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Fun fact: The product placement in Casino Royale was deliberately toned down in response to the criticism leveled at Die Another Day, which earned itself the nickname “Buy Another Day”.
@ramyal-rufaie738 TBF alot of Bond films showed off his watches Brosnan was the first to wear an Omega and its featured on screen in all his films, Roger Moore's Bond had a deal with Seiko and wore a Seiko in The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View To A Kill.
If you’re interested, Michael France’s original Goldeneye script is online to read. It’s darker and more serious, so you can’t really picture Brosnan in the role. Also, the opening is on a train, Trevelyan is older and once a mentor to Bond, and there are other differences too. It would make a good What Could Have Been
Bronsan has proven that's a talented actor and even scenes from his Bond films showed that he could be serious and gritty if he wanted to. Also, I heard that Anthony Hopkins was consider for Trevelyan early on but he was too expensive.
Tarantino and Brosnan should reunite and do a non Bond spy film exactly the way he planned..a real hard hitting film as a big middle finger to the producers..." You see? You were wrong! "
@@kevinc8955 yeah, great movie. Other Craig Bond movies, however, is pretty meh (even the beautiful Skyfall with its dull script). The last two are simply the worst in the whole series.
The Craig sequels all have great moments, but Royale is through-and-through, start-to-finish, a perfect film. The pacing, script, acting, violence, and storytelling are all blended (shaken?) in the right amounts. From the badass opening song ("Arm yourself / because no one else here will save you") right down to the catharsis of the final scene and a *perfect* last line of dialog - 10/10. Nailed it.
The 2006 version is very overrated, it's too much of a conventional EON film similar to Goldeneye, same director, same production. The Bond franchise is really formulaic. Tarantino having full control would have done something more different with it.
@@davidjames579 It's the same style in direction as Goldeneye, and has all the conventional EON tropes. It would have been more interesting with a different production and direction.
@theurbanyouth completely disagree. One of the reasons it was so well received was that it doesn't feel or play like any EON Bond film before it. Also, the look is markedly different to GoldenEye, even though it has the same director and cinematographer.
@@davidjames579 Nothing was different, all the things in it had been done before, like the serious Bond was done before with Timothy Dalton, and Bond losing a serious romance was done before with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And it had a lot of action sequences like the rest of the Bond movies, it felt like a typical EON Bond film mixed with in with imitating the Jason Bourne series. I've seen all of them, I noticed they have the same formulaic pattern. It would have been more interesting with a completely different production company and different director like Tarantino, which was something that almost happened.
No joke, as I was sitting there, watching The Dark Knight Rises for the first time, I genuinely expected the whole "we can't get the nuke out of here, no autopilot" dilemma to get resolved by Superman flying in to save them. I'm glad I was wrong. But I truly thought that they were going to open up the universe presented in the Dark Knight Trilogy
@@stephentruelove5439 That'd be something to see! Suddenly the Bat stops, the door rips open and there stands a man in blue with a red cape. "I believe this is your stop Mr. Wayne"
@@cinemaarts8795 as silly as it sounds, you can't deny that every fanboy would be rock fucking hard in every viewing. I really thought the through line was building to Bruce Wayne eventually accepting help from the city in defeating a foe and then saw it blossoming into introducing us to Superman: sort of like the reward for Bruce's journey. But I guess 3rd Rock From the Sun being a Robin is cool and stuff
I love that you include Tarantino's favorite shot - feet shots! And Tarantino's version actually sounds like it would have been an interesting take on Bond.
The 1967 Casino Royale movie was such an acid trip! It had a few moments but to me was mostly incoherent until I caught onto it appearing more like a movie of several short episodes of characters. Pierce Brosnan deserved a better final good Bond movie, I actually liked Die Another Day more than most, but it still wasn’t a great film. Setting it in the 60s would’ve been a bold and interesting take on Bond and having that be Brosnan’s final Bond movie would have been a good send off. But overall I personally prefer the modern 2000s Casino Royale that we got as it is one of my favorite Bond movies. (Also that office parkour scene!)
Uncomfortable Truth Time: GoldenEye, was Pierce Brosnan's only, seriously, great James Bond film, TND, was really saved by Michelle Yeoh, but, was tragically lackluster, TWINE, was truly disappointing, and, the less said about, DAD, the better.
QT's Bond could have been a one off movie set in the early days of the cold war and espionage. Also it could solidify a popular fanfic that Bond is just a codename and all the different actors are because the old Bond either was killed or retired and had to be replaced.
10:56 I used to think of Karl Urban as a possible candidate for Batman not 007. I can see Henry Cavill as James Bond after his performance in The man from uncle
Karl Urban wasn't even in the final 3. He might have been 4th or 5th. But the final 3 in contention for the role were Henry Cavhil, Daniel Craig and Goran Visnjic. It came out when Craig was cast Visnjic had been seriously considered for the role and he was one of the final 3 candidates
Casino Royale & Skyfall are the best in the Craig era, I enjoy Spectre as well mostly because it was the first bond film I saw in theaters, No Time to die while a great movie is really depressing because of the ending, Quantum of Solace is the one of the 5 I don’t watch
I do hope the next Bond films return to the original timeline that we saw from Dr. No to Die Another Day. And that Brosnan gets the Logan style send-off that he deserves.
@@HerbCoswellBornAgain He's a TH-camr, probably one of best for James Bond videos. Brosnan is his favorite and he said that would be his dream for Brosnan to return in Logan-esque Bond film.
