Casino Royale = Good Movie
I haven’t seen most of the recent James Bond movies. I grew up watching them as a kid, when my Dad would put them on TV and we’d sit down and turn up the volume really loud on his surround sound system and enjoy the action.
I admit, my favorite Bond does buck the trend. I really enjoyed Roger Moore in the title role. I always liked the way he delivered the one-liners, and some of the movies he was in were my favorites: The Spy Who Loved Me, The Man with the Golden Gun, and so forth.
However, just as Christian Bale did earlier last year with Batman Begins, Daniel Craig made his Bond much darker and truer to Ian Fleming’s original mold. I like it when this happens, when it’s supposed to happen. Clearly, a darker version of American Pie where Jim is a brooding, on the line of the law super-agent / super hero may not be the best way to re-boot a franchise of that type.
My point is, I really enjoy it when I know that I’m watching a movie that is close / very true to how the original creator intended. Batman wasn’t meant to have nipples, and James Bond wasn’t meant to overpower an actual story with bright flashes and loud bangs.
Casino Royale is a great movie, and I’m told by a bigger Bond aficionado than myself that he has placed Daniel Craig right above Pierce Brosnan on his list (under Sean Connery of course), and that’s good enough for me. I can’t wait for the next one to arrive.
November 29th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
Oh man.. word up on that. Between Casino Royale, Borat and The Departed, we’ve had some very entertaining cinema in the last few months.