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For my two cents, while I think the STAR TREK reboot was wildly over-praised, I was happy enough with CASINO ROYALE. I'm not a Daniel Craig supporter, but I can endure him while his tenure lasts. And I agree with Mark R. Young about Eva Green. She was as perfectly cast as Craig was wrong. I loved her. And the film overall gave us a serious Fleming like some of us had been craving for years.
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So do I, as I'm discovering literally hundreds of 60's Eurospy movies on
dvd for the first time.
Examples: OPERATION KID BROTHER (1967) plus the four Agent 077 films
starring Ken Clark - MISSION BLOODY MARY, FROM THE ORIENT WITH FURY,
TIFFANY MEMORANDUM, and SPECIAL MISSION: LADY CHAPLIN (which also
co-stars Bond girl Daniela Bianchi).
Den
I'd probably dig some of these myself. I love the period and the knock offs can be a lot of fun in their own right. I'd love to see Operation Kid Brother.
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Jul 25, 2015 - 5:10 PM
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Richard-W
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First Breath:
I finally saw the film, and I found it totally mediocre.
Any opinions on the film?
What kind of reviews did it receive?
Even the score was nothing special, I liked Arnold's 90s Bond scores better.
A breadth of fresh air from 2012!
Quiller 007:
I hate every bit of it. I thought the whole idea of the "reboot" and
Bond's "first mission" was a huge mistake and the dumbest thing
EON ever came up with. I don't like Daniel Craig's version of Bond.
This guy just doesn't look, act or seem like James Bond, at all, imo.
If I want to see an ugly, gritty, realistic thriller I'll watch TAXI DRIVER.
I don't like the whole introspective characterization of this Bond.
I don't like the entire revisionist direction this series has taken
starting with this film. I don't like the music, especially the main title
song. I don't like Judi Dench's M and the increasing expansion of
her role - although to be fair this all started with the Brosnan films.
I'm not a Fleming purist at all. I've read all the books and they're
fine - as books. It's funny how fans of the current era of Bond keep
claiming how faithful the Craig films are to Fleming, when there was
just as much bogus material added to CASINO ROYALE,
and changes made from the transfer of the book to the screen,
as any of the films from the 60's or 70's. On a scale from 1 to 10,
this one gets a big fat ZERO!
Btw, I LOVE the 1967 CASINO ROYALE = 10 / 10 (or 4 stars!)
At least CASINO ROYALE '67 is a FUN and chic movie, aspects
that are completely absent from version 2006.
Den
Quoted for truth, accuracy and objectivity.
Dan Hobgood:
Wow, man; thanks for doing the work so I don't have to. I agree with the above responses, except that I really liked the score and loved the theme.
For all the praise Craig received, Brosnan and Dalton were both better in their own smashing debuts.
Dan
Of course they were! That's so obvious it goes without saying. I thought the opening title was okay, although it was stolen from DANGER ROUTE (Amicus, 1968) which does it much better. I can't think of anything else to praise in CR 2006.
Also, Richard Johnson in DANGER ROUTE does the entire character arc from the Craig films all in one film, and he does it with subtlety, feeling and grace, in other words, much better.
Quiller 007:
And Judi Dench is terririfc as always.
 !!!! Sorry, but no. Judi Dench is a fine actress, but I really HATE
her M characterization. It's not all her fault though. She's just playing it
as written. Purvis and Wade (and I suspect Babs Broccoli) are
the ones to blame. It's the one aspect that really mars the Brosnan
films, more than the increasing use of crappy CGI in those films. It all
started with GOLDENEYE when she calls Bond a "misogynist dinosaur".
It was meant to funny, but it was not. It just comes across as
annoyingly "politically correct" and makes her seem like a feminist bully.
That was a real groaner of a moment and made me wince and cringe,
way more than the Tarzan yell during the jungle chase in OCTOPUSSY.
None of the previous four Bonds would have taken that crap from her.
Connery's Bond probably would have tossed her ass out the window! 
Den
Well said. Anyone who accepts the premise that James Bond was promoted to the double 0 section before he was ready, that he's too stupid to make a distinction between one bomb-maker and the organization that sent him, or that he has to be taught how to wear a proper suit and drive a classy car, can not be reasoned with. Further, anyone who buys into the idea that it's normal for a grown man and a secret agent to be followed around the globe by nagging ragging M(other) who excoriates him for being male, questions his competence and integrity, blames him for murders committed by the villain, and who teaches him how to be a better man and a kinder gentler spy, can not be reasoned with and needs to get his or her head examined.
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