I liked this one. And I've been watching Bond for years (i'm 44). Although I haven't watch Pierce Brosnan. Not too sure about him as Bond. Just doesn't seem tough enough to me. Daniel Craig is badass. Thought Timothy Dalton was good also.
@greg19670 If you do decide to watch a Brosnan Bond, go with GoldenEye. One of the best Bond movies of all time, IMO. And certain scenes in that movie will make you appreciate Brosnan as a tough Bond. There's brutal fight between him and Sean Bean towards the end.
I feel like the new bond films dont FEEL like bond films...I understand how they are trying to re imagine the series and reinvent bond..but I think they are straying to far from what makes Bond.well..Bond. I am a long time James Bond fan and while these movies alone are good movies, they just do not feel like a james bond films.
Is it just me; or is this opening the cheapest and most inappropriate one of them all? Looks very low-budget to me, and the music makes me think of anything BUT James Bond... plus, Daniel Craig as 007 = Epic Fail.
It's good to hear someone say a nice thing about Daniel Craig. So many Bond fans run hot and cold, blaming the actor for the quality of the film. Everyone loved Casino Royale and loved him - now that half of us agree Quantum of Solace sucked humungous chunks of ass, people have started hating him again. I'll just make my position clear : I think that film is a mess but there's nothing wrong with Daniel Craig in it. (And if he looks a little lost at times, well can you blame him?!)
i used to hate this film, i thought he was just acting like a thug and not like bond. but as i have grown a bit older i relise that bond is an assassin, and this film is an attempt to take bond back where it started, griity and crude (sean connery) instead of the iconic smooth roger moore style that developed and that was favored by peirce brosnan. very good comeback and complete contrast to die another day...which is what was needed.
@longlivestalin1 I've never seen this or the last one, but I want to.....I'm older too, and I'm keeping my options (and opinions) to myself until I actually see it...like the title opening, though
General opinion is still split on Solace but I'll just caution you that although the films act as one continuous story, the directorial approach is spectacularly dissimilar. Come back on here after you've watched them and tell us which style you preferred.
Dont understand why everybody said Daniel Craig wold be a terrible Bond, he's gotta be one of my favourites, Quatum Of Solace I didn't really understand but I absoloutly adored Casino Royale
Connery's golden era was in the 60s. He made one film in 1971, Diamonds are Forever - the worst Bond film to date. He returned in 1983 with the unofficial attempt, Never Say Never Again, which, with its lack of Bond theme, terrible song and score, cheap production values, and absence of any sort of narrative logic, managed the achievement of being even worse than Diamonds - suppose that's something.
Never liked Moonraker. Tries to be a million different films all at once.
As for The Spy Who Loved Me, a lot of people really respond to that one (it's Moore's favourite), but while I think there are separate elements in it that are terrific - Nobody Does it Better, Marvin Hamlisch's score, the Union Jack parachute jump, the scary version of Jaws before Moonraker made him a clown - the overall film feels less than the sum of its parts.
Oh bless you sir! I finally found the original movie version of the song, its in a bit higher key. Every other video has the single version, which is not nearly as good!
@AliminiumHydroxide Good catch, I've always wondered they meant with that image. Maybe a reference to Layercake, where Daniel Craig actually dressed up like a ninja to kill Jimmy Price.
That's unusual. So you loved the film but thought Daniel Craig played no part in your enjoyment of it, despite him being constantly on screen for the best part of 140 minutes? Who would you have preferred?
what about a good story? they can blast up New York, Tokio or Berlin to me, but is the story bad, Iwon't like the the movie:P Bond can be black man, and the girl don't need to be sexy, they could even drop the titlesequence and gadgets, as long as the story is good and it's stil about a spy named James Bond;p
I personally think trying to crowbar the words 'Casino Royale' into the song would any sense of it achieving a universality of meaningin its own right, as the best Bond songs like 'Live and Let Die' have.
It might actually make it laughably bad a la "If you want to get rid of some one... The Man with the Golden G-u-u-u-n!"
I prefer the Bond songs to not be so dependent on the specific context of the film, and try to generate an overall feeling of the Bond atmosphere instead.
Octopussy didn't have its name in the song. All these things people consider to be "musts" for Bond films, have had several movies in which they weren't in before.
@ZombieMan04 said: And you have to wonder why the song for Octopussy didn't have its name in it. It could've been classic. "Octopussy... she's a Bond Girl... the girl with the tentacled twat! A Midas twat! Such a cold pussy... Mr. Bond! Beware of the girl with the prehensile Tail! Or you shall quail!"
Hands down, I think Daniel Craig is a badass Bond whereas Brosnan looked like a model and just didn't really feel like someone who could cripple you in a fight :D
I thought quantum of solace was a decent action film but a poor Bond film. There was no humour and the plot was too rushed, with a poor villain. Casino Royale was brilliant and Pierce Brosnan made a good Bond- Goldeneye is one of my favourite Bond films ever (along with 'the man with the golden gun, and Russia with love).
