"Casino Royale" - The Review, The Song, The DVD

hmm
ewan mcgregor would have been an odd choice

Oct 25 - 10:25 AM

hmmmmm I would liked it, he would have been a smarter wittier Bond, in my opnion. Craig is good but hes the muscle, hes the friend you bring along to a bar/club to cover your weak ass, (in case you hit on the newly engaged chick who forgot her ring) haha. Ewan is the wittier charmer who you bring along to break the ice with a group of hot chicks! And hopeful you get a few words in and you get your piece too! Thats how I roll and it works! Trust me its the best feeling in the world when it works!

Oct 25 - 11:38 AM

Marshallmaddnes keith

Well Put

Oct 25 - 01:08 PM

Matt Vannoy

[b]I would liked it?[/b]
Are you for real, dude? If you are, you friggin' pathetic...
You don't belong on a website full of critics.

Oct 28 - 12:36 AM

Brian Lorenzo

Ewan McGregor...... naw, wouldn't have worked. people woundnt get past the lack of beard and force powers. Daniel Craig isn't the best choice in the world, but judging by the trailer, it's a decent choice.

Oct 25 - 12:14 PM

Harry Myland

Best Bond since Connery 'eh? May have to give this a glance after all...

Oct 25 - 12:51 PM

Jeremy Ritchey

I am not too sure that I would have liked Ewan in the part. But I know for sure its not because of Star Wars. I forgot he was in those until that comment reminded me.

Oct 25 - 01:09 PM

Nick Danczyk

"Craig makes Brosnan look a bit girlie in comparison"

That's arrogant. I was born in '86 and Brosnan was our generation's Bond, and I can't really see that being true. I guess I'll have to see it first, though.

Oct 25 - 01:11 PM

Adam Collins

First off, if you were born in 86, this is still your generation. I was born in 82, and I still feel that there hasnt been a generational Bond since Moore and Connery. They are the only 2 that have enough films.

I do, however, agree that it is a bit on the arrogant side. I do like the casting, a lot better than Ewan. Obi-Wan-Bond would not have been that good.

Oct 25 - 01:33 PM

Tristian Clark

I know its been said before on this topic. But I watched Layer Cake awhile ago and ever since I found out that Craig was the new bond. I've had complete trust in the project.

To the person who said Craig is merely muscle. I'd have to disagree. Craig can be charming and witty PLUS he has the muscle in which you refered too.

I don't get a feeling too often for a movie. But I dunno, something tells me this will be a great film and a great new bond.

Oct 25 - 02:30 PM

Nogard64 64

well I do have my hopes up! Because ideally Bond (the great ones) were tough and witty and charming etc etc. So I will give him a chance, the movie has promise.

Oct 25 - 03:54 PM

First Last

Brosnan may have been our generation's Bond, but he stilled sucked.

this new Bond movie looks like a breath of fresh air, can't wait!

Oct 25 - 05:21 PM

Harry Myland

When I first saw Bond (I'm also an '86er) it was Brosnan. I liked him enough, wasn't too big on Bond movies overall but I didn't mind them. Then there was one of those 'all week bond' marathons on tv and I happened to catch one with Connery....THANK GOD I DID!! The rest of the week (I think it was a Tuesday..) I basically did nothing but sit and watch Bond all day. A lot of the films seem to follow the same basic plot, but each one had something special about it in their own right. As did the Bonds. Connery is king in my mind.

Craig interested me from the start, but at the same time I kinda did become acustomed to Brosnan as the new Bond, so there is a part of me still holding to that for some reason, probably because I'm just so use to today's modern 'you play that character once, you play him again and again' like HP, LotR, BttF, PotC, SW, and all that....but I am getting more and more anxious to see Craig in action.

Oct 25 - 08:06 PM

Brandon Rowells

Anyone hear the theme song yet? I heard it on Sirius a couple days ago, and it was almost un-listenable. I have always liked Soundgarden and Audioslave too, but it was just awful.

Oct 25 - 08:13 PM

Serena Benson

[b]The Sun is a UK tabloid[/b]
"The best Bond since Connery" I doubt it. Craig is creepier than John Mark Karr.

