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Capone Buys In At CASINO ROYALE!!

The name's First; James First by Vim Fuego	Nov 16th, 2006 02:27:40 PM
Can't wait to see this.
One question... by ldm882	Nov 16th, 2006 02:28:02 PM
How bad can this torture scene that I've read so much about be? In a PG-13?
How could anyone have been upset with this casting? by Behemoth	Nov 16th, 2006 02:32:31 PM
This guy is the perfect Bond - a badass who is definitely NOT a pretty boy. I'm excited about the franchise again, and for all those who aren't, I pray for your speedy journey into a literal Lake of Fire.
Sounds good to me! by squiddude	Nov 16th, 2006 02:35:51 PM
Nice review, Capone!
Before anyone brings up Timothy Dalton... by biggles2_22	Nov 16th, 2006 02:50:40 PM
...he sucked more than anyone has suckity sucked-sucked as James Bond.
WELL by THE KNIGHT	Nov 16th, 2006 02:51:09 PM
Is craig owning Pierce?
Saw it earlier today.... by SD Canis	Nov 16th, 2006 03:02:43 PM
...and it's great. Daniel Craig's Bond seems like a relaxed predator, no matter how cool he acts he seems dangerous. He pulls off the emotional scenes well making Bond seem more human but still never weak. Eva Green is a great bond girl with a lot of depth of character. LeChiffre is a Bond villain with as much at stake as Bond which is something new. It may be tantamount to blasphemy but I prefer Craig as Bond over any of the others, including Connery. Hope they can keep the standard up for the next one.
O.K. Fuckstick, Let's get something straight... by KingKirby	Nov 16th, 2006 03:12:46 PM
...to have the person who says in his "review" that "anyone who is still crying about Craig's blonde hair, needs to get a life" but starts said review with his simpering wet blowjob of a kiss-up to the Royal Fat Cheese, indeed needs to get a life. If all it takes to get you "giddy" (ya puss) is to see your fake name in a fake poster for a stupid ass low rent film festival in MOTHERFUCKING TEXAS, seriously needs to get a life. And yes, for the record, I missed the deadline to get my submission in. So there. Nyah.
Can't wait! by Trazadone	Nov 16th, 2006 03:19:01 PM
Seriously, I can't.
KingKirby, you nasty little bastard! by Talkbacker with no name	Nov 16th, 2006 03:23:53 PM
was that really necessary? anyway, I really wasn't up for another bond and didn't enjoy any of the Brosnan ones (even though I thought he was an amazing bond. He was just in rubbish bond films). Might have to check this out because it sounds really good! Welcome back 007
KingKirby by KingKirby	Nov 16th, 2006 03:30:27 PM
To Talkbacker: Hell no, it wasn't necessary, but it was fun! And having said all that stuff...man, I'm REALLY looking forward to this movie!
Crap, crap, crap! by JediCap	Nov 16th, 2006 03:42:01 PM
Sorry, but any film that has this bit of dialogue as a serious, character building and emotional movie, blows: "I have no armor left. You've stripped it from me. Whatever is left of me - whatever I am - I'm yours." And before you jump my shit, yes, I've seen the film -- it is terrible. Haggis' rewrite is god awfully boring, contains an action scene reminiscent of 1970's airport disaster movies, and whole indigestible to Campbell's limited style. The only thing redeeming about the movie, to my horrid surprise, is that given a competent script and decent director -- who preferably don't use sweaty close-ups every five minutes for 'dramatic effect!' -- Craig can be a good Bond, a strange mix of Dalton and Moore. Undoubtedly this movie will do good, but that's because people are sheep and will see a reboot where none exists just to be trendy. Sad, really, but at least there is a glimmer of promise by movie's end that maybe, just maybe, Bond 22 will be decent.
jedicap by uberman	Nov 16th, 2006 03:48:23 PM
"Undoubtedly this movie will do good, but that's because people are sheep and will see a reboot where none exists just to be trendy." I guess that means you, since YOU saw it already. I have not, therefore, not all of us are sheep. That being said, the previews and selection of Craig as Bond have all been brilliant moves.
ldm882... by idahomer	Nov 16th, 2006 03:53:25 PM
I don't think you actually have to see a guy with his balls in a garlic press to feel his pain... BTW, one article I read was discussing whether Craig was "inhanced" for thae swimsuit scenes. Apparantly Judi Dench commented heis the biggest Bond ever!