Very true, QOS sped passed my eyes so fast; no humour, no story, too much unbelievable action; the whole thing was like a giant trailer. I didn't feel like I watched a movie.
yep, I didn't like that its only part of a story... all the other bonds were breathtaking and totally worth the money. This was like buying a sub par shooter game without any guns, story, or online. It's still a shooter game though!
quantum of solace wasn't so bad. but not the best bond movie. daniel craig was good in casino royal. his i good as james bond, but sean connery and pierce brosnan are better.
tell you what, quantum of solace worst bond film ever, they pretty much copied the action sequence and ground foot chadr from casino royale and bourne films
It's just over whether or not the films are sequels.
The majority feel it's an Indiana Jones style series, where the given character is clearly in one situation after another.
I've been contending it's much closer to the Carry On films model, where a stock set of character types are put in different situations, but the films are quite unrelated.
I just feel in trying to link the films altogether as sequels, you come up against some big logical problems, hence why I prefer the second model.
I should add though Hollow, that everyone is pretty much in agreement, that Quantum of Solace is specifically and unambiguously designed as a sequel, with a continuation of the events in Casino Royale.
actually it's quite simple really...every Bond actor is a James Bond. A different one I mean. Presumably the last one was killed or retired. Each movie happens after the last one...it just so happens that in casino royale we finally see a new Bond *getting* the code name James Bond and 00 status. Just like the many Bonds before him. It also explains the different M's and how character interactionevolves from movie to movie...they work together...alot
Right, well a reason the Codename Bond theory doesn't work is that Connery turns into Lazenby and back into Connery again.
Are we not only to assume that each man adopts the identity James Bond, but they adopt it simultaneously? A bit suspicious having 6 people all working at Universal Exports, all called James Bond, no? Or conversely, having 1 employee called Bond, and 6 faces show up all over the place.
Any attempt at establishing a sense of continuity between the rest of the films fails.
What are you talking about? They each are Bond one at a time...why on earth would it be simultaneously? yes, they do have one employee called Bond...one at a time and why on earth would 6 photos show up? This is MI6 ...don't you think they'd get rid of any identifying material of their former agents?
My only point was that the 'inherited identity' idea doesn't work, as Connery becomes Lazenby, switches back to Connery, then Moore. If the baton has passed from one to another then why the hiccup? And it's hugely impractical if they exist simultaneously.
There's really not much point in trying to connect films, plots and tones, in a franchise where the films want nothing to do with each other.
Bond is just a subgenre or a template for a thriller.
I m not a really fan of tis bond, or the idea of it going back in time, so does this mean in some magical world of anachronism, the first M is a women, and the world before doctor no was superiorly advanced. yes the title sequence is great, is it the only one with no women
I kind of agree with you, your right because this bond ignored a lot of the traditional Bond formulas, and going back in time kind of messed with the time line since Judy Dench was M for the last four and now in the very first one, but this was still an awesome bond movie.
I agree that the movie ignored many of the Bond movie Norms, but, having read the Casino Royale book many years ago (and more recently to refresh my memory) i have to say that they've done a total turnaround and this Bond is possibly the most true to Ian Flemming's original character and i rather like what they've done.
Yeah but that is cool, aint? I mean , James Bond have three generations of fans, nobody remembers first 007 from 1952, so why not, it is abut time start from begining, and put Pierce between trashes, but no ofence SeanCon was cool
Wait, I don't understand. So basicaly this Bond isn't the Bond from Dr. No? I don't understand thhe who 007 series. And why would they Have this Bond as a completely different Bond it this "reboot"? Does that mean the every portal of him is a different person altogether? And if yes, the is James Bond just a random name MI6/SIS give to there top agents? I'm confused! Lol. Somebody please explain.
I'm going to go on a long time. Please bear with me.
Look, the short answer is James Bond films aren't sequels. Sequels require concrete evidence that the characters from the previous entries carry motivations over to the next film.
A number can usually be one indicator of this, e.g. Lethal Weapon 2 is definitely a continuation of Lethal Weapon; different villains but the characters have clearly experienced the events of the first film.
The Bond from Casino Royale isn't the Bond from Dr. No simply because that Bond was set in the 60s and yet was about the same age.
The Bond from GOLDFINGER isn't necessarily the Bond from Dr. No - same period, same face, but ultimately one film has no impact on the other. It may be the same actors but there are zero references to the previous missions.
There is one definitive exception of course - Quantum of Solace. Here you can clearly see that the world of Casino Royale has a knock on effect on the world of Quantum of Solace. That hasn't happened before. In other words Solace is the first Bond sequel to be made.
(There is a case to be made that From Russia with Love IS a sequel to Dr. No, but I consider these refernces in the film minimal and passing at best - and not enough to confirm the two movies are attached.)
One last example : Dark Knight is clearly a sequel to Batman Begins, agreed? But neither film is a sequel to Batman and its three sequels - different series, different world.
Now is Batman Forever a sequel to Batman Returns? Different debate, but I say it is since once you establish the protagonists are in the same world, you carry the logic over. It's why I think Daniel Craig Film 3 may be considered a sequel to Films 1 and 2 as it's already been established that it's the same guy.
We should understand that Bond isn't a film series so much as a subgenre template for an action movie.
