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What's your best Craig-era Bond film?
posted by Russ007STAFFMOD on February 12, 2017 at 10:27 AM
Casino Royale (2006)
When I first saw it I thought it was above average but over the past 2 years or so it grew on me. The music/score is Arnold's BEST James Bond work hands down. It oozes Bond from start to finish. Next is the script... Skyfall had great writing but it doesn't have a sense of humor, so CR wins again. Direction is by Martin Campbell and he did a fantastic job imho. You can argue that Mendes had a better DoP but he can't do action like Campbell does action. (see GE)
So yeah, hands down CR (2006) for me. Anyone else wanna give their thoughts?
Reply by Irina
on November 5, 2017 at 6:52 AM
I'm in minority but I love "Spectre" and "Quantum of Solace" the most
Reply by Maria Kelly
on November 7, 2017 at 6:45 PM
@IrinaOma
I totally agree with you about Quantum Of Solace. Spectre, not so much. What were your favorite scenes in these movies?
Reply by tmdb23156637
on December 20, 2017 at 2:40 PM
Didn't see Quantum when that arrived but after awhile curiosity got the best of me.
I thoroughly enjoyed it...didn't care for the rough editing, but at least it made for a brief Bond outing and not a long, drawn-out one. So many 007 films are well over the two-hour mark. Movies that go on that long just seem bloated to me, unless someone is careful about filling in the time wisely. "Prisoners" is nearly 2 1/2 hours and feels so much shorter to me; what a terrific film to watch again and again.
For me, QOS is my favorite Craig-Bond film. 8 of 10...relevant plot (fresh water hoarding) no silly gadgetry and Bond actually looks like an MI-6 agent and not like some silly super-hero who survives falls off of 100' bridges into 10' of water. Sound familiar?
Casino Royale is over-long and over-rated, save for that early chase which turns out to be pointless (he was trying to avoid killing the man he was chasing; which he eventually does after allowing himself to be nearly cornered.) No idea why it's so popular.
But compared to Skyfall (terribly stupid) and Spectre (terribly boring) Casino is Casablanca. >(
Reply by Maria Kelly
on December 20, 2017 at 6:53 PM
@cpheonix: after thinking it over, I'm going to say Casino Royale /Quatumn Of Solace. Seeing that QOS is the direct sequel to Casino Royal, it works better when you watch them back to back.
Reply by shallowhal
on December 20, 2017 at 6:56 PM
Nipples for men!
Reply by Maria Kelly
on December 20, 2017 at 7:03 PM
@shallowhal: You're right! And just to upstage the women, THREE nipples!
Reply by Horus Mazinga
on January 3, 2018 at 1:05 PM
Casino Royal hands down. I don't like any of the rest of Craig's Bond films (and downright hate Skyfall). In fact, Casino Royal is in my top 5 Bond films.
I agree with the afore mentioned bottom two being Diamonds are Forever and Die Another Day (Skyfall and Octopussy close behind)
Reply by LansingFan
on December 23, 2020 at 11:33 PM
I really liked Quantum Of Solace. My favorite Bond movie? The Living Daylights.
Reply by Filmbuff29
on April 13, 2022 at 6:31 PM
Casino Royale.