Hilarious that Henry Cavil was deemed too young to play a young Bond. The whole point of Casino Royal is it’s supposed to be a young Bond still early in his career.
I really like Tarantino. Been a fan since seeing RESERVOIR DOGS twice in the theater while in college. But the CASINO ROYALE we got is (along with THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM) a perfect action movie.
Casino Royale gave the franchise a refresh just when it needed it, while still allowing for further sequels. Taratino's sounds interesting but also a "one & done")
Great video (as usual). Brosnan should have had one more film. Good writers could have cracked the code on the script. Seems like they (including BB) were too concerned with a reboot. It would have been better to simply shift the tone as they did before with Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only.
The 2006 version is amazing, but the idea of Tarantino doing his own retro version is a tantalizing idea given how successful his other period films have been
This is one of those where I’m glad it wasn’t done differently. Not only one of my favorite movies of all time but hands down the best Bond film ever made. Yeah I said it go ahead and fight me over it
Tarantino also said some years ago that he would like to make a more faithful adaptation of First Blood with Adam Driver as Rambo and Kurt Russell as the sheriff, that would be funny as his "Final film".
I've heard some crazy stories about producers before, but Ratoff almost takes the cake. As for the Tarrantino version, yeah, I don't think we missed anything.
I wonder why he stole the money. What was it for, and why did he think God would be appeased if he bought the film rights to the first novel he read a review of?
Tarantino's account of this project is very bizarre, and I'd argue at times crosses the line between exaggeration and outright lie. The reason he's associated with Casino Royale is because Miramax tried to get the rights to the book in the mid 90s (which wasn't an uncommon thing for studios to try and do incidentally). They presumably wanted Tarantino to direct if they ever got it or perhaps Tarantino expressed some interest in the idea. They couldn't attain them due to a deal EON had with the Fleming estate and nothing ever came of it. That's literally as far as his Casino Royale ever went. For the next ten years Tarantino would make some very strange claims about this project during interviews under the idea that it was his 'unmade Bond movie' - and keep in mind this was never an official project. Talking about the novel in 1997, he claimed the story ends with Bond killing Vesper (he doesn't, she kills herself), that Fleming's Bond is some sort of Mickey Spillane type character (I wouldn't quite say that, although it's relatively subjective), that the book takes place in the 60s (it doesn't, it was written in the 50s), and he even implied the novel used first person narration (it doesn't). I personally don't believe he's ever read the book. Fast forward to 2004/2005 and Brosnan's contract as Bond is not renewed, the rights to Fleming's first novel are back with EON, and Casino Royale is the next planned Bond movie. This is where we get Tarantino's idea of using an older Brosnan set after Majesty's. It's completely hypothetical and nothing more than him spitballing during interviews. Clearly it wasn't how he'd have approached this project in the mid-90s. The idea to adapt Casino Royale had nothing to do with him despite his claims, and he's never been considered or approached to direct an official Bond movie as far as I'm aware. As the video states there's a long and drawn out backstory to the rights, and the Casino Royale we got was an attempt to revitalise the franchise and go back to the character's roots. I'm a fan of many of Tarantino's movies, but it's laughable to try and claim such a minimal association with Bond directly impacted the franchise.
Charles Feldman's Casino Royale went through a lot of script drafts to do it as serious before deciding to do it as a spoof. Feldman had a lot more money than Saltzman and Broccoli so hired the 'Shakespeare Of Hollywood' Ben Hecht to write several drafts. All were apparently quite dark, and actually would have struggled to have got past the censors. It has been said that they were close to the 2006 film, despite being written in the early 60's. Feldman had legendary macho drama director Howard Hawks set to helm. Supposedly Hawks dropped out after seeing Dr No and deciding that he couldn't compete with EON. EON had considered doing Casino Royale after Thunderball, as a collaboration much as that film ws with an existing rights holder. After EON bailed, Feldman went behind their backs and offered the film to Connery, to lend some authenticity and false continuity. Connery said he wouldn't do it for less than a Million Dollars, a then colossal figure, that only Elizabeth Taylor had been paid for Cleopatra. Feldman baulked at that and it's said this was when he decided to make it a spoof to "ruin" the EON films. However rather than critique the EON films or make them laughable, his comedy instead veers all over the place in its attempts to do jokes and skits, coming across as just a desperate laugh attempt. The film went over budget and cost more than any Bond film at that time. Feldman said it would have been cheaper to pay Connery a Million Dollars to do a serious film after all.
Hey Bullets & Blockbusters. That was an amazing and interesting story of Quentin Tarantino's unmade "Casino Royale" film that you covered. Great job! I have another suggestion for you. Have you ever seen Bill Bixby's and Lou Ferrigno's "The Incredible Hulk" TV series from the 1970's? Well, after the series got cancelled, there were some television films that tried to not only revive the series, but also set up possible spin-off shows for Thor, Daredevil, She-Hulk, and even Nicholas Hammond's Spider-Man to expand on its franchise. Unfortunately, these projects never got made. But I'm wondering if you can do a video that covers Bill Bixby's and Lou Ferrigno's "The Incredible Hulk" expanded universe like: - Eric Allan Kramer's "Thor" TV show spin-off - Rex Smith's "Daredevil" TV show spin-off - "She-Hulk" TV show spin-off - 1980's Nicholas Hammond's "The Amazing Spider-Man" revival (crossover with "The Incredible Hulk" TV series) - 1990's "The Revenge of Incredible Hulk" film with Gerald Di Pego's script Once again, I hope to see more of your projects. Take care.