I will concede though that it is hard to define when a sequel is a sequel, and the line between a nostalgic reference and a genuine link to a past film.
The jury's still out on Superman Returns - not just on artistic merit but in terms of canonisation.
Thanks for reading (and by reading I mean skipping to the end).
Look, the bond movies dont happen in order. For example, just because movie A was released before movie B, doesent mean that the events of movie B happened AFTER movie A. Got it?
Casino Royale happens before all other James Bond movies, when he just gets promoted to 007.
I agree Virtunx. My whole argument was that there is no continuity, meaning you have to go further and say there is no 'A' and 'B'. Casino Royale doesn't happen before anything because there is no before. There's no significant evidence to suggest the Bond of GoldenEye 'moves on' to Tomorrow Never Dies and so on.
Actually, there is significant evidence to suggest that Tommorow Never Dies happens after Goldeneye because he meets that American CIA agent Wade again that recognizes and is friendly with him in Tommorow Never Dies, suggesting that they have already met, whereas in Goldeneye, it is clear that they are meeting each other for the first time.
I take your point and it's one I've considered before.
But the idea that TWINE is a sequel to GoldenEye simply because Zukovsky is in both of them is one I don't find particularly credible. And we can list a whole bunch of these - the reappearing Felix Leiter, the references to Bond's marriage, the frantic hunt for Blofeld at the top of Diamonds are Forever.
I feel that these 'recurring' elements are best treated merely as allusions to previous entries, rather than proof of chronology.
While I agree that in previous Bond movies the 'recurring' elements are merely alusions, I disagree with you on the Brosnan movies. I think that while it may not be clear as to the order of Die Another Day, Tommorow Never Dies, and The World Is Not Enough, it is clear that the events in Goldeneye occur before all of the other Brosnan films. As well the aforementioned point about Wade, the Goldeneye movie introduces "M" as "the new M" where Judi Dench is first introduced.
In Goldeneye, Judi Dench had no previous experience as "M" and is getting to know Bond. In the other films, she has clearly had the job for at least some time and is not what you would consider 'new to the job'. This is why I contend that Goldeneye happens before all the other Brosnan films.
So is your position that while Bonds 1-16 may not be sequels, 17-20 definitely begin to demonstrate chronology?
In any case I think we view the changing relationship between Bond and M differently. I feel that M's demand for Bond to utilise his predatory skills in the Tomorrow Never Dies mission is in stark contrast to her outrage at his sexism in GoldenEye. For me that's supporting evidence that character templates are used rather than reappearances of exactly the same people.
R U fucking serious the movie was pure gold and, beside Goldfinger, was the best bond movie in the franchise! If u log on to my site u will c that i love james bond. But the new one quantum of solace (which i saw on friday, november 14, the day it opened) was bad and an ENORMOUS dissapointment
The Quantum of Solace titles continue the trend of silhouettes from this, and they edited Jack White/Alicia Keys song down and took out the moaning, which is nice.
This is the best James Bond intro/theme song ever hands down. period.
younesboul 5 months ago 9
ONE OF THE BEST BOND's SONGS EVER....CHRIS CORNELL IS REAL GENIUS !!
themahermax 5 months ago
chris cornell is a genius
maximtrickett 6 months ago
Bad ass song to a bad ass movie.
admtm24 6 months ago
I liked this one. And I've been watching Bond for years (i'm 44). Although I haven't watch Pierce Brosnan. Not too sure about him as Bond. Just doesn't seem tough enough to me. Daniel Craig is badass. Thought Timothy Dalton was good also.
greg19670 6 months ago
@greg19670 If you do decide to watch a Brosnan Bond, go with GoldenEye. One of the best Bond movies of all time, IMO. And certain scenes in that movie will make you appreciate Brosnan as a tough Bond. There's brutal fight between him and Sean Bean towards the end.
highrollin2 3 months ago 2
cool theme.. But I'm sorry other then aggression, Daniel Craig cant pull off Bond.. Peirce Brosnan and Roger Moore were the best James Bonds..
codebreaker212p 6 months ago
I friggin' LOVE this version of the song.
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riseagainstsuchti96 7 months ago
I feel like the new bond films dont FEEL like bond films...I understand how they are trying to re imagine the series and reinvent bond..but I think they are straying to far from what makes Bond.well..Bond. I am a long time James Bond fan and while these movies alone are good movies, they just do not feel like a james bond films.
Squalestang92 7 months ago
this new bond is shit . where is the charming funny old bonds . i always thought that Pierce Brosnan is the worst but this dude proved me wrong
lordallaoy 8 months ago
3:02 it's NINJA time
startrekwarsmixguy 8 months ago
One of my favourite film openings, among Monsters Inc and Rocky :D
Annoyingthing321 8 months ago
Love this, my dad says Daniel Craig is a shite actor, but to that, I spit in his dinner :D
Samlynch2 8 months ago 25
@Samlynch2
Now those are family values I can get behind.
TheConciseStatement 8 months ago 35
@Samlynch2 your dad is rite, or at least he's a bad james bond. Worst of all.
MsBaball 6 months ago
One of the best Bond movies ever, simply brilliant!
