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This is James Bonds first mission as a 00 agent. So this is technically the first movie out of all the Bond movies. Thats why he doesn't have meny gadgets, why he drinks the drugged drink and why he seems like such a greenhorn. The Graig movies have more of a storyline throughout his run with more connections between movies. Where as all the others are very loosely connected.
Just so you know that guy running away from Bond is the Parkour guy. He was one of five guys that was a founder of it and is arguably the actual first if I recall correctly.
It's supposed to be an origin story... hence he genuinly falls in love and wants to spend his life with her.... its his pain at the end that makes him what he becomes... and the reason he keeps girls at a distance...
I would say somewhat Pierce Brosnman's are as well. They were toying with the idea at least and it feels like it with recurring characters and mentions of things from movie to movie. But Craig's are for sure the most story like from movie to movie
@@hitchcockisthegoat yeah like really both Spectre and No Time To Die rely on you seeing all of the previous Craig entries. So many story threads all come together. Maybe some won't like that, that you need to see them all, but I think it's kinda cool
Kind of a shame you guys didn't feel anything about the romance. I think you're going to be VERY surprised and thrown off then because his relationship with Vesper STICKS with him. It informs his future actions, and is mentioned in every movie going forward.
the other thing about Vesper is that she's the FIRST girl. Casino Royale is the fist bond book and it's where he learns a lot of critical lessons that shape who he is in every other movie craig or not. It's why he actually fell in love with her instead of just using her and discarding her like he does almost every other bond girl. well except the very last one in the craig series of bond movies.
I think they had great chemistry and I think it’s believable that Bond is grieving in the later movies… but I don’t see the big love story in this movie either. They slept together for a few weeks max. (most of it during a time where he would never be able to 😄) and then want to retire (although he just started?) and then her lies are the biggest betrayal he’s ever felt. How? He doesn’t know her yet. I get the betrayal on a work level. And on a personal level, it’s terrible but not as earth shattering as the latter movies make it seem.
I love the Vesper/ Bond relationship because it is one of the few times we see him vulnerable in the movies & explains a bit about the behavior he’s known for. It really is like an origin story for Bond. Hence why in this movie he “doesn’t give a damn” about shaken, not stirred, among other things. Also, why he’s a bit more brutish and sloppy in his fighting. All the Daniel Craig movies tie together in some way. I need to rewatch them again myself as I’m sure there are things I still missed. My favorites were Casino Royale & Skyfall. NTD I think was good as well.
The book Casino Royale is the first one in the series. In that, James does build a relationship with Vesper and when it's discovered that she betrays him and dies, it's pretty much the reason why he can't hold relationships anymore. The movie does a good job of showing that. There's one other really big relationship in his history too, and that's in the movie you alluded to in your intro, His Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby, who is criminally underrated, but follows the book fairly faithfully (from what I remember)
aye, George Lazenby is way underrated as Bond - the movies definitely could've been better, but he fit the character well - he also looked a lot like Bond in the comics, and I really liked his sped up shots lol
I think you’re missing the subversion of James Bond in this film. This is an origin story after 20 or more movies had already done James Bond. When this movie released their take on James Bond was extremely refreshing, well needed, and well executed.
I'm surprised that you weren't that keen on the relationship in the film. Have honestly never heard that criticism before. I thought their chemistry was incredibly strong, and it's probably one of my favourite romances in any 21st century film (after In the Mood for Love of course). This was also the first Bond novel, and this specific relationship is central to the Bond character. It's the primary reason as to why he doesn't really trust women or pursue actual relationships from this point forward, at least until the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service (adapted in 1969 with George Lazenby), or the film Spectre in the Craig timeline. So, your reading of the nature of this relationship, as frivolous, is wrong. And if the film is read as a sharpening of Bond as a tool, or blunt instrument, to be used as a cold-blooded murderer for the state, then this relationship is also necessary to weed out the last remnants of Bond's empathy, so that he can become the true Bondian sociopath that we all know and love. Of course, Vesper also remains on his mind for the duration of his life, and there's even a scene in the OHMSS novel in which Bond visits her grave in order to move on with his new love. This scene was included in No Time to Die. This one's an easy 10 for me, and it stands alongside From Russia With Love and On Her Majesty's Secret Service as the best of the bunch.
To be fair they basically talked through her introduction on the train. I get you gotta make it interesting for us the viewers but you definitely lose some immersion when you talk through 20% of the movie.
“It’s always poker in these movies.” Well, in Bond movies, it’s traditionally baccarat, but in order for the modern audience to follow the casino action, it’s poker here.
Poker was a good choice. In Baccarat, the only opportunity to bluff your opponent is when both of you are showing a 5. It's very rare and unlikely. Poker allows for more bluffing and counterbluffing.
Man this movie so good. Watched it the other day and it’s just as good as I saw it 10 years ago. Daniel Craig was clowned on when he got the role but he really stunned the world with this
God I remember the backlash he had. They had this massive announcement where he entered on a speed boat and people mocked him because he was wearing a life jacket which is just ridiculous… oh yeah and he was blonde…
The most important part of doing Parkour, is shouting "Parkour" with every move, The Office taught us this. And the villain he's chasing in that scene is Sébastien Foucan, a french freerunner who is considered an early developer of the parkour-craze that followed this.
It’s my favorite Bond movie. It is grounded and less gadget-y. I loved the relationship with Vesper and the action is phenomenal (parkours, chase with car flip). LeChiffre is a badass villain who has a reason for being bad. I gambled and he lost, so he has to win back the money or he gets killed. This movie is a straight 10 for me.
