007

[jonny.rainbow]

gareth as you appear to be the "Film Guru"

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

Both films will have the Casino Royale element with a terrorist known as Le Chiffre gambling to raise funds for the organisation he works for and a bond girl called Vesper Lynd.

That only made up about 10 minutes of the 1967 "spoof" though.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

gareth as you appear to be the "Film Guru"

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

Dave

I have not seen it but think Craig is a very good actor, he is different from Pretty boy Brosnan who is sickeningly handsome but a good Bond and reasonable actor , Craig has a face like the surface of the Moon but has beefed himself up and without wanting to say gay looks in fine fettle, he should add a darker feel to the genre and is something quite different to the Bonds before and I will post my review in a couple of weeks. Bale is the Bond of the future as he is the best actor of his generation imho , sickeningly good looking but is now Batman and the best ever Batman I might add. You can't be Batman and Bond at the same time.

GG

 

[Dave the OAP]

Gareth

I am from the old school of Bond films, in that I thought once Connery had left they should have left the series there. Although the stunts and filming of Thunderball and Goldfinger seem extremely dated now, as films they do stand the test of time. My favourite Bond is still You Only Live Twice, which I thought Connery was at his best.

I read all the Ian Flemming books and I think Thunderball was my favourite. Certainly the books were far darker than the films.....certainly as the Moore era went on, they bacame so Americanised they were sanitised!

I am looking forward to seeing CR though....should be good.


BTW Saw Da Vinci Code weekend before last. I really enjoyed that film although the critics panned it.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

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

Not exactly sticking to the Bond formula are they.

I believe that this film is "prequel" and thats why they are not in there this time. Sort of Bond starting out type thing.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Did I imagine it or was Jason Isaacs not originally going to be the new Bond?, he certainly looks the part.

I really rate Daniel Craig as an actor, and think he is ideal to carry off this "dark" 007, after all the charachter is supposed to be a ruthless payed killer who will stop at nothing to achieve his objective, I thought that Brosnan was developing this cold hitman in Die another Day, and am pleased that they are developing that aspect of the uber agent.

 

[Tony Meolas Loan Spell]

I will post my review in a couple of weeks.

GG

Cant wait!

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Gareth

I am from the old school of Bond films, in that I thought once Connery had left they should have left the series there. Although the stunts and filming of Thunderball and Goldfinger seem extremely dated now, as films they do stand the test of time. My favourite Bond is still You Only Live Twice, which I thought Connery was at his best.

I read all the Ian Flemming books and I think Thunderball was my favourite. Certainly the books were far darker than the films.....certainly as the Moore era went on, they bacame so Americanised they were sanitised!

I am looking forward to seeing CR though....should be good.


BTW Saw Da Vinci Code weekend before last. I really enjoyed that film although the critics panned it.

Dave I agree about the Da Vinci Code, I gave it a 8.0 and said in a post I did " why was this film panned by the critics it was actually very good and always interesting and thought provoking ?, needless to say the wise chaps of NSC slated me for saying that and posted it is shite, especially TLO ( suprise suprise ) although Uncle Buck missed an opportunity to have a pop. My favourite Bond films are Live and Let Die, Goldeneye and The Spy who loved me.

 

[Uncle Buck]

although Uncle Buck missed an opportunity to have a pop.

Well done Garth you managed to get something in there.

Poor you.

There, there.

 

[The Merry Prankster]

I believe Daniel Craig is an Albion supporter.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Is it my fault that Brosnan left the role, Garth?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

you really are quite tiresome

 

[Icy Gull]

Is this Groundhog Day

 

[Uncle Buck]

you really are quite tiresome

You were the one that had to get the comment in there that I had not had a pop.

Why did you do that, really?

But then you swing from one extreme to the other.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Is this Groundhog Day

In a week the new Bond will be the worst one ever....

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

give it a rest Piers for heavens sake

 

[Dave the OAP]

here we go again

 

[Uncle Buck]

give it a rest Piers for heavens sake

Well why have a swipe on this thread?

Tell me to give it a rest, do not start things.

Simple really.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I did a thread praising Wilkins yesterday without a single mention of you which you hijacked and started posting unnecessary insults as well as TLO, I just responded to those insults, anyway maybe we should all grow up a little, its quite pathetic really

 

[Uncle Buck]

I did a thread praising Wilkins yesterday without a single mention of you which you hijacked and started posting unnecessary insults as well as TLO, I just responded to those insults, anyway maybe we should all grow up a little, its quite pathetic really

There was no need to throw insults on this thread, yet you did, then have another pop at me and will now try and play the persecuted card.

Fine.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

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.

Moneypenny did appear in the Casino Royale novel, but I guess it was a creative decision not to include her in this film.

Q didn't appear until Live and Let Die.