TheRitchardgaleHater 8 months ago
Is it just me; or is this opening the cheapest and most inappropriate one of them all? Looks very low-budget to me, and the music makes me think of anything BUT James Bond... plus, Daniel Craig as 007 = Epic Fail.
kurvos 8 months ago
@kurvos Pfft your a fucking faggot dude.
MrGearsOfWar96 8 months ago
I like the instruments in this version, but Chris Cornell's voice doesn't sound so hot here...kind of sounds like someone else singing?
wllychng21 8 months ago
If you look on this movie as an action thriller, its brilliant, but as james bond it fails. But still this and quantum of solace are great movies.
RonTaboga 8 months ago
very good but i liked die another day
Horrorhotel500 9 months ago 13
@Horrorhotel500
It's nice to finally meet you, Fellow Die Another Day Fan.
TheConciseStatement 8 months ago 16
The director of this did Goldeneye. 2 of my favorite bond movies. I wished he couldve done Quantum of Solace. Could've been better.
Striker4552 9 months ago
Daniel Craig :) favourite!! I love this film!
look into his eyes and try to say him: no.. I wouldn't be able to :D
maciafaan 9 months ago
@maciafaan
It's good to hear someone say a nice thing about Daniel Craig. So many Bond fans run hot and cold, blaming the actor for the quality of the film. Everyone loved Casino Royale and loved him - now that half of us agree Quantum of Solace sucked humungous chunks of ass, people have started hating him again. I'll just make my position clear : I think that film is a mess but there's nothing wrong with Daniel Craig in it. (And if he looks a little lost at times, well can you blame him?!)
TheConciseStatement 9 months ago
@maciafaan I'm bisexual - and looking into his eyes, the mer idea of doing it with him makes me want to puke.
kurvos 8 months ago
I think the lyrics will sound very nice in Japanese :P
VladimirVLD 9 months ago
lousy theme
sunny130y 9 months ago
i used to hate this film, i thought he was just acting like a thug and not like bond. but as i have grown a bit older i relise that bond is an assassin, and this film is an attempt to take bond back where it started, griity and crude (sean connery) instead of the iconic smooth roger moore style that developed and that was favored by peirce brosnan. very good comeback and complete contrast to die another day...which is what was needed.
longlivestalin1 10 months ago
@longlivestalin1 I've never seen this or the last one, but I want to.....I'm older too, and I'm keeping my options (and opinions) to myself until I actually see it...like the title opening, though
alisterfolson 8 months ago
@alisterfolson
Long story shortened :
Casino Royale - 8/10
Quantum of Solace - 5/10
General opinion is still split on Solace but I'll just caution you that although the films act as one continuous story, the directorial approach is spectacularly dissimilar. Come back on here after you've watched them and tell us which style you preferred.
TheConciseStatement 8 months ago
This film is an atrocity. An un-entertaining one. I friggin' builder who's stolen a suit = Daniel Craig. Roger Moore IS Bond.
ThisVideoGetsMeMoist 10 months ago
Dont understand why everybody said Daniel Craig wold be a terrible Bond, he's gotta be one of my favourites, Quatum Of Solace I didn't really understand but I absoloutly adored Casino Royale
Best Bonds:
Brosnan
Craig
Connery
Moore
and the other 2 aren't James Bond's in my eyes
The007addict 11 months ago
I wrote a new song to go with the credits to Casino Royale.. Let me know what you think..
Copy and paste... kemponeill
kemponeill 11 months ago
how can anyone love this film, it was okayish but will never live up to the 70's and 80's bond films with roger moore and connery etc
michaelUNITEDKINGDOM 1 year ago
@michaelUNITEDKINGDOM
Connery's golden era was in the 60s. He made one film in 1971, Diamonds are Forever - the worst Bond film to date. He returned in 1983 with the unofficial attempt, Never Say Never Again, which, with its lack of Bond theme, terrible song and score, cheap production values, and absence of any sort of narrative logic, managed the achievement of being even worse than Diamonds - suppose that's something.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago 5
@TheConciseStatement well the likes of moonraker and the spy who loved me beats this casino royale crap.
michaelUNITEDKINGDOM 1 year ago
@michaelUNITEDKINGDOM
Never liked Moonraker. Tries to be a million different films all at once.
As for The Spy Who Loved Me, a lot of people really respond to that one (it's Moore's favourite), but while I think there are separate elements in it that are terrific - Nobody Does it Better, Marvin Hamlisch's score, the Union Jack parachute jump, the scary version of Jaws before Moonraker made him a clown - the overall film feels less than the sum of its parts.
Moore's best is Live and Let Die.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago 2
@michaelUNITEDKINGDOM its not supposed to. its a remake, not another edition
williamrafe1 11 months ago
@michaelUNITEDKINGDOM Well said, mate.
ThisVideoGetsMeMoist 10 months ago
@michaelUNITEDKINGDOM
Moore was the best Bond!
jamajezzie 9 months ago
Its true that nearly everyone on this world knows his name.
Aotea4ROA 1 year ago
I like how he shoots two 0's before the number seven on the number seven playing card so it says 007 :D Clever
TheKingBlues10 1 year ago 3
whats the name of this song?? write back
rockmisockzxxx 1 year ago
The song is both a half step sharp and above normal tempo. Did u speed the video up slightly?