Fun fact: In the original novel by Ian Fleming, the Casino Royale is inspired by the Casino Estoril in Portugal, a country that was neutral during WW2 but right in the middle of the conflict and, thus, a spy hotbed. George Lazenby's 007 was filmed in Estoril as well. I live in a 15-minute car-ride away from it.
I feel like him falling for Vesper was interesting, because this is the beginning of the bond saga, and normally he is not emotionally invested in the women he gets involved with. So maybe what happened to her at the end explains why he’s not emotionally involved with women going forward as the bond we know.
You guys should do all 25 Bond movies. That would be something. And the relationship between Vesper and Bond is essential because the love and betrayal of Vesper is what lead Bond to the path of being cold assassin.
This is one of my fav Bond movies, the story is soooo good. I also loved Eva Green, I thought she made a good counter to Bond and it was a little bit of a throwback to OHMSS.
Casino Royale and Skyfall are my favorites in the series. And Vesper was an important lady for him. Quantum of Solace isn't my favorite, probably my least, but it kinda shows how he emotionally handles her death
I wasn't a fan of Quantum of Solace when it first came out but it has definitely grown on me over the years. There was just a huge hype and expectations were high after they crushed it with Casino Royal. I also think Quantum suffered from the writers strike that was happening at the time. But I've warmed up to it and it does have a pretty interesting story. But Casino Royale, Skyfall, and No Time To Die are peak Craig Bond.
This being an origin story of Bond (getting his 00 status at the beginning) they needed to show how he became jaded toward women in general. That's why they leaned heavily on the romance and love for Vesper.
I'll always love this Bond movie as it plays almost as a bond begins movie, he's very rough around the edges , very reckless even makes alot of mistakes.....but he gradually molds into the character we know and love
So a got a few facts for you guys. Casino Royal is the FIRST book of James Bond; why in the intro it shows him receiving his “00” statues after his confirmed assassination. It’s also why he makes the mistakes of the poison and is a little more careless in his stature AND also why he doesn’t have gadgets yet; he hadn’t been issued a Quatermaster yet, which is coming in a future film. He’s still just an absolute blunt instrument which Daniel Craig does very well, over the other Bonds. He’s ruthless, doesn’t even flinch when he kills and can cold eye to eye stare you as you die. Vesper, regardless of the on screen chemistry, is that first love for bond and her betrayal shuts him off completely and it allows him to use women to infiltrate because the man is very debonair and doesn’t need to fight to get what he wants even if he can or will. If you watch a Connery, or Pierce Broadstone James Bond movies they actually did their research, which is why they are so cold and callous towards women in their acting. Another tidbit; the Aston Martin, that actually got flipped in the movie where he almost ran over Vesper. They had a very hard time doing, and actually ruined six cars while trying to perform the stunt because these cars are designed NOT to flip, and essentially had to bring in an absolutely ridiculous high ramp to make the car flip over. If you look it up online the Aston Martin used the stunt team to perform these test to prove that their car would not flip for safety advertisements.
Daniel craig's bond is very different from the other ones but I think it's the most complete. Fashionable, elegant, great sense of humor but also vulnerable and deep. The 5 movies are connected so enjoy them
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Fun fact. They have never used CGI on any James bond movie and never will. I live not far from pinewood studios here in England and they actually have a dedicated sound stage/studio called the bond set. There's a place next to the studios called black park which is open to the public but is used constantly by pinewood. The Aston Martin chase sequence in Goldfinger was filmed there as well as all the old Hammer horror movies back in the late 60s and 70s. With Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. One day you can go there and everything is normal. Then another day you go there and there's a massive castle or building next to the lake. Weird
"I wonder how much of the stunts are real" - pretty much all of them. Maybe some early computer work on the plane/truck stuff, but the physical stunts are real - real stuntmen. It's an EON production, and they take this stuff seriously. It's not Disney/MCU cartoon stuff.
I taught the card dealer in this film English a long time ago. He's an Austrian and I've been living here for over 12 years. He had a very interesting story regarding how he got the job. A nice guy.
@@rentfreeinheads8995 He was a career croupier in a casino in Vienna, he told me he'd left his wallet or something behind in the casino after a late shift. And went back the following morning to pick it up. He had a set of keys to the place as he was a long term employee. While there, and the only one there, the phone rang in the office. He naturally answered it and it was a casting scout from Sony Pictures looking for a professional croupier who could speak high level English with a central European accent....he said..."yup ...that's me"!..a few months later he was screen tested and I think the casino section was shot in the Czech Republic, so he was there for a few months and as he had dialogue scenes with Daniel Craig etc, was included in all the rehearsal readings etc...pretty cool stroke of luck...
To be fair, although they have great chemistry, I didn’t understand that it was supposed to be the greatest love story (that went south) until the next movies when he grieved her 🙈
This film (and Daniel Craig franchise) was basically a reboot/refresh of the Bond franchise. A lot of general audiences grew tired of the campy puns and ridiculous gadgets of the Pierce Brosnan movies, so this was more of an "unofficial" origin story of Bond. And with how successful Batman Begins was (released a year before) the new trend was to make reboots darker and grittier. Also, there's a lot of Bond tropes that get flipped in this movie (doesn't do his shaken, not stirred catchphrase or his name phrase when first asked). This might go over a lot of people's heads who aren't familiar with the franchise, but this was an attempt to make the movie feel more grounded and serious.
