes or so we get virtually no moments from the book in place (plus, 007 was never portrayed as a rookie agent). Bond's poisoning and Vesper's more dramatic suicide are similarly the ideas of the filmmakers. However the basic story as well as the much anticipated torture sequence are still present.
Having been rather uncertain about it upon its initial release I now appreciate it for what a great film it is.
Martin Campbell (The Director) also made GoldenEye; which coinsedently is my 2nd favourite on the list of Bond Films. I would love to see Campbell do another Bond film :D
It's not perfect, but it is damn close.
This review is bang on.
The score is no Barry but it's quite grand in some scenes such as him arriving in the Bahamas in the Ford, and the opening Montenegro shot of the train.
My only issue is that I don't buy the idea that he stormed into an embassy with no repurcussions. And the way he ordered the Vesper felt rushed and squeezed in for the sake of it.
Tomorrow Never Dies and Die Another Day were both in my Top 10 as well, I never had problems with DAD, I like the comic-sci-fi-feel and the over-the-top action in the big airplane or the invisible car.
When Daniel Craig was announced I didn't think much about it, I noticed the very bad media coverage he got and was a bit worried by that.
When the day arrived that Casino Royale hit the theaters I was first and foremost happy to get another James Bond movie after a long 6 year gap.
The missing gun-barrel was a big let-down, I did not understand why they did that.
The PTS was less than impressive, but everything after that was so spectacularly great and enjoyable that in the end those problems at the beginning of the movie were small complaints.
I did find it strange that Judi Dench was still M when it clearly should have been another actor. But as fond as I am of her I didn't mind much.
After seeing CR two times at the cinema it was immediately clear that this could have been my No 1 Bond movie, but because of the reboot nonsense and the abandoning of the typical Bond iconic moments it wasn't and it isn't.
It's No 4 which is great out of 23 (24 as I always include NSNA) movies!
Eva Green is like winning the lottery! She steals every movie she's in and so does she here.
Without her, that I'm certain of, CR would barely be Top 10 material. She may well be the most important part of CR and she has a lot of screen time which helps.
Casino Royale is hard to beat. Because for me it's not about Daniel Craig, CR would have worked for me with another actor as well, it's because the many parts are as good as the sum of all parts.
The cast, the side-characters, the action, the direction, the great score, the locations, everything falls into place perfectly.
At the end of the movie I'm always pumped and eager to watch another such great thing.
Sadly, that's not possible within the Craig movies, but there are a few Bond movies that can be watched right after CR without feeling underwhelmed, those being OHMSS, GE and TLD (for me of course).
The movie isn't a traditional Bond movie but it's pure Fleming, if not more than the early Connery days. This movie in a subtle way shaped who I am today, as corny as it sounds.
Ten years after the release of Casino Royale, the James Bond franchise remains at a crossroads; today, it's not even clear whether Daniel Craig will play 007 again, or who might replace him if he doesn't. But whatever happens to Bond and the Daniel Craig era next, Casino Royale is a towering and singular accomplishment for the 007 franchise: the rare moment when a Hollywood studio actually took a gamble with everything it had, and won.
EON had the balls,after DAD,to completely stand the series on its head re the actors,story etc and run with it.
You have to admire them,especially appointing Daniel Craig as Bond,but what a coup it turned out to be.
We owe them a lot,they could have played it safe and stuck with a bankable Bond like Brosnan,but they knew the storylines etc weregetting more and more ludicrous and formulaic.
I confess it took me two viewings to appreciate how excellent CR was. Don't get me wrong - I liked it the first time but it seemed very different to what i'd seen before so wasn't sure how to take it. Only after viewing #2 did I realise how bloody good it was. The film seemed to have more in common with Connery and the 1960s Bond films than any of the more recent ones at the time.
Currently, it sits firmly in my top 3. Yes, there are a few minor well documented problems, but its brilliantly acted and beautifully shot. Daniel Craig is also superb and goes from trained thug to vulnerable charmer effortlessly.
Finally, Martin Campbell demonstrates a far more sophisticated, confident direction than he did with GE (and I say that as a GE fan).
I definitely admire and appreciate EoN for having the good sense to make CR the way they did but to say we owe them a lot is pushing it.
DAD was a BO success but the films had lost their credibility; it was in their own best interest to creatively course correct.
Many of us bought our movie tickets and paid to see the film and bought the DVD/BluRay and remain loyal fans despite EoN shortchanging fans with tonnes of Bond content.
The memory of seeing it for the first time at the cinema,and witnessing the standing ovation it got at the end ,is burned into my mind.
Only truly great films get a reaction like that.