Apparently Flemming's wife actually was the one who got Flemming to sit down and finally write the book he was always talking about writing. When he had finished it he said that he was going to dedicate it to her but she read it and said "This isn't the kind of book you dedicate."
The author didn't keep the life of any girl Bond had fallen in love with. Vesper, then Tracy. A man like Bond radiates danger towards those around him (his enemies and loved ones), so he always lives alone.
Must correct you there - in the books, Kissy Suzuki (who is a sort of incredibly strong Japanese Amazon diving girl - like alot of her friends on a small Japanese island [a bit like Wonderwoman]) gets pregnant by Bond. You Only Live Twice was the book where he meets her.
If memory serves, the gun in the book was pretty cool. It was disguised as a fancy-handled walking stick so the shooter could get close enough to Bond to shoot him in the back of the head.
+Jai Kataria glad someone else noticed that... Further more the car in the book was not a Bentley Limousine but a Bentley Continental Mk II similar to those used by Bentley at Le Mans some years prior.
From what I remember of the book, the movie follows the basic story very well. The major difference is the inclusion of the two action sequences at the beginning and the one at the ending because nobody is going to watch a Bond movie that doesn't have any action in it.
@@jac6995 that's true. There's tonnes of comics of James bond with new storylines which has nothing to do with Ian Fleming's original character. James bond movies has broken out of literature and is pop-cultural icon now
+ninjaf00t Die another day and some others were not.Besides goldeneye they were so shitty that until today I did not watch them till the end or at least I can't remember what there was in the end cause they sucked for the biggest part^^
The biggest fiction in both the movie and book is that in the the real world either the CIA or MI6 would voluntarily offer to pay Le Chiffre debts in exchange for what he knows and he would end up working for them.
I love how Casino Royale still capture the vibes of a classic espionage/spy thriller movie that you can easily imagine be made back in the 50s or 60s in terms of storyline and character archetypes, but it also has all the goodness of over 50 years progress, such as the characterization of Vesper. Seriously, Eva Green is a goddess!! That much amount of girl power is just not possible in a Bond movie. She and M are the utmost badass females in all Bond movies
@@jhonny44444 They do cross-over stuff alot - doesn't surprise me. Die Another Day plot basically mirrors book "Moonraker" plot. Villain gets plastic surgery and becomes a respected British billionaire. They then fund Britain's nuclear missile program. On the day when a supposed "test launch" is to be televised ... they've secretly programmed it to not explode in the North Sea, but to deviate to London and explode there! Both Die Another Day and book Moonraker have the horrible villain say into the cameras: "you have no idea how your lives are about to changed" [or to that effect!]
While “The bitch is dead” line from the movie reflected his own hurt feelings, in the book he was thinking of all of the other agents who were tortured because of her.
Eva Green is hot. Good example of how hot british chicks can be though IMO, she's not the hottest girl even in Casino Royale. That hispanic girl Bond fucked that was married was the hottest hands down.
Sorry but this version is an insult to the JB legacy, Craig's style (or lack thereof) just doesn't fit, and having him pine after Vesper after he finds out she's a double agent...garbage...not sure how you find any of Craig's movies satisfying as a Bond flick....please let's get a new Bond!!!!!
I think it's important to note that the attempt to kill Bond in the book was tried AT the card table, with a one-shot silenced .45 hidden inside a cane. Dude straight up just tells Bond to give up or he'll be quietly shot and collapse without anyone realizing what happened until the assassin is long gone. Definitely not as cool as the movie's poisoning scene but still pretty cool.
This was great, Casino Royal was the first book of it's type that I read in one sitting, I spent six hour on the edge of my seat reading the book, not even getting up to use the bathroom, it is that intense of a novel. The film restored my faith in the Bond film franchise and this episode did a great job of going over the differences between the two. Thanks for making it.
You know I think it'd be kinda cool to see the story's accuracy taken to new hights. think of it: Same movie, but it takes place IN the actual 50s with a new portrayal of Bond.
It's been almost two decades since I've read the book but the scene where Le Chiffre's henchman threatens Bond with a gun is very suspenseful and well done. And it wasn't just a gun with a silencer. It was also disguised as a cane. Do you guys actually read the books before you do these?
I just read the book and i love that scene but also bond being poisoned makes more sense considering how do you get away with shooting a guy in public even if the gun is disguised as a cane
@@nitsuagaming6121 As Leiter explains, the thug came in alone, standing in the crowd, with no connection to Le Chiffre. And when Bond forces the malacca stick away from him, the thug is able to escape in the chaos. Unfortunately, his fingerprints were still on the stick.
The kitesurfing scene is not the only thing that made Die Another Day terrible, Bond had virtual reality training sunglasses and a ridiculous invisible car.
Nope. Pierce was the biggest wimp of all the bond's. A gust of wind could knock that dude over. He should've put on muscle for the role and at least be convincing like Daniel Craig AKA the best bond. And Sean Connery also, Connery seems believable. Pierce isn't.
They didn't use a simple gun to try and assassinate bond at the casino. It was a gun disguised as a can which they aimed at his spine- the silencer and perfect close range would kill him and make it look like he had fainted. Movie scene is better though.
Maybe a few suggestions for _What's_ _the_ _Difference?_: The Sum of All Fears Patriot Games Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? = Blade Runner Angels & Demons I Am Legend
+JJ Geek No... "blond" vs "blonde" is one of the few cases where English has a different adjective for each sex. Men are "blond" and women are "blonde."
I assume that you do not consider all the changes that have been made just to make the story less "politically incorrect" or the changes that have been made to shift the era of the story 50+ years into the future as being of any significance then? The plot is quite faithful but not a lot else is!