Casino Royale as is, is by far my favorite Bond film. But I would like to maybe see a non-continuity Tarantino / Brosnan take on the film. That would be interesting.
Great stuff bro. Gregory Radtoff: *"Dear God, If I get through with the cash im going to buy a time magazine when we land and use the money to buy the film rights to the first book i read the review of"* God: "...okay...?"
I loved Brosnan’s take on Bond His movies were very hit and miss, but Brosnan was the epitome of charm and mystique with a dark edge when you needed it.
@ I always loved The World is Not Enough and Goldeneye. Tomorrow Never Dies was fun, but felt weaker than those two. Craig’s Bond was solid, but I didn’t love his movies. Casino Royale was great but some of his others felt more personal for Bond which felt like a strange creative choice to me.
@ TND was seen as a bit of a non-event at the time but history has shown it to be a great standalone Bond. No silly arc shoehorned in, just a good flick with some great action, gadgets and a solid story. That’s what the 007 series to do best. Used.
Very cool James Bond throwback. I’ve never seen that parody version. I might have to track it down someday just for the chance to see it. Your videos are always so interesting and informative.
Casino Royale for Brosnan's Bond could've been the perfect send off. Just imagine this: Bond finally meets a woman who's interesting enough for James to consider retirement, and eventually... He does retire, gets married and settles down, thus putting an end to his highly paced spy days. And his wife isn't shot dead like in the closing act of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service". It could've been the perfect farewell to Pierce Brosnan's 007 days in my opinion
Great video man, you're the best!! I wonder if you can look into other james bond's unproduced scripts like warhead 2000, which would have been a second remake of thunderball, and alfred hitchcock's version of 007. I think they would be great in a video!!
@@Bulletsandblockbustersawesome, I work overnights in a hospital, so I end up listening to Long form video essays a good amount. Keep up the good work!
I don't know how true this is, but I remember seeing an interview back around the time the film came out with Barbara Broccoli that their reason for not using Quentin Tarantino was because he wasn't a member of the director's union and they're obligated to use a unionized director.
Interesting. As a person who has all of the Bond, and Quentin Tarantino movies, i couldn't picture QT making a Bond movie. I hope he makes a Vietnam war movie though. The dialogue alone would be epic!
Future recommendation for a version of Hannibal that was supposed to reunite Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins for a true proper Silence of the Lambs sequel.
I’m genuinely glad Tarantino never made his version of Casino Royale. I don’t want to see Uma Thurman as Vesper Lynd. Nothing against her but I loved Eva Green’s performance. Plus Sam Jackson as Felix Leiter??😂😂😂
Tbh peirce is my bond he is who i grew up with throughout the 90s and early 00s but I do love the tone of casino royale but die another day was the first bond film i got to see at the cinema
Hopefully Tarantino makes a Spy movie that he wanted or his last movie. I believe he will make more tbh.. I want to see a gritty take outside of bond and see him do a spy movie. That would be awesome
I’m torn on this. Although as described, this would have been phenomenal to see come to fruition, the EON Casino Royale we got is my favorite Bond film of all time and a masterpiece in it’s own right. Just hoping that Bond 26 continues to explore and push the character in new directions that takes risks while still being faithful to its legacy.
Here's a good idea for a future video: *Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO/ZORRO* The 2019 film adaptation of Quentin Tarantino & Matt Wagner's 2015 crossover comic book sequel to *"Django Unchained"* (2012) with Jerrod Carmichael as Quentin's co-script writer. Actors Jamie Foxx & Antonio Banderas were to return as Django Freeman & Don Alejandro de la Vega aka "Zorro" who met in the American Southwest and would team up to help save the local indigenous people from slavery.
I know most of Die Another Day was outlandish as you say but isn't the ice palace based on real life ice hotels just dialed up to supervillian levels? I think there's one in Canada and Sweden, and building a ice palace is far easier to do than what most of the villains in the roger moore era did like building a space station or an underwater base or an oil tanker that can open it's bow to capture other vessels without immediately sinking.
I'm about as big a Bond fan as you can imagine with a lot of respect for the traditions in the making of the Bond films, but I have to say it pains me that they didn't entrust this to Tarantino - I genuinely think he would've made one of the most celebrated Bond films in the entire franchise - They just weren't willing to take the risk, such a shame. And Brosnan would've smashed it with Tarantino's vision, I'm sure of it.
Skyfall singlehandly brought back the allure of shaving with a straight razor. Yeah, one scene and everyone was looking to buy one or a barber that used one.
Brosnan didn't need to do a 5th film if DAD was rewritten much better post Bond's capture/release - even then the pre title music action sequence (Moon's Base) would have been changed in my mind. No Jinx, Graves, Frost, R, etc...or freakshow Madonna; However I would keep the two Moon characters, rewrite Zao as an ally (a relative of Wai Lin) plus make Bond completely rogue; fading into the shadows towards the end - instilling a sense of ambiguity as to whether Bond is either killed or 'killed' off. Brosnan IMO still had the acting chops and intensity to portray a hard arse, old school Bond (not Dalton or Craig level), but in a way that still retained some of the Brosnan Bond wit, charm and character.