Spelling and Bond's... by idahomer	Nov 16th, 2006 03:55:59 PM
penis apparently don't mix.
JediCap.. by SD Canis	Nov 16th, 2006 04:06:23 PM
"Undoubtedly this movie will do good, but that's because people are sheep and will see a reboot where none exists just to be trendy." Or perhaps they will go and see it because the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. If people are "sheep" for seeing Casino Royale then what were they for watching the crap that the last two films were?
SD Canis by Giant Ape Balls	Nov 16th, 2006 04:13:36 PM
I really like the look of this. I read the book a good 18 years ago and I can remember how shocked I was at how different he was in the book than in the films. I've always wantedto see that Bond on screen and hopefully this film will do it.
Munich is a good movie by godzillasushi	Nov 16th, 2006 04:13:37 PM
and I think its mostly because of him.
Well Baaaaaaaaaa!!! by Giant Ape Balls	Nov 16th, 2006 04:16:05 PM
I'm really looking forward to this. I read the book a good 18 years ago and I can remember how shocked I was at how different he was in the book than in the films. I've always wantedto see that Bond on screen and hopefully this film will do it.
Cock it by Giant Ape Balls	Nov 16th, 2006 04:23:24 PM
I've no idea how that happened....
uberman by JediCap	Nov 16th, 2006 04:31:27 PM
Actually, the sheep comment has nothing to do with 'seeing' the movie, but rather was a snarky swipe that people will interpret/see the film in a particular way simply because AICN or Variety or Time or whatever other PRESS outlet tells them, too. Happened with "Batman Begins," a lame duck re-boot that really didn't change or do anything (a car flying jump-flying over rooftops just screams gritty realism!), and it'll happen with this. I think people should go see it, but I also think people should understand that while interesting, CR is a flawed and broken film that features an actor who has the potential, given the right script and director, to be a good Bond.
A LOT OF PEOPLE... by El Scorcho	Nov 16th, 2006 04:44:48 PM
are gonna be eating a lot of crow, if you know what I mean... Myself not included.
Saw It This Morning It's... by daveh	Nov 16th, 2006 05:01:24 PM
Good. Not great. I've read every bond book. I own every bond film and sadly know them all inside out. My favourite bond films was OHMSS, it follows the bond book the closest and is the most interesting. My favourite Bond performance however was by Dalton in Livign Daylights. He was very close to the books and it's a great film. Onto Casino Royale. First Craig is a good Bond in the action. He is a bit uncomfortable in the sarcasm and his jokey relationship with Eva Green does not always work. But he's a good Bond. Sadly his hair colour does remind you that he is not Bond. It's not a silly thing it's just a fact. It's nothing a dark rinse would not cure. It's that simple. That's all it needs. The film has a number of problems. The first is the reinventing of the franchise. It did not need it. It needed to lose the CGI and the world threats and it still would have worked. The second problem is that the film only works when it follows the novel. The first 2 action scenes seem put in the film just for commercial brain dead people who need explosions. And the finale action scene is pointless and should have followed the book ending EXACTLY not loosly. But it's still a good film. When it works it's really enjoyable. The card game is great, the torture scene as good as the book. It's good just not great.
dioxholster-- by The Dum Guy	Nov 16th, 2006 05:02:12 PM
You can't say, "I strongly recommend the movie but keep ur expectations low." That's sending a mixed message. I almost want to see an actual bad review of this before I go see it.
