@@nocturneJOJO I remeber quite well that the Daniel Craig movies made pakour popular and brought it to the mainstream audience. but I also remeber that I knew it already thanks to the District B13 movies with David Belle and the Crimson River 2 movie that came 2 year before Casino Royale :D
@@Black0raz0r Crimson Rivers 2!!! Thanks for reminding of that movie, I loved the first one and I've been meaning to watch the second since it came out but somehow I completely forgot it. There was also Yamakasi (and a sequel that I haven't seen yet) which featured all the original members of the Yamakasi group (except David Belle & Sebastian Foucan) that helped develop parkour in the beginning. :)
Daniel was 37 young years old in Casino Royale, and in No Time To Die, Daniel says goodbye to the Bond saga at 52 years old. He was without a doubt one of the best Bond in the saga.
I have to concur. A couple times his storylines sagged or were disjointed, but that sure wasn’t Craig’s fault. The man ALWAYS delivered on the role - 110%.
It was never that Bond is cold because he just is, it was always because life made him being like that. And this Bond shows it perfectly. One of my favourites from the series.
I've seen every James Bond movie multiple times and for a long time I was a Connery purist. This movie changed that. 'Casino Royale' is the best Bond movie. Also, there's a point to be made about watching some of the classics before continuing with Craig's Bonds. For one, seeing 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' will give more emotional weight to 'No Time to Die' and I *very strongly* recommend that.
Agree with you about Casino Royale been the best Bond movie of all, but Sean Connery still has a small edge over Craig even though he played the role wonderfully. You can’t outdo Sean. Too iconic.
Casino Royale is hands down the best Bond film. It’s so good that you don’t even need to view it through the lens of being a Bond film. It’s one of the finest action films ever made.
I always say you know a Bond movie is great when you don't have to qualify it as a Bond movie. The movie is just great. Not great for a Bond movie, but great. Skyfall, my second favorite of all time to Casino Royale, is the same way
The poker playing is downright painful to watch though, pretty much all the hands are played wrong. That really kind of took it down a few notches for me.
The writing across the Craig Bonds is a bit hit or miss, but Daniel always delivers. His cold blue gaze becomes his iconic image, and helps cement his Bond run as a darker one (perhaps the darkest). Only Dalton (4th Bond - 2 movies) and Lazenby (2nd Bond - 1 movie) get these sort of dour Bond episodes and seeing Craig get 5 was quite a treat.
Daniel Craig's Bond movies are kind of strange in that they are either very good or absolutely terrible lol. QoS and Spectre are truly awful movies. But the other ones are excellent.
@@fad2679 Excellent? There's not one thing in "Skyfall" that makes a lick of sense, and Bond goes directly from journeyman-spy to decrepitude. It's well suited to "modern" tastes, though, where dialogue and writing take a back seat to action & flash. I didn't even bother with "No Time to Die".
My dad would buy sets of 5 bond movies whenever they showed up at our go to new and used media store and I have so many memories of weekends watching nothing but older bond movies and I remember when we got casino royale when it came out on dvd I was obsessed with it as a kid. Bond movies are so tied to my childhood, they’ve become comfort movies to me now. Loved the reaction!!
Aw! I'm glad I'm getting to watch these movies now and hear just how much they mean to people. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the franchise 😊
When I was younger and would be off from schooling prior to holidays, notabily the Thanksgiving holiday in USA, in November. The one television station would always show Bond movies the week prior to the holiday. So I always would watch them. They were never shown in any particular order. So you'd watch a Brosnan then a Connery followed by Dalton...etc But every year, I would watch them. So for me. Now that I am older and own the entire collection on BluRays. I begin watching the Bonds right after the Halloween season. As you wrote, its comforting.
This movie shows the human version of Bond because it's the beginning, he learns a lot of lessons and then becomes the cold unemotional guy that Brosnan played in the 90s which makes sense because we were all naive and sweet at one point until life forked us up. So that's what happened with Bond, after Vesper betrayed him not only did he put his armor back on he also poisoned it.
Welcome back, and nice choice. The Craig era is definitely a mixed bag, but they all are to be fair. One great thing about the series is that there have been enough takes that there’s something for everyone.
@@movienightwithjacqui I definitely recommend "GoldenEye", it's very aesthetic (by the same director as "Casino Royale"), has a truly great villian and also has some great erotic chemistry between Bond and the femme fatale, Xenia. You'll love it!