I love the Bond franchise, but I love hearing these rejected ideas even more. They sound so intriguing and would often wonder what if we would've gotten those versions instead.
As a huge fan of Tarantino, it would’ve been fascinating to see how his Bond film would’ve turnout. However, after the stinkers that were The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, I was done with Bronsnan as Bond and wished more it was Craig in the role of the Tarantino version. But alas, it didn’t happen and still believe that Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale is Craig’s best Bond film and in my Top 5 Bond film of all-time.
Even, TND, wasn't very good, Michelle Yeoh elevated a rather mediocre product, I've heard rumors of a, spin-off, that, never made it, truly tragic, miserable absence.
Tarantino's Casino Royale with Pierce Brosnan as Bond and Uma Thurman as Vesper, in black and white and set in the 60s would have been fire! 🔥 He would have, in fact, made it too good it would have Fd-up the series.
Regardless of quality it would have up-ended the franchise. A reboot confused a lot of people, so a one-off Elseworlds with Brosnan and in Black And White would totally have boiled people's noodles. Good luck to whoever did the next one.
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@@classicsonicthewild6051it’s on the to do list but not sure I’ll be able to do it by your birthday. Also, happy early birthday!
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Fun fact: The product placement in Casino Royale was deliberately toned down in response to the criticism leveled at Die Another Day, which earned itself the nickname “Buy Another Day”.
And yet it’s still pretty in your face at times. Case in point?
“Rolex?”
“Omega”
“Beautiful”
@@ramyal-rufaie738 Bond also uncharacteristically drives a Ford, and in ads Craig as Bond drinks Heineken Beer.
@davidjames579 well Ford owned Aston Martin at the time so that's probably why
@ramyal-rufaie738 TBF alot of Bond films showed off his watches Brosnan was the first to wear an Omega and its featured on screen in all his films, Roger Moore's Bond had a deal with Seiko and wore a Seiko in The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, Octopussy, and A View To A Kill.
@japython I know the reason why but Bond never would have driven such an ordinary car, unless he'd stolen it to escape in/stop a bomb going off.
If you’re interested, Michael France’s original Goldeneye script is online to read. It’s darker and more serious, so you can’t really picture Brosnan in the role. Also, the opening is on a train, Trevelyan is older and once a mentor to Bond, and there are other differences too. It would make a good What Could Have Been
Bronsan has proven that's a talented actor and even scenes from his Bond films showed that he could be serious and gritty if he wanted to.
Also, I heard that Anthony Hopkins was consider for Trevelyan early on but he was too expensive.
Sounds like Timothy Dalton would've fit in that version of Goldeneye amazingly
They have a script?? Oh man I have to check that out
mmmmm
Sounds like the setup for the first mission impossible
Tarantino and Brosnan should reunite and do a non Bond spy film exactly the way he planned..a real hard hitting film as a big middle finger to the producers..." You see? You were wrong! "
I would watch that tbh, and I have mixed feelings on Tarantino
What movie did they do together?
Id genuinely watch more movies if they were marketed as "big middle fingers to specific people", 'Spite' would be my favourite genre.
Casino royale imho was the best bond movie ever made. Tough to give a middle finger there.
@@kevinc8955 yeah, great movie. Other Craig Bond movies, however, is pretty meh (even the beautiful Skyfall with its dull script). The last two are simply the worst in the whole series.
The opening line says exactly why it wasn't made, set in the 1960s and shot in black and white
Plus, Tarantino after being rejected was bitter and pity about it. So, thank god it didn't happen, we didn't need more stuff to inflate his ego.
@@ivanagustinortiz5237 I agree
@@ivanagustinortiz5237 Saying they didn't make it as they knew it'd be too good and make the other movies look bad! He sounds like a child.
People don't want to watch black and white movies anymore.
It would have been great 🤡🤡🤡🤡
The Craig sequels all have great moments, but Royale is through-and-through, start-to-finish, a perfect film.
The pacing, script, acting, violence, and storytelling are all blended (shaken?) in the right amounts. From the badass opening song ("Arm yourself / because no one else here will save you") right down to the catharsis of the final scene and a *perfect* last line of dialog - 10/10. Nailed it.
The 2006 version is very overrated, it's too much of a conventional EON film similar to Goldeneye, same director, same production. The Bond franchise is really formulaic. Tarantino having full control would have done something more different with it.
@@theurbanyouth It's nothing like GoldenEye
@@davidjames579 It's the same style in direction as Goldeneye, and has all the conventional EON tropes. It would have been more interesting with a different production and direction.
@theurbanyouth completely disagree. One of the reasons it was so well received was that it doesn't feel or play like any EON Bond film before it. Also, the look is markedly different to GoldenEye, even though it has the same director and cinematographer.
@@davidjames579 Nothing was different, all the things in it had been done before, like the serious Bond was done before with Timothy Dalton, and Bond losing a serious romance was done before with On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And it had a lot of action sequences like the rest of the Bond movies, it felt like a typical EON Bond film mixed with in with imitating the Jason Bourne series. I've seen all of them, I noticed they have the same formulaic pattern. It would have been more interesting with a completely different production company and different director like Tarantino, which was something that almost happened.
Pierce Brosnan is the best Bond
Hands down
I wished he would've returned for another film
❤I liked him, too.
Casino Royale (2006) is one of my favorite movies!
Top 25 for I think, maybe even top 15.
Yep, my fave Daniel Craig 'Bond' film...
