It was a kick ass good flick. Beautifully shot, clever writing, supporting cast was excellent, action was GO, GO, GO from the opening scene, story carried it along seamlessly. If you don't like Bond movies, this is a great one to see. Nary a silly gadget...just 007 thinking super-fast on his feet (okay, you have to suspend belief for some of it, but hey, it's a movie!) If you're a Bond fan, IMO you won't be disappointed. Writer, director & actor stayed true to the character, while still making him edgier than we've seen in a loooong time. It's about time.
Ooooooh, about Craig as the new James Bond. Rrrrrowwwwrrrr!! *still wiping drool off my chin* I've always been a hard-core Sean Connery gal, but from the opening scene, I was sold on the new 007. I'm a BELIEVAH. I'm a sucker for blue eyes and Craig's are absolutely riveting on the big screen.
Ooooooh, about Craig as the new James Bond. Rrrrrowwwwrrrr!! *still wiping drool off my chin* I've always been a hard-core Sean Connery gal, but from the opening scene, I was sold on the new 007. I'm a BELIEVAH. I'm a sucker for blue eyes and Craig's are absolutely riveting on the big screen.
Favourite Review Quote: "The anti-Craig lobbyists - if they still exist - should be reaching for their recipe books. It's time to eat humble pie."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6136276.stm
Methinks the fans agree. The BBC reported "Casino Royale has smashed a Bond box office record, taking more in its first day of release than any previous 007 film, says Columbia Pictures. The film, which features Daniel Craig's first outing as the super-spy, sold £1.7m of tickets in the UK on Thursday."
From the New York Times: "Every generation gets the Bond it deserves if not necessarily desires, and with his creased face and uneasy smile, Mr. Craig fits these grim times well. As if to underscore the idea that this new Bond marks a decisive break with the contemporary iterations, "Casino Royale" opens with a black-and-white sequence that finds the spy making his first government-sanctioned kills. The inky blood soon gives way to full-blown color, but not until Bond has killed one man with his hands after a violent struggle and fatally shot a second. "Made you feel it, did he?" someone asks Bond of his first victim. Bond doesn’t answer. From the way the director, Martin Campbell, stages the action though, it’s clear that he wants to make sure we do feel it. Mr. Craig’s Bond looks as if he has renewed his license to kill."
Methinks the fans agree. The BBC reported "Casino Royale has smashed a Bond box office record, taking more in its first day of release than any previous 007 film, says Columbia Pictures. The film, which features Daniel Craig's first outing as the super-spy, sold £1.7m of tickets in the UK on Thursday."
From the New York Times: "Every generation gets the Bond it deserves if not necessarily desires, and with his creased face and uneasy smile, Mr. Craig fits these grim times well. As if to underscore the idea that this new Bond marks a decisive break with the contemporary iterations, "Casino Royale" opens with a black-and-white sequence that finds the spy making his first government-sanctioned kills. The inky blood soon gives way to full-blown color, but not until Bond has killed one man with his hands after a violent struggle and fatally shot a second. "Made you feel it, did he?" someone asks Bond of his first victim. Bond doesn’t answer. From the way the director, Martin Campbell, stages the action though, it’s clear that he wants to make sure we do feel it. Mr. Craig’s Bond looks as if he has renewed his license to kill."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/17/movies/17roya.html?bl&ex=1163912400&en=b48726b8da3154b4&ei=5087%0A
From the Washington Post: "Daniel Craig kicks major maximus as a Bond who'd never use a computer where a punch will do; he's lean and athletic and fast, and the movie takes great advantage of his beauty in motion, particularly his on-the-dead-run. Besides being the first blond Bond, the first Bond under 40 since George Lazenby, and the first Bond to look like Steve McQueen, he's seemingly the first Bond to actually bleed. His face frequently looks like it had a close encounter with a lawnmower; fights leave him sodden in unpleasant liquids of his own manufacture as well as physically spent and far into oxygen debt."
Oh yeah, Supah Stah really liked it too.
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