@@locutusdborg126 1) Hold'em Poker is a much, MUCH, more exciting game than baccarat, and 2) It's not just the "rubes in the USA". The vast majority of people in the world have no fucking idea of what baccarat even is at this day and age. Hell, reading the 'Casino Royale' novel was honestly the first time I'd even heard of that shit (and no, I'm not American)
I read the book, it explained how to play bacharach very well. When I watch some of the older films that he plays this I actually know what is going on.
I would imagine they meant the original 1931 James Whale adaptation. The most significant difference is that in the original novel, the monster wasn't a dumb brute that goes on a rampage. He was instead an intelligent sociopath that serves as a more developed antagonist to Frankenstein. Also, the whole narrative is framed as a secondhand anecdote a failed writer and explorer received from the doctor himself as he lay dying in the north pole. Yeah, the film was nowhere near as ambitious in scale or philosophy.
Dr. No, From Russia, With Love,Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, & For Your Eyes Only were also mostly faithful to the novels. Bond's physical description was closely matched by Sir Sean Connery & Timothy Dalton.
I loved both the book and the movie, this was the first time I was really happy with a book to movie adaptation. If only Quantum of Solace didn't spoil the whole thing.
Yea. I've always wondered how they managed to fuck up Quantum Solace so badly. I have a question, who is the hottest bond girl ever? Might've been Gemma Arterton if she didn't have that stupid red hair. The GA in Clash of the Titan's would be my #1.
I just recently finished reading the 1953 novel. And actually, the torture from the novel was VERY different from the movie (besides the "wooden carpet beater" part). In the movie we see Bond being humorous about the whole situation and he is only hit like 5 times (in the balls). In the novel it is VERY dark, VERY serious, and VERY intense. Bond was in so much pain and so weak that he couldn't even gather enough saliva to talk. I think he was only able to say just 1 or 2 words to Le Chiffre throughout the whole ordeal. Bond wasn't humorous AT ALL! In fact he was so busy trying to remember the tactics of staying alive through the torture. Le Chiffre hit Bond's body ALL OVER and for OVER 10 FREAKING MINUTES too nonstop! Bond had a large ring of sweat under his chair AND he lost a sh*t load of blood too! He even fainted from the torture! The aftermath in the movie when Bond is recovering in the nursery home he doesn't seem too bad. However, in the novel Bond is freaking TRAUMATIZED by the torture he just went through! When he tells Mathis everything that happened to him, he starts to FREAK OUT and SWEAT WITH FEAR when he thinks about the torture Le Chiffre put him through! I'm not certain but I think the novel even said Bond had freaking NIGHTMARES about the torture! I kind of wish they had went with the dark tone of the torture from the novel into the movie because it is a LOT more interesting than what was in the movie (in my opinion).
Worthy of note, Craig is not the cinema's first blue-eyed Bond. That would be Timothy Dalton. I was shocked by Casino Royale. By how good it was, and even more so, by how faithful it was. Not since On Her Majesty's Secret Service has a Bond film even *attempted* to remain so true to a Fleming narrative, and Craig, to me, embodies what many of the other Bonds have lacked. As Roger Moore famously mused, "To me, he looks like a killer. He looks as though he knows what he's doing. I look as though I might cheat at backgammon." Craig is also marvelous at taking a beating.
or the others books and movies :) i have read them and now the movies seem strange, and most of the time he is not such a jerk like they show him in th emovies
***** He feels like more of a relatable every-man then the film incarnations for sure. Fleming wanted Bond to be a relatively down to earth character who goes on extraordinary adventures and meets larger then life villains. The film versions,(particularly Connery, Moore, and Brosnan), make HIM a larger than life character.
Same here. Although through Madagascar chase I thought it would be nothing like the book, despite I recognised 2 kills that made Bond a double-oh from the book.
dimmddr1 The only sort-of significant differences are a few extra challenges and setbacks that Mark faces, such as the drill-power-outage, the dust storm and rovers tipping. Oh, and also the rather silly Iron Man rescue and the actual ending. All of the characters are pretty much the exact same and all of the basic story beats are the same.
I wouldn't say upgraded. Movies tend to have more action but books focus more on the details. Also, much more information can be stored in a book than in a 90〜120min movie.
All the Bond films have been “ adapted” with a modern twist. Guy Hamilton described that the dragons have changed... apart from only the Russians that Fleming described. The main problem I had with this film was the so called Reintroduction of Bond, even though he’s been around since 1962. Plus for me their was too many gadgets. Sorry I dislike the Craig movies. No one will beat Connery.
Y'all forgot to note that between the film and novel, the goals for what MI6 wanted regarding Le Chifre were to make him desperate to defect vs just plain eliminated due to being difficult enemy agent. You also forgot to note that Mathis' nationality and familiarity to Bond were changed. The two were acquaintances prior to the book's events.
Very good. “Casino Royale” is the only one of the books I have read. It is also my favorite film in the series. I like the ruthless, brutal Bond. Much better than the comedic figure he was forced into by many of the movies.
I wasn't aware how much the film followed the novel until I listened to the audiobook of Casino Royale. I previously thought the film beyond Bond's recovery was the screenwriter's invention. Upon experiencing the book and movie, I think the movie definitely improved on the material. Your comparison videos are great and truly appreciated.
Actually, the assassin at Bond's back during the card game was pretty interesting. His "gun" was disguised as an ornate cane, with the stock of the cane serving as a silencer.