The move over the table in the parkour scene where you went ‘oh come on’ I think is called a kong vault, very doable especially for the cofounder of parkour as others have mentioned
Remembering how smooth and under control Bond always seemed to be, I loved this first go for Craig as a savage and untamed Bond. A bond that wasn't yet the smoothest who didn't get emotionally involved. Not that it was the same angle but just like I liked Nolan's Super Man who didn't quite know how to do damage control at first(out of nowhere)
This was a great 1st movie to the new Bond. And the writing was top notch. Also, I loved the original Unofficial Casino Royale (1967). It was a ridiculous funny parody with a bizarro script, with Peter Sellers, David Niven, Orson Wells, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset and more. And the behind the scenes gossip was just as crazy.
Casino Royale may not be the first film, but it is the first book. Vesper's death changed Bond forever, and it sticks with him in all the other films. He never got over her
The Hold 'Em is a (comparatively) recent trend. I don't recall it being widely known until around the late '90s, several years after which this movie came out. Bond's game of choice is a variant of baccarat called chemin-de-fer, which he's most frequently seen playing the few times we see him "off duty", such as in Dr. No when he first uttered the famous: "Bond. James Bond." line of introducing himself. Card games in movies tends to follow the games most popularly known, played, and thus audiences can follow along with least explanation. Up until around the 2000s and the surge of Hold 'Em popularity, that was 5-Card Draw.
I loved Craig’s run as Bond. I’ve seen every one and saw 3 of them at the cinema. - Skyfall, Spectre & No Time To Die. I’m a big Bond fan but that could just be cause I’m from the UK 🇬🇧 I liked Craig’s Bond as he brought Bond into the modern world and he had a bit of grittiness. He wasn’t a super suave Bond like Sean Connery’s and I quite like the fact he wasn’t. Looking forward to the rest of these. 31:00 They continue this in some of the other movies.
In my opinion these Bond movies are the best of the franchise. This relationship where he opens his heart even a little becomes a driving force through the next five movies. Quantum of Solace (next) was done during the writers strike so it’s a little clunky. But things go from good to great after that.
Correction to CPR, you should do rescue breaths in the event of drowning because there is no oxygen to move around the body with the chest compressions. In most other events, Holden is correct that rescue breaths are not necessary.
The stunts that look real in this movie are. They really jumped from crane to crane, they really flipped cop cars (and destroyed a camera in the process), set a world record for number of car flips onscreen when Bond crashes to miss hitting Vesper, and had a giant rig to sink and raise a building for the finale.
after all these years, I just realized that Vesper entered so that bond could see her specifically to throw him off. She deliberately tried to get him to loose so LaChiffre could win to save Kabiera.
This is such a weirdly constructed sentence for so many reasons. People complain that Craig is not the best Bond? I'm not confused on the notion that Bond might not be everybody's favorite Bond, but to complain about something not being your favorite means you're complaining about tens of thousands of things. I guess I'm also complaining that pizza is not my favorite food? I mean... huh? Also, what is the 'but' about in your claim? How does one have to do with the other? Are we now talking about the Bond character in the Craig films, or Craig's performance as Bond in the films? What does his performance have to do with his character kicking ass and taking names?
when they were "celebrating" at about 22:17 about him being willing to keep drinking things, reminded me of the movie Red 2, "you don't eat it if you didn't make it" or something like that.
You guys should keep in mind at the time this was released the previous film was pretty campy in tone so they decided to go with a more serious tone and less gadgets. Hopefully you guys get to the older James Bond films especially my favorite Pierce Brosnan.
The whole point of this one was to strip it back to its core. The Brosnan Bond movies started to get really ridiculous with gadgets and superman shit and they wanted to go back to basics. They also wanted to show Bond as not quite a super spy yet, still not understanding subtlety and not understanding that attachments will only end up badly. That's why the Vesper storyline is important - it teaches him going forward that he needs to be more emotionally detached and give less of a fuck.
So if you guys didn't know, this movie is considered by many to be the most book accurate Bond film. Plus, it took lots of inspiration from Jason Bourne, with gritty action and realism, which was common during this period of action movies. Bond in the past could be campy and a bit too unbelievable. Still great, but this film rebooted the whole series into a "hyper-real" "post 9/11" gritty action franchise. The only main thing not in line with Ian Flemming's books is Daniel Craig doesn't look like Bond. That would go to Sean Connery. But Craig's demeanor is very much straight from the novels themselves. Great video guys! 🙌
They didn’t show it in the movie but the love interest became his wife which kinda sorta follows the Ian Flemings books and the movie majesty secret service where she’s killed. Even though their has been a bunch of Bond movies but the Daniel Craig’s series of movies is a reboot of the franchise showing when he first became 007. I love this movie and how it rebooted the franchise.🤩🤩🤩
Nonsense. Vesper was never his wife. Countess Teresa (Tracy - played by the amazing Diana Rigg, last seen as one of the best characters of Game of Thrones) became his wife in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And was sadly murdered as they left for their honeymoon. Despite having the worse Bond (George Lazenby in his only appearance), the movie stays VERY close to the book, and is a classic.
This film really need to be watched with the context of Die Another Day 😂 theres a reason why gadgets are absent in this one. Also, going into the next one, just know the writers strike had a big part to play in its… quality?
Pierce Bronsan played a good James Bond as did Timothy Dalton. Dalton only did 2 movies. He would have done a third when they were planning GoldenEye, but his original contract was up and they wouldn't let him just do one more as they wanted him to sign another contract so he would do 3 or 4 more. Also, he was the actor they originally went to when Sean Connery left, but at that time he thought he was too young to play Bond. My favorite of his two movies was License to Kill. Liked Bronsan's first one and last one the best, GoldenEye, and Die Another Day.