@Hautterrien Casino Royale might be my favorite from the Craig era but Skyfall was amazing and one of the most unique and beautiful looking blockbusters ive ever seen.
From the 26:42 mark and onwards I kept cracking up at with every insert clip you did that foreshadowed your reaction to the Bull Rope-to-Balls Torture scene. 🤣 OMG you had no idea what's coming!
Loved your reaction to this film. Yes, it is, IMHO, the most human and romantic of the Bond films. Eva Green is my second favorite Bond girl. My first favorite Bond girl is Diana Rigg. She was in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." I recommend that as another complex and entertaining Bond film.
Vesper’s dialogue in the dinner scene after Bond wins is fascinating. She says, "You've got a choice, you know. Just because you've done something, it doesn't mean that you have to keep doing it." On the surface, she's talking about Bond being an agent and killing people, but the subtext for her is she's talking about betraying her government and by extension, Bond. She's already in love with him, and she's having to deal with the realities of her situation. It was easy for her to betray her government when it was just a faceless institution, but it's much more difficult for her now that she deeply cares about someone personally victimized by her betrayal. By saying that Bond still has a choice in what he does, she is also saying that she can choose to stop being a traitor. But she can't quite convince herself, which is why she's so adamant that Bond can change; it's not really about whether Bond can change, it's about whether she can. Bond returns with a quip about people who can't take advice being the ones who always give it. This startles Vesper because, like the scene on the train, he can see through her. He can't see completely through her; he doesn't know what she's struggling with, but he can see that she's driven by something. Vesper is so rattled by Bond's insight that she's put on the defensive and answers his question with a question of her own, sidestepping the issue. Bond brings the issue back to the forefront by revealing how much he's able to see through her, and saying that he'll never know what's driving her. This is a perfect opportunity for Vesper to come clean and tell him everything, but the opportunity is lost. She gets a text, Bond realizes that Mathis is a traitor, Vesper is kidnapped, then Bond is kidnapped, and then she is forced to make a deal to save Bond's life by giving up the money Bond won in the tournament. After that, it's too late for her. She can't tell him her situation because the people she was working with would kill Bond. So they continue to fall in love, but she knows the relationship is doomed. Her only hope is to die and pay for her sins against Bond. She knows he'll hate her forever, but his hatred is worth it if it keeps him alive. She loves him more than she values her own life.
I love how in the second film he very subtly steals a photo of Vespar from M while saying “She doesn’t matter”. At that point she might be all that matters to him.
The Vesper is the original Bond martini (Casino Royale is Ian Fleming's first bond novel). If you listened closer, the recipe he gives is 3 parts Gordon's, 1 part vodka, a measure of Kina Lillet. Gordon's is gin. Unfortunately, Kina Lillet is no longer made. The closest thing to it commercially is Cocchi Americano (though, the company says that their Lillet Blanc is close, i don't agree. In all the earlier bond movies, his drink of choice is the shaken vodka martini which doesn't appear in the books. They wrote it in because they thought it sounded cool, but it makes no sense. As a brit, he should be drinking gin. In addition, shaking a martini makes it cloudy and VERY diluted. Why is this manly man's man diluting his booze?
Oh I am so glad you started your Bond reactions with this one, Jacqui! Casino Royale was the very first Bond story and this film seems to have taken Bond back to his literary roots. It is clearly a spy thriller, and despite all the unrealistic elements, is much less cartoonish than earlier Bond films. Later Bond films did bring back cartoonish elements from the Bond movie series, but I hope you will love them anyway!
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest! Based on what I'm hearing/reading in the comments, starting with Casino Royale was the right decision. Thank you for watching!
not quite.... the guy is professional freerunner yes... but he isn't the one original.... he and David Belle are the originals. he went towards the freerunning side and David Belle towards pakour.... Pakour is simple straight to the point "get from A to B" Freerunning is a much more fancy flashy version of it, with runners own style
Agreed! Too bad most of the viewers didn't understand what they were going for and just wanted reashed Bond's tropes after... It went downhill after Quantum, Skyfall is at least an objectively well made movie, but it takes the series at least ten years back, Spectre and No Time To Die are awful save for barely a couple of well shot scenes. Such a waste of a wonderful opportunity...