You got stuff wrong: - He's not to take down LeChiffre, just prevent him from getting the russians' money back. - He doesn't sprout one-liners after killing. In fact, canon Bond hates killing, even in self defense, and even tho he's authorized and can kill in cold blood, he always tries not to. -Because Vesper is a russian double agent, everything she does is on purpose to sabotage Bond. All her damsel-y qualities are an act. - If you actually read the whole scene, Bond is not actually angry at her. He just knows HE gets distracted around women and is angry at himself. He tends to internally rant about shit before coming around to "actually I'm just cranky" A LOT in the books . - The married women bit IS actually from the books! He's the boy-toy sidepiece of a few. - Bond *loves* M (like a father). He actually uses the word in the books. And M is a grumpy, closed off fellow but the feeling is mutual. - Book Bond is actually NOT shitty to women. - Book Bond's car is not a fancy toy, it's an old-as-balls monstrosity he keeps going out of sheer love. It gets trashed permanently either in this book or the next because fans brote to Fleming that the car was shitty. - The main difference in the torture scene is that in the book Bond reacts LIKE AN ACTUAL HUMAN, not a one-liner-sprouting machine. He knows he will break, he barely holds on even tho the time the torture took was short (and everybody is amazed he held on so long), and the event shakes him so much he seriously considers quitting. - If you think Bond/Vesper was unclear I don't know what to tell you other than go back and reread. They have the most delightful 50s romantic comedy dynamic, and Bond falls in love with women really easily. Book Bond is NOT a sleazy fellow at all. The one time he acts as such is incredibly OOC and clearly Fleming trying to copy Connery's Bond. - Bond is not actually callous or cold. He actually visits Vesper's grave every year - that's how he meets his eventual wife. Fun fact: he falls in love with her because she drives BETTER than him. What's the difference: The book is better.
@@LynnHermione High time for Book Bond to get his own HBO TV series. I own all the books (even lost of the aprés-Fleming ones and Book Bond is so much more endearing and human.
Hey Casey and Michael, first off I just want to say you guys are great, the whole Cinefix channel is and I really appreciate how you guys take the time to break down major difference between films and the books or comics they are based off of. I learn a lot and feel better informed. One property I would very much love to see you guys explore is "A Clockwork Orange," there is a history with that adaptation and I am confident many of your fans would be interested in a "What's the Difference" video on that. In any case, I certainly look forward to your future videos and give my support all the way!
+Angelo “Angel-K” Kerrigan Thanks Angelo! A Clockwork Orange has certainly been kicked around the office. Maybe season 2 What's the Difference. Thanks again for the words of encouragement!
I recall Pierce Brosnan being quite popular in the 1990s, but it seems people have retroactively turned on him. Yes, the scripts were weak, but he was a great 007. He saved the franchise after the lackluster Timothy Dalton films. The producers are the ones who turned the quality of the films into shit (Die Another Day).
+romero329 too right. Maybe because his films were when I was growing up, but he is my favourite James Bond. Sean Connery and Daniel Craig are a close tie for second
Hugo Stiglitz Irrelevant. How about Roger Moore then, or even Sean Connery in his latest Bond movies? Brosnan was a great Bond, a perfect balance between all the previous Bonds.
In the book bond had worked with mathis in monte carlo and was suggested by M to be assigned to help bond on this mission since they worked so well in monte carlo. Which bond replied positively too. On chapter 3
I had not realized La Chiffre was portrayed by Mads Mikkelsen. Casino Royale was one helluva movie and I'm glad the changes were all to the benefit of the new Bond films.
this is my favorite bond film. i know a lot of people say that goldfinger was the best but i prefer this movie since goldfinger was just about a heist. this was about a genuinely sadistic villain who's motivation was more than just to get rich. and the parkour scene is just perfect.
All but goldeneye weren‘t a good fit for anything Not even the 90s thats why they stopped doing them all together. Brosnan himself delivered a awesome Bond performance but the plots of his movies were sadly utter rubish
you guys really should redo the beginning of this video. Pierce Brosnan films where are mega hits. the producers wanted to bring Pierce back for Casino Royale but felt that his Bond movies were a little too light to do the novel justice. we also thought the audience would have a hard time seeing a darker James Bond being played by Pierce Brosnan. fact Pierce Brosnan's bond was the first Bond to break a billion dollars in every movie. it was over top silliness of Die Another Day which made them want to switch direction. the legal battles or all over Casino Royale and Thunderball. it had nothing to do whether or not Pierce Brosnan's films we're good or bad.
Hey, not all the Pierce Brosnan movies were bad. Golden Eye still remains one of my all time favorite Bond movies for a reason. Also the game was a ton of fun back in the day.
Good assessment of the differences, and an entertaining video to boot. However, I would argue that "From Russia with Love" is probably the Bond film that is the closest to its literary counterpart.
1953 to now - AND THE SAME QUEEN ALL ALONG
+Anton K In the books, the movies, and real life! God save the Queen. ;)
that's because that woman will never die! I suspect she is a freaking alien.
+Lavern Merriweather oh god here we go again.....
Yep. She has reigned longer than any other British monarch.
Solid Snake I hope prince Charles croaks first. William will be a good king
In my opinion Mads Mikkelson is one of the greatest villain actors of all time.
Mikkelsen
*_MM33 Code Alert_*
Love Mads
He's my favorite Hannibal Lecter and he was great in Casino Royale
He’s great and this movie is awesome.
Apparently Flemming's wife actually was the one who got Flemming to sit down and finally write the book he was always talking about writing. When he had finished it he said that he was going to dedicate it to her but she read it and said "This isn't the kind of book you dedicate."
Probably because of the misogyny lol
@@cashwin45remember the book takes place in 1951
I knew Vesper was doomed from the moment Bond said 'I love you.'