This is the first film James bond cleans his wounds and it really adds more to the character as before he was this tough guy who showed no pain so Craig's version gave him so many new layers, the film that also got him this role was called 'layer cake'
This reaction is comedy! you guys were great in this one 😂 imo Daniel Craigs Bond films are quality, can't wait for you guys to react to all of them! Side note: I am also wearing a friends shirt
Im excited, my favorite James Bond. Close second is Goldeneye because I also loved the game on N64. Otherwise, I like all of them on some level so I would watch if anyone did not know about em but I only own those 2. I like this one because its actually different. Its not just shooting, and a revolving door of instant love interest like most are even though they couldnt keep her alive cause it would most likely deviate too much from what people expect. He actually cared in this one and part of why he gets colder. This movie is early in the Bond career.
After this are Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, SPECTRE, and No Time to Die. Preceding Daniel Craig are Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Lazenby and Sean Connery. The only actor/actress to return from previous films is Dame Judy Dench, who also played "M" from the Brosnan films. Chris Cornell was the lead singer of Audioslave and Soundgarden
Hearing the post-watch expectations from each of them makes me really, really look forward to the Skyfall reaction. (Not that I completely dislike Quantum!)
Fun Fact - the moment Bonds Aston Martin flipped missing Vesper is A: inside the Nurbergring racing course and 2 broke the record for most flips in a vehicle :)
if you want the gadgets and tropes watch the Roger Moore era Bond. revisit this after you've seen more of the movies i think you'll enjoy not only the movie but Bond and Vesper's relationship more
@Holden Hardman The bomber that Bond was chasing, in the beginning, is one of the creators of freerunning and one of the developers of parkour. His name is Sébastien Foucan.
I really hope you react to GoldenEye! It may not be the best of them all, but it hits all the right beats imo. It's definitely in my personal top 5 James Bond movies.
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This was his Origins, him starting as a 00, his detachment in killing, getting burned by a real relationship a putting up walls. I think the further you get the more it will makes sense.
While he says he doesn't care, the reason he drinks the scotch after killing the two men in the stairway and Bond drinks in general is to cover the pain he feels when he kills. You can see it in his eyes when he looks in the mirror and starts wiping off the blood. This is apparently why he chooses the martini.
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YEESS!!, Thank ya'll for watching this movie!, it's one of my personal favorites of all time, and I'm a big James Bond fan so I'm stoked for you two to watch the other movies. 😎🍸007.
This is James Bonds first mission as a 00 agent. So this is technically the first movie out of all the Bond movies. Thats why he doesn't have meny gadgets, why he drinks the drugged drink and why he seems like such a greenhorn. The Graig movies have more of a storyline throughout his run with more connections between movies. Where as all the others are very loosely connected.
Just so you know that guy running away from Bond is the Parkour guy. He was one of five guys that was a founder of it and is arguably the actual first if I recall correctly.
It's supposed to be an origin story... hence he genuinly falls in love and wants to spend his life with her.... its his pain at the end that makes him what he becomes... and the reason he keeps girls at a distance...
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Unlike the other Bond films, Craig’s films are linked storywise, and should be seen in release order.
I would say somewhat Pierce Brosnman's are as well. They were toying with the idea at least and it feels like it with recurring characters and mentions of things from movie to movie. But Craig's are for sure the most story like from movie to movie
Even the Connery, Lazenby, Dalton and Moore ones have some loose continuity.
Definitely. Can’t believe someone in their friend circles didn’t stop them from seeing No Time To Die before seeing Casino-Spectre first.
@@hitchcockisthegoat yeah like really both Spectre and No Time To Die rely on you seeing all of the previous Craig entries. So many story threads all come together. Maybe some won't like that, that you need to see them all, but I think it's kinda cool
@@CrazeeAdam I like and appreciate what they did but I hope the next installment they go back to individual, single missions.
Kind of a shame you guys didn't feel anything about the romance. I think you're going to be VERY surprised and thrown off then because his relationship with Vesper STICKS with him. It informs his future actions, and is mentioned in every movie going forward.
Yeah definitely one of most important relationship he's ever had
the other thing about Vesper is that she's the FIRST girl. Casino Royale is the fist bond book and it's where he learns a lot of critical lessons that shape who he is in every other movie craig or not. It's why he actually fell in love with her instead of just using her and discarding her like he does almost every other bond girl. well except the very last one in the craig series of bond movies.
Some people are just not that warm inside. The interaction between Vesper and Bond clearly had chemistry and was believable.
If you watch these movies with a frame of mind that these are prequels shot in the present day
I think they had great chemistry and I think it’s believable that Bond is grieving in the later movies… but I don’t see the big love story in this movie either. They slept together for a few weeks max. (most of it during a time where he would never be able to 😄) and then want to retire (although he just started?) and then her lies are the biggest betrayal he’s ever felt. How? He doesn’t know her yet. I get the betrayal on a work level. And on a personal level, it’s terrible but not as earth shattering as the latter movies make it seem.
I love the Vesper/ Bond relationship because it is one of the few times we see him vulnerable in the movies & explains a bit about the behavior he’s known for. It really is like an origin story for Bond. Hence why in this movie he “doesn’t give a damn” about shaken, not stirred, among other things. Also, why he’s a bit more brutish and sloppy in his fighting.
All the Daniel Craig movies tie together in some way. I need to rewatch them again myself as I’m sure there are things I still missed.
My favorites were Casino Royale & Skyfall. NTD I think was good as well.
