The 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale was the return of James Bond in a big style. For years the 007 films hadn't taken themselves seriously and while folks still rushed to see them lots of cinema going public preferred something more heavy.
Pierce Brosnan had been selected to play James Bond in the 1980s while at the height of his celebrity in the Television investigator series Remington Steel. Nonetheless although he signed for a James Bond picture the producer of the Television show decided to commission another series of the popular show and he was not able to play Bond.
A few years later that situation modified; Timothy Dalton had been and gone as James Bond and legal battles had kept 007 of the big-screen for a considerable number of years. Brosnan was again signed and this time debuted in Goldeneye.
While he used to be a popular James Bond, his films weren't as heavy as many Bond fans hoped and Die Another Day, which coincided with 40 years of James Bond, reached the limit for many with an Aston Martin that might turn invisible. It stretched peoples incredulity just too far.
Casino Royale was a return in many ways to the earlier films. That said , it contained much more action than had appeared in the book, which was the 1st James Bond film.
Part of the movie version of Casino Royale closely followed the book. The location was different and the set-up to the Casino was changed. And the game was different as well , with Texas Hold 'em substituting baccarat.
A lot of the first hour contained non-stop action, which was completely absent from the book and took Bond to locations that Ian Fleming certainly hadn't thought of when writing his first book.
The end of the film is certainly inspired by the book, although quite different too. Vesper Lynd, Bond's love interest in book and film, in which she wears an Algerian Love Knot, turns out to be a double agent. However , while in the book her suicide is quite clear as she is taking an overdose of sleeping pills and leaves suicide note explaining exactly why she took her life, the film isn't so clear. And while the book ends with Bond tersely telling HQ "the bitch is dead now", while he uses similar words the ending isn't quite as cruel.
Pierce Brosnan had been selected to play James Bond in the 1980s while at the height of his celebrity in the Television investigator series Remington Steel. Nonetheless although he signed for a James Bond picture the producer of the Television show decided to commission another series of the popular show and he was not able to play Bond.
A few years later that situation modified; Timothy Dalton had been and gone as James Bond and legal battles had kept 007 of the big-screen for a considerable number of years. Brosnan was again signed and this time debuted in Goldeneye.
While he used to be a popular James Bond, his films weren't as heavy as many Bond fans hoped and Die Another Day, which coincided with 40 years of James Bond, reached the limit for many with an Aston Martin that might turn invisible. It stretched peoples incredulity just too far.
Casino Royale was a return in many ways to the earlier films. That said , it contained much more action than had appeared in the book, which was the 1st James Bond film.
Part of the movie version of Casino Royale closely followed the book. The location was different and the set-up to the Casino was changed. And the game was different as well , with Texas Hold 'em substituting baccarat.
A lot of the first hour contained non-stop action, which was completely absent from the book and took Bond to locations that Ian Fleming certainly hadn't thought of when writing his first book.
The end of the film is certainly inspired by the book, although quite different too. Vesper Lynd, Bond's love interest in book and film, in which she wears an Algerian Love Knot, turns out to be a double agent. However , while in the book her suicide is quite clear as she is taking an overdose of sleeping pills and leaves suicide note explaining exactly why she took her life, the film isn't so clear. And while the book ends with Bond tersely telling HQ "the bitch is dead now", while he uses similar words the ending isn't quite as cruel.
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