@@nocturneJOJO IMO, Skyfall is second only to Casino Royale and QoS goes between 4th and 5th for me. You can tell there was script issues and all with all the reshoots, the story was all over the place. I think that's why it wasn't referenced as much as the others going forward. They tried to forget it was made. I know I did.
I think Quantum went harder into the realism than most folks wanted from Bond. They wanted villains with eyepatches stealing nuke in order to something something space stations. Not a businessman tying up the water rights in a developing nation. Actual real life evil isn't what folks expected to see.
I really love your intelligent, humorous and informed analyses. I expected someone from USC to have clearly developed sensibilities on films, but wow. You're right that this is a reboot backstory and shows a much more 3D and developed human character, but becoming the professional by stripping away of his romanticism. Now let's see if you've done Skyfall -- probably the best of this series with another seriously creepy bad guy along with the beautiful Scotland cinematography by Roger Deakins.
As a couple of people noted below, Casino Royale was the 1st. Fleming novel, hence the black and white start. The rights to the novel were originally obtained and made into a TV movie - with Bond being called Jimmy Bond in 1953. Then, another production company bought the rights and made a spoof with David Niven. Finally, in the early '90's EON Productions was able to obtain the rights and bought them. Before Cubby could deliver a movie, he died. When his daughter Barbara took over she did a "re-boot" with Craig.
I saw the TV version, and Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre. It’s great that they got Mads to play the role, because he looks genetically programmed to be the ultimate villain. He looks like Jack Palance and talks like Peter Lorre.
_Casino Royale_ (published in 1953) was Ian Fleming's first Bond Novel. This script follows the plot of the novel reasonably closely. One very memorable bit that was left out is that when Le Chiffre has Bond tied to the chair, it's an armchair in the novel, he carves the Cyrillic letter ш into the back of Bond's hand. ш is for шпион (shpion), the Russian word for spy. He says he does it so that the scar will let everyone know Bond's profession. (In the novel Le Chiffre ultimately works for the USSR.) Plastic surgery disguised most of the scar in time for the second novel, _Live and Let Die._ My favorite Bond film is _From Russia with Love_ (1963), for two reasons. First, it is the film that follows most closely the book; second, it is most like a proper espionage film rather than a super spy movie. My preference in spy films is for the more realistic ones. Probably my favorite is _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ (1965). Based on the novel by John le Carre, it stars Richard Burton and Claire Bloom. It is a dark, cold-war espionage story.
For Your Eyes Only is my favourite of the older Bond movies, it's also quite grounded and realistic without any crazy gadgets or over the top villains.
Happy to see this made it past the egregious copyright system here on UA-cam, loving your reactions so far, wishing you all the best with your channel in 2023!
I'm figuring it out! I think I needed to talk more, so I hope you guys enjoy the sound of my squeaky voice 😅 And thank you for the support! Looking forward to this year.
This was supposed to be an origin story, so Bond is what he is with women because of his experience with Vesper. Lovely video reaction, Craig's Casino Royale happens to be my favorite Bond movie of all time and I've watched all of the Bond films. 😁
That makes a lot of sense. It seems like I really stumbled on the right movie to start with! Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction!
Pierce Brosnan is the "Action" Bond, Rooger Moore is the "Comedy" Bond. The closest to Daniel Craig are the actors Timothy Doltan and Sean Connery. They have more human aspects in their movies. I love them all. Great Reaction
It’s such a well put together piece of origin story - the brawler approach at the start (punch through walls, storm an embassy) is replaced by the colder assassin at the end. Running down the parkour bomber is anger and determination, mid movie he still wants to snap with the dinner knife; all calculating later on. The opening title music starts with rougher rock and finishes on the smooth brass theme with signature name drop to close; hawaiian shirt to three piece suit. All fits the arc nicely.
Of all the movies this is the most accurate to the book, which was the first book, and in this Craig is very accurate to who he is that book. Connery is my favorite bond but this is definitely one of my favorites of the movie series.
I think you will really enjoy the series! The Craig era is a good place to start because it’s a more self-contained chunk of the series. There are 1 or 2 not as good ones in the Daniel Craig run but stick it out and it’ll be worth it. Afterwards, I would recommend going back and checking out at least few of the older ones, even if it’s on your own time. The older ones are all fairly standalone so no real need to watch them in any particular order.
This movie and Craig's performance, to me, brought to life a line from Goldeneye when Sean Bean said, "I might as well ask if all the vodka martinis ever silence the screams of all the men you've killed; or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women, for all the dead ones you failed protect."