The book Casino Royale is the first one in the series. In that, James does build a relationship with Vesper and when it's discovered that she betrays him and dies, it's pretty much the reason why he can't hold relationships anymore. The movie does a good job of showing that. There's one other really big relationship in his history too, and that's in the movie you alluded to in your intro, His Majesty's Secret Service, starring George Lazenby, who is criminally underrated, but follows the book fairly faithfully (from what I remember)
I agree, I thought Lazenby wasn't bad, and might have grown into the role.
aye, George Lazenby is way underrated as Bond - the movies definitely could've been better, but he fit the character well - he also looked a lot like Bond in the comics, and I really liked his sped up shots lol
I think you’re missing the subversion of James Bond in this film. This is an origin story after 20 or more movies had already done James Bond. When this movie released their take on James Bond was extremely refreshing, well needed, and well executed.
I'm surprised that you weren't that keen on the relationship in the film. Have honestly never heard that criticism before. I thought their chemistry was incredibly strong, and it's probably one of my favourite romances in any 21st century film (after In the Mood for Love of course). This was also the first Bond novel, and this specific relationship is central to the Bond character. It's the primary reason as to why he doesn't really trust women or pursue actual relationships from this point forward, at least until the novel On Her Majesty's Secret Service (adapted in 1969 with George Lazenby), or the film Spectre in the Craig timeline. So, your reading of the nature of this relationship, as frivolous, is wrong. And if the film is read as a sharpening of Bond as a tool, or blunt instrument, to be used as a cold-blooded murderer for the state, then this relationship is also necessary to weed out the last remnants of Bond's empathy, so that he can become the true Bondian sociopath that we all know and love. Of course, Vesper also remains on his mind for the duration of his life, and there's even a scene in the OHMSS novel in which Bond visits her grave in order to move on with his new love. This scene was included in No Time to Die. This one's an easy 10 for me, and it stands alongside From Russia With Love and On Her Majesty's Secret Service as the best of the bunch.
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@@atwntennisclub Probably my favourite film of the last 25 years or so.
To be fair they basically talked through her introduction on the train. I get you gotta make it interesting for us the viewers but you definitely lose some immersion when you talk through 20% of the movie.
Agreed
Casino Royale is also the greatest Bond film by a wide margin, IMO.
“It’s always poker in these movies.” Well, in Bond movies, it’s traditionally baccarat, but in order for the modern audience to follow the casino action, it’s poker here.
Poker was a good choice.
In Baccarat, the only opportunity to bluff your opponent is when both of you are showing a 5. It's very rare and unlikely.
Poker allows for more bluffing and counterbluffing.
Is baccarat easier than poker or the other way around?
Man this movie so good. Watched it the other day and it’s just as good as I saw it 10 years ago. Daniel Craig was clowned on when he got the role but he really stunned the world with this
God I remember the backlash he had. They had this massive announcement where he entered on a speed boat and people mocked him because he was wearing a life jacket which is just ridiculous… oh yeah and he was blonde…
The most important part of doing Parkour, is shouting "Parkour" with every move, The Office taught us this. And the villain he's chasing in that scene is Sébastien Foucan, a french freerunner who is considered an early developer of the parkour-craze that followed this.
I just noticed that M said "never break into my house again" and he goes on to do it in every following movie lol
It’s my favorite Bond movie. It is grounded and less gadget-y. I loved the relationship with Vesper and the action is phenomenal (parkours, chase with car flip). LeChiffre is a badass villain who has a reason for being bad. I gambled and he lost, so he has to win back the money or he gets killed. This movie is a straight 10 for me.
One of the best Bond movies ever. I saw this in theaters for my 14th birthday. and it blew me the F away.
Fun fact: In the original novel by Ian Fleming, the Casino Royale is inspired by the Casino Estoril in Portugal, a country that was neutral during WW2 but right in the middle of the conflict and, thus, a spy hotbed. George Lazenby's 007 was filmed in Estoril as well.
I live in a 15-minute car-ride away from it.
I feel like him falling for Vesper was interesting, because this is the beginning of the bond saga, and normally he is not emotionally invested in the women he gets involved with. So maybe what happened to her at the end explains why he’s not emotionally involved with women going forward as the bond we know.
Fun Fact: When James Bond crashes, they accidentally broke the world record for canon-assisted full barrel rolls for a car at 7.
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You guys should do all 25 Bond movies. That would be something. And the relationship between Vesper and Bond is essential because the love and betrayal of Vesper is what lead Bond to the path of being cold assassin.
This is one of my fav Bond movies, the story is soooo good. I also loved Eva Green, I thought she made a good counter to Bond and it was a little bit of a throwback to OHMSS.
Casino Royale and Skyfall are my favorites in the series. And Vesper was an important lady for him. Quantum of Solace isn't my favorite, probably my least, but it kinda shows how he emotionally handles her death
I wasn't a fan of Quantum of Solace when it first came out but it has definitely grown on me over the years. There was just a huge hype and expectations were high after they crushed it with Casino Royal. I also think Quantum suffered from the writers strike that was happening at the time. But I've warmed up to it and it does have a pretty interesting story. But Casino Royale, Skyfall, and No Time To Die are peak Craig Bond.
@@FestArc yea the 2008 writer strike ruined qos, they began filming without a finished script
I actually really enjoy QOS. I rate it over Spectre. It's a pure "revenge" Bond and I get such a kick out of it.
I like QoS because it has the classic Bond story of having a ridiculously convoluted scheme to control a vital resource.