We need a video on Christopher Nolan’s original plans for man of steel
Excellent idea.
Imagine if Nolan had relented and allowed MOS to be set in his Batman universe!
No joke, as I was sitting there, watching The Dark Knight Rises for the first time, I genuinely expected the whole "we can't get the nuke out of here, no autopilot" dilemma to get resolved by Superman flying in to save them.
I'm glad I was wrong. But I truly thought that they were going to open up the universe presented in the Dark Knight Trilogy
@@stephentruelove5439 That'd be something to see!
Suddenly the Bat stops, the door rips open and there stands a man in blue with a red cape. "I believe this is your stop Mr. Wayne"
@@cinemaarts8795 as silly as it sounds, you can't deny that every fanboy would be rock fucking hard in every viewing. I really thought the through line was building to Bruce Wayne eventually accepting help from the city in defeating a foe and then saw it blossoming into introducing us to Superman: sort of like the reward for Bruce's journey.
But I guess 3rd Rock From the Sun being a Robin is cool and stuff
Im glad someone else brought up how all the Bond movies prior to Casino Royale were in the same continuity...lots of people dont know that
I love that you include Tarantino's favorite shot - feet shots! And Tarantino's version actually sounds like it would have been an interesting take on Bond.
I’m glad you picked up on that!
The 1967 Casino Royale movie was such an acid trip! It had a few moments but to me was mostly incoherent until I caught onto it appearing more like a movie of several short episodes of characters. Pierce Brosnan deserved a better final good Bond movie, I actually liked Die Another Day more than most, but it still wasn’t a great film. Setting it in the 60s would’ve been a bold and interesting take on Bond and having that be Brosnan’s final Bond movie would have been a good send off. But overall I personally prefer the modern 2000s Casino Royale that we got as it is one of my favorite Bond movies. (Also that office parkour scene!)
Uncomfortable Truth Time: GoldenEye, was Pierce Brosnan's only, seriously, great James Bond film, TND, was really saved by Michelle Yeoh, but, was tragically lackluster, TWINE, was truly disappointing, and, the less said about, DAD, the better.
@@matthewdaley746 That's not a truth, that's a subjective opinion.
@davidjames579 Evidence creates variables, unquestionably.
I'm here so early that I feel like I'm watching the opening credits.
Haha
Oh God. A Tarantino directed James Bond film (not just Casino Royale, but just in general) would've been so awesome and amazing to see.
Yes indeed
They didnt know what they had.
But not proper adaption of Casino Royale wouldn't work in 2004/2095 with Pierce Brosnan
Imagine Tarantino's skyfall
@@suasanakota6219 just strange and bloody, and feet everywhere😂😂
QT's Bond could have been a one off movie set in the early days of the cold war and espionage. Also it could solidify a popular fanfic that Bond is just a codename and all the different actors are because the old Bond either was killed or retired and had to be replaced.
10:56 I used to think of Karl Urban as a possible candidate for Batman not 007. I can see Henry Cavill as James Bond after his performance in The man from uncle
Which is truly strange, because at this very moment, he's currently the leading candidate, odd how factors develop, it is.
Karl Urban wasn't even in the final 3. He might have been 4th or 5th. But the final 3 in contention for the role were Henry Cavhil, Daniel Craig and Goran Visnjic. It came out when Craig was cast Visnjic had been seriously considered for the role and he was one of the final 3 candidates
@@gordonhotchkiss646An incredible circumstance, unquestionably.
@@matthewdaley746 Only by internet searches data. Idris Elba's up there, as is Tom Hardy. None of this means anything to EON.
@@davidjames579EON's really polarizing, unquestionably.
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While it would have been interesting to see, I’m happy with the Casino Royale we got. I just wish the other Craig movies lived up to it
I enjoyed Spectre quite a bit, especially the opening sequence.
Casino Royale & Skyfall are the best in the Craig era, I enjoy Spectre as well mostly because it was the first bond film I saw in theaters, No Time to die while a great movie is really depressing because of the ending, Quantum of Solace is the one of the 5 I don’t watch
Absolutely this. 💯
@@Braddley05 Spectre was the worst imo
@turrican4d599 so are you saying Quantum of Solace was better?
5:17 Typical Tarantino shot.
Skip to 2:03 to avoid the stupid ad
Lol
Come on, man. Sure, ads aren't fun but he's gotta make bank somehow
@@yopedraza Yeah. That's unfortunate but true.
Skip to avoid the thoughtless comment.
I do hope the next Bond films return to the original timeline that we saw from Dr. No to Die Another Day. And that Brosnan gets the Logan style send-off that he deserves.
Calvin Dyson would lose his mind if that happens!
@@cinemaarts8795 who?
@@HerbCoswellBornAgain He's a TH-camr, probably one of best for James Bond videos. Brosnan is his favorite and he said that would be his dream for Brosnan to return in Logan-esque Bond film.
@@HerbCoswellBornAgain Calvin Dyson
The next bond should be Henry cavil
Absolutely! He's earned it!
Agree, but if they deem him too old for the next few movies, then Aaron Taylor-Johnson is a good choice
Such a great idea for a series! I look forward to these videos
Hilarious that Henry Cavil was deemed too young to play a young Bond. The whole point of Casino Royal is it’s supposed to be a young Bond still early in his career.
That was great! I'd love to see more 'What if...?' around Bond!
More to come!