For the OG Parkour movies - District 13 (2004) and District 13: Ultimatum (2009), both with one of the recognized founders of Parkour David Bell. There is also an American remake of D13, Brick Mansions (2014), with the late Paul Walker.
Love the District 13 movies. funnily enough picked up the double blu ray few weeks ago, was in the shop waiting for a controller to be tested, spotted them on a stack- pristine 2nd hand and just had to buy.
Hey there, Jacqui !! I'm a bit late in my comment on this one (my weekend was a bit nuts!). But, truly, thank you so much for pushing through all your editing and upload issues! This is one of my absolute favorite James Bond stories. And unlike many, I really don't have a favorite James Bond actor - each one has added their own flavor to the character, and there have always been things to love about each of them! The movies over time, have obviously gotten better with special effects and general movie making techniques, but there has been a consistency in story telling that has always impressed me. I love that you liked it so much! And it's truly so much fun to watch you react - you're very charismatic and your sense of humor is awesome! 🥰 Looking forward to joining your Patreon soon! Thanks again, hun! Ciao! xo
i love your reaction and im so glad you liked this movie, as far as i remember this is the first james bond movie i watched as a kid, also i gotta say when you returned continued watching i swear you looked like eva green XD
This one was very faithful to the book. Not many are like that. It was also based on the first book. Vesper was not is only love, but you have to go back to see the most important relationship. Book bond was very human. Movie bond is more of a true sociopath. As a general rule... Sean Connery was cold and professional, but the movies were still finding themselves. From Russia With Love was a pure spy thriller. Goldfinger came after it and was the first to introduce the gimmick equipment. That also started the puns after a kill and people loved it so they built on it for later movies. George Lazenby only did one movie. It was okay but he wasn't a good Bond. The movie itself is one of the few that has a significant bit of lore. Roger Moore leaned hard into the camp elements, including slide whistle sound effects over what would have been a really impressive stunt. He had some really good films (For Your Eyes Only), but he also had Moonraker. Timothy Dalton went hard the other way. He was cold and merciless, and even when he tried to to a lighter moment, he still had a scary look about him. He only did two. The Living Daylights was really good. I hated License to Kill, but others seemed to like it. Pierce Brosnan was too suave. That sounds strange, but the other bonds would get hurt, or messy, or they'd just look rough at some point. Brosnan's hair never got messed up (at least that was the feel.) The other thing was he tried to be hard, but didn't follow through. If Connery asked a bad guy where the girl was and the guy didn't answer, Connery would shoot him in the knee then point out that he had more bullets than that guy did knee caps and ask again. Brosnan would move the gun to a different position and ask again, then move it an ask again, then movie it and ask again. Brosnan's era also saw them trade the Aston Martin or BMW's, and swapped out Bond's pistol form the iconic PPK, to a generic P99, probably because Walter made a product placement deal. Craig comes the closest to the book Bonds. He does have some poor movies, but they are all part of a single story arc. You can't skip one or watch them out of order. The problem is, the links are very subtle and rely on an attention to detail that three years between movies was hard to achieve. For example, the necklace Eva Green wore on the train and in the poker game was given to her by her boyfriend who was captured and held for ransom. In a later movie, bond sees a different woman wearing the same necklace. That's our clue that the "boyfriend" was running a scam on women in the intelligence fields.
I came here from watching your the last of us reactions which are fantastic and this is one of my all time favourite movies , as usual you’re on point with your predictions , great reaction .👍🇬🇧 .
It’s great that you’re starting off with the Daniel Craig/James Bond movies; in particular Casino Royale, because it was the first James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. I do hope that once you complete this era, you’ll go into the earlier films that feature Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and the earlier Pierce Brosnan films before Die Another Day.
First time I've ever seen your channel. This video was a lot of fun, enjoyed it and will check out more. I've been a huge Bond fan almost all my life since the 80s, and while Casino Royale isn't my personal favourite, it really is excellent and have to admit it probably is the best. I just prefer Goldeneye and a couple of others.
Really good reaction Jacqui! I love the Daniel Craig Bond films. Really good stuff. A definite improvement over the previous installments. All of the Craig Bond films received positive critical acclaim. The general perception is that Casino Royale and Skyfall are the best ones. No spoilers from me for the record. Casino Royale is really about how Bond became Bond, and how Vesper's sacrifice shaped James as a human being. Happy 2023 to you!