Fun fact: That Evening Casino Royale set a new Guinness World Record for canon-assisted full barrel rolls for a car at SEVEN
This being an origin story of Bond (getting his 00 status at the beginning) they needed to show how he became jaded toward women in general. That's why they leaned heavily on the romance and love for Vesper.
Yes james bond!!!!
I'll always love this Bond movie as it plays almost as a bond begins movie, he's very rough around the edges , very reckless even makes alot of mistakes.....but he gradually molds into the character we know and love
So a got a few facts for you guys. Casino Royal is the FIRST book of James Bond; why in the intro it shows him receiving his “00” statues after his confirmed assassination. It’s also why he makes the mistakes of the poison and is a little more careless in his stature AND also why he doesn’t have gadgets yet; he hadn’t been issued a Quatermaster yet, which is coming in a future film. He’s still just an absolute blunt instrument which Daniel Craig does very well, over the other Bonds. He’s ruthless, doesn’t even flinch when he kills and can cold eye to eye stare you as you die. Vesper, regardless of the on screen chemistry, is that first love for bond and her betrayal shuts him off completely and it allows him to use women to infiltrate because the man is very debonair and doesn’t need to fight to get what he wants even if he can or will. If you watch a Connery, or Pierce Broadstone James Bond movies they actually did their research, which is why they are so cold and callous towards women in their acting.
Another tidbit; the Aston Martin, that actually got flipped in the movie where he almost ran over Vesper. They had a very hard time doing, and actually ruined six cars while trying to perform the stunt because these cars are designed NOT to flip, and essentially had to bring in an absolutely ridiculous high ramp to make the car flip over. If you look it up online the Aston Martin used the stunt team to perform these test to prove that their car would not flip for safety advertisements.
Daniel craig's bond is very different from the other ones but I think it's the most complete. Fashionable, elegant, great sense of humor but also vulnerable and deep. The 5 movies are connected so enjoy them
That girl who was in Paycheck, as Uma Thurmans double (Ivana Miličević) was also in another show called Banshee with Antony (Homelander) Starr. A great action series that ran to completion for 4 seasons. Definitely worth a watch. ✌
Fun fact. They have never used CGI on any James bond movie and never will. I live not far from pinewood studios here in England and they actually have a dedicated sound stage/studio called the bond set. There's a place next to the studios called black park which is open to the public but is used constantly by pinewood. The Aston Martin chase sequence in Goldfinger was filmed there as well as all the old Hammer horror movies back in the late 60s and 70s. With Vincent Price and Christopher Lee. One day you can go there and everything is normal. Then another day you go there and there's a massive castle or building next to the lake. Weird
"I wonder how much of the stunts are real" - pretty much all of them. Maybe some early computer work on the plane/truck stuff, but the physical stunts are real - real stuntmen. It's an EON production, and they take this stuff seriously. It's not Disney/MCU cartoon stuff.
I taught the card dealer in this film English a long time ago. He's an Austrian and I've been living here for over 12 years. He had a very interesting story regarding how he got the job. A nice guy.
How’d he get the job
@@rentfreeinheads8995 he applied
@@rentfreeinheads8995 He was a career croupier in a casino in Vienna, he told me he'd left his wallet or something behind in the casino after a late shift. And went back the following morning to pick it up. He had a set of keys to the place as he was a long term employee. While there, and the only one there, the phone rang in the office. He naturally answered it and it was a casting scout from Sony Pictures looking for a professional croupier who could speak high level English with a central European accent....he said..."yup ...that's me"!..a few months later he was screen tested and I think the casino section was shot in the Czech Republic, so he was there for a few months and as he had dialogue scenes with Daniel Craig etc, was included in all the rehearsal readings etc...pretty cool stroke of luck...
I love the fact that there aren’t any crazy gadgets like a zip line watch. It’s just a highly trained agent with a dope smart phone
4:17 "This movie get good reviews....?" , widely regarded as one of the best James Bond films. For me the best along with Skyfall.
For a married couple supposedly in love, you guys completely bypassed the tragic romanticism of the story. 😂
Jen is an appauling reactor who is disinterested in everything. Holden also comes across very forced.
To be fair, although they have great chemistry, I didn’t understand that it was supposed to be the greatest love story (that went south) until the next movies when he grieved her 🙈
I’ve been waiting for these channels to start getting to these, hopefully you’re starting a trend!
This is still my favourite film of all time and has been since I was 12
This film (and Daniel Craig franchise) was basically a reboot/refresh of the Bond franchise. A lot of general audiences grew tired of the campy puns and ridiculous gadgets of the Pierce Brosnan movies, so this was more of an "unofficial" origin story of Bond. And with how successful Batman Begins was (released a year before) the new trend was to make reboots darker and grittier.
Also, there's a lot of Bond tropes that get flipped in this movie (doesn't do his shaken, not stirred catchphrase or his name phrase when first asked). This might go over a lot of people's heads who aren't familiar with the franchise, but this was an attempt to make the movie feel more grounded and serious.
The move over the table in the parkour scene where you went ‘oh come on’ I think is called a kong vault, very doable especially for the cofounder of parkour as others have mentioned
Remembering how smooth and under control Bond always seemed to be, I loved this first go for Craig as a savage and untamed Bond. A bond that wasn't yet the smoothest who didn't get emotionally involved.
Not that it was the same angle but just like I liked Nolan's Super Man who didn't quite know how to do damage control at first(out of nowhere)
If you guys want fun gadgets, you’ll have to watch the other Bond’s. They really dialed all of that back during the Craig era.