The author didn't keep the life of any girl Bond had fallen in love with. Vesper, then Tracy. A man like Bond radiates danger towards those around him (his enemies and loved ones), so he always lives alone.
well... we now know why bond has no children after sleeping with all those women through the ages.
OMG YES!!!!!!! sorry but this made my day man LOL!!!!!
Must correct you there - in the books, Kissy Suzuki (who is a sort of incredibly strong Japanese Amazon diving girl - like alot of her friends on a small Japanese island [a bit like Wonderwoman]) gets pregnant by Bond.
You Only Live Twice was the book where he meets her.
@@jazzx251 Which lends creedence to the fan theory for The Rock...that being 'Mason is Connery's James Bond.'
Actually he had a son called James Suzuki.
But he Was killed later in the books.
(It happends on the books after felming's death.)
@@suelyfunes7560 If it's not a Fleming book it isn't canon as far as I'm concerned.
'In the book he had brown hair and eyes' I almost forgot that in the film he has no eyes
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In the book he has black hair and blue-grey eyes
No eyes?
James Blind.
@@katemara667 😂😂😂
If memory serves, the gun in the book was pretty cool. It was disguised as a fancy-handled walking stick so the shooter could get close enough to Bond to shoot him in the back of the head.
Actually, the back of the spine, but otherwise you are correct.
"Beat for beat. Ball squish for ball squish." Had me dying haha
We had ALOT of iterations of that line. Spent a good 10 minutes making them up and laughing at ourselves like children.
+Casey Redmon GET BACK TO WORK, CASEY!
+CineFix yes, overlord.
if I recall the book did not have the comments from Bond. in the book he kept thinking "in an hour i'll be deaf"
+Casey Redmon oh to have been a fly on the wall while you guys were recording it.
they called the Aston Martin in the movie db5. the Aston Martin in the movie was an Aston Martin dbs v12
Noticed that
+Jai Kataria It was actually a db9 thanks
No, it really is a DBS V12. Thanks xxx
No you are absolutely right. My apologies.
+Jai Kataria glad someone else noticed that... Further more the car in the book was not a Bentley Limousine but a Bentley Continental Mk II similar to those used by Bentley at Le Mans some years prior.
According to IMDb, On Her Majesty's Secret Service is the most faithful adaptation.
Yes, because Ian Flemming met the spy that inspired Bond in Estoril
It's amazing how they managed to update the story to a most modern social view, while maintaining the character's essence.
From what I remember of the book, the movie follows the basic story very well. The major difference is the inclusion of the two action sequences at the beginning and the one at the ending because nobody is going to watch a Bond movie that doesn't have any action in it.
+Blue Whovian Bond movies have become their own entities outside of the novels.
@@jac6995 that's true. There's tonnes of comics of James bond with new storylines which has nothing to do with Ian Fleming's original character.
James bond movies has broken out of literature and is pop-cultural icon now
all bond stories are spy action thrillers so no duh.
Actually, in the Fleming novels, James Bond has blue eyes, just like Daniel Craig.
Main difference was his hair was black
Actually, gray.
Locutus D'Borg blue-gray. Directly refers to them like that
@@bloodtimemaximusfullthrott226 You are correct.
That's why Henry Cavill will be a good 007
"Awful Pierce Brosnan entries". What does that have to do with Goldeneye? Goldeneye was awesome.
+ninjaf00t Die another day and some others were not.Besides goldeneye they were so shitty that until today I did not watch them till the end or at least I can't remember what there was in the end cause they sucked for the biggest part^^
+ninjaf00t yeah man! Those Brosnan kitesurfring scenes were definitely a work of art!!
Gabe N The kitesurfing scene wasn't in Goldeneye so what the hell are you talking about?
ninjaf00t It was still part of the Brosnan series. I never said I was talking about Goldeneye.
My original post was about Goldeneye so what's your point? I never said all of Brosnan's Bond movies were awesome.
M: "Did you learn your lesson?"
Bond: "No."
Brutal honestly.
The Cyrillic "Ш" isn't actually a "W", it corresponds to the "sh" sound.
shs to be presice, im not even kiddin. You need to put more sssssss to it.
eskreskao
Да, это правда!
Yep, like Shpagin
@@ilkkarautio2449 no
It has a 'z' sound in it and is similar to the second 'g' in 'garage'. Nice to see somebody educated enough to know the difference
The biggest fiction in both the movie and book is that in the the real world either the CIA or MI6 would voluntarily offer to pay Le Chiffre debts in exchange for what he knows and he would end up working for them.
I love how Casino Royale still capture the vibes of a classic espionage/spy thriller movie that you can easily imagine be made back in the 50s or 60s in terms of storyline and character archetypes, but it also has all the goodness of over 50 years progress, such as the characterization of Vesper. Seriously, Eva Green is a goddess!! That much amount of girl power is just not possible in a Bond movie. She and M are the utmost badass females in all Bond movies
I recall the gun in the book during the baccarat game being disguised to look like a cane.
As in Valentin's cane from the world is not enough?
@@jhonny44444
They do cross-over stuff alot - doesn't surprise me.
Die Another Day plot basically mirrors book "Moonraker" plot.
Villain gets plastic surgery and becomes a respected British billionaire.
They then fund Britain's nuclear missile program.
On the day when a supposed "test launch" is to be televised ... they've secretly programmed it to not explode in the North Sea, but to deviate to London and explode there!
Both Die Another Day and book Moonraker have the horrible villain say into the cameras: "you have no idea how your lives are about to changed" [or to that effect!]
I had wanted to see more of Valentin in the series.
While “The bitch is dead” line from the movie reflected his own hurt feelings, in the book he was thinking of all of the other agents who were tortured because of her.