Samax13 1 year ago
@Samax13
It's just the PAL vs. NTSC thing.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
@Samax13 Yep, it's definately PAL.
motherfan55 1 year ago
@Samax13 Bingo. I hear it.
bcat44 1 year ago
Oh bless you sir! I finally found the original movie version of the song, its in a bit higher key. Every other video has the single version, which is not nearly as good!
MrQueenie 1 year ago
One of the best James Bond intros ever.
There was nothing about this movie that wasn't amazing.
DreamerM 1 year ago
I can't wait until Craig's next Bond film comes out, but it probably won't be until 2012, Bond 50th anniversary.
TheGuyThatsAwesome 1 year ago
This opening was awful
LTopomcFly 1 year ago
"You Know My Name" by Chris Cornell has got to be, in my opinion, one of the best James Bond theme songs of all time.
MikeTango22 1 year ago 2
@MikeTango22
For me, it's David Arnold's brassy orchestration that really makes it come alive. Shame they never released this version.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
@TheConciseStatement I agree, Although you can find it, by other means!
lord123j 1 year ago
@lord123j
Find it? *Someone* uploaded it years ago!
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago
It sounds like it's speeded up. anyway the song is perfect for this movie
TheFartking90 1 year ago
what kind of bond title have no dancing womyn?
ilikeyourdaughter 1 year ago
@ilikeyourdaughter
Thy kind of Bond titlys attachyd to a much more syrious film.
TheConciseStatement 1 year ago 2
@TheConciseStatement eye lyk wht ewe dyd there m8!
lord123j 1 year ago
Masterful narrative, incredible interpretation of the lyrics and film. They came up Trumps on this one!!
The sound at 0.58 in the intro [only heard once throughout the sequence] made the hairs on the back if my neck stand in end!
italotter 1 year ago
Less sex and more violence
smurfblood 1 year ago
Opening Sequence to much tarantino, not enough bond for my taste, but it´s a good movie.
Durhandoni 1 year ago
This is the coolest opening of a bond movie ever!
SCHWARZENEGGER55 1 year ago
Love this song and the opening sequence just looks awesome!
Dannypc14 1 year ago
I love this song... I think it's my favourite title sequence for any of the bond films.
crazyrock195 2 years ago
HAHA. To each his own, I was thinking how good the after effects were on the video, and that the music sucked.
Biederbeck05 2 years ago
same hehehehe
Wolf555Hound 1 year ago
wat song is this??
pyrojon1015 2 years ago
It's a mash up of :
My Sharona,
Mary's Boy Child and
Smack My Bitch Up.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago 2
Song is "You Know My Name" By Chris Cornell. Fluffing awesome song at that too.
AceOfDiamonds11 2 years ago
@pyrojon1015 the song is called You know my name
SCHWARZENEGGER55 1 year ago
blows me away everytime i see it.
5/5
WannabeG00D 2 years ago 24
3:05 ZOMG NINJA BOND!
AliminiumHydroxide 2 years ago 2
You mean right at the very end?
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
@TheConciseStatement yeah
AliminiumHydroxide 2 years ago
@AliminiumHydroxide Good catch, I've always wondered they meant with that image. Maybe a reference to Layercake, where Daniel Craig actually dressed up like a ninja to kill Jimmy Price.
championofcathay 1 year ago
reminds me of XIII, which was inspired by Bourne series.
AliminiumHydroxide 2 years ago
10 times better than QofS....
msumbe12 2 years ago 5
Wow Mr Bond, must have really hit the villains HARD. They transmuted into into card suits.
Sambucacat 2 years ago
the music for the opening of casino is perfect only i cant remember the title of the song :(
Ourumov66 2 years ago
Well you can either read the description or watch the video.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
You Know My Name :D
jakethehedgehog 2 years ago 3
the coolest begining on a bond movie ever I think !
MJaaayPeer 2 years ago 42
@MJaaayPeer
I agree...
Although I loved the OP sequence of man with the golden gun, too
^_^
br0kenbutt3rfly23 1 year ago
@MJaaayPeer Yes.....Considerably!
El9ino 8 months ago
Geez. Both the audio and video are moving noticeably faster.
Ashenge 2 years ago
4% faster (if it's encoded properly).
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
tis is my fav movie, not my fav actor, i dot like him at all, and one of my fav openings, great movie
raglef1lagle 2 years ago 2
That's unusual. So you loved the film but thought Daniel Craig played no part in your enjoyment of it, despite him being constantly on screen for the best part of 140 minutes? Who would you have preferred?
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
This is what ALL James Bond movies need;
1) Clever action sequences
2) Great concept of a spy movie
3) Great gadgets
4) Sexy AND Intelligent women
5) A great opening title sequence
gexup 2 years ago 5
Royale didn't really do gadgets and audiences discovered they could live without them, as can I. (You need the car though.)