The person James Bond is chasing in the beginning is one of the people that helped develop parkour. Can't remember his name at the moment. I'm pretty sure he's French.
Love your take on the film Jacqui. When seeing Daniel in Layer Cake we thought he'd make a great Bond villain, 'cos he looked a lot like my dad's good friend who was Russian, so it takes a bit to get my head around the blond blue eyed Bond, and half expect to hear a Slavic accent. Some interviews at the time of the reboot suggested the move to more of a Jason Bourne style action and toning down the jokes, gadgets etc was a response to the success of the Bourne films.
Casino Royale is based on the first bond novel. So yes it’s an origin story, whereas the previous films from 1962-2002 only had slight continuity’s with each other while some didn’t have them at all. They also took a lot of liberties with the source material. The great thing about watching the Bond series is seeing bond and the world evolve with the time periods that the films are made. The womanising and emotionally detached persona is mainly a smokescreen for bond to hide his pain from the job as well as the losses of friends and love interests. He’s actually a very conflicted man.
I think the older Bond movies were definitely more campy and formulaic. Not that those are nessicarily a bad thing, they actually became part of the appeal. However, a lot of the older films were not overly thought-provoking and were more just a fun action movies with some clever one-liners, cool gadgets, and pretty girls so I really enjoyed how they humanized this version of him. Instead of getting almost this superhero character that was kind of untouched by everything that happens to, and because of him, in this version we kind of see how his trauma, for better or worse, shapes him as the series goes on and how his past made him the asset and operative that he becomes to MI6 as the films go forward (I don't want to say more and spoil anything). Glad you enjoyed it!
@@brianjones7907 I remember him and Saunders in Living Daylights getting off to a rough start but they seemed to finally make amends when Saunders was crushed to death. The look on Dalton's face when pursuing the fleeing killer and being stopped by Maryam D'abo's character, his eyes literally looked as if they were beginning to water because he wanted vengeance so badly, as he was able to get for Sharkey in License to Kill.
Glad you've entered the Bond Community! This is my favorite one, and unfortunately you've started from the top, LoL! There are some great ones yet, some misses too, but none are hated. Well, maybe one, you'll see.
Fun reaction. I was never a fan of the cheesy sleazy old Bonds, but was won over to the Daniel Craig version. Casino Royale was the first and last Bond book that I read. The torture scene was a bit much for me, aged 14 😱
Queen Jacqui. Nice. (I'm still waiting on your Believe sign.) I caught something that amused me in light of the Darth Nathan observation. During Roy's monologue about Chelsea, you became Chewbacca. Listen to the noises you make in response to Roy. Admittedly, you make a remarkably attractive wookie, but still... I think you are right about Keeley becoming the mentor. I agree that Ted is headed back to the US, but I wonder about Beard.
Getting to this one late, Jacqui. You look stunning! So does Eva! It's a great film. Oh! Small point about the Martini. James specified Gordon's before the vodka. The Gordon's will be gin. Maybe dry gin? Three gin measures and one vodka. You'll be fine! :)
for my 14th birthday party, my parents took us to see this in theaters. an amazing experience. Afterwards we went home and had a Halo 2 system-link party. All night we were talking about how cool the movie was.
Sean Conery is the man's man of James Bonds. Not as much tech obviously back then compared to newer movies but he represented 007 the best. I know most are too young to remember his films by Goldfinger, The Man With the Golden Gun and From Russia with Love are my faves, and I would recommend them once you are ready.
The inhaler isn't for asthma. Lifted from the book, LeChiffre uses a benzedrine inhaler. Benzedrine was sold over the counter for much of the 20th century until finally restricted because it was widely abused recreationally, as LeChiffre does here.