Actually Bond is described as having cold light Gray/ Blue eyes
The 2006 movie is a fabulous adaptation/update of the book and is my fave Bond film. Craig is terrific and Eva Green is just sublime in every way.
Eva Green is hot. Good example of how hot british chicks can be though IMO, she's not the hottest girl even in Casino Royale. That hispanic girl Bond fucked that was married was the hottest hands down.
technically he didnt fucked her.
@@HugoStiglitz88 she's French
Sorry but this version is an insult to the JB legacy, Craig's style (or lack thereof) just doesn't fit, and having him pine after Vesper after he finds out she's a double agent...garbage...not sure how you find any of Craig's movies satisfying as a Bond flick....please let's get a new Bond!!!!!
@@charlesmagyari178 yeah, well that's just, like, your opinion, man.
I think it's important to note that the attempt to kill Bond in the book was tried AT the card table, with a one-shot silenced .45 hidden inside a cane. Dude straight up just tells Bond to give up or he'll be quietly shot and collapse without anyone realizing what happened until the assassin is long gone. Definitely not as cool as the movie's poisoning scene but still pretty cool.
Exactly correct
This was great, Casino Royal was the first book of it's type that I read in one sitting, I spent six hour on the edge of my seat reading the book, not even getting up to use the bathroom, it is that intense of a novel.
The film restored my faith in the Bond film franchise and this episode did a great job of going over the differences between the two.
Thanks for making it.
Very good! That gives me a totally new point of view of the film, great work!
Thanks, Maxx!
+CineFix hey can you do jumanji misery and IT
+CineFix Why haven't you done A Clockwork Orange...there are quite a few differences I can think of. It'd be awesome to see that.
+Zeke D that would be awesome
You beat me to it!!
Casino Royale with Daniel Craig was terrific! It's a pity they couldn't repeat that success with the other films. Great opening foot chase with Craig.
You know I think it'd be kinda cool to see the story's accuracy taken to new hights.
think of it: Same movie, but it takes place IN the actual 50s with a new portrayal of Bond.
do you mean it would have something akin to an alternate world wherein it's set in the 50's but somehow still modern!!? interesting concept!!
pvtrichter88 Or its just set in the 50's.
Simple enough !! they would realistically put a modern spin on it THO!! enjoy bruv!!
It's been almost two decades since I've read the book but the scene where Le Chiffre's henchman threatens Bond with a gun is very suspenseful and well done. And it wasn't just a gun with a silencer. It was also disguised as a cane. Do you guys actually read the books before you do these?
I just read the book and i love that scene but also bond being poisoned makes more sense considering how do you get away with shooting a guy in public even if the gun is disguised as a cane
@@nitsuagaming6121 As Leiter explains, the thug came in alone, standing in the crowd, with no connection to Le Chiffre. And when Bond forces the malacca stick away from him, the thug is able to escape in the chaos. Unfortunately, his fingerprints were still on the stick.
I didnt read that one but a few .
"...Awful Pierce Brosnan entries." ... WHAT?!? Goldeneye was a fantastic movie, and Pierce Brosnan made a perfect Bond in that movie!
+Kevin "FortuneCookieBeer" Traberg although Goldeneye was great it still does not make up for the god awful mess known as Die Another Day.
+Kevin Traberg (FortuneCookieBeer) Two words: KITESURFING SCENE
The kitesurfing scene is not the only thing that made Die Another Day terrible, Bond had virtual reality training sunglasses and a ridiculous invisible car.
Akaaraq Hansen I know it's not, but is the most memorable of the awful moments.
Nope. Pierce was the biggest wimp of all the bond's. A gust of wind could knock that dude over.
He should've put on muscle for the role and at least be convincing like Daniel Craig AKA the best bond. And Sean Connery also, Connery seems believable. Pierce isn't.
They didn't use a simple gun to try and assassinate bond at the casino. It was a gun disguised as a can which they aimed at his spine- the silencer and perfect close range would kill him and make it look like he had fainted.
Movie scene is better though.
But then people would see the blood
Which is why i perfer the poision in the film but the book scene is suspenseful
You guys need to do Forest Gump
Maybe a few suggestions for _What's_ _the_ _Difference?_:
The Sum of All Fears
Patriot Games
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? = Blade Runner
Angels & Demons
I Am Legend
The Bible and The Quran.
Blade runner, the name surely would make it in the video.
@kishenkoolskills90 How about Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October?
Pretty cool they were able to reboot and innovate while staying pretty faithful to the source material
it's 'Daniel Craig' not ' Daniel Creg'
+alex martin I just call him James Blond.
+Floydthefuckbag dont you men blonde?
+JJ Geek Don't I mean 'mean'?
JJ Geek
Both spellings are correct, but blond works better for the joke.
+JJ Geek
No... "blond" vs "blonde" is one of the few cases where English has a different adjective for each sex. Men are "blond" and women are "blonde."
Wow...I'm surprised actually how faithful this movie was O_o
I assume that you do not consider all the changes that have been made just to make the story less "politically incorrect" or the changes that have been made to shift the era of the story 50+ years into the future as being of any significance then?
The plot is quite faithful but not a lot else is!
@@56Jagman Changing Baccarat to poker so the rubes in USA could identify was lame.
@@locutusdborg126 1) Hold'em Poker is a much, MUCH, more exciting game than baccarat, and 2) It's not just the "rubes in the USA". The vast majority of people in the world have no fucking idea of what baccarat even is at this day and age. Hell, reading the 'Casino Royale' novel was honestly the first time I'd even heard of that shit (and no, I'm not American)
Same.
I read the book, it explained how to play bacharach very well. When I watch some of the older films that he plays this I actually know what is going on.