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Oops! Forgot that too!
gexup 2 years ago
what about a good story? they can blast up New York, Tokio or Berlin to me, but is the story bad, Iwon't like the the movie:P Bond can be black man, and the girl don't need to be sexy, they could even drop the titlesequence and gadgets, as long as the story is good and it's stil about a spy named James Bond;p
godalenvgs 2 years ago
what the name of the song
nigelchan07 2 years ago
'Milkshake' by Kelis.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
the one bad thing about that song is that it never says casino royal at any point. thats kind of a must for a bond film :/
bobthefishofdoom 2 years ago
I personally think trying to crowbar the words 'Casino Royale' into the song would any sense of it achieving a universality of meaningin its own right, as the best Bond songs like 'Live and Let Die' have.
It might actually make it laughably bad a la "If you want to get rid of some one... The Man with the Golden G-u-u-u-n!"
I prefer the Bond songs to not be so dependent on the specific context of the film, and try to generate an overall feeling of the Bond atmosphere instead.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Octopussy didn't have its name in the song. All these things people consider to be "musts" for Bond films, have had several movies in which they weren't in before.
ZombieMan04 2 years ago 5
@ZombieMan04 said: And you have to wonder why the song for Octopussy didn't have its name in it. It could've been classic. "Octopussy... she's a Bond Girl... the girl with the tentacled twat! A Midas twat! Such a cold pussy... Mr. Bond! Beware of the girl with the prehensile Tail! Or you shall quail!"
ijwi 11 months ago
Hands down, I think Daniel Craig is a badass Bond whereas Brosnan looked like a model and just didn't really feel like someone who could cripple you in a fight :D
sunnygirly2k4 2 years ago
I think both Brosnan and Sean Bean do great in that fight in the antenna room.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
what is the namee of this song
splatman95 2 years ago
Casino Royale by Oasis.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Not Oasis, it is Chris Cornell.
tomcat630 2 years ago
Nor is it called 'Casino Royale' but 'You Know My Name' - as - I've - said - in - the - de - scrip - tion - box. (It's even in the video.)
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
lol owned
NonDairyYogurt 2 years ago 2
I thought quantum of solace was a decent action film but a poor Bond film. There was no humour and the plot was too rushed, with a poor villain. Casino Royale was brilliant and Pierce Brosnan made a good Bond- Goldeneye is one of my favourite Bond films ever (along with 'the man with the golden gun, and Russia with love).
rollofthefarm 2 years ago 5
Very true, QOS sped passed my eyes so fast; no humour, no story, too much unbelievable action; the whole thing was like a giant trailer. I didn't feel like I watched a movie.
launwatch 2 years ago 3
yep, I didn't like that its only part of a story... all the other bonds were breathtaking and totally worth the money. This was like buying a sub par shooter game without any guns, story, or online. It's still a shooter game though!
NonDairyYogurt 2 years ago
yeah, but the action was great
axonn111 2 years ago
quantum of solace wasn't so bad. but not the best bond movie. daniel craig was good in casino royal. his i good as james bond, but sean connery and pierce brosnan are better.
potetmosgutten 2 years ago 5
have you lost you're damn mind? Brosnan was the most corny bond i've ever seen...little one liners left and right...Daniel Craig is a badass
strata88 2 years ago
Yeah, I agree with you 100%. Brosnan was waaay to corny, Craig kicks his ass
SasoriB5 2 years ago 3
finally, someone who agrees!
but Craig is the only one who can play him in this new era
axonn111 2 years ago
tell you what, quantum of solace worst bond film ever, they pretty much copied the action sequence and ground foot chadr from casino royale and bourne films
ChiaKaCheng 2 years ago
you apparently never read the books which explains the ignorant observation and opinion.
mastshke 2 years ago 4
Has anyone seen that show "Dollhouse" on Fox? I think each Bond may be an Active programmed by MI6 with the identity of James Bond. ;D
ThanatosAngel7 2 years ago
LOL. Oh great, now Joss Whedon is thinking up new and inventive ways to disagree with me.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Why has there been all this debate about James Bond?
AlanHollow 2 years ago
It's just over whether or not the films are sequels.
The majority feel it's an Indiana Jones style series, where the given character is clearly in one situation after another.
I've been contending it's much closer to the Carry On films model, where a stock set of character types are put in different situations, but the films are quite unrelated.
I just feel in trying to link the films altogether as sequels, you come up against some big logical problems, hence why I prefer the second model.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
I should add though Hollow, that everyone is pretty much in agreement, that Quantum of Solace is specifically and unambiguously designed as a sequel, with a continuation of the events in Casino Royale.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
I have yet to see Quantum of Solace.
AlanHollow 2 years ago
You mght've seen the trailer though :
"It'd be a pretty cold bastard who didn't want revenge, for the death of someone he loved."
"I don't think the dead care about vengeance."
And scene.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
actually it's quite simple really...every Bond actor is a James Bond. A different one I mean. Presumably the last one was killed or retired. Each movie happens after the last one...it just so happens that in casino royale we finally see a new Bond *getting* the code name James Bond and 00 status. Just like the many Bonds before him. It also explains the different M's and how character interactionevolves from movie to movie...they work together...alot
JHUD156 2 years ago
Right, well a reason the Codename Bond theory doesn't work is that Connery turns into Lazenby and back into Connery again.
