Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-03-06 (Thursday)

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

3/7/2025 11:44 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

'Casino Royale' (2006).  On the final Bond actor, just a few more movies
before I reach the end of the Bond series.  Too bad there won't ever be
another Bond movie again.

Wow. It's hard to believe that this movie is nearly two decades old.

So, revisiting the movie, what did you think?

I liked it.  I remember back when it first came out my super-short
review of it was "Bond's got 'tude!"  :)

Craig was playing Ian Fleming's character, all right, something we
hadn't seen so purely since Dr. No.

I think the Connery ones were rough.  The Moore ones were fun.  Dalton
and Brosnan wanted darker, grittier but didn't really get that.  Craig
_did_ get dark and gritty.  'Casino Royale' was a reboot in more ways
than one.  It wasn't just another change in actor but a change in how
Eon approached Bond movies.  And having a story line that actually
spanned multiple films is a big plus in my mind.