Saw it an hour ago... by jasper Stillwell	Nov 16th, 2006 06:20:15 PM
...its the only Bond in recent years that has recaptured any sense of excitement about this series for me. Craig is superb as cold, as brutal and aloof as Connery. You really beleive this guy is a ruthless killer yet he still has the requisite style and panache needed to be a great Bond, along with a sense of depth to add a necessary new dimension to the character. I even managed to put my prejudices aside about Dench as M, who actually performs very well in this and her role makes much more sense that just the one-note joke it is in the Brosnan films. I must admit though to be not being terribly convinced by Eva Green but not to the point of distraction - but overall the stunts are great, the opening titles are excellent, Miekleson is a superb, very welcome, low-key villain and even David Arnold reigns it in a bit rather than giving us his usual hyperactive Barry-pastiche. I just hope they can talk Martin Campbell to stay on give another one and that they don't blow this excellent rebirth with a load of old warmed up gadget-laden tosh as a follow up. But is this SPECTRE waiting in the wings? Anthony Hopkins as Blofeld possibly?
"Do I look like I care"... by SalvatoreGravano	Nov 16th, 2006 07:03:10 PM
That actually does sound amusing. Perhaps it truly will turn out to be the first good Bond film since "Licence to Kill", indeed... and perhaps Craig will actually manage to come close to Dalton's unrivalled portrayal...
A lot less Daniel Craig-hating going on, but for by CreasyBear	Nov 16th, 2006 07:14:01 PM
the few who are still upset, please remember that some other names bandied about for the role during casting were Jude Law and Colin Farrell. Thank your lucky stars. (I'm leaving a vacuum for the Clive Owen people out there, I realize.)
Craig's blonde hair by MattmanReturns	Nov 16th, 2006 08:17:06 PM
Anyone complaining needs to get a life? The books clearly define Bond's hair as short and raven black. Hey, let's change Superman's hair to blonde too, while we're messing up the images of iconic characters.
Prequel, Sequel, or Remake? by Dersu	Nov 16th, 2006 09:08:05 PM
Where does this film stand in the James Bond canon? It looks like it’s set in modern times, instead of in the ‘50s or ‘60s. Judi Dench is playing M again. She didn’t play M until “GoldenEye,” and before that the character was always male. Is this perhaps a prequel to “GoldenEye,” possibly implying that the other movies before that one were part of a different series entirely, or is this movie a complete do-over, like “Batman Begins?” The thing is, the James Bond movies rarely made sense seeing as the character never aged in the forty odd years of the MGM franchise.
I LOVE IT!!! by RomGeek	Nov 16th, 2006 09:09:02 PM
CASINO ROYALE was shown here in the Philippines two(2) days ago, I was blown away by this film and I reset/deleted all the bond films I saw in my life except for OHMSS and the old CASINO RAYALE film starring David Niven.
Didn't Roger Moore have dirty blond hair? by DARTH VOODOO	Nov 16th, 2006 09:16:13 PM
With the media making such a big fucking deal about Craig being the first blond Bond. It got me thinking. Didn't Roger Moore have dirty blond hair? He sure as hell did not have black hair.
re: MattmanReturns by K1Bond007	Nov 16th, 2006 09:56:09 PM
Yes it does, however, it's funny what fans pick and choose from when concerning Bond's looks. The books also say he has blue eyes, yet from what I can recall, Daniel Craig is the only one to have blue eyes. Additionally, it also says Bond has a comma of hair (which none of them really had, Brosnan came sort close in TND) and looks like Hoagy Carmichael, who none of the previous Bond's come close to looking like - Craig has a pretty good resemblance if you ask me. Blond hair, big deal. Moore had blondish hair too. Take Mike Grell's James Bond who is based on Carmichael -- who looks like that one the most? Craig. Carmichael: http://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub /v23n3/V23n3-Web%20images/hoag ymug.jpg Grell: http://commanderbond.net/team/ evan.willnow/grell_bond.jpg
A humorless Bond is no fun by CTU Mole	Nov 16th, 2006 10:20:56 PM
There's a reason why no one liked Timothy Dalton. What works in literature doesn't necessarily work on the big screen. Connery and Brosnan understood that Bond has to look like he's having fun at the casino or when he's ghosting some fools. Craig's seriousness might work for his first mission but for the next movie he has to lighten the fuck up.
