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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-03-06 (Thursday)
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>3/7/2025 11:44 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>>>'Casino Royale' (2006).  On the final Bond actor, just a few more movies
>>>before I reach the end of the Bond series.  Too bad there won't ever be
>>>another Bond movie again.

>>Wow. It's hard to believe that this movie is nearly two decades old.

>>So, revisiting the movie, what did you think?

>I liked it.  I remember back when it first came out my super-short 
>review of it was "Bond's got 'tude!"  :)

Craig was playing Ian Fleming's character, all right, something we
hadn't seen so purely since Dr. No.

>I think the Connery ones were rough.  The Moore ones were fun.  Dalton 
>and Brosnan wanted darker, grittier but didn't really get that.  Craig 
>_did_ get dark and gritty.  'Casino Royale' was a reboot in more ways 
>than one.  It wasn't just another change in actor but a change in how 
>Eon approached Bond movies.  And having a story line that actually 
>spanned multiple films is a big plus in my mind.