Man…Casino Royal is soooo goooood.
So, I finished the Brosnan Bond films, and I was surprised, you guys, to discover that I think they’re actually my least favorite Bond films. I know! I’m surprised, too. I really enjoyed them when they were coming out. They were my introduction to Bond. But…and again, I’m astonished to say this…but I think I enjoy the Roger Moore films more overall, and even one of the Timothy Daltons is better than anything Brosnan did. And it’s not Pierce’s fault, by any means. He’s GREAT as Bond. It’s the movies themselves. The spectacle just isn’t there for me. Which is surprising to say, since they’re so much more advanced! But, we don’t actually go places in most of those films. It’s all fake. Or, at least, it’s shot so much more tightly than the older films, so you get SO MUCH LESS sense of place and grandeur.
Anyway…I got to watch it with Liz tonight. We finished Die Another Day, and then we watched almost all of Casino Royale. And the latter…man…it’s insanely, wildly, supremely good. It might actually be the best Bond film ever made. It’s. So. Good.
Night night.