M = C by droidonthemoon	Nov 16th, 2006 10:22:13 PM
I'm a dork, and I know this is off subject (is there a going one?) but this is kewl news for Bond fans... 'M' is, yes, actaully an initial not just a code, yes, but its a take off the original 'MC.' The first head of the Foreign Section, Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming RN, signed himself 'MC' or 'C' in green ink. Thus began the long tradition of the head of the Service adopting the initial 'C' as his symbol. The real M. He was back in 1909 and everyone since has been 'C.' Strangely, MI6 is not actually the name of the service, only in books and journals does it show up so. Its offical name is SIS. Check the history: http://www.mi6.gov.uk/output/P age79.html
people actually by Neo Technic	Nov 16th, 2006 10:50:09 PM
bitch about the wrong hair? Jezz, you motherfuckers need to go get laid. Damn.
MATTMAN RETURNS!!!!!!!!! by Batman_9	Nov 16th, 2006 11:08:55 PM
I've only known one man to use that name. I wonder if it could be you. I had a good friend years ago that created a character called MATTMAN and a series of comic books to tell the story of his ongoing war against deep holes in the ground and untied shoelaces. Are you that same guy? Or is there room in this world for two totally different MATTMEN? As for CASINO ROYALE...I CAN'T WAIT!
Daniel craig was fantastic by iKon	Nov 17th, 2006 12:00:14 AM
I needed to go to the toilet halfway through this movie, and I couldn't. While it didn't reach out to me emotionally, I was completely in awe, and when the big torture scene came up...yeah. every man on the planet is going to flinch at it, put it that way. But in all seriousness, as a reboot goes my only criticism was picking chris cornell to sing the theme tune - I can think of at LEAST several other artists who would have done a better job and not sounded so bored. Craig himself is right up there NEXT to connery. not just below or just above, he actually plays bond in a way that you can see connery being the outcome of this adventure. I really am so glad they got back the feel of it being a cold war spy drama, and I'm praying the next installment introduce ernst blofeld again, cause I personally reckon this is introducing the whole specter thing.
Superman's Hair?? by Kenny8	Nov 17th, 2006 12:35:20 AM
Mattman returns...yes they did change Superman's hair. "Returns" featured a brown haired Superman. Having said that, I'd buy Craig over Routh anyday
Really liked Craig in the role. by one9deuce	Nov 17th, 2006 12:38:13 AM
And the film is really good, but it comes off as TOO Bourne Identity/Supremacy. What is wrong with a little wink at the camera, clever quips, some gadgets, a larger than life villain with a master plan, and some huge set pieces? Those things ARE James Bond! All the best Bond films have those things, and Casino Royale seemed to try to eliminate them. I would like to see SPECTRE and Blofeld, and especially because it has been such a long time since we have.
Damn you Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Nov 17th, 2006 01:15:13 AM
Damn you Michael Bay
FINISHED MY EXAMS!!!!!! by chipps	Nov 17th, 2006 01:53:50 AM
Just saying...
It's IMMORAL to see this movie.. by tommyjenkins	Nov 17th, 2006 02:02:58 AM
...because the producers totally f*cked Brosnan. The Broz single-handedly rescues and resucitates the franchise, and makes the producers a ton of $$$ and gives his best to the fans, even in half-assed productions like D.A.D. The producers reward him by refusing to pay him what he's worth for Bond 21, fire him, steal his idea for a kick-ass Bond 21, and hire a low-budget no-name actor who'll do the movie for relative pennies instead of paying the Bond actor his fair wage as Bond (hence the reason no real actor wanted the role.) The to add insult to injury, they start a revisionist history media blitz about how the Broz was ruining the franchise and had to go. What Wilson and Broccoli have done is akin to business owners who hire illegal aliens for pennies, instead of paying proven workers what they're worth. Casino Royale may or may not be a good movie. But regardless, under the circumstances, i refuse to financially reward them for heartless, cutthroat capitalism which they disguise as a "creative decision" or "reboot" or whatever crap...