One of the greatest action movies of the 2000s imo
Let’s go, I’m so stoked you guys are going through the Bond movies
This was a great 1st movie to the new Bond. And the writing was top notch. Also, I loved the original Unofficial Casino Royale (1967). It was a ridiculous funny parody with a bizarro script, with Peter Sellers, David Niven, Orson Wells, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Jacqueline Bisset and more. And the behind the scenes gossip was just as crazy.
"The name's Fish....it's a Fish" - Agent Jen
Casino Royale may not be the first film, but it is the first book. Vesper's death changed Bond forever, and it sticks with him in all the other films. He never got over her
The Hold 'Em is a (comparatively) recent trend. I don't recall it being widely known until around the late '90s, several years after which this movie came out. Bond's game of choice is a variant of baccarat called chemin-de-fer, which he's most frequently seen playing the few times we see him "off duty", such as in Dr. No when he first uttered the famous: "Bond. James Bond." line of introducing himself.
Card games in movies tends to follow the games most popularly known, played, and thus audiences can follow along with least explanation. Up until around the 2000s and the surge of Hold 'Em popularity, that was 5-Card Draw.
You'd probably care more if you weren't trying to crack jokes about every suspenseful moment.
This is one of my favorite action movies of all time! Really excited to see your thoughts on it.
I loved Craig’s run as Bond. I’ve seen every one and saw 3 of them at the cinema. - Skyfall, Spectre & No Time To Die.
I’m a big Bond fan but that could just be cause I’m from the UK 🇬🇧
I liked Craig’s Bond as he brought Bond into the modern world and he had a bit of grittiness. He wasn’t a super suave Bond like Sean Connery’s and I quite like the fact he wasn’t.
Looking forward to the rest of these.
31:00 They continue this in some of the other movies.
Daniel Craig's Bond era is one of my favourites... alongside Roger Moore. All of his films should be watched in order! They are brilliant!!!
In my opinion these Bond movies are the best of the franchise. This relationship where he opens his heart even a little becomes a driving force through the next five movies. Quantum of Solace (next) was done during the writers strike so it’s a little clunky. But things go from good to great after that.
Correction to CPR, you should do rescue breaths in the event of drowning because there is no oxygen to move around the body with the chest compressions. In most other events, Holden is correct that rescue breaths are not necessary.
The stunts that look real in this movie are. They really jumped from crane to crane, they really flipped cop cars (and destroyed a camera in the process), set a world record for number of car flips onscreen when Bond crashes to miss hitting Vesper, and had a giant rig to sink and raise a building for the finale.
after all these years, I just realized that Vesper entered so that bond could see her specifically to throw him off. She deliberately tried to get him to loose so LaChiffre could win to save Kabiera.
I know people complain that Daniel Craig is not the best Bond, but he does kick ass and take names throughout the series.
You mean kick names, takes ass?
I didn't know people had a problem with Daniel Craig. Thought he has some of the best movies out of all James Bonds
@@vm8886 Indeed. I grew up with Moore and Brosnan but, Craig is easily the best Bond.
This is such a weirdly constructed sentence for so many reasons.
People complain that Craig is not the best Bond? I'm not confused on the notion that Bond might not be everybody's favorite Bond, but to complain about something not being your favorite means you're complaining about tens of thousands of things. I guess I'm also complaining that pizza is not my favorite food? I mean... huh?
Also, what is the 'but' about in your claim? How does one have to do with the other? Are we now talking about the Bond character in the Craig films, or Craig's performance as Bond in the films? What does his performance have to do with his character kicking ass and taking names?
I started having a problem with him when he didn't want to do it anymore, but still came back. I feel like it showed in his performance.
I could never watch a movie with this guy. Jesus.
when they were "celebrating" at about 22:17 about him being willing to keep drinking things, reminded me of the movie Red 2, "you don't eat it if you didn't make it" or something like that.
Wow I wasn’t expecting you guys to watch the Bond movies but I’m absolutely here for it. This is my favourite one
Holden! You, my man, are very fortunate to find this girl, who never watched a single movie in her life!=)))))
You guys should keep in mind at the time this was released the previous film was pretty campy in tone so they decided to go with a more serious tone and less gadgets. Hopefully you guys get to the older James Bond films especially my favorite Pierce Brosnan.
The beginning wasn’t “you haven’t seen James bond in a while” it was “you haven’t seen bond like this before”
I 'd have preferred if you had started with the ones from the 1960's. Please go into the older ones after Craig's 5.
The whole point of this one was to strip it back to its core. The Brosnan Bond movies started to get really ridiculous with gadgets and superman shit and they wanted to go back to basics. They also wanted to show Bond as not quite a super spy yet, still not understanding subtlety and not understanding that attachments will only end up badly. That's why the Vesper storyline is important - it teaches him going forward that he needs to be more emotionally detached and give less of a fuck.
Can’t wait for the Skyfall reaction, my personal favourite of this saga tied with Casino Royale
So if you guys didn't know, this movie is considered by many to be the most book accurate Bond film. Plus, it took lots of inspiration from Jason Bourne, with gritty action and realism, which was common during this period of action movies. Bond in the past could be campy and a bit too unbelievable. Still great, but this film rebooted the whole series into a "hyper-real" "post 9/11" gritty action franchise. The only main thing not in line with Ian Flemming's books is Daniel Craig doesn't look like Bond. That would go to Sean Connery. But Craig's demeanor is very much straight from the novels themselves.