Are we not only to assume that each man adopts the identity James Bond, but they adopt it simultaneously? A bit suspicious having 6 people all working at Universal Exports, all called James Bond, no? Or conversely, having 1 employee called Bond, and 6 faces show up all over the place.
Any attempt at establishing a sense of continuity between the rest of the films fails.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
What are you talking about? They each are Bond one at a time...why on earth would it be simultaneously? yes, they do have one employee called Bond...one at a time and why on earth would 6 photos show up? This is MI6 ...don't you think they'd get rid of any identifying material of their former agents?
JHUD156 2 years ago
You feel passionate about that model - fine.
My only point was that the 'inherited identity' idea doesn't work, as Connery becomes Lazenby, switches back to Connery, then Moore. If the baton has passed from one to another then why the hiccup? And it's hugely impractical if they exist simultaneously.
There's really not much point in trying to connect films, plots and tones, in a franchise where the films want nothing to do with each other.
Bond is just a subgenre or a template for a thriller.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Of all the theories out there, the replacement one seems to be the most logical. whatever the case, Daniel Craig makes a good bond =P
JHUD156 2 years ago
great!
love the song.
love bond.
love the opening title.
love the whole movie!
MissMiley93 2 years ago 2
YOU HAVE 5* FROM ME
casino royale is somethin like rebirth of jamesbond or his second breath. it is cool PIERCE BROSNAN SUCKS
questertale 3 years ago
I reckon this version is better than the rock one. You can hear the strings and brass n stuff in this one.
JB131170 3 years ago 2
Yep i agree. Sounds sooo much better
BondBauerBourneTheDr 2 years ago
Best bond themesong ever!
DonBugatti 3 years ago 2
One of the greatest movie opens in Cinema History.
AlanHollow 3 years ago 5
man Chris Cornell kicks so much ass
TheCrimsonGhost97 3 years ago 5
now this is a intro song! better than the one out now for quantium of solace.
axelfoley002 3 years ago 5
daniel craig
def the hottest bond...
xxvtpatrick 3 years ago
I m not a really fan of tis bond, or the idea of it going back in time, so does this mean in some magical world of anachronism, the first M is a women, and the world before doctor no was superiorly advanced. yes the title sequence is great, is it the only one with no women
matrixupgrade 3 years ago
I kind of agree with you, your right because this bond ignored a lot of the traditional Bond formulas, and going back in time kind of messed with the time line since Judy Dench was M for the last four and now in the very first one, but this was still an awesome bond movie.
nitrorev386 3 years ago
I agree that the movie ignored many of the Bond movie Norms, but, having read the Casino Royale book many years ago (and more recently to refresh my memory) i have to say that they've done a total turnaround and this Bond is possibly the most true to Ian Flemming's original character and i rather like what they've done.
PepperPhoenix 3 years ago 2
Dude. Casino Royale is a Reboot.
It isn't in continuity with any of the previous films (meaning it does NOT take place before Dr No).
It's like Batman Begins for James Bond, they went back to the origin, updated it and had nothing to do with the other movies other than the name.
Clifftothemax 3 years ago 3
Yeah but that is cool, aint? I mean , James Bond have three generations of fans, nobody remembers first 007 from 1952, so why not, it is abut time start from begining, and put Pierce between trashes, but no ofence SeanCon was cool
questertale 3 years ago
Wait, I don't understand. So basicaly this Bond isn't the Bond from Dr. No? I don't understand thhe who 007 series. And why would they Have this Bond as a completely different Bond it this "reboot"? Does that mean the every portal of him is a different person altogether? And if yes, the is James Bond just a random name MI6/SIS give to there top agents? I'm confused! Lol. Somebody please explain.
BondBauerBourneTheDr 2 years ago
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Dear BondBauerBourneTheDr,
I'm going to go on a long time. Please bear with me.
Look, the short answer is James Bond films aren't sequels. Sequels require concrete evidence that the characters from the previous entries carry motivations over to the next film.
A number can usually be one indicator of this, e.g. Lethal Weapon 2 is definitely a continuation of Lethal Weapon; different villains but the characters have clearly experienced the events of the first film.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
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The Bond from Casino Royale isn't the Bond from Dr. No simply because that Bond was set in the 60s and yet was about the same age.
The Bond from GOLDFINGER isn't necessarily the Bond from Dr. No - same period, same face, but ultimately one film has no impact on the other. It may be the same actors but there are zero references to the previous missions.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
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There is one definitive exception of course - Quantum of Solace. Here you can clearly see that the world of Casino Royale has a knock on effect on the world of Quantum of Solace. That hasn't happened before. In other words Solace is the first Bond sequel to be made.
(There is a case to be made that From Russia with Love IS a sequel to Dr. No, but I consider these refernces in the film minimal and passing at best - and not enough to confirm the two movies are attached.)
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
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One last example : Dark Knight is clearly a sequel to Batman Begins, agreed? But neither film is a sequel to Batman and its three sequels - different series, different world.