@Bulletsandblockbusters Thank you!
@@Bulletsandblockbusters To quote Elliot Carver in TND: "Outstanding"
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I really like Tarantino. Been a fan since seeing RESERVOIR DOGS twice in the theater while in college. But the CASINO ROYALE we got is (along with THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM) a perfect action movie.
Thanks for the video. Big Pierce Bronsman fan
Same
Me too
@Bulletsandblockbusters Same here. Possibly my favorite Bond too.
Casino Royale gave the franchise a refresh just when it needed it, while still allowing for further sequels.
Taratino's sounds interesting but also a "one & done")
Great video (as usual). Brosnan should have had one more film. Good writers could have cracked the code on the script. Seems like they (including BB) were too concerned with a reboot. It would have been better to simply shift the tone as they did before with Moonraker and For Your Eyes Only.
Even when you're talking about VPN and streaming in the beginning you still keep your tone of voice consistent. Bravo.
Haha thanks
IT WOULDVE BEEN A SEQUAL TO OHMSS
WHAT
The Bond girls would be showing their feet of
The 2006 version is amazing, but the idea of Tarantino doing his own retro version is a tantalizing idea given how successful his other period films have been
This is one of those where I’m glad it wasn’t done differently. Not only one of my favorite movies of all time but hands down the best Bond film ever made. Yeah I said it go ahead and fight me over it
Can’t wait to watch this once I’m off work!! You’re the best man
Enjoy!
I'm at work right now watching this!!😅😅
I am working on next week’s video watching this
@@Bulletsandblockbusters keep it coming big Homie
Tarantino also said some years ago that he would like to make a more faithful adaptation of First Blood with Adam Driver as Rambo and Kurt Russell as the sheriff, that would be funny as his "Final film".
I've heard some crazy stories about producers before, but Ratoff almost takes the cake.
As for the Tarrantino version, yeah, I don't think we missed anything.
I wonder why he stole the money. What was it for, and why did he think God would be appeased if he bought the film rights to the first novel he read a review of?
Tarantino's account of this project is very bizarre, and I'd argue at times crosses the line between exaggeration and outright lie. The reason he's associated with Casino Royale is because Miramax tried to get the rights to the book in the mid 90s (which wasn't an uncommon thing for studios to try and do incidentally). They presumably wanted Tarantino to direct if they ever got it or perhaps Tarantino expressed some interest in the idea. They couldn't attain them due to a deal EON had with the Fleming estate and nothing ever came of it. That's literally as far as his Casino Royale ever went.
For the next ten years Tarantino would make some very strange claims about this project during interviews under the idea that it was his 'unmade Bond movie' - and keep in mind this was never an official project. Talking about the novel in 1997, he claimed the story ends with Bond killing Vesper (he doesn't, she kills herself), that Fleming's Bond is some sort of Mickey Spillane type character (I wouldn't quite say that, although it's relatively subjective), that the book takes place in the 60s (it doesn't, it was written in the 50s), and he even implied the novel used first person narration (it doesn't). I personally don't believe he's ever read the book.
Fast forward to 2004/2005 and Brosnan's contract as Bond is not renewed, the rights to Fleming's first novel are back with EON, and Casino Royale is the next planned Bond movie. This is where we get Tarantino's idea of using an older Brosnan set after Majesty's. It's completely hypothetical and nothing more than him spitballing during interviews. Clearly it wasn't how he'd have approached this project in the mid-90s. The idea to adapt Casino Royale had nothing to do with him despite his claims, and he's never been considered or approached to direct an official Bond movie as far as I'm aware. As the video states there's a long and drawn out backstory to the rights, and the Casino Royale we got was an attempt to revitalise the franchise and go back to the character's roots.
I'm a fan of many of Tarantino's movies, but it's laughable to try and claim such a minimal association with Bond directly impacted the franchise.
Charles Feldman's Casino Royale went through a lot of script drafts to do it as serious before deciding to do it as a spoof. Feldman had a lot more money than Saltzman and Broccoli so hired the 'Shakespeare Of Hollywood' Ben Hecht to write several drafts. All were apparently quite dark, and actually would have struggled to have got past the censors. It has been said that they were close to the 2006 film, despite being written in the early 60's. Feldman had legendary macho drama director Howard Hawks set to helm. Supposedly Hawks dropped out after seeing Dr No and deciding that he couldn't compete with EON.
EON had considered doing Casino Royale after Thunderball, as a collaboration much as that film ws with an existing rights holder. After EON bailed, Feldman went behind their backs and offered the film to Connery, to lend some authenticity and false continuity. Connery said he wouldn't do it for less than a Million Dollars, a then colossal figure, that only Elizabeth Taylor had been paid for Cleopatra. Feldman baulked at that and it's said this was when he decided to make it a spoof to "ruin" the EON films. However rather than critique the EON films or make them laughable, his comedy instead veers all over the place in its attempts to do jokes and skits, coming across as just a desperate laugh attempt. The film went over budget and cost more than any Bond film at that time. Feldman said it would have been cheaper to pay Connery a Million Dollars to do a serious film after all.
Hey Bullets & Blockbusters. That was an amazing and interesting story of Quentin Tarantino's unmade "Casino Royale" film that you covered. Great job!
