Casino Royale

[DTVAirport]

The premiere is tonight in London (14-11-06) and after that I believe there will be a number of mini-premiere's around the country on 16-11-06, then normal screenings from 17-11-06. I hope to see it on 18-11-06 or 25-11-06.

Obviously, this is no ordinary Bond film, for a number of reasons. Firstly because we've got a new blonde Bond, secondly because there is no Q, although I believe there is a reference to Q-Branch. Thirdly, none of the stunts were faked or edited in any way. There are more but I'm not going to go into detail now.

There have been a number of excellent write-ups about the film recently, with a lot of people saying he's the best Bond since Connery, which judging from the trailer, you get the impression it's true. I cannot wait to see this film, I believe it's going to be my personal favourite.

Comments welcome.

[DeltaRules]

I'm looking forward to seeing it & have been looking forward to it since '02. It looks like it could be good. I just don't know why they didn't make Casino Royale the first Bond movie, as it was the first Bond novel & gave an intro as to who he was & why he stayed a double O (I read the book for my Sr. paper in English in high school)

Keyword "could". I'm worried it could turn out like the last pile of crap they called a James Bond movie, namely Die Another Day. James Bond being captured & held for 14 months 5 minutes into the movie was bad enough & then the rest of the movie wasn't much better. Only 007 movie I haven't seen more than once.

DeltaRules

[Genessee]

From whats been written above, it sounds promising. All the CGI in the last couple films really brought them down a notch. Hopefully every bit-character in the film won't have some witty remark as well. That got old pretty fast in Die Another Day.

[JordanD]

Connery was by far the best Bond.

[DTVAirport]

I found out the other day that Sean Connery did two stints as Bond, he did a few, Lasenby took over, then he came back and did a few more.

[Genessee]

I found out the other day that Sean Connery did two stints as Bond, he did a few, Lasenby took over, then he came back and did a few more.

Just one more, they caved into Connerys demands


Dr No (1962) - Sean Connery
From Russia With Love (1963) - Sean Connery
Goldfinger (1964) - Sean Connery
Thunderball (1965) - Sean Connery
You Only Live Twice (1967) - Sean Connery
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Not Sean Connery
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - Sean Connery
Live And Let Die (1973) - Roger Moore

[seventwo]

Didnt Connery do a few bond films in the 80's?

[ACman]

Didnt Connery do a few bond films in the 80's?

He only did one and it wasnt an official movie. I forget the name of it.

But it was Timothy Dalton that did The Living Daylights and License to Kill.

[Jbrewster1012]

Didnt Connery do a few bond films in the 80's?

Connery did "Never Say Never Again" in 83. It was made by Warner Brothers (as opposed to UA/MGM) as kind of an unofficial Bond movie. It was essentially a remake of Thunderball.

Also, there wasn't really a Q in Dr. No, just a representative from Q-Branch that gave Bond his gun.

I have hope that Casino Royale will turn out right. I hope it goes back to basics and isn't some big explosive movie that the last few turned out to be. I think that Brosnan was one of the better Bonds, he just had some unfortunate movies in his run.

[srbmod]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - Not Sean Connery

The most underrated Bond film ever. It's my favorite Bond film. Lazenby's line at the end of the opening scene always cracks me up: "This never happened to the other fellow."

And Telly Savalas as Blofeld.

[Genessee]

The most underrated Bond film ever. It's my favorite Bond film. Lazenby's line at the end of the opening scene always cracks me up: "This never happened to the other fellow."

And Telly Savalas as Blofeld.

The movie was pretty good, there's something about Lazenby that doesn't quite strike me though. It's decent anyway.

Blofeld was one of my favourite 'bad guys'. I'm hoping with them starting at the beginning, they will do another movie (or movies) with him and SPECTER in it. Unless they never got the rights back to use the character.

[Jbrewster1012]

On Her Majesty's Secret Service is one of my favorites too.

The movie was pretty good, there's something about Lazenby that doesn't quite strike me though. It's decent anyway.

Blofeld was one of my favourite 'bad guys'. I'm hoping with them starting at the beginning, they will do another movie (or movies) with him and SPECTER in it. Unless they never got the rights back to use the character.

I don't think they ever got the rights back to Spectre/Blofeld. I think the guy that made Never Say Never Again still owns them.

[pbateson]

I haven't seen it yet. I have no friend come with me. I don't like to go as lone. :|

[DTVAirport]

I haven't seen it yet. I have no friend come with me. I don't like to go as lone. :|

You and me are in the same boat then! Don't worry, it won't be long before it's available on dodgy DVD.

[MaxPower]

The list is from wikipedia.org. Does anyone remember which part or movie was with the C130 crashing into a desert cliff after James Bond jumped off, it including a red convertible car in the section..

No.	Title	Year	James Bond
1	Dr. No	1962	Sean Connery
2	From Russia with Love	1963	Sean Connery
3	Goldfinger	1964	Sean Connery
4	Thunderball	1965	Sean Connery
5	You Only Live Twice	1967	Sean Connery
6	On Her Majesty's Secret Service	1969	George Lazenby
7	Diamonds Are Forever	1971	Sean Connery
8	Live and Let Die	1973	Roger Moore
9	The Man with the Golden Gun	1974	Roger Moore
10	The Spy Who Loved Me	1977	Roger Moore
11	Moonraker	1979	Roger Moore
12	For Your Eyes Only	1981	Roger Moore
13	Octopussy	1983	Roger Moore
14	A View to a Kill	1985	Roger Moore
15	The Living Daylights	1987	Timothy Dalton
16	Licence to Kill	1989	Timothy Dalton
17	GoldenEye	1995	Pierce Brosnan
18	Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	Pierce Brosnan
19	The World Is Not Enough	1999	Pierce Brosnan
20	Die Another Day	2002	Pierce Brosnan
21	Casino Royale	2006	Daniel Craig
22	Bond 22	2008	Daniel Craig