Now is Batman Forever a sequel to Batman Returns? Different debate, but I say it is since once you establish the protagonists are in the same world, you carry the logic over. It's why I think Daniel Craig Film 3 may be considered a sequel to Films 1 and 2 as it's already been established that it's the same guy.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
(5/5)
We should understand that Bond isn't a film series so much as a subgenre template for an action movie.
I will concede though that it is hard to define when a sequel is a sequel, and the line between a nostalgic reference and a genuine link to a past film.
The jury's still out on Superman Returns - not just on artistic merit but in terms of canonisation.
Thanks for reading (and by reading I mean skipping to the end).
The Concise Statement.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Look, the bond movies dont happen in order. For example, just because movie A was released before movie B, doesent mean that the events of movie B happened AFTER movie A. Got it?
Casino Royale happens before all other James Bond movies, when he just gets promoted to 007.
Virtunx 2 years ago
I agree Virtunx. My whole argument was that there is no continuity, meaning you have to go further and say there is no 'A' and 'B'. Casino Royale doesn't happen before anything because there is no before. There's no significant evidence to suggest the Bond of GoldenEye 'moves on' to Tomorrow Never Dies and so on.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
You forgot to mention the Blofeld Saga =P
AlfredoMujica 2 years ago
No I - refrained - from mentioning the Blofeld saga! (5 was enough y'all!)
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Actually, there is significant evidence to suggest that Tommorow Never Dies happens after Goldeneye because he meets that American CIA agent Wade again that recognizes and is friendly with him in Tommorow Never Dies, suggesting that they have already met, whereas in Goldeneye, it is clear that they are meeting each other for the first time.
cooljeff24 2 years ago
I take your point and it's one I've considered before.
But the idea that TWINE is a sequel to GoldenEye simply because Zukovsky is in both of them is one I don't find particularly credible. And we can list a whole bunch of these - the reappearing Felix Leiter, the references to Bond's marriage, the frantic hunt for Blofeld at the top of Diamonds are Forever.
I feel that these 'recurring' elements are best treated merely as allusions to previous entries, rather than proof of chronology.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
Part 1:
While I agree that in previous Bond movies the 'recurring' elements are merely alusions, I disagree with you on the Brosnan movies. I think that while it may not be clear as to the order of Die Another Day, Tommorow Never Dies, and The World Is Not Enough, it is clear that the events in Goldeneye occur before all of the other Brosnan films. As well the aforementioned point about Wade, the Goldeneye movie introduces "M" as "the new M" where Judi Dench is first introduced.
cooljeff24 2 years ago
Part 2:
In Goldeneye, Judi Dench had no previous experience as "M" and is getting to know Bond. In the other films, she has clearly had the job for at least some time and is not what you would consider 'new to the job'. This is why I contend that Goldeneye happens before all the other Brosnan films.
cooljeff24 2 years ago
So is your position that while Bonds 1-16 may not be sequels, 17-20 definitely begin to demonstrate chronology?
In any case I think we view the changing relationship between Bond and M differently. I feel that M's demand for Bond to utilise his predatory skills in the Tomorrow Never Dies mission is in stark contrast to her outrage at his sexism in GoldenEye. For me that's supporting evidence that character templates are used rather than reappearances of exactly the same people.
TheConciseStatement 2 years ago
daniel craig is the man of my dreams!
pinkhotgirl 3 years ago
I didnt like the gun-barrel scene on this one...
It was classic when Connery To Brosnan did it, but Craig ruined it.
PatriotPino 3 years ago
This sequence is AMAZING.
FullmetalFury 3 years ago
BEST BOND SONG EVER!!!!!
TheHeroMX 3 years ago
my fave part of this movie is the main title sequence. pure art.
tresdivine 3 years ago 8
spacepirate15 the song calls you know my name
playteam005 3 years ago
Eva Green... the best "Bond" Girl ever!!!
galldior 3 years ago 13
yeah she is definitely
Hockeysktr17 3 years ago
i gonna watch the movie today quantum of solace witch my friend i can't wait!!
playteam005 3 years ago 2
Quantum of Solace has tons of action, but the plot is hard to follow, impossible for someone who hasn't seen Casino Royal.
WATCH MORE TV
rockstopsthetraffic 3 years ago 6
I am a Blues Brothers fan but also a James Bond fan so I thought what the hell I should go see Quantum of Solace and it was actually pretty awsome
BluesBrothers534 3 years ago
whats the name of the song?
spacepirate15 3 years ago
you know my name
lazer59882 3 years ago
love the music!! the movie not good.....
playteam005 3 years ago
R U fucking serious the movie was pure gold and, beside Goldfinger, was the best bond movie in the franchise! If u log on to my site u will c that i love james bond. But the new one quantum of solace (which i saw on friday, november 14, the day it opened) was bad and an ENORMOUS dissapointment
jman91896 3 years ago 3
nice job!!
playteam005 3 years ago
ONE OF THE BEST TITLE SEQUENCES EVER!!!! Not just bond movies, but movies ever!
RadioRaheem7 3 years ago 3
The Quantum of Solace titles continue the trend of silhouettes from this, and they edited Jack White/Alicia Keys song down and took out the moaning, which is nice.
SuperSeenith 3 years ago 5