Daniel Craig (Bond). Craig’s characterization of Bond is charmless, worthless, and disturbingly nihilistic. At one point in the script, Craig’s Bond responds to a question with “Do I look like I give a damn?” The answer in “Casino Royale” is overwhelmingly NO. Why on earth, then, should the audience care about him? At another point,…
Daniel Craig is no gentleman at all, only a half-civilized, arriviste thug, straight out of London gangland, if not Borstal itself. His motivation to rise in the ranks of MI6 to the point of becoming that organization’s most conspicuous and short-lived species of cannon fodder seems perfectly mysterious. But it was depressing to see, fifty…
Pros relationship between Bond and M Cons writing, violence and gore instead of cleverness, edgy and dark Bond, Felix Leiter The Bottom Line I wanted to like Casino Royale, but unfortunately the movie didn’t provide much to like. Special thanks to “Skywalker” Click Here To Discuss This In Our Forum Royale Flush? More Like a…
I hate to buck the trend of those critics who are hailing the new James Bond film, Casino Royale, as a return to form and reinvention of the superhero spy franchise, but I found the film, while technically proficient, overlong and underwhelming. I’m personally disappointed too, being old enough to remember when a new James…
The Zolly Becker Show #24 A refreshingly honest review from a life long Bond fan, who wanted to like Craig in the role. After watching the film twice he made this cutting commentary. Warning language used may be offensive to some. Zolly gives the official verdict on Casino Royale
The thing that makes this film dumb is that it’s set in present day and Judi Dench once again stars as M, yet it follows Bond from his early days as he learns how to be 007. So essentially, the filmmakers are jettisoning the old Bond and recreating a new Bond so that they can…