Hey there Jacqui!!! I hardly ever drink...and my go-to cocktail is a Rum & Coke (which is kinda boring...but I like it). Martin Campbell directed both Craig and Pierce Brosnan (in GoldenEye) in their first appearances as James Bond. I'm a Bond fanatic, so I can see why your brother pestered you to do these...I actually hope you do all of them. This was basically a big reboot of the series. When the series started with Sean Connery as Bond, they didn't have access to the rights to 'Casino Royale'. The rights to the novel had been tied up for decades and when they finally became available, the producers jumped at the chance to do the story, but do it justice. This meant you saw the final Brosnan Bond with 'Die Another Day'(not the best of Brosnan's films...even though I loved him as 007). Craig's entire Bond series is like its own universe of 007 myth and lore that is still connected to the other films with Connery, George Lazenby. Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan. The entire back story of the film franchise is kinda crazy...the documentary 'Everything Or Nothing' does a great job of telling that story (the title comes from the name of the Bond film production company EON Productions founded by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. "Cubby" Brocolli), 5:03 - The Parkour chase...the guy that Bond chases is named Sebastian Foucan, the guy who basically invented the sport of Parkour! 25:54 - The literary Bond is always plagued by what he must do in the line of duty for Queen and Country. He walks a fine line and he's almost a burnout throughout all of Ian Fleming's novels (as well as the other authors who have written adventures like John Gardner in the 80s and Raymond Benson in the late 90s-early 2000s). Mostly he tempers it with the alcohol and the women he ends up with. Craig, like 80s Bond Timothy Dalton, does a superb job of layering this into the performances. 26:33 - This was a record-breaking stunt...the number of times the car flipped. It might still hold the record. 30:00 - There are two women in Bond's life who have meant a great deal to him as created by author Ian Fleming. Vesper Lynd is one. To meet the other woman you need to see the 1969 film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' with George Lazenby in his only outing as 007. It is one of the best stories in the Fleming Bond novels and films...and the actress who plays her is equally as stunning as Eva Green. I think you might be familiar with one of her roles...it was on 'Game of Thrones ' (she stole every scene she was in and that is your only clue as to the actress!). I hope you have a wonderful New Year...and the dress was a great touch! (Sorry about those earrings though!)😄
I'm going to guess the Queen of Thorns, Diana Rigg? I want to say that I vaguely remember something about her being a Bond girl when she was younger. I could be wrong. But thank you for sharing all of this! I'm very new to the franchise, so aside from the pop culture bits, I'm a Bond neophyte. I didn't even know until recently that it was based on novels. Also, rum and coke may be "boring," but it's dependable, and there's nothing wrong with that!
A majority of the Bond films up to Casino Royale were episodic and lacked a continuous story from movie to movie. So when they'd recast Bond, there was usually no acknowledgement of the different actor within the plot, though I think they've made the rare sly joke about it once or twice. (However, some fans have possessed a headcanon where the name "James Bond" is merely a title or cover identity passed on from agent to agent whenever they retire or die, explaining the changing actors across the decades-spanning series.) But with Casino Royale, they used the casting of a new Bond as an opportunity to dispose of the campy over-the-top excesses of the previous movies and start completely anew to tell Bond's origin story as a freshly designated Double-0 agent. This movie came out a year after Batman Begins rebooted the Batman franchise, and they took direct inspiration from that stripped down and back-to-basics approach and even filmed under the working title "Bond Begins." The Daniel Craig Bond movies also make more of an effort to be a serialized story with a continuing narrative.
Locked doors on hotel stairs landings is standard. They open in toward the stairs for fire escape but not back into the floors to prevent potential abuse by thieves and worse. Elevators have security cameras that are both recorded and monitored especially at night.
26:40 to quote Bachman Turner Overdrive 🎵you ain't seen nothin yet B-b-b-baby you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin yet Here's something that you never gonna forget B-b-b-baby you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin yet🎵
While I occasionally caught a few Bond films as a lad on our television (we had no cable TV until I was 10), I actually got into the Bond films by reading the books. When I was roughly 8-10 years old, my entire extended family on my father’s side chipped in to rent a cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. While I was there, I discovered that the owner of the cottage had a collection of nearly 20 original paperback 007 novels, by Ian Fleming. When it was too rainy or dark to surf, I would sit and read those novels. That’s how I knew the formula for a proper Vesper Martini before this film emerged, and I recall introducing it to my friends, who thought it was absolutely tops. The proper recipe is-if you hadn’t written it down during the film: 3 measures Gordon’s gin 1 of vodka (I prefer potato vodka over grain vodka, so I use Luksusowa) 1/2 measure of Lillet Pour over ice and shake till extremely cold. Add one large, thin slice of lemon. I think it’s fantastic.