I just watched the film, and you upload this. Excellent timing as always, Cinefix.
Do Frankenstein or the modern prometheus by Mary Shelley
Please !!!
HEY EVERYBODY!!!
SCOTT CAWTHORN IS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION!!!!!!!!!!
+briannaMBrown in case you're not joking, it's not actually him
+The Sea Bottle Vlogs Both has a scientist creating life. Other than that NOTHING is the same.
I would imagine they meant the original 1931 James Whale adaptation. The most significant difference is that in the original novel, the monster wasn't a dumb brute that goes on a rampage. He was instead an intelligent sociopath that serves as a more developed antagonist to Frankenstein. Also, the whole narrative is framed as a secondhand anecdote a failed writer and explorer received from the doctor himself as he lay dying in the north pole. Yeah, the film was nowhere near as ambitious in scale or philosophy.
Dr. No, From Russia, With Love,Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, & For Your Eyes Only were also mostly faithful to the novels.
Bond's physical description was closely matched by Sir Sean Connery & Timothy Dalton.
CR is a great (modern) adaptation of the book !.
Casino Royale (2006) still feels fresh 13 years later. SO good. And *sigh * how can you not fall in love with Eva Green every.single.time.
I loved both the book and the movie, this was the first time I was really happy with a book to movie adaptation. If only Quantum of Solace didn't spoil the whole thing.
Too bad indeed!
+CineFix bro we wont season 4 for bad days please
also wanna the three new movies has in commen? Spectre. Everyone villain on the bonds are a member of Spectre which told in the Spectre movie.
Kinda wish they could go back and remake that movie.... while possibly bringing back Martin Campbell to finish the story as well.
Yea. I've always wondered how they managed to fuck up Quantum Solace so badly.
I have a question, who is the hottest bond girl ever? Might've been Gemma Arterton if she didn't have that stupid red hair. The GA in Clash of the Titan's would be my #1.
I just recently finished reading the 1953 novel. And actually, the torture from the novel was VERY different from the movie (besides the "wooden carpet beater" part). In the movie we see Bond being humorous about the whole situation and he is only hit like 5 times (in the balls). In the novel it is VERY dark, VERY serious, and VERY intense. Bond was in so much pain and so weak that he couldn't even gather enough saliva to talk. I think he was only able to say just 1 or 2 words to Le Chiffre throughout the whole ordeal. Bond wasn't humorous AT ALL! In fact he was so busy trying to remember the tactics of staying alive through the torture. Le Chiffre hit Bond's body ALL OVER and for OVER 10 FREAKING MINUTES too nonstop! Bond had a large ring of sweat under his chair AND he lost a sh*t load of blood too! He even fainted from the torture! The aftermath in the movie when Bond is recovering in the nursery home he doesn't seem too bad. However, in the novel Bond is freaking TRAUMATIZED by the torture he just went through! When he tells Mathis everything that happened to him, he starts to FREAK OUT and SWEAT WITH FEAR when he thinks about the torture Le Chiffre put him through! I'm not certain but I think the novel even said Bond had freaking NIGHTMARES about the torture!
I kind of wish they had went with the dark tone of the torture from the novel into the movie because it is a LOT more interesting than what was in the movie (in my opinion).
"My dear boy, the time for games is over."
I'll always remember that torture scene from the novel.
8:46 wrong in the movie he drives Aston Martin DBS not a DB5. The DB5 he drives when he's in the Bahamas.
Also he drives a DB5 in Skyfall. Plus didn't Sean Connery drive one?
@@HugoStiglitz88 erm sean Connery drove the db5 in goldfinger and thunderball get your facts right
Worthy of note, Craig is not the cinema's first blue-eyed Bond. That would be Timothy Dalton.
I was shocked by Casino Royale. By how good it was, and even more so, by how faithful it was. Not since On Her Majesty's Secret Service has a Bond film even *attempted* to remain so true to a Fleming narrative, and Craig, to me, embodies what many of the other Bonds have lacked. As Roger Moore famously mused, "To me, he looks like a killer. He looks as though he knows what he's doing. I look as though I might cheat at backgammon."
Craig is also marvelous at taking a beating.
You should do one on From Russia with Love
Same here.
And Moonraker. That video would be like half an hour long because of how different the film and book are.
SolarDragon007 yeah Moonraker, that one would be about 45 minutes long because of the big differences between film and the book.
or the others books and movies :) i have read them and now the movies seem strange, and most of the time he is not such a jerk like they show him in th emovies
***** He feels like more of a relatable every-man then the film incarnations for sure. Fleming wanted Bond to be a relatively down to earth character who goes on extraordinary adventures and meets larger then life villains. The film versions,(particularly Connery, Moore, and Brosnan), make HIM a larger than life character.
This is my favourite Bond movie. I actually read the novel before the movie came out and I was impressed how loyal it was.
Same here. Although through Madagascar chase I thought it would be nothing like the book, despite I recognised 2 kills that made Bond a double-oh from the book.
Are you going to do one of these for The Martian?
+dimmddr1 The movie's so accurate to the book that it's sort of not worth making a video on it.
WheresWallace4883 Why not? There are lots of differences. Remember the "lucky" drill?
dimmddr1 The only sort-of significant differences are a few extra challenges and setbacks that Mark faces, such as the drill-power-outage, the dust storm and rovers tipping. Oh, and also the rather silly Iron Man rescue and the actual ending. All of the characters are pretty much the exact same and all of the basic story beats are the same.
+WheresWallace4883 besides that could be chalked up to them not showing the days instead of them not happening.
