Posted by Nimrod on 03/26/07 19:13

"Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On 25-Mar-07 18:44:36, ThePunisher said
>>"Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> On 24-Mar-07 10:28:01, Steve Olive said
>>>>>> classic!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> I thought it was crap, Craig was good, little else was.
>>>>>
>>>>Agreed. Total crap.
>>>
>>> Assuming I've not missed a thread twist and this is still about Casino
>>> Royale, seems a bit harsh to me. I thought it was the best slice of Bond
>>> I've seen for ages. But I didn't ever rate Mr Brosnan.
>>>
>>> Some of it was a bit duff, but generally I was quite impressed.
>>>
>
>>To me it wasn't a 'proper' bond film, the set pieces were pretty crap, you
>>could have replaced a few key actors and easily called it Mission
>>Impossible
>>4
>
> Well a positive point for me was Jim himself. He looked like he could and
> would do some damage. I haven't really got that impression from any actor
> since our Sean. The emphasis on the card game seemed to be quite
> Fleming-esque to me. But I agree it was not flawless.
>
> I felt the same as you but about a Brosnan "Bond" film where he was
> running along a gangway, automatic in each hand, saturating an enemy with
> fire, fairly ineffectively as I recall. All the finesse of a US drive-by
> shooting, not 007 at all in my view.

what a lot of people seem to be forgetting is that this is supposed to be
the first bond mission, so he's supposed to be rather raw, and the film
captured that perfectly. It also give a good insight into his later coldness
and misogyny. As far as I'm concerned it's the nearest to Bond as written as
we've seen yet.

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