Film Review:- 007, Casino Royale (all 3 of them)
The 21st Bond film is the 3rd Casino Royale but only the second with ‘James’ Bond in it. And people thought Star Wars was confusing…
Our story starts in 1954, with Barry Nelson playing the American detective ‘Jimmy Bond’ in a US adaptation of Casino Royal.
What can I say, it was awful!
So let’s move on to 1967, in which David Niven plays the retired British agent James Bond, who is forced out of retirement after his son gets into a spot of bother in the spoof ‘Casino Royale’.
It was okay I suppose, pretty funny in places, and it carries a genuine sense of 60’s swinging which set the scene for the later Bond spoof ‘Austin Powers’.
But anyway, now we’ve reached 2006, and a new ‘official’ offering of Casino Royal, which see’s Daniel Craig playing the part of 007. Already he’s had his fair share of criticisms, mainly about his hair (Blonde? Ginger?, nahh, looks brown to me).
But I think Daniel Craig is the first James Bond since the man himself to replicate the great Sean Connery with such precision that it breathes some fresh air into the character once more: Roger Moore over-did the innuendos, Peirce Brosnan was far too old, Timothy Dalton was too Welsh and the less said about George Lazenby the better (an Australian Bond? A crime!)
But Daniel Craig really outshines them all, the sincerity he brings to such an ‘out there’ character makes this Bond seem like the most unstoppable Bond to date, which is backed up by the brilliant pyrotechnics and car-flipping fun which has been missing for 11 years since ‘Goldeneye’ emerged, which was a great film compared to the really half-arsed ‘Die Another Day’. By the way, it may be worth mentioning that this film is directed by Martin Campbell, who directed Goldeneye!
But anyway. Casino Royale is the best Bond film in a long time, so why not go and see it!
Casino Royal is in cinemas from Thursday 16th Nov
Rated: 12A
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whoever voted George Lazenby should be lined up and shot
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I think what Josh means is that he disagrees quite a bit, but not enough to encourage violence really.
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I think he is trying to encourgae violence and i agree with him!
George Lazenby was not the best bond ever, not really his fault, but he just wasn’t. I didn’t think he was really bad, he was just not as good as the others.
Also, Josh has to shoot me as i voted the way that annoyed him so.