March 24 movie: Casino Royale. I haven't done anything except lie on the couch and watch TV for the past few days. Which means I have a lot of movies to write up!
Georg and I both enjoyed Casino Royale very much. I'm not a Bond expert but I have seen quite a few of them at this point, and I would call this one of the best. Probably the best since On Her Majesty's Secret Service. We both felt that the new guy -- what is his name, Daniel Craig? -- is much closer to the Sean Connery style of playing Bond than anyone in a long time.
Although the time-warping aspect of the movie was a bit odd (it's about Bond as a new agent, pre-Connery, but set in the present day) I very much liked that the movie had something to say about Bond's character and motivation. I'd seen a couple of the Pierce Brosnan Bond movies and they always came off like generic action movies with a somewhat effete star. This movie felt like it was specifically about James Bond. It wouldn't have worked as well if the main character had been Generic Action Hero Guy.
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What, they're starting a -new- Bond cycle? (I look forward to seeing this movie.)
No, I don't think they're actually starting a new Bond cycle. At least if they are they haven't announced it anywhere that I can tell. The next movie (as yet untitled) is based on a short story that's part of the collection THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS (which I think mostly gave a title to the movie but little else)