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  • 1 year ago
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    My God, this film is just so good! It just gets everything right. It's all the best bits of previous Bonds put together.

    For me the deciding factor is the character depth. Dalton and Pierce Brosnan showed glimpses of Bond's mental state but didn't really do more with it, Daniel Craig totally smashes it. He's the ladies man, killer and super agent, but he's also human too. And believable.

    You might like other Bond films more for your own reasons, I love Goldeneye as much as this one, and I love the comedy Roger Moore films with Jaws in, but Casino Royale definitely is the best Bond film. It just is the best film of the lot.
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    • Klemoib
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      Editing … oh lol. Clearly we'll have to have a fight to the death now. That movie was so boring and lame. I wonder if you're also going to like the last Daniel Craig film then. I've not seen it because the entire premise sounds like it would put me to sleep or make me vomit. I really hate what they have done with the character. James Bond movies have always been stupid fun pulpy movies you could just have a good time with. Trying to make "serious" alteration to the character is just tasteless to me because the character and the writing are just not good enough for that. It just becomes melodramatic.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … It's like a Rolls Royce Klem. It's not great to drive, it's not fast, can't fit in any parking spaces, too expensive to run, but it's the best damn car out there. Whereas my little C1 is great fun and cheap and I wouldn't swap for a roller. But the roller is a better car than the C1.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … How is it the best car out there if it's not great to drive and you can't park it? You make it sound like a terrible car Nodman. Also Casino Royale is my favorite Bond, most of the pre-Craig Bond films felt practically identical to me.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I was gonna say I liked all the Craig Bond films, before I remembered Quantum of Solace still unfortunately exists.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … And the best film sounds terrible to Klem because she likes her films to do things differently.
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    • Klemoib
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      Editing … The Daniel Craig bonds are not a rolls royce. If they were a car they would be a fork lift pretending to be a rolls royce with cardboard props.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Rubbish. Casino Royale is the best film. You can have a favourite that isn't the best, but that doesn't mean Casino Royale is not the best.
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    • Klemoib
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      Editing … It's so dull. I'm glad Craig is too old now to play bond. Maybe he can get roles that are better suited to him now.
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    • Nodley
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      Editing … Watch Casino Royale again with an open mind. I think you're remembering Quantum of Solace or something. I've got 2 or 3 more films to watch then I'm done.
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    • Klemoib
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      Editing … FF7 >>> Casino Royale
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  • 3 years ago
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    ( 6.0 ) -- Not sure what the high praise is about. Having just read the book I decided to give it a go. Tbh the book was the weakest of the three I've read so far. (The other two being Goldfinger & Diamonds are Forever) I didn't feel like the plot of why Bond was going after Le Chiffre in the first place was well illustrated in the film. I did like the new versions of old side characters. I don't think the love for Vesper is very believable in the time frame given (although that was a shortcoming of the book as well). I don't know, it just doesn't sit that well with me. There's much better action films out there.
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  • Ulty wrote his opinion about Casino Royale
    8 years ago
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    Casino Royale is the perfect representation of a series reboot - it literally adapts every element and character from the series to the new generation, in a brilliant way!

    The story is actually believeable, as far as Bond stories can be, with some rich character development and understandable motivations. Bond himself is really well made, i've heard this is the closest Bond ever was to mirroring Ian Fleming's original character, and I really love it. He actually has a backstory in this! For once we actually get to see inside the character, how he really is and understand what he goes through. He's tough, cold hearted, but also a funny and charming man with some extreme talents up his sleeve.

    This is, no doubt, the best directed Bond movie ever made. Truly a "punch in the face" after the dreadful Die Another Day, everything was really well shot and the screenplay was very tight. This is the movie the series needed: a fresh, beautiful reboot that doesn't suck for once...
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  • John La wrote his opinion about Casino Royale
    9 years ago
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    reinvigorates the stale Bond formula
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  • Nodley wrote his opinion about Casino Royale
    9 years ago
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    The best Bond! I love how it's much more gritty and realistic.
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  • Wrl6199 wrote his opinion about Casino Royale
    9 years ago
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    Finally, a James Bond who bleeds when bad guys cut him, scars when the love of his life hurts him and wins the day with brute force and smarts rather than gadgets. It sounds blasphemous, but Daniel Craig might be the best Bond ever. That's right, Lazenby fans.
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