Oct 25 - 09:12 PM

Joey Chid

hmm this actually looks pretty good i will go see it on opening weekend

Oct 25 - 09:33 PM

Brett Fondrk

[b]Pierce[/b]
Not that Brosnan was bad, but he was sort of girlie? I mean, he looked like a chick with his shirt off

Oct 26 - 08:22 AM

Adam Collins

I agree that the song is terrible. I heard it a while back, and threw up in my mouth. This movie has promise. I have liked the idea of Craig as Bond since seeing Layer Cake. I just hope that this new re-imaging of Bond stays with the core of Bond and the books, not the stupid invisible cars and such. Opening weekend: I'll be there. As a thought, we should set a time and place in major cities to see this, could be kind of fun.

Oct 26 - 08:57 AM

Katie Teasdale

As an 80's girlie ive never been into Bond (only ever seen one in full) but i am getting quite excited about this. Remember this si the first Bond novel so really Craig sets the tone for what Bond should be like and i think they have made a good choice. He is muscly, good looking (though personally i dont like blondes) yet he does have charm.
And it doesnt matter if the The Su is a UK tabloid - surely Bond is more british than American so a Uk tabloid are allowed the final say (yes yes im English!)

Oct 26 - 09:29 AM

gabe Willner

[b]first Bond Novel my arse![/b]
Anyone who's actually read ANY of the Bond books knows these movies have nothing to do with them, other than the title.

In Casino Royale, Bond doesn't kill anyone. Not one person. And the whole story revolves around the game of Bacarat. I think they'll probably follow 1% of the actual story, which is much more than the last unglodly 25-or-so movies.

I'll probably see this, because this will be better than the Brosnan movies (which were far and away the worst Bond movies since Diamonds are Forever, or Moonraker). I loved Bond, but Brosnan's movies killed it for me. Hopefully my interest will be rekindled with a more "serious" movie.

Oct 26 - 10:19 AM

Adam Collins

I have read all of the books down to the new prequel set they are releasing. Anyway, I agree that the first novel is all about 1 game of bacarat. But in the preview alone, they have a few scenes right out of the book, and they have mentioned the tortune scene in a few interviews.

As for Brosnan's films, I liked GoldenEye. The villian in TND was decent, but the stealth boat was too much for me. TWINE was decent, but Denise as a Nuclear Physicist, come on, she can't even spell it. And in DAD, well, that was all around bad. The only redeeming thing was the North Korea/South Korea DMZ angle.

I have beyond high hopes for this.

Oct 26 - 10:53 AM

Joe Morris

Er...this is the 21st.
Also i've read many of the books and they were following the book's storylines late into the Moore era . They're good books, but they wouldn't work as they were in film, so they all had to be tweaked and this one is no exception.
I don't think any Bond outings are ever that bad - some come close but pretty much all of them are just a few hours of solid entertainment.

Oct 29 - 10:41 AM

Unbreakable Samurai

I like McGregor but I do think that Craig is a better choice for Bond. I liked Brosnan, I thought he did just fine. I'll be seeing this opening night.

Oct 26 - 10:24 AM

Vito Corleone

I don't mind the song, and it's way better than Madonna's Die Another Day theme.

Oct 26 - 11:51 AM

Sean Berger

[b]Brosnan wasn't a bad Bond[/b]
If anything, Goldeneye was one of the better Bond movies out there mainly because of good writing and directing (notice, the same director is making this one, as well). The movie had a sense of self-awareness to the franchise that was refreshing after the campy Bond films of the late '70s and the boring, depressing Bond films of the '80s. It set the tone for a total reinvisionment of the genre, and the studio let it (as well as Brosnan) go to waste by following up with a trio of crappy movies. But with a new leading man, and the director that almost brought Bond out of the previous generation back at the helm of this, I have high hopes for the future of 007. Let us hope this won't be another letdown.

(Also, Ewan McGreggor would've reminded me way too much of Roger Moore, so maybe it's best he turned the role down.)

Oct 26 - 02:15 PM

john smith

brosnan was phenomenal. the writing was god awful. they had him fucking surfing for christs sake.

Oct 26 - 05:10 PM