Late comer to the review for this film. I'm watching all the Bond movies with Daniel Crag in anticipation of seeing Spectre this weekend.
For those who hated this movie, I really am sorry. I agree - Connery's Bond was great. So were the '60s. (Didn't he do another one in the '80s?) After all, I was born in the '60s, which means I got to see all the Bond films on ABC. Sean Connery or Roger Moore, it didn't matter - ABC showed em all. So I know Sean Connery rocks and Roger Moore sucks.
And the dark period continued until 2006, when along came Daniel Crag.
I love Craig in the role of James Bond. Cassino Royal is my favorite Bond movie since Connery was in the role. Quantum had some excellent moments, and Skyfall was a suitable vehicle for Judi Dench to exit the role as the most excellent M in the series while telling some much needed history of Bond and his family.
Best of all for Hollywood, the last three films have made good money from a franchise clearly in decline after some of the worst miscasting in any franchise's history. (I mean, Pierce Brosnan? Timothy Dalton? How did we miss Peter O'toole?) I argue, if it weren't for Craig, the Bond franchise was as good as dead.
More importantly, though, is an understanding of every film's place in the world within it exists. No one was buying the suitcase helicopter, Voodoo crazies, Jaws, Mr Scaramanga or Nick Nack in 2006. However, the world would buy a Bond who relies on his brains and muscle as well as an intelligent team of well-rounded characters, including the first complex Bond girl in a 45-year-old movie franchise. Cassino Royal was a film built for brilliance.
Are the last three Bond movies worth anything? Yes, and more. In a 24-movie series, the last three are the only ones with inter-movie coherence and consistency. The characters are not cardboard. The plots do not rely on gadgets that boarder on science fiction.
And best of all, the man playing James Bond is completely believable, and for my wife, completely hot.
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2015-11-10T22:41:08Z
Late comer to the review for this film. I'm watching all the Bond movies with Daniel Crag in anticipation of seeing Spectre this weekend.
For those who hated this movie, I really am sorry. I agree - Connery's Bond was great. So were the '60s. (Didn't he do another one in the '80s?) After all, I was born in the '60s, which means I got to see all the Bond films on ABC. Sean Connery or Roger Moore, it didn't matter - ABC showed em all. So I know Sean Connery rocks and Roger Moore sucks.
And the dark period continued until 2006, when along came Daniel Crag.
I love Craig in the role of James Bond. Cassino Royal is my favorite Bond movie since Connery was in the role. Quantum had some excellent moments, and Skyfall was a suitable vehicle for Judi Dench to exit the role as the most excellent M in the series while telling some much needed history of Bond and his family.
Best of all for Hollywood, the last three films have made good money from a franchise clearly in decline after some of the worst miscasting in any franchise's history. (I mean, Pierce Brosnan? Timothy Dalton? How did we miss Peter O'toole?) I argue, if it weren't for Craig, the Bond franchise was as good as dead.
More importantly, though, is an understanding of every film's place in the world within it exists. No one was buying the suitcase helicopter, Voodoo crazies, Jaws, Mr Scaramanga or Nick Nack in 2006. However, the world would buy a Bond who relies on his brains and muscle as well as an intelligent team of well-rounded characters, including the first complex Bond girl in a 45-year-old movie franchise. Cassino Royal was a film built for brilliance.
Are the last three Bond movies worth anything? Yes, and more. In a 24-movie series, the last three are the only ones with inter-movie coherence and consistency. The characters are not cardboard. The plots do not rely on gadgets that boarder on science fiction.
And best of all, the man playing James Bond is completely believable, and for my wife, completely hot.