I have another suggestion for you. Have you ever seen Bill Bixby's and Lou Ferrigno's "The Incredible Hulk" TV series from the 1970's? Well, after the series got cancelled, there were some television films that tried to not only revive the series, but also set up possible spin-off shows for Thor, Daredevil, She-Hulk, and even Nicholas Hammond's Spider-Man to expand on its franchise. Unfortunately, these projects never got made. But I'm wondering if you can do a video that covers Bill Bixby's and Lou Ferrigno's "The Incredible Hulk" expanded universe like:
- Eric Allan Kramer's "Thor" TV show spin-off
- Rex Smith's "Daredevil" TV show spin-off
- "She-Hulk" TV show spin-off
- 1980's Nicholas Hammond's "The Amazing Spider-Man" revival (crossover with "The Incredible Hulk" TV series)
- 1990's "The Revenge of Incredible Hulk" film with Gerald Di Pego's script
Once again, I hope to see more of your projects. Take care.
I can def look into it! Thnx!
And a Doctor Strange series as well.
Watching these content gives me of little knowledge of unmade movies
Casino Royale as is, is by far my favorite Bond film. But I would like to maybe see a non-continuity Tarantino / Brosnan take on the film. That would be interesting.
Great stuff bro.
Gregory Radtoff: *"Dear God, If I get through with the cash im going to buy a time magazine when we land and use the money to buy the film rights to the first book i read the review of"*
God: "...okay...?"
I loved Brosnan’s take on Bond
His movies were very hit and miss, but Brosnan was the epitome of charm and mystique with a dark edge when you needed it.
he did a very good job of embodying Connery, Moore and Dalton in one portrayal while looking the most Bond like.
He had three good ones and one bad one. Better batting average than Daniel Craig who had two good ones and three bad ones.
@ I always loved The World is Not Enough and Goldeneye.
Tomorrow Never Dies was fun, but felt weaker than those two.
Craig’s Bond was solid, but I didn’t love his movies. Casino Royale was great but some of his others felt more personal for Bond which felt like a strange creative choice to me.
@ TND was seen as a bit of a non-event at the time but history has shown it to be a great standalone Bond. No silly arc shoehorned in, just a good flick with some great action, gadgets and a solid story. That’s what the 007 series to do best. Used.
a Tarantino script set in the 60s would still somehow have annoying pop culture references
I hope Tarantino casts Brosnan in his next movie...
If he directed, if would have a lot good bloody action and curses. It might cool
That was something else that put off EON. R Rated. They needed the Bond films to stay PG-13
I would've LOVED to see this version of Casino Royale!
Somewhere out there is a universe where Henry Cavill has played James Bond.
It is a bit crazy that it's not going to happen in ours.
@Bulletsandblockbusters Made a small edit to the second sentence and it took away the heart you gave me. Appreciated all the same. 🙂
Very cool James Bond throwback. I’ve never seen that parody version. I might have to track it down someday just for the chance to see it. Your videos are always so interesting and informative.
Thanks!
Casino Royale for Brosnan's Bond could've been the perfect send off.
Just imagine this: Bond finally meets a woman who's interesting enough for James to consider retirement, and eventually... He does retire, gets married and settles down, thus putting an end to his highly paced spy days.
And his wife isn't shot dead like in the closing act of "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".
It could've been the perfect farewell to Pierce Brosnan's 007 days in my opinion
Great video man, you're the best!! I wonder if you can look into other james bond's unproduced scripts like warhead 2000, which would have been a second remake of thunderball, and alfred hitchcock's version of 007. I think they would be great in a video!!
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I would’ve loved to see that
It could’ve been such a cool prequel to the Bond series
One of my favorite cinematic characters, Bond, James Bond.
11:16 - If there's ever a bio film on Christopher Nolan, I know who I'd cast.
Gregory Ratoff's story would be a great catalyst for a Bond movie
Now that would have been crazy!
Anybody else listen to these more than watch the actual video? BB, have you ever thought about making longer, audio only versions of these?
I’ve considered a podcast
@@Bulletsandblockbustersawesome, I work overnights in a hospital, so I end up listening to Long form video essays a good amount. Keep up the good work!
Thnx!
I don't know how true this is, but I remember seeing an interview back around the time the film came out with Barbara Broccoli that their reason for not using Quentin Tarantino was because he wasn't a member of the director's union and they're obligated to use a unionized director.
Interesting. As a person who has all of the Bond, and Quentin Tarantino movies, i couldn't picture QT making a Bond movie. I hope he makes a Vietnam war movie though. The dialogue alone would be epic!
Ten seconds in and I already knew this was gonna get nuts
Would’ve really loved to see Logan as Bond kinda like patch ❤
Great research bro. Keep it up
Thnx man!
Future recommendation for a version of Hannibal that was supposed to reunite Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins for a true proper Silence of the Lambs sequel.
Sam Worthington Says He Didn’t Get The Role Of James Bond Back In 2006 After An “Awful Audition.”
Sam Worthington was basically Colin Farrell, Hollywood tried their darnedest to make him happen, unfortunately, he was just never going to happen.
I’m genuinely glad Tarantino never made his version of Casino Royale. I don’t want to see Uma Thurman as Vesper Lynd. Nothing against her but I loved Eva Green’s performance. Plus Sam Jackson as Felix Leiter??😂😂😂
I want to see what tmnt 3 would have been if it wasn't bad
Love the channel. I know you mostly do larger movies, but what about "What could've been National Treasure 3" or the plans for a 3rd Ghost Rider film?
