there were some old (and dead) threads on Daniel Craig being the new bond, but i feel its time for a thread for the movie

trailers: http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/casinoroyale/

looks fucking awesome to me, and looks liket he best bond movie in quite some time.

9/27/2006 10:28:28 PM

I had my doubts before I saw Layer Cake.

Daniel Craig is my boy now.

9/27/2006 10:48:36 PM

looks like the bond series is reinventing itself again

a lot of the flakiness and cheese from the past two brosnan films have apparently been replaced with a grittier, harsher tone and reality - daniel craig seems like a really cool customer and should be perfect

bitchin' aston martins, stunts on cranes 200 feet up, villains with strange facial scars... sign me up

ps, eva green is smokin' hot

9/27/2006 11:05:21 PM

^ exactly, it looks like they cut the cheese, and got 10x more bad ass

9/27/2006 11:55:08 PM

it wont take much to top die another day

9/28/2006 12:06:15 AM

true that

9/28/2006 12:08:48 AM

I cant see this movie failing compared to the last few movies. Most people seemed to hate the direction the series was taking.

9/28/2006 12:09:49 AM

from the previews it really looks like its headed in an entire new direction from the last few years, and that direction looks incredible

9/28/2006 12:20:11 AM

^ agreed, the newest trailer looks amazing and almost, dare i say, too bad ass... for bond.

cant wait

9/28/2006 12:52:11 AM

yea, it seems like they actually may have put some thought and feeling into this one, as opposed to "omg, teh car is invisible!!!"

9/28/2006 1:09:33 AM

I'm not sold on this movie till I see it

I'm worried they're going from one extreme to another instead of getting it right

but we'll see

9/28/2006 7:34:36 AM

This movie sounds like it will be my cup of tea.

I didn't hate Die Another Day. It could've been better at parts, but I thought it was interesting that Bond actually got captured and imprisoned for a year and a half. Granted he's been caught by the villains before, but he always had some hi-tech gadgety way out in less than five minutes. This time he was just grade-A boned. I'm no international spy, but if I had to guess I'd have to say that's probably a lot more realistic than invisible cars and casinos made entirely out of ice. The dude's been playing with fire for so long that it's about time he got burned. People might disagree and say "but he's Bond! He's always suppose to have a way out of bad situations!" But when you're a spy, this is the kind of shit that you have to accept as an occupational hazard. I dunno, I'm personally just tired of seeing an invincible Bond, the bad guys' bullets always seeming to conveniently miss him, etc. I want to see a more vulnerable Bond, a Bond that actually has to face some kind of actual danger and not rely upon deus ex machinas to bail him out. Being a spy does not mean having missiles flying out of your car and making as much noise as possible, being that conspicuous actually means you suck at spying. Save that shit for action flicks.

9/28/2006 10:38:38 AM

i was extremely intrigued at first (during the black and white parts) but then when we got to the explosions-a-minute kung-fu action i was all

9/28/2006 11:30:26 AM

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"I'm worried they're going from one extreme to another instead of getting it right"

9/28/2006 11:47:47 AM

ohh, and in case anyone hasn't noticed, it's being directed by the same guy who did Goldeneye.

goldeneye was easily the best of the new bond movies.

9/28/2006 12:05:10 PM

The best meaning the only one of the new ones that wasn't completely ridiculous and over the top...

9/28/2006 2:08:31 PM

the new trailer makes me feel a little better

i think the spirit of the novel is there more so than i did after seeing the first trailer

9/28/2006 10:49:35 PM

I will watch this at the $1.50

after i read what everyone thinks about it on here

9/29/2006 9:50:25 AM

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"Save that shit for action flicks"

wait, what? are you honestly saying that bond movies AREN'T action flicks?

9/29/2006 12:33:58 PM

It says this movie is before his license to kill, so does this mean it is suppossed to be the beginning of Bond? Kind of like Batman Begins?

November 17th release date for those who don't go to the link.

9/29/2006 12:52:04 PM

The book Casino Royale was the very first apperance of James Bond. It was written by Ian Flemming. So yes, this will be like Batman begins

9/29/2006 1:26:21 PM

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"wait, what? are you honestly saying that bond movies AREN'T action flicks?"

Bond movies aren't action flicks

they're supposed to by spy movies--which do have some action

the novels don't even have that much action. the majority of the action that is there occurs in the last third of novel usually.

