Release Date: November 17, 2006
Bond is back. And in many ways he never left. Wait, no, that's not true. Bond has been gone a long time. For whatever reason, I could never get behind Pierce Brosnan. I sort of liked Die Another Day and I wanted to like Goldeneye, but most of these Bonds didn't leave me stirred or shaken. Timothy Dalton never did it for me either, and Roger Moore was good in a "I'm nowhere near as cool as Sean Connery" way and George Lazenby, well, he gets a bad rap, at least On Her Majesty's Secret Service tried to be different.
While I'm name dropping, ignore Never Say Never Again too, because that's dumb. Ok, so what I'm saying is I really really enjoy Sean Connery as Bond. Even though he's not as cool, I liked Moore's films too. I'm a James Bond fan. And now here comes blondie Daniel Craig to claim the bow tie and "re-invent" the series as something new. Does it work?
[Censored] yeah it does! Casino Royale rocked my damn socks off. I love this film. You know how I can tell I love it? I saw it opening night and four days later I'm still thinking about it. I might even go see it again in theaters. It's that good. And Daniel Craig is perfect for the young, arrogant Bond being forged into the Connery character. Connery did a great job of being Bond. Craig does a great job of becoming him.
Now, you know me, and I don't like dishing out too much plot, but basically we get James Bond earning his 00 with two kills in the opening, nice stuff. Then Chris Cornell rocks your face off with the title song, You Know My Name, which is great. Bond goes a little overboard while on assignment in Africa and gets a spanking from M. So Bond does what every super spy on vacation does - foils an evil villains plot in a tropical paradise.
Article comments
1 - handyguy
I think this is the best Bond film since the 1960s. Smashing.