Thnx I’ll look into them
I've always considered Everything or Nothing as Brosnan's 5th outing.
Tbh peirce is my bond he is who i grew up with throughout the 90s and early 00s but I do love the tone of casino royale but die another day was the first bond film i got to see at the cinema
Casino royale is my fav James Bond movie!😁👍👍
Hopefully Tarantino makes a Spy movie that he wanted or his last movie. I believe he will make more tbh.. I want to see a gritty take outside of bond and see him do a spy movie. That would be awesome
Let this man cook, my day always gets better with a B&B drop.
Appreciate that my friend!
I’m torn on this. Although as described, this would have been phenomenal to see come to fruition, the EON Casino Royale we got is my favorite Bond film of all time and a masterpiece in it’s own right. Just hoping that Bond 26 continues to explore and push the character in new directions that takes risks while still being faithful to its legacy.
Here's a good idea for a future video:
*Quentin Tarantino's DJANGO/ZORRO*
The 2019 film adaptation of
Quentin Tarantino & Matt Wagner's
2015 crossover comic book sequel
to *"Django Unchained"* (2012)
with Jerrod Carmichael as Quentin's
co-script writer.
Actors Jamie Foxx & Antonio Banderas
were to return as Django Freeman
& Don Alejandro de la Vega aka "Zorro"
who met in the American Southwest
and would team up to help save the local indigenous people from slavery.
After the Craig era you really gotta appreciate how Bondian the Pierce movies were. Just great !
Pierce movies awfull to rewatch
Casino Royale was also adapted into an episode of Climax! in 1954. It featured American secret agent Jimmy Bond.
After working all week i look forward to these uploads every Saturday! please keep up the good work
I appreciate that! More to come!
That parkour scene was so good
I’d like to see Brosnan as Bond one more time. Old man Bond, sorta like this franchises version of “Logan”.
I know most of Die Another Day was outlandish as you say but isn't the ice palace based on real life ice hotels just dialed up to supervillian levels? I think there's one in Canada and Sweden, and building a ice palace is far easier to do than what most of the villains in the roger moore era did like building a space station or an underwater base or an oil tanker that can open it's bow to capture other vessels without immediately sinking.
I’d love to see an espionage/spy thriller from Tarantino in general. This could’ve been a great addition to the Bond franchise.
At one time he was planning a movie trilogy based on Len Deighton's Game, Set And Match trilogy of spy novels.
I'm about as big a Bond fan as you can imagine with a lot of respect for the traditions in the making of the Bond films, but I have to say it pains me that they didn't entrust this to Tarantino - I genuinely think he would've made one of the most celebrated Bond films in the entire franchise - They just weren't willing to take the risk, such a shame. And Brosnan would've smashed it with Tarantino's vision, I'm sure of it.
Brosnan deserved CR
This film would've been amazing, though the Craig film is really good
Executive Meddling's heartless, unquestionably.
You're telling me I could've had a Tarantino James Bond movie, AND then a Star Trek movie?? God is cruel...
They need to give Cavill a run immediately
Too old now unfortunately.
Skyfall singlehandly brought back the allure of shaving with a straight razor.
Yeah, one scene and everyone was looking to buy one or a barber that used one.
Casino Royale is the best Bond film
I seriously want a Tarantino James Bond film now.
Brosnan didn't need to do a 5th film if DAD was rewritten much better post Bond's capture/release - even then the pre title music action sequence (Moon's Base) would have been changed in my mind.
No Jinx, Graves, Frost, R, etc...or freakshow Madonna; However I would keep the two Moon characters, rewrite Zao as an ally (a relative of Wai Lin) plus make Bond completely rogue; fading into the shadows towards the end - instilling a sense of ambiguity as to whether Bond is either killed or 'killed' off.
Brosnan IMO still had the acting chops and intensity to portray a hard arse, old school Bond (not Dalton or Craig level), but in a way that still retained some of the Brosnan Bond wit, charm and character.
Please make a video about original plans for "True lies 2"!
Tarrinto is American and don't they own enough in cinema? They've always said Bond doesn't need to be British but not North American.
I love the Bond franchise, but I love hearing these rejected ideas even more. They sound so intriguing and would often wonder what if we would've gotten those versions instead.
As a huge fan of Tarantino, it would’ve been fascinating to see how his Bond film would’ve turnout. However, after the stinkers that were The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day, I was done with Bronsnan as Bond and wished more it was Craig in the role of the Tarantino version. But alas, it didn’t happen and still believe that Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale is Craig’s best Bond film and in my Top 5 Bond film of all-time.
Even, TND, wasn't very good, Michelle Yeoh elevated a rather mediocre product, I've heard rumors of a, spin-off, that, never made it, truly tragic, miserable absence.
Quentin Tarantino's version sounds soooooooo much better than what we have gotten.
Tarantino's Casino Royale with Pierce Brosnan as Bond and Uma Thurman as Vesper, in black and white and set in the 60s would have been fire! 🔥
He would have, in fact, made it too good it would have Fd-up the series.
Regardless of quality it would have up-ended the franchise. A reboot confused a lot of people, so a one-off Elseworlds with Brosnan and in Black And White would totally have boiled people's noodles. Good luck to whoever did the next one.
You kinda get one last Brosnan as Bond in video game form
Cool idea, but i love Craig’s casino royal way more
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The Bond producers won't let Spielberg direct one either. Because they refuse to let an American direct a Bond film.