007

[Uncle Spielberg]

http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/movies/casinoroyale/site/flash.htm

Daniel Craig was not the obvious choice and I raised my eyebrows as Brosnan was doing a decent enough job and the person born to play the role was Christian Bale. However Craig has vowed critics who saw a preview at the weekend who universally said it was one of the best ever Bond films and Craig was the best bond since Connery.

Craig has a rugged look and is a much darker bond than before espically the frivolity of Moore. He can however act of that there is no doubt.

I reckon the series needed a fresh approach and it looks like they have made a daring and excellent choice in Craig.

Take a look.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/international/

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

'Brilliant' Bond seduces critics

Choosing Daniel Craig as the new James Bond upset some fans

Daniel Craig's performance as James Bond has been hailed as "terrific" and "simply brilliant" in early reviews of his 007 debut in Casino Royale.
The first verdicts on Craig - who was a controversial choice to play the spy - have been gushing.

The Daily Mirror said he was seen "oozing the kind of edgy menace that recalls Sean Connery at his best".

And the Daily Telegraph wrote that he "steps with full assuredness into Sean Connery's old handmade shoes".

Connery, who appeared in seven Bond films, was recently voted the best 007 of all time.


The actor has promised a tougher and grittier 007
But when Craig was picked to replace Pierce Brosnan last year, a small band of disapproving fans called for a boycott of Casino Royale.

In the new film, Bond makes a break from the super-slick, stereotyped spy of the past, the UK newspaper critics said - but all declared the end result a triumph.

"It's Bond, but not as we've known it," according to the Telegraph.

"The guns and action are there... the girls are certainly there... but the clonking double entendres of the old days are gone - in their place is a much more teasing, smartly written prospect."

'Unpredictable and vulnerable'

Daniel Craig had a face "like an Easter Island statue" and makes "a terrific debut", it added.

"He manages to exude not only danger and unpredictability and wit - but also, and this is a first, some vulnerability."


Daniel Craig has earned comparisons with Sean Connery
The Times declared: "Craig is up there with the best - he combines Sean Connery's athleticism and cocksure swagger with Timothy Dalton's thrilling undercurrent of stone-cold cruelty."

Craig's impressive physique makes him "a far more plausible Bond than many of his predecessors", it added. "But his main asset quickly becomes evident. He can act."

The action was "edgy", the paper said, with stunts that were more physical and violence that was more raw.

The Mirror said the James Bond rule book had been "well and truly torn up" for the 21st official film.

'More human'

"From the start you can tell this isn't your average Bond film," its critic wrote, adding that it was "easily the best film since GoldenEye".

Based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale begins with a brutal black-and-white fight scene in a bare bathroom.

Since Craig was chosen, the actor and film-makers have promised a more human and gritty character.

Casino Royale reaches cinemas on 17 November.

 

[¡Cereal Killer!]

James Bond movies are shit

 

[Tooting Gull]

In the first place, you have to do at least a couple of films to make a decent judgment.

And I guarantee, with all the bad pre-publicity re Daniel Craig in the role, they will have thrown the proverbial kitchen sink at the critics in PR terms.

They'll probably all have received a Casino Royale goodie bag with an Aston Martin thrown in.

I'll certainly go to check it out, be interesting to see how he does and what people think. He'll have to go some to get near Connery and Brosnan though.

 

[desprateseagull]

isnt 007 all about the one liners, etc? trying to find a 'new' direction imo is bad, and will fail (sean connery and pierce brosnan fan).

 

[Rambo]

Cant wait for this film, looks superb. Have always though Craig was a good actor, but was sceptical for Bond, however, he seems to have proved the critics wrong. Good on him.

I will be the judge, next week.

 

[¤DãŃn¥ §êãGüLL¤]

But there's none of the customary scenes with Q or Moneypenny

And DC is a craggy faced blonde.

Not exactly sticking to the Bond formula are they.

 

[Braders]

i need a fence for this one , hard to judge without seeing the new bond in action , but to do such a story so late into the bond collection is dangerous water, and especially on the back of die another day , this could be the film that kills off bond

however i reserve judgement until i see it , which is when it comes on DVD at a bargain price.

 

[smudge]

James Bond manages to get inside an organisation that's planning world domination. He destroys their underground/undersea/outer-space HQ,escaping with seconds to spare.....with a tasty bint.

f***....hope I haven't spoilt the storyline!

 

[Stevie Boy]

makes me laugh, peopel say that craig couldnt be bond because he had blond hair, last week i heard that P Diddy wanted to be bond, one big problem, he is black

 

[The Large One]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, FIXTURES...

 

[Braders]

makes me laugh, peopel say that craig couldnt be bond because he had blond hair, last week i heard that P Diddy wanted to be bond, one big problem, he is black

good point BUT James Bond and 007 i'm led to believe are just agents disguises (code names) and its possible to have different ones , i was told absolutely ages ago ... any Bond fans happen to know if thats fact or complete and utter bollocks?

 

[McShane79]

Cant wait for this film, looks superb. Have always though Craig was a good actor, but was sceptical for Bond, however, he seems to have proved the critics wrong. Good on him.

I will be the judge, next week.

I agree. Have liked Daniel Craig's performances in the past (Our Friends in the North, Layer Cake, Road to Perdition), but was surprised he was picked for Bond.

However all that I have heard about the film makes me look forward to it a lot. Much more gritty and looks to be in the mold of Dalton's Bond that you actually think is capable of doing what he does.

Liked Brosnan, but got bored of his Bond a little, so glad of the change.

 

[Chicken Run]

http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/movies/casinoroyale/site/flash.htm

Daniel Craig was not the obvious choice and I raised my eyebrows as Brosnan was doing a decent enough job and the person born to play the role was Christian Bale. However Craig has vowed critics who saw a preview at the weekend who universally said it was one of the best ever Bond films and Craig was the best bond since Connery.

Craig has a rugged look and is a much darker bond than before espically the frivolity of Moore. He can however act of that there is no doubt.

I reckon the series needed a fresh approach and it looks like they have made a daring and excellent choice in Craig.

Take a look.

Totaly agree with the Christian Bale bit

 

[tinx]

THis can only be good in my opinion as I never liked Brosnan in the role at all. Really looking forward to this one.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

good point BUT James Bond and 007 i'm led to believe are just agents disguises (code names) and its possible to have different ones , i was told absolutely ages ago ... any Bond fans happen to know if thats fact or complete and utter bollocks?

James Bond is his actual name.

He comes from a Scottish family and lives in a flat in Chelsea.

He obtained the double 0 prefix(MI6 Agent with a licence to kill) by carrying out two assasinations after he had left the Navy.

I believe we will see some of that in the upcoming movie.

I am a massive James Bond fan but didn't bother to watch Die Another Day because it was obvious from the trailers that it was going to be awful.

I'm willing to give this one a go, but I feel it may be time for the series, in it's current formula to be retired.

 

[Dave the OAP]

gareth as you appear to be the "Film Guru"

Is the film similar to the original Casino Royale with David Niven?

 

[Commander]

isnt 007 all about the one liners, etc? trying to find a 'new' direction imo is bad, and will fail (sean connery and pierce brosnan fan).

Don't agree, if you read the books you will see that this 'new' direction is actually what Bond was meant to be like in the first place.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Don't agree, if you read the books you will see that this 'new' direction is actually what Bond was meant to be like in the first place.

Well Dalton probably played Bond as close to the Fleming character.

Certainly if you read Casino Royale, Bond is a complete bastard.