Where Next? by pammybabe	Nov 17th, 2006 02:25:37 AM
Presuming this film is a hit - and it looks like it might, where do they go next? They have already made all the stories written by Flemming. Will they be newely written stories or, because this effectively starts from the beginning, will they remake some of the books? Many of the films were only loose adaptations of the books anyway. Some you could never redo like Goldfinger but Moonraker, for example, almost only shared it's title with the book.
That tears it ... by Darth Chode	Nov 17th, 2006 02:27:12 AM
Congrats, JediCap. You've managed to write down the single dumbest thought I've ever read on this site: "Craig can be a good Bond, a strange mix of Dalton and Moore." Moore? You're saying Craig's Bond has elements of Moore's version of the character? Are you sure you saw the new Casino Royale and not the parody? Sheesh.
biggle2_22 by kwisatzhaderach	Nov 17th, 2006 02:47:52 AM
You know nothing about James Bond.
Too soon... by Bono Luthor	Nov 17th, 2006 04:16:11 AM
...I'm just saying is all.
prob with bond by Mr Gorilla	Nov 17th, 2006 05:15:27 AM
not to diss Martin Campbell, but isn't the prob with Bond that they tend not to take risks in booking big, auteur directors... But blockbusters in recent years have been genuinely invigorated by the likes of Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi being able to do what they want, plus the likes of Ang Lee, Paul Greengrass and Alfonso Caron being able to take on franchises in their own individual way. Surely Bond needs to take that kind of a risk to deliver anything more than an entertaining spy caper.
and another thing by Mr Gorilla	Nov 17th, 2006 05:24:30 AM
Isn't there an inherent prob in that spy films have limitations that, say, fantasy or sci-fi doesn't have. With those, there is at least the power of allegory at teh author's disposal - as seen in anything from X2 to Star Wars. The only way spy films can me more than essentially conservative capers that uphold values of queen and country etc (see 'True Lies', where the portrayal of Arab terrorists is just embarrasing), is if they actively try to engage with the politics - in a way that Syriana and Munich, for example, did. Isn't there also a problem in that the spy caper is essentially a not very emotional genre. I mean, I loved MiIII, but was I actually pulled in emotionally to the love between Tom Cruise and his onscreen wife? Hell no. Did I shed a tear when she was trying to revive him at the end, and the music went all soppy? No way.
Now pay attention... by David Frames	Nov 17th, 2006 05:46:27 AM
Go and see it because this approach is to be comended. Its also long overdue. Got that? GO AND SEE IT. That is all.
new casino by morandir	Nov 17th, 2006 06:52:58 AM
Hey guys, has anybody noticed something? CASINO ROYALE HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. Why re-make it? It seems kinda weird. Ya dig?
morandir by David Frames	Nov 17th, 2006 07:53:48 AM
its never been made for fuck's sake - the 1967 was a spoof and had nothing to with the book other than stealing the title and some character names. You'll find that foam, Scottish castles and 34 versions of the character are myteriously missing from the original text. This the first serious cinematic adaptation. As such it is not a remake. Any questions?
yes darth choad by iKon	Nov 17th, 2006 08:36:55 AM
I agree...maybe there were a few nudges, winks, crappy innuendo and most of all but most importantly in the moore era, racism between the brutal torture scenes and sticking a guys head in a sink to drown.
Saw it last night, fantastic! by Otter	Nov 18th, 2006 06:00:29 AM
Craig has slipped into the #2 spot as my favorite Bond, followed by Dalton and Brosnan. I wasn't crazy about Eva Green as Vesper Lynd; I would have preferred his first female interest in the movie to have been cast in that role.
Fantastic is only a word, like karma or love. by thebearovingian	Apr 29th, 2008 12:18:14 AM
We're all here to do what we're all here to do.
yeesh, don't quote Matrix Reloaded by just pillow talk	Apr 29th, 2008 07:42:59 AM

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