Casino Royale was pretty close to the book for about the middle third. The stuff before and after the card game and then the sequence with Bond and Le Chiffre afterwards is about it; the rest is as whole cloth as any other entry. I like Daniel Craig, but Quantum of Solace was a terrible movie. I hope Skyfall is better because I honestly don't think it could be much worse. I like all of the Bond actors (and I agree with you regarding Lazenby, wish he had done more), so it's hard for me to rank them. It would probably go: Connery Moore Dalton Craig Lazenby Brosnan ...but that is giving short shrift to Brosnan, whom I generally liked save for the lamentably bad Die Another Day. Timothy Dalton's movies are worth a watch. Honestly, he is more like Fleming's Bond than any of them, to my mind. Even Craig -- one thing about Bond which they have avoided doing with Craig is that he does, to a point, enjoy his lifestyle -- the liquor, the rich food, the tobacco, the women. Craig is so miserable all the time that he seems like another character in parts. About the only time they really get it right is the martini ordering scene during the game in Casino Royale.
On Wednesday, August 1, 2012 7:58:04 AM UTC-4, Edward Crosby wrote: > Meh. > Just hope it's better than Quantum of Solace. I like Daniel Craig but I > just haven't been able to grasp him as James Bond. > > List of favorite James Bonds: > > Sean Connery > Pierce Bronsnan > George Lazenby (wish he had done more) > Roger Moore > Daniel Craig > > And, no, I did not forget Timothy Dalton. I never bothered with his movies > so I won't vote. The reasoning behind my favoring of the classic actors is > because I am old school James Bond fan. Although Casino Royale was a pretty > decent movie and pretty damn close to the book, it was just a simple action > movie with not a lot of flair like the old James Bond movies. Give me > gadgets, damnit! > What's your list of favorites? > > ---------------------------------------- > Have a Better One, > Edward Crosby > http://about.me/edwardcrosby > > > On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Serv <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/31/new-skyfall-trailer-whats-the-verdict/ >> >> That looks pretty good! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/CZA3nEqPb7cJ. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/theuniquegeek/-/LFvxfCtpX64J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