+Bot Squidly fty
Gotta admit it... the "Make sure junk still works"-bulletpoint and the "Bond getting his balls patched up"-animation had me in tears... :D
so basically..the movie is the upgraded version of the book:) btw the greatest bond movie of them all
maybe not upgraded but changed to reflect the times it was made in
I wouldn't say upgraded. Movies tend to have more action but books focus more on the details. Also, much more information can be stored in a book than in a 90〜120min movie.
@@larastroud5081 Really? I would say that Goldeneye is the best.
All the Bond films have been “ adapted” with a modern twist. Guy Hamilton described that the dragons have changed... apart from only the Russians that Fleming described. The main problem I had with this film was the so called Reintroduction of Bond, even though he’s been around since 1962. Plus for me their was too many gadgets. Sorry I dislike the Craig movies. No one will beat Connery.
Skyfall
The book and movie are so good. Felix is such a fun character and a great friend
Daniel Cregg?
MichaelLeroi Johnny Topples?
Yeah. American pronounciation. If the can say 'CRAY' then they can pronounce Craig correctly.
On Her Majestys Secret Service is definitely the most faithful adaptation of a Bond novel.
I spent literally about half the video just thinking "That's Dr Lector!"..... I need to get out more....
Y'all forgot to note that between the film and novel, the goals for what MI6 wanted regarding Le Chifre were to make him desperate to defect vs just plain eliminated due to being difficult enemy agent. You also forgot to note that Mathis' nationality and familiarity to Bond were changed. The two were acquaintances prior to the book's events.
If you guys havent already, can you do on for Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. Pleaseee :D
Very good. “Casino Royale” is the only one of the books I have read. It is also my favorite film in the series. I like the ruthless, brutal Bond. Much better than the comedic figure he was forced into by many of the movies.
Hey! what about the game?
In the novel, Bond was a genius baccarat player while Craig's Bond relies on mere luck
I wasn't aware how much the film followed the novel until I listened to the audiobook of Casino Royale. I previously thought the film beyond Bond's recovery was the screenwriter's invention. Upon experiencing the book and movie, I think the movie definitely improved on the material. Your comparison videos are great and truly appreciated.
Actually, the assassin at Bond's back during the card game was pretty interesting. His "gun" was disguised as an ornate cane, with the stock of the cane serving as a silencer.
The American Bond, Jimmy, had some serious 50's swagger. I loved the performance.
Nice :D Could you also do On Her Majesty's Secret Service?
Finally I've been waiting for this forever
You got stuff wrong:
- He's not to take down LeChiffre, just prevent him from getting the russians' money back.
- He doesn't sprout one-liners after killing. In fact, canon Bond hates killing, even in self defense, and even tho he's authorized and can kill in cold blood, he always tries not to.
-Because Vesper is a russian double agent, everything she does is on purpose to sabotage Bond. All her damsel-y qualities are an act.
- If you actually read the whole scene, Bond is not actually angry at her. He just knows HE gets distracted around women and is angry at himself. He tends to internally rant about shit before coming around to "actually I'm just cranky" A LOT in the books .
- The married women bit IS actually from the books! He's the boy-toy sidepiece of a few.
- Bond *loves* M (like a father). He actually uses the word in the books. And M is a grumpy, closed off fellow but the feeling is mutual.
- Book Bond is actually NOT shitty to women.
- Book Bond's car is not a fancy toy, it's an old-as-balls monstrosity he keeps going out of sheer love. It gets trashed permanently either in this book or the next because fans brote to Fleming that the car was shitty.
- The main difference in the torture scene is that in the book Bond reacts LIKE AN ACTUAL HUMAN, not a one-liner-sprouting machine. He knows he will break, he barely holds on even tho the time the torture took was short (and everybody is amazed he held on so long), and the event shakes him so much he seriously considers quitting.
- If you think Bond/Vesper was unclear I don't know what to tell you other than go back and reread. They have the most delightful 50s romantic comedy dynamic, and Bond falls in love with women really easily. Book Bond is NOT a sleazy fellow at all. The one time he acts as such is incredibly OOC and clearly Fleming trying to copy Connery's Bond.
- Bond is not actually callous or cold. He actually visits Vesper's grave every year - that's how he meets his eventual wife. Fun fact: he falls in love with her because she drives BETTER than him.
What's the difference: The book is better.
Wow, thanks for detailing all of that. I've always what book Bond was like, but couldn't be bothered to read the books
@@Lootroq Welcome! :) They are really lots of fun, and increasingly pulpy. CR is the most serious.
@@LynnHermione High time for Book Bond to get his own HBO TV series. I own all the books (even lost of the aprés-Fleming ones and Book Bond is so much more endearing and human.
Judi Dench is a delight every time I see her in the Bond movies and the tv show As Time Goes By
You guys should seriously do forrest gump.
Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates you never know what you gonna get.
@@richardhughes4134 ***'Was' like a box of chocolates
Wow. Another awesome video guys!!! I had no idea the movie was so similar to the book!
+Alejandro “Alex” Silva Yeah, it is! But the small number of differences kind of make it even more fun to go in-depth about them!
you do know smerch was a real organisation right? and not just a precursor to the fictional spectre
Just finished reading the book. Oh man, those last few chapters. So sad😢
I really want to see one of these for The Perfume.
You guys should do more what's the difference on the rest of the James Bond books written by Ian Fleming
8:44: "In the movie it is a Aston Martin DB5." No wrong, it's a Aston Martin DBS. But apart from that a very good video.
Hey Casey and Michael, first off I just want to say you guys are great, the whole Cinefix channel is and I really appreciate how you guys take the time to break down major difference between films and the books or comics they are based off of. I learn a lot and feel better informed. One property I would very much love to see you guys explore is "A Clockwork Orange," there is a history with that adaptation and I am confident many of your fans would be interested in a "What's the Difference" video on that. In any case, I certainly look forward to your future videos and give my support all the way!
