Casino Royale (2006 film): Difference between revisions

* The 1967 version was an unholy mess of a spoof, with no less than 8 Bonds (9 including [[Sean Connery]], who does not appear but receives a [[Shout-Out]]) and almost as many directors. Logic is paid little heed in the pursuit of comedy. Notably, it includes David Niven as the one-and-only original Sir James Bond -- Niven was Fleming's first choice for the part before Connery made it his own -- as well as Ursula Andress's second appearance in a Bond movie, this time as both the Bond girl and James Bond. It also starred [[Woody Allen]] as young Jimmy Bond (his "disappointing" nephew), [[Peter Sellers]] as Evelyn Tremble a.k.a. James Bond, and [[Orson Welles]] as Le Chiffre. This version of the movie is now [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upMtEJSj9NA officially hosted on YouTube], for your viewing curiousity.

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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Brutally [[Deconstructed]] with Solange. She married Demitrios and regrets it, then briefly hooks up with Bond, remarking on how they're both "bad men" and how she loves this kind of guy because they're "so much more interesting" than "nice guys". Later in the film, her association with the man who helped orchestrate the bomb plot (Demitrios) and the man who foiled it (Bond) are what gets her tortured to death.

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]] - Very few gadgets, very little jokes, greater focus on the intelligence and physical skill of the main character. (This comes more or less from the book, since Bond didn't become a gadgeteer until the original film adaptations.) In fact, the only two pieces of truly high-tech equipment are a tracer placed into Bond's forearm and a rather high-tech first-aid kit in his car with an electrocardiogram that is connected to the [[MI 6]] headquarters, both of which are ''extremely'' practical.

** {{spoiler|Again from the original novel, although the money isn't stolen there and Vesper's suicide is far more sudden.}}

 

* [[All-Star Cast]]

* [[Americans Are Cowboys]] - The American army is apparently composed of cowboys and Indians.

* [[Your Makeup Is Running]]

 

* [[Deleted Scene]]: {{spoiler|The extremely hard-to-find ''real'' ending involved Le Chiffre grabbing the razor (see The Unreveal) and holding Vesper hostage, followed by Bond shooting the former then making out with Vesper.}}

* [[Hostage for Macguffin]]