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Great scene, even though it was deleted. It shows Campbell really nailed Fleming throughout the film. Even in this deleted scene, Bond grabbing for the scissors and then falling and collapsing. Brilliant! Fleming would have been proud.
CR will be seen as another classic that ranks alongside the likes of FRWL and OHMSS in years to come, and will stand the test of time. Hell, it does so already.
It also shows how bad both Mendes films are when comparing them to scenes like this, when Bond became briefly Fleming's all-too-believable spy, no matter how outlandish the stunts were in CR.
It's just bad.
Film is a top five entry, and could be a masterpiece. Depends how you classify a masterpiece I guess. I think CR is a damn fine Bond film and one I enjoy very much.
Yes, I watched it again for the first time in a couple of years and I noticed little chessy bits like that. Campbell is a bit of a journeyman director. That whole embassy part is a bit naff. However, Casino Royale and Skyfall are still my favourite Bond films.
I like the urgency in the embassy sequence, and when the bullets are flying all around him, Craig is effortlessly cool!
I also can't picture the Robert Brown version of M barking at the rookie Bond. I'm guessing that wouldn't have been a total reboot. Plus we got the chance to see Dalton in action as Bond.
Also, I saw these deleted scenes from Casino Royale on Twitter
What is Bond doing in this deleted scene in the tuxedo? I think it's a bit of a shame it didn't end up in the film? Looks like a quiet and intense moment before he goes back to the Casino after killing Obanno or it takes place before he goes to the Casino Royale and meets Le Chiffre.....Anyone know?
https://variety.com/2020/film/features/james-bond-no-time-to-die-barbara-broccoli-michael-wilson-1203466601/
Martin Campbell, the director of “GoldenEye” and “Casino Royale,” says finding the right man to play a fresh version of the legendary superspy involved whittling the final list down to eight candidates. Craig, just off a red-eye from the U.S. set of “The Invasion,” was subjected to a series of screen tests. In one, he read a tense tête-à-tête in an office from “Casino Royale,” while in another he re-created a seduction scene that Connery performed in “From Russia With Love.”
“To be honest, it took me a little while to see it,” admits Campbell. “Daniel’s acting was terrific, but he wasn’t a pretty-boy. Barbara was adamantly in favor of him.” Campbell won’t say who else was considered, but one insider says Craig beat out the likes of Sam Worthington and Gerard Butler for the part. Despite the pushback, Broccoli knew she made the right call.
I think Campbell had an image in his mind of Bond as the 'tall, dark and handsome' stranger. Hence why he swayed more to pretty-boy types like Brosnan and Cavill. Barbara also has some interesting comments about Daniel's casting.
“He brought flesh and blood to the character,” she says. “Bond in the novel is a silhouette. Daniel has given him depth and an inner life. We were looking for a 21st-century hero, and that’s what he delivered. He bleeds; he cries; he’s very contemporary.”
I think Barbara wanted someone more brooding and edgy. I think 'contemporary' is a good word, someone a bit of toughness. Daniel Craig was quite similar to Russell Crowe in this respect.
Exactly.
I never like when somebody mentions "an insider." It wouldn't surprise me those two were considered, but Cavill has long been said by numerous people to have been the second choice. Butler wouldn't have been a good choice.
Neither would Worthington...
Worthington is just plain bland. I’m unsure how he became a movie star.
Is he a movie star? I haven't seen him in a movie since Avatar.
Welcome to the club! :)
I’m quite convinced that CR and FRWL being my #1 and #2 Bond films is a permanently locked feature of my Bond film rankings.
Agreed. Although I dream at night that NTTD will do something about that :D Don't expect it though...
You clearly know what your talking about. Albeit FRWL is my number 1.
Agreed. CR was the first Bond film I watched at the cinema and walked out thinking....that was perfect. Probably how viewers felt between 62 and 65.
My first Bond film at the cinema was AVTAK, which was a massive disappointment.
You can imagine my relief when I went to see the next 2 Dalton films. It felt great to be a Bond fan again.
And then the dismal 90's brought with it the worst films in the franchise, and I never felt so depressed and angry watching DAD.
Watching CR, I felt exactly like you did. Elated, optimistic, feeling I had my Bond back again. Story adapted from a Fleming novel, Craig bringing a hard edge that we last saw in LTK, Bond blooded and bruised, and a score by Arnold that felt like I was listening to John Barry.
What was there not to like? CR is near perfect.
That's exactly how I felt about Die Another Day. Even back when I saw it at the cinema, I remember how shockingly awful the CGI was even for that year. Bond had built its reputation on jaw dropping, real life stunts. I felt really deflated about the series. For me, Casino Royale just completely erased the memory of it. I love Skyfall too. Not so much Quantum Of Solace and SPECTRE. I have a feeling No Time To Die is going to be very special when it's released in 2545.
I agree with every word of this! Bravo!!
The Bond first film I watched at the cinema was GE, followed by all the other Brosnan entries. They were all just ok and I wasn’t wowed.
But CR was the first Bond film I watched at the cinema and walked out thinking....that was perfect.
Lol nice, I like that