Worth noting that this is the first official movie in the series based off the original novel that introduced the character. The first act is pretty much all original to the film, but once M assigns Bond the job of entering the card game the film actually sticks surprisingly close to Ian Fleming’s original novel, which was very much a character piece more than the pulpy action thrillers that the sequel novels became. It’s not the closest adaptation of one of the novels out there (that would probably be On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), but it’s very successful at capturing the spirit of the original story. Also, Mads Mikkelson as Le Chiffre is easily one of the top 5 villains in any Bond film. And yes, the torture scene is in the original novel, pretty brutal for 1953.
First of all, I love seeing someone who's cinematically literate react to the Bond series (not that there's anything wrong with being a casual movie watcher). I totally get why you and many other reactors choose the Craig era to react to first, although I personally like seeing people start from the very beginning, as it gives you a better feeling for what makes the Craig era unique and more context in general. One thing you should know is that all of the Bonds until Craig are meant to be one and the same character. Sure, they sometimes joke around a bit with the audience, knowing that it's a new actor in the role, but there is connective tissue between Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan. Whereas Craig's Bond is to be seen as a new timeline. Kind of like a different version of the same character in an alternate universe. The free running guy actually needed no stunt man, as he was literally the one who started the sport. He did all of the stunts himself.
This really is a complete re-imagining of Bond. It's MUCH darker than any of the previous Bonds (much closer to the character Fleming wrote, to be honest), and a more modern take because he's clearly flawed (you can argue that he's genuinely broken as a human) - but that's also part of why he's so good as an agent. Also, this is BIG return to old-school stunt work and avoiding CGI. In a lot of ways, this movie parallels the terrific Mad Max film.
It's interesting to hear more about Bond now having watched this. I didn't realize just how much of a mold-breaker this film was, and because of that (exactly what you mentioned about Craig's complexity), I think it's going to be hard to top this Bond for me. Also I completely agree--practical effects and stunts just always look better, and are a wonder to behold. Great comparison to Mad Max.
@@movienightwithjacqui I think you're right - if you go back to watch the older Bond films, they'll seem VERY old fashioned in comparison. They're almost campy. The Timothy Dalton era was pretty good as were the later Brosnan movies (the first two Brosnans were still in that Connery & Moore style, IMO). Craig's Bond is just a much more rich and 3 dimensional character.
Loved your reaction to this. I’m a huge Bond fan so of course I want you to keep going. Please do the other Bonds, they are so well done especially with the “reboot” of Casino Royal. Daniel Craig is amazing as the character and his movies top any of the others in the franchise. His arc is so well done and I know you will have a blast watch the remaining 4 movies.
Sebastian Foucan, who plays Mollaka is one of the originators of parkour/free running. The drink he orders, a Vesper, is primarily Gordon's gin, 3 parts to 1 part of vodka with other mixers. This is probably my favorite of all the Bond movies, like the early Sean Connery (who is my favorite Bond) films, this is much less campy and less reliant on the gimmicks from the Q branch as other ones were.
That was an excellent reaction Jacqui to a great movie. I also have to say that james bond fans can be as passionate as Star Wars fans. Probably you´ll get a lot of comments like "When is the next bond reaction coming. I can´t wait😭" 😂
Well this is UA-cam, so I suppose I'd prefer people asking for more rather than asking me to stop 😂 Thank you for the kind words, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the franchise!
Also, I don't drink, but Vodka is the product of the potato, a noble foodstuff. Gin is the product of nettles, ick. Lol. Sorry, I've never tasted either, just poking fun! Great reaction.
Other Bond movies: This is a watch with a GPS locator, a laser cutting beam, and a garrote wire with knockout gas. Craig Bond: Hmm, if I file the end of this stick into a point, I'll have an effective stabbing weapon. Yes this is a good plan.
I’m with you, Jaqui! I’d never been a fan of the Bond films. I just didn’t understand the appeal. But this movie got me on the bandwagon same as you! And yes Eva Green could look fabulous in a potato sack!
Life long bond fan, seen em all... Connery was the best... until Daniel Craig. I remember when he was cast and everyone went, "but he's blonde!" Craig OWNED this role so much, and brought so much life and reality to it that he is far and away the best. Also the production of the films of his era are simply top notch. They ditched the silliness without losing the fun. And damn that is the most painful torture scene to watch. Ingenious and diabolical. These films put him through some stuff. We get more of his back story, iconic villains... and a send off that is utterly heartbreaking and yet so completely earned. First time to your channel but this was fun. Look forward to watching more with you.