Great video guys! 🙌
Fun fact, the man that bond is chasing In the beginning is a man named Sebastien foucan, he’s one of the early developers of parkour
The perfect bond origin story
They didn’t show it in the movie but the love interest became his wife which kinda sorta follows the Ian Flemings books and the movie majesty secret service where she’s killed. Even though their has been a bunch of Bond movies but the Daniel Craig’s series of movies is a reboot of the franchise showing when he first became 007. I love this movie and how it rebooted the franchise.🤩🤩🤩
Nonsense. Vesper was never his wife.
Countess Teresa (Tracy - played by the amazing Diana Rigg, last seen as one of the best characters of Game of Thrones) became his wife in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And was sadly murdered as they left for their honeymoon.
Despite having the worse Bond (George Lazenby in his only appearance), the movie stays VERY close to the book, and is a classic.
This film really need to be watched with the context of Die Another Day 😂 theres a reason why gadgets are absent in this one. Also, going into the next one, just know the writers strike had a big part to play in its… quality?
Pierce Bronsan played a good James Bond as did Timothy Dalton. Dalton only did 2 movies. He would have done a third when they were planning GoldenEye, but his original contract was up and they wouldn't let him just do one more as they wanted him to sign another contract so he would do 3 or 4 more. Also, he was the actor they originally went to when Sean Connery left, but at that time he thought he was too young to play Bond. My favorite of his two movies was License to Kill. Liked Bronsan's first one and last one the best, GoldenEye, and Die Another Day.
Casino Royale and Skyfall are the best Craig Bond movies in my opinion. I really want Idris Elba to be the next Bond.
to old
I've been waiting for this for the last 3 years fr🙏🏻
This is the first film James bond cleans his wounds and it really adds more to the character as before he was this tough guy who showed no pain so Craig's version gave him so many new layers, the film that also got him this role was called 'layer cake'
Jen had never watched Jurassic Park but knows a random Victoria's Secret model from a cameo. Never change.
This reaction is comedy! you guys were great in this one 😂 imo Daniel Craigs Bond films are quality, can't wait for you guys to react to all of them!
Side note: I am also wearing a friends shirt
YES YES YES. Been waiting for these reactions
You guys should watch them all in order.
The👏best👏bond👏film👏period👏
LOL there will be many "Holden Thomas Hardmans" in this series. Guarenteed.
Excellent review Hardman, Holden Hardman. 👍👍
Im excited, my favorite James Bond. Close second is Goldeneye because I also loved the game on N64. Otherwise, I like all of them on some level so I would watch if anyone did not know about em but I only own those 2. I like this one because its actually different. Its not just shooting, and a revolving door of instant love interest like most are even though they couldnt keep her alive cause it would most likely deviate too much from what people expect. He actually cared in this one and part of why he gets colder. This movie is early in the Bond career.
After this are Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, SPECTRE, and No Time to Die. Preceding Daniel Craig are Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Roger Moore, George Lazenby and Sean Connery. The only actor/actress to return from previous films is Dame Judy Dench, who also played "M" from the Brosnan films. Chris Cornell was the lead singer of Audioslave and Soundgarden
Masterpiece ever. Greatness
Hearing the post-watch expectations from each of them makes me really, really look forward to the Skyfall reaction. (Not that I completely dislike Quantum!)
I was very meh on Quantum, and don't actually remember a thing about it, other than one scene taking place during an opera.
Fun Fact - the moment Bonds Aston Martin flipped missing Vesper is A: inside the Nurbergring racing course and 2 broke the record for most flips in a vehicle :)
if you want the gadgets and tropes watch the Roger Moore era Bond. revisit this after you've seen more of the movies i think you'll enjoy not only the movie but Bond and Vesper's relationship more
@Holden Hardman The bomber that Bond was chasing, in the beginning, is one of the creators of freerunning and one of the developers of parkour. His name is Sébastien Foucan.
Vesper is Bond's ultimate love interest even if he has a child with a different woman.
Casino Royale is my favourite movie of all time. I bet this video doesn’t explain how good this movie is.
I really hope you react to GoldenEye! It may not be the best of them all, but it hits all the right beats imo. It's definitely in my personal top 5 James Bond movies.
this bond run is the best of em all. Hope you watch until the final movie.
I knew Holden could work a camera but that Jen ad was so well done
Jen from Holden Hardman here's a Stealth Action Espionage Video Game Franchise I highly recommend playing sometime (Splinter Cell Franchise beginning with the Original Game that started it all: The entire Splinter Cell Franchise)!
I think at some point in the 80's there was a surplus of VHS copies of Goldfinger, so every household got one for free. EVERYBODY has seen Goldfinger.
This was his Origins, him starting as a 00, his detachment in killing, getting burned by a real relationship a putting up walls. I think the further you get the more it will makes sense.
Holy after movie explanations!...I agree with u Holden....And that Jen!....Quite the long talker-explainer, eh?!?....Man!!.....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
"Parkour!" "Why do you keep saying that?" xD
I’m so glad you’ve started at the beginning of the Craig era, they get better and better.
While he says he doesn't care, the reason he drinks the scotch after killing the two men in the stairway and Bond drinks in general is to cover the pain he feels when he kills. You can see it in his eyes when he looks in the mirror and starts wiping off the blood. This is apparently why he chooses the martini.
I grew up with Pierce Brosnan as bond, so those sets of films have a special place to me, especially Golden Eye. I hope you guys can do some of those.
Grew up with Pierce as Bond too. Him and Craig are actually the only ones I’ve seen. Not really interested in the Connery ones or any others
Mission impossible is a good series to get through as long as you don’t judge the first two tooo harshly 😂😂😜
The Car wreck set a Guinness book record for flipping in a movie with 8.