I agree: Providing a date of birth for James Bond is not only unnecessary, it could very well harm the institution —

I don't believe for a minute that is a real Dossier. I think it's fake! As a Master Spy his real Dossier gotta be Top Secret.

Oscar?????


The Casino Royale advert promotes the following nominations "for your consideration":

Best Picture - Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson
Best Director - Martin Campbell
Best Adadpted Screenplay - Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis
Best Actor - Daniel Craig
Best Actress - Eva Green
Best Film Editing - Stuart Baird
Best Cinematography - Phil Meheux

India to break national record with Casino Royale for biggest film opening


http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=4276&catid=2

Casino Royale re-writes the record books in Bollywood

http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=4450&catid=2

I haven't seen this one yet, but keep hearing from others of how it is one of the best Bond films ever, probably the best since the 60's. Just as I predicted Daniel Craig really pulls it off and silenced his critics. Surprisingly it is the highest rated Bond film on IMDB. I think most people didn't expect it to be so good.

Allright guys; sorry to act as the damper here, but IMO, Casino Royale is no way a true James Bond movie. You can call this movie, at best a pseudo-thriller, which is why it was lapped up by Indian audiences !

First of all
DANIEL CRAIG is no BOND.... Have you guys ever hear him speak ? He ate up most of his words....making his dialogue delivery quite incongruous. Moreover, no John Cleese = No Q = Big letdown ...

You go into the movie expecting to hear
Last name - First name - Last name in the very beginning and not at the very end.
The characters are also not well developed. The ending could have been dealt with a lil bit of finesse. Eva Green's character is not well developed and you get the gist from the conversation with M & Bond.

All in all, not a satisfying experience.. But alas ! I will still have to purchase this DVD to complete my collection

OK that is your opinion. But it is the complete oposite of what I've been hearing. Of the 6 people I know have seen it all of them say it's one of the best Bond films ever and Daniel Craig makes a good Bond (which none of them thought before). This Bond film is part of a new series and Casino Royale is a little different from the other Bond films (being a prequel) more similar to On her majesty's secret service. It's been lapped up by audiences all over the world, not just Indians. Anyway I can't judge the film until I've seen it, but sure looking forward to it.

The movie is good, and so is Craig!

I must admit during selection process I found Craig wimp! but once he grew over critics grooming himself to take up the role! I found him a good/acceptable Mr Bond!

Eva Green is much more pleasing than Aishor Berry could be imho!

I look forward to watch it soon! They were not playing it on Imax in SFO yesterday though!

Well I've finally seen it, so here's my verdict. This is the best Bond film since the 60's! Sure, it is quite different from other Bond films and most similar to early Sean Connery Bond films and OHMSS, which in my opinion were the best types of Bond films. If you liked those films you're sure to like this. But this film is far more brutal and gritty which gives it more realism than say the 'candyfloss' Bond of Roger Moore. James Bond in this film is shown as a professional killer which is in keeping with Ian Fleming's original idea, rather than the caricature that he had become. This is the darkest portrayal of Bond ever made.



Sorry, but I have to say he is the best Bond after Connery, after seeing this film you actually forget about all the other Bonds. I saw no problems with his speaking and understood his words. The reason there is no Q is because he has not been introduced yet. He is not in the novel of Casino Royale and appears in the later Bond novels. As a matter of fact he first appears in a minor role in Dr No as the character Major Boothroyd, who later 'evolves' into the character Q.



That's the surprise of the film, being based on the first novel, I thought this was a good idea as with the gun barrel intro being just before the title sequence. This film is about how he becomes 007 and his first mission, so he hasn't developed all his habits yet.



You're not supposed to know so much about her anyway until the 'surprise' is revealed near the end. At the end you can see why he treats women and his relationships the way he does.

If audiences in India made this such a success, they've sure got good taste in films.

Khiladi,
I beg to differ. Let me say this once and for all..
When you go to a movie theatre to watch a James Bond movie, you visualize Sean Connery... PERIOD.
What comes next is just second best and hence, passe.
DC's dialogue delivery is no match for Connery's or for that matter Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan.
I am surprised that a Penguin flick beat Bond hands down,....
I guess audiences in the USA have become a 'lil bit more sensible than their counterparts in India

When it comes to Sean Connery as Bond, he was perfection...how can you surpass perfection? He was the first Bond and he defined the character so he's always going to be a hard act to beat.



It's more than dialogue delivery, it's the whole package. Daniel Craig more than delivers and I will still say that even after just one film he beats all other Bonds (apart from Connery) hands down.



I'm not. That was likely to happen as Happy feet is a family movie, where kids, teenagers and adults as well as old folks go in to have a good time, without being offended. Plenty of these type of animated movies are hugley popular with all audiences. When I saw The Incredibles and Over the hedge there were easily more adults than kids. For the Bond film only action fans or Bond fans will go to see it and since it is the most violent Bond film, some parents have reservations on their kids seeing it. Some Brosnan fans don't want to see it because they are still upset Pierce lost out. As for audiences in India, they usually like bad films, but occasionally go for good films as they did with this. Just check out the message boards across the internet, most people like Casino Royale and Daniel Craig as Bond.