The other versions of the character are generally more campy and emotionally detached but in nearly all the films its pretty clear that he cares. Some emphasise his emotional state more than others and he certainly doesn't *fall in love* in every movie. I would say Casino Royale is a good place to start because it is such a complete character study. I would watch the rest of the Craig films and then go back to the beginning and watch the Connery ones, or at least the first three Connery films.
Great film choice and great reaction, Jacqui! There was only one problem... you teased us with that gorgeous green dress and then took it away! 😢 Seriously, though, I enjoy reactors like yourself who know much more about film making than I. Who doesn't like learning while having a good time! (And that was a seriously killer look! You would not have looked out of place in Montenegro with the other high-rollers!)
Thank you! I love a theme, and any opportunity to get dressed up. (Also, it was just a top, so you saw the whole thing lol). Glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you'll stick around for more!
The doors are one way locked, for security. Being locked from the stairways prevents people circumventing security, but the doors open from the floors into the stairways fpr fires.
I like your channel so much. I enjoy with my big passion, the cinema, and I can improve my speaking skills with your perfect pronunciation. Greetings from Spain.
I'm glad you were finally able to post again. A suggestion/request for future reactions: Put earbuds in both your ears. You're missing out on half the sound mix with only one in. (You might even miss out on some lines of dialogue.) I know some reactors like to keep one ear "free," but usually that's during group reactions, so they can more easily hear the other person. I'd guess that wouldn't be as important when doing a solo reaction.
In casino hotels, most floors are locked (either entering from the elevator or the stairs) and you need to use your room key in order to access only the specific floor you’re staying on. *fancy stuff* ❤️ So that’s most likely why they couldn’t exit the stairwell on random floors. ^_^
The title of the next movie is _Quantum of Solace._ Quantum means a very small amount of something and solace means consolation. So after Bond loses the woman he loves, what might he find to be a small amount of consolation? Hint: it’s not ice cream.
18:35 I mean, it's 3 parts Gordon's gin, which is like 90-proof, way more potent than most of your standard gins (they usually run around 40-50 proof); the vodka and the shaken-not-stirred approach is just to help smooth out the Gordon's so it doesn't kick your teeth in when you drink it. You should give a properly-made Vesper a try, it's a surprisingly good martini (and that's coming from a person who doesn't much care for martinis in general).
Casino Royal was the fist bond novel so it stands to reason he was much more sensitive for lack of a better word. Growing up Roger Moore was my Bond but I did like Pierce Brosnan , I would suggest "Live and let Die" and "Goldeneye" as follow ups but do also check out one of the Connery Bond films they are all great
The martini that Bond says in the movie. Is the original martini that the author of the Bond novels created specifically for James Bond. It's called the Vesper Martini.
GI Joe in a suit is John Wick. A franchise I'm sure you've watched, but if not, needs to be here. One major reason they're so epic is that the directors (first time) were formerly stunt coordinators, which is why they have some of the most epic action scenes ever filmed
The professional free runner is the guy who basically invented parkour. When you need the best you get the best I guess
Invented Freerunning, co-invented parkour with David Belle. ;)
@@nocturneJOJO correct
@@nocturneJOJO I remeber quite well that the Daniel Craig movies made pakour popular and brought it to the mainstream audience.
but I also remeber that I knew it already thanks to the District B13 movies with David Belle and the Crimson River 2 movie that came 2 year before Casino Royale :D
@@Black0raz0r Crimson Rivers 2!!! Thanks for reminding of that movie, I loved the first one and I've been meaning to watch the second since it came out but somehow I completely forgot it.
There was also Yamakasi (and a sequel that I haven't seen yet) which featured all the original members of the Yamakasi group (except David Belle & Sebastian Foucan) that helped develop parkour in the beginning. :)
@@nocturneJOJO Haven't watched Yamakasi. But thanks for telling me 😄
Vesper Lynd's name is a cold war pun based on West Berlin. Like the city at the time, her loyalties were split.
Daniel was 37 young years old in Casino Royale, and in No Time To Die, Daniel says goodbye to the Bond saga at 52 years old. He was without a doubt one of the best Bond in the saga.
I have to concur. A couple times his storylines sagged or were disjointed, but that sure wasn’t Craig’s fault. The man ALWAYS delivered on the role - 110%.
The most accurate portrayal next to Timothy dalton of Fleming's bond
It was never that Bond is cold because he just is, it was always because life made him being like that. And this Bond shows it perfectly. One of my favourