From the BBC:
'Brilliant' Bond seduces critics
Daniel Craig in Casino Royale
Choosing Daniel Craig as the new James Bond upset some fans
Daniel Craig's performance as James Bond has been hailed as "terrific" and "simply brilliant" in early reviews of his 007 debut in Casino Royale.
The first verdicts on Craig - who was a controversial choice to play the spy - have been gushing.
The Daily Mirror said he was seen "oozing the kind of edgy menace that recalls Sean Connery at his best".
And the Daily Telegraph wrote that he "steps with full assuredness into Sean Connery's old handmade shoes".
Connery, who appeared in seven Bond films, was recently voted the best 007 of all time.
The actor has promised a tougher and grittier 007
But when Craig was picked to replace Pierce Brosnan last year, a small band of disapproving fans called for a boycott of Casino Royale.
In the new film, Bond makes a break from the super-slick, stereotyped spy of the past, the UK newspaper critics said - but all declared the end result a triumph.
"It's Bond, but not as we've known it," according to the Telegraph.
"The guns and action are there... the girls are certainly there... but the clonking double entendres of the old days are gone - in their place is a much more teasing, smartly written prospect."
'Unpredictable and vulnerable'
Daniel Craig had a face "like an Easter Island statue" and makes "a terrific debut", it added.
"He manages to exude not only danger and unpredictability and wit - but also, and this is a first, some vulnerability."
Daniel Craig has earned comparisons with Sean Connery
The Times declared: "Craig is up there with the best - he combines Sean Connery's athleticism and cocksure swagger with Timothy Dalton's thrilling undercurrent of stone-cold cruelty."
Craig's impressive physique makes him "a far more plausible Bond than many of his predecessors", it added. "But his main asset quickly becomes evident. He can act."
The action was "edgy", the paper said, with stunts that were more physical and violence that was more raw.
The Mirror said the James Bond rule book had been "well and truly torn up" for the 21st official film.
'More human'
"From the start you can tell this isn't your average Bond film," its critic wrote, adding that it was "easily the best film since GoldenEye".
Based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, Casino Royale begins with a brutal black-and-white fight scene in a bare bathroom.
Since Craig was chosen, the actor and film-makers have promised a more human and gritty character.
Casino Royale reaches cinemas on 17 November.
And Eva Green:
So excited, I have the day off, JFu and I are planning on opening night, just trying to figure out how to sneak in the martini shaker (to have the Vesper of course) and all the neccessary ingredients. We may get kicked out, but fuck - gotta try right?
3 comments:
Cool it, nerd.
This movie looks like it will blow away all the other Bonds (including Connery's).
But, why did they go and get skanky chicks for the girls? If they're going with the skank at least they can be full fledged skank instead of trying to be pretty and high-class.
Bring on the Bond Skanks.
This looks like the beginning of the end of the Bond franchise. This guy doesn't even look like he can compete with even the most inept Bonds.
He's the only one who actually looks like the character Ian Flemming describes in his books. I predict greatness.
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