Casino Royale 2007
Yes, Daniel Craig makes a superb Bond: Leaner, more taciturn, less sex-obsessed, able to be hurt in body and soul, not giving a damn if his martini is shaken or stirred. That doesn't make him the 'best' Bond, because I've long since given up playing that pointless ranking game; Sean Connery was first to plant the flag, and that's that. But Daniel Craig is bloody damned great as Bond, in a movie that creates a new reality for the character.
Directed by Bill Caco. With Bill Caco, Josh Robert Thompson, Juliet Quintin-Archard, Michael Patrick Breen. James Bond gets paired up with an unlikely partner on his very first mission. CASINO ROYALE introduces JAMES BOND before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to '00' status.Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist, MOLLAKA (Sebastien Foucan).
2007 Aston-Martin DBS 'Casino Royale' Year: 2007- Make: Aston-Martin. Horsepower @ RPM: 0@0. Body style: coupe. In true Bond style, specific details of the new DBS remain top secret. Casino Royale is a 1967 British-American spy comedy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures featuring an ensemble cast. It is loosely based on Ian Fleming 's first James Bond novel. The film stars David Niven as the 'original' Bond, Sir James Bond 007.
Year after year, attending the new Bond was like observing a ritual. There was the opening stunt sequence that served little purpose, except to lead into the titles; the title song; Miss Moneypenny; M with an assignment of great urgency to the Crown; Q with some new gadgets; an archvillain; a series of babes, some treacherous, some doomed, all frequently in stages of undress; the villain's master-plan; Bond's certain death, and a lot of chases. It could be terrific, it could be routine, but you always knew about where you were in the formula.
With 'Casino Royale,' we get to the obligatory concluding lovey-dovey on the tropical sands, and then the movie pulls a screeching U-turn and starts up again with the most sensational scene I have ever seen set in Venice, or most other places. It's a movie that keeps on giving.
Casino Royale 2007 Dvd
This time, no Moneypenny, no Q and Judi Dench is unleashed as M, given a larger role, and allowed to seem hard-eyed and disapproving to the reckless Bond. This time, no dream of world domination, but just a bleeding-eyed rat who channels money to terrorists. This time a poker game that is interrupted by the weirdest trip to the parking lot I've ever seen. This time, no laser beam inching up on Bond's netherlands, but a nasty knotted rope actually whacking his hopes of heirs.
And this time, no Monte Carlo, but Montenegro, a fictional casino resort, where Bond checks into the 'Hotel Splendid,' which is in fact, yes, the very same Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary where Queen Latifah had her culinary vacation in 'Last Holiday.' That gives me another opportunity to display my expertise on the Czech Republic by informing you that 'Pupp' is pronounced 'poop,' so no wonder it's the Splendid.
I never thought I would see a Bond movie where I cared, actually cared, about the people. But I care about Bond, and about Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), even though I know that (here it comes) a Martini Vesper is shaken, not stirred. Vesper Lynd, however, is definitely stirring, as she was in Bertolucci's wonderful 'The Dreamers.' Sometimes shaken, too. Vesper and James have a shower scene that answers, at last, why nobody in a Bond movie ever seems to have any real emotions.
patzer2: Here's my look at the game and the Sunday puzzle (21...?) with the chessgames.com Opening Explorer (OE) and Deep Fritz 14:<1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3> By far the mostpopular move (and my preference) is 6. d4 as in Aronian vs Kramnik, 2015.
<6... a5> This seldom played move has scored well for Black in practice. Out of 54 games in the OE with this move, Black won 35.2% and White won 24.1%.
Most often played here (525 games in the OE) is the computer (i.e. Fritz) choice 6...c5 as in A Giri vs Anand, 2015.
<7. Nc3 c6 8. d4 Nbd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 Ba6 11. Nd2> Here Fritz slightly prefers 11. e5 Ne8 12. Nd2 = as inTimman vs H Karner, 1973.
<11... c5> The game apparently enters unexplored territory, as this is the last game with this move in the OE. After 11...c5, Black is fully equal if not slightly better.
<12. exd5> Perhaps better here is Fritz's first choice 12. e5 = when the computer indicates play might continue 12...Ng4 13. Qd1 h5 14. h3 cxd4 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. hxg4 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 Nxg4 18. Ne4 Ra7 19. Qxd4 Rd7 20. Re1 Bb7 21. Bb2 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Re5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxb6 Ne4 27. Qd4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 =.
<12...cxd4 13. Nb5 exd5 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Re1>
If 15. a4, Black secures the advantage with 15...Ne5 when play might continue 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qc7 18. Bb2 dxc4 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rae1 Qg5 21. Rxe7 cxb3 22. Qd3 Rcd8 23. Ne4 Rxd3 24. Nxg5 Re8 25. Rb7 h6 26. Nxf7 a4 27. Ra7 b2 .
Casino Royale 2007 Dvd
<15... b5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Qd1 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Rb1 dxc4 20. Nc6 Rxc6> Black has won a pawn and White has no compensation for it.
<21. Bxf6?> This loses quickly to Black's stunning reply.
As <MindCtrol9> observes, White can put up more resistance with 21. Rxe7, when there's practical drawing chances against a human opponent.