Casino Royale Happens To Be …
… the best Bond film ever.
Ok fine. I admit it. I love James Bond movies. I’m a tad bit over 40 and I’ve been watching them since I was in grade school. I’ve seen ‘em all, except for that George Lazenby thang, and Casino Royale is the best ever.
There. I said it out loud.
Daniel Craig is a Bond’s Bond.
And dammit, I didn’t want to like the little blue-eyed bugger.
Too short, I said.
Too blonde, I said.
Looks too feral, I thought.
I was wrong. There. I said that out loud too.
I was wrong because he wasn’t too short or too blonde, nor did he look anything like a weasel.
He was all-man, a man’s man, a bad boy, faster’n any Bond ever. A helluva fighter. Looked damn good in those tailored suits, too.
As Cowboy Troy would say,
” He ain’t no John Travolta, but he’s slicker than grease ! “
The effects are very 2006, which means they’re way better than waht Sean Connery had available to him.
The story required a badass, muscled up thug, which leaves out Roger Moore, who I dearly loved as Bond.
He had to endure some serious pain, and Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan weren’t quite the suffering type, me thinks.
This is a new Bond and it works very well in 2006 … and beyond I hope.
Who’d have thought you could like a blue-eyed Bond ?
Who’d have thought I would have to come home and search for the final scene’s villian, because I had forgotten who he was and where he came from.
Thanks to the power of the net, I don’t have to go watch it again just to find out.
But I may go see it again anyway.
Because it’s the best Bond film ever.
There. I said it out loud … again.
Credit goes to Sony for the photo I used to help promote their tremendous film. It came from the link I gave you to the movie.
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Ah, Mike. You suffer from the same disease as my wife who is your age. She thinks that Roger Moore was a better Bond than Sean Connery. My theory is that your disease was brought on by listening to too much Disco in your formative years.
We’ll go check out the movie. And I’ll compare Daniel Craig to the only REAL Bond–Sean Connery.
BTW, Find a used book store and pick up the original Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. I went back and reread all of them. Great for airplanes. Small book–fun read.
Regards,
Glenn (Ain’t no Bee Gee’s in My iPod) Ross
Yes, I liked Roger Moore, but Sean ” Bad Boy ” Connery was my main squeeze … til now.
The Bee Gees are the real thang, Glenn. Believe, believe, the kool-aid’s tasty ….
I’ll try to find the paperback version, but without Daniel Criag, the best Bond ever, it won’t be the same
Come back and see us after you see it.
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Just got back from the flick and I say…
You’re absolutely right.
Reinvented the franchise.
Un-effing-believably good.
Thanks for the eff-firmation BC !
I hear the franchise maker will be around for 2 or 3 more movies, so we have something to look forward to for a few years … which, at our advanced ages or 40 or so, is a great thang.