+Angelo “Angel-K” Kerrigan Thanks Angelo! A Clockwork Orange has certainly been kicked around the office. Maybe season 2 What's the Difference. Thanks again for the words of encouragement!
For me Brosnan was the best casting and Goldeneye the best film. Although tbh I love all the actors. Best novel is From Russia with Love. Great read.
eva green tho, omg. No other bond girl can compare.
Shes amazing. But many many " compare "
Ursula Andress is THE Bond girl
@@Freddydemaesschalck Ursula Andress is overrated.
Totally agree
I recall Pierce Brosnan being quite popular in the 1990s, but it seems people have retroactively turned on him. Yes, the scripts were weak, but he was a great 007. He saved the franchise after the lackluster Timothy Dalton films. The producers are the ones who turned the quality of the films into shit (Die Another Day).
+romero329 too right. Maybe because his films were when I was growing up, but he is my favourite James Bond. Sean Connery and Daniel Craig are a close tie for second
_well I thought The Living Daylights was good_
No he wasn't LOL Brosnan was 150lbs soaking wet. I could've kicked his ass at the time and I was only like 12 when die another day came out LOL
Hugo Stiglitz Irrelevant. How about Roger Moore then, or even Sean Connery in his latest Bond movies? Brosnan was a great Bond, a perfect balance between all the previous Bonds.
romero329 I thought die another day was pretty good. It wasn't bad or good, it was just alright
In the book bond had worked with mathis in monte carlo and was suggested by M to be assigned to help bond on this mission since they worked so well in monte carlo. Which bond replied positively too. On chapter 3
I once won a poker hand with the exact same straight flush that Bond does.
I won.
In a game.
Not in real life.
I had not realized La Chiffre was portrayed by Mads Mikkelsen. Casino Royale was one helluva movie and I'm glad the changes were all to the benefit of the new Bond films.
It's not a "W" but the Cyrillic for "sh", the first letter in the Russian word for spy.
this is my favorite bond film. i know a lot of people say that goldfinger was the best but i prefer this movie since goldfinger was just about a heist. this was about a genuinely sadistic villain who's motivation was more than just to get rich. and the parkour scene is just perfect.
There is a mistake here, in the book he was not described as having dark hair and eyes but as having dark hair and blue eyes
+Coolguy i agree..when i remember right, it is in FRWL (and/or in Casino Royale) where Fleming wrote "blue-grey eyes"
I read the Fleming novels when I was 12ish.the MOST memorable scene was the carving of the letter into his hand. That really freaked me out.
Rolex watch in the novels, untill Omega bought their way-in...
Ph MWU - Bond wore Rolex in the earlier films.
@@AtheistOrphan
Bond's his own man. He's allowed to change what brand of watch he wears.
I can’t believe this video is 4 years old now. You should do another bond film book difference.
brosnan was awesome. his movies where just the right fit for the 90's just as crieg is the right fit for the 2000's
All but goldeneye weren‘t a good fit for anything Not even the 90s thats why they stopped doing them all together. Brosnan himself delivered a awesome Bond performance but the plots of his movies were sadly utter rubish
I love brosnan but he was a shadow of Timothy Dalton
His last one was so terrible though that hardly anyone today appreciates his first 3...
The first kill in the mens bathroom is very accurate to the book in the one most important detail... how gruesome and difficult to carry out it was.
you guys really should redo the beginning of this video. Pierce Brosnan films where are mega hits. the producers wanted to bring Pierce back for Casino Royale but felt that his Bond movies were a little too light to do the novel justice. we also thought the audience would have a hard time seeing a darker James Bond being played by Pierce Brosnan. fact Pierce Brosnan's bond was the first Bond to break a billion dollars in every movie. it was over top silliness of Die Another Day which made them want to switch direction. the legal battles or all over Casino Royale and Thunderball. it had nothing to do whether or not Pierce Brosnan's films we're good or bad.
Hey, not all the Pierce Brosnan movies were bad. Golden Eye still remains one of my all time favorite Bond movies for a reason. Also the game was a ton of fun back in the day.
Casino Royale is absolutely the best James Bond movie ever! Daniel Craig is the best James Bond!
You guys made the movie far more interesting than I thought it was when I was watching it. I'm old school. Henry Cavil for Bond.
Little mistake but Roger Moore had blond-ish hair in james bond's movie
I agree ... the very same hatred that was aimed at Daniel Craig equally applies to Roger Moore. In terms of looks.
I don't know why, but 13:18 cracks me up. Lol
Does anyone know which event inspired Fleming to wrote "Casino Royal"? And on which man and real WWII spy Bond's character is based upon?
Thank god one of you says Le Chiffre correctly... I almost couldn't watch the whole thing...
how about taking a crack at the hanibal books. i know great timing, but still i would love to see how you guys do hanibal
Good assessment of the differences, and an entertaining video to boot.
However, I would argue that "From Russia with Love" is probably the Bond film that is the closest to its literary counterpart.
On her majesty's secret service was the closest adaptation tho
Quantum of Solace is not disapointing, it's just different. I like it as a continuation to Casino Royale.
I enjoyed it, even more than Skyfall.
It’s still the worst of Daniel Craig’s movies.
+forcemaximus84 it is but just because its the worst doesn't mean its bad
It's ok if you like but for me at least it's a cofusing mess of a movie.
@@ForceMaximus84 spectre is the worst
Ian Fleming wrote the James Bind character with David Niven in mind
I like the book more