Connery started out doing spy movies, Moore made the films laughable, Dalton went back to Connery and Fleming but had shitty story lines, and Brosnan was a pretty good mix of all three of them. Lazenby's movie was the most true story to the novel, but he didn't play Bond, he played Connery playing Bond. I think Daniel Craig is going to be a grittier than Connery and Dalton and I think that's a bit worrisome. I just hope he doens't come across like an asshole because that's not who Bond is in the novels. In the novels he's just cold, emotionless at times, focused on his mission and very comraderous around his very few close friends and allies--not some renegade asshole that breaks all the rules and pisses everyone off to get things done.

9/29/2006 6:13:35 PM

i'm glad i dont read books, they tend to ruin movies.

9/29/2006 6:57:56 PM

the bond movies dont' really follow the books

so its like double the adventures

this one seems like it will follow the same type of events, just in an updated fashion

9/29/2006 7:10:54 PM

"the novels dont have action"


sorry but i dont think any novels really have action. i mean i dont read. but i cant imagine text in a novel reading: "and the boat explodes. As Bond swims away another boat comes by and shoots at him. Then that boat explodes when it runs into another boat."

9/29/2006 7:15:12 PM

that's not what i said


the is action in the novels, but obviously not as much as in the movies

its there and paints a pretty clear picture of what's going on. from car chases to torture scenes to escape scenes, etc. they're all pretty detailed without being boring and long and drawn out. you can actually feel the intesity of the situations. i was pretty impressed actually.

9/29/2006 8:43:45 PM

the best part in die another day was "hows that for a punchline" when that korean chink guy punches bond

9/29/2006 8:44:36 PM

so many great lines in that movie

"i am mr. kill."
"thats a name to die for."

9/29/2006 8:56:16 PM

The World is Not Enough

"Who is in charge here"
That would be me, Dr. Christmas Jones, and I don't want to hear any jokes
"I don't know any doctor jokes"

"Welcome to my nuclear familiy"

"I was wrong about you"
How so?
"I thought Christmas only comes once a year"

9/30/2006 4:27:45 PM

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"I thought Christmas only comes once a year"

someone gets paid to write shit like that

9/30/2006 5:41:24 PM

So I ask, why not me?

9/30/2006 5:46:05 PM

one more week!

this one is going to be badass. the previews are incredible

11/2/2006 1:56:43 AM

^? One week - it comes out the 17th, today is the 2nd.

11/2/2006 2:17:20 AM

someone is excited

11/2/2006 8:06:29 AM

I might get to see it a bit early.....

sorry, got excited.

But yeah, 2 more weeks!

11/2/2006 6:30:06 PM

I took one look at the previews and immediately began creaming my pants. If this movie is not spectacular there are going to be some dead movie producers turning up over the next few weeks.

11/2/2006 6:56:53 PM

so yeah, if you think the new Bond girl, Eva Green, is really hot...

you gotta watch The Dreamers (Rated NC 17). It's her first movie, and you get to see plenty of her... plenty

11/3/2006 1:52:05 PM

^hmmmmmmm

Yeah I can't wait for this movie!

11/3/2006 1:52:37 PM

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"sorry but i dont think any novels really have action. i mean i dont read. but i cant imagine text in a novel reading: "and the boat explodes. As Bond swims away another boat comes by and shoots at him. Then that boat explodes when it runs into another boat.""

you should try reading sometime. you're missing out on a lot, & you sure have a hard time sounding intelligent making statements like that one.

11/3/2006 2:00:52 PM

^ I don't know why you bothered writing that....he's not gonna read it... HEEEYOOO. Count it!

11/3/2006 2:02:15 PM

^^

11/3/2006 3:06:55 PM

bttt

11/6/2006 2:18:48 PM

I refuse to see this movie solely because the new James Bond looks like a tremendous prick.

11/6/2006 2:48:27 PM

you will be missed

go see layer cake

11/6/2006 2:51:11 PM

I thought he was great in Munich as well

11/6/2006 2:57:16 PM

If I see him in a speedo or whatever the hell that is one more time, I'm going to punch a child.

11/6/2006 2:58:30 PM

Its not Daniel Craigs fault that he makes you question your sexuality.

11/6/2006 3:03:35 PM

Yes it is!!!!!!!!!!!!

11/6/2006 3:04:07 PM

Hey Crede....
































NOW PUNCH A CHILD!!!

11/6/2006 3:09:55 PM

Oh, the humanity.

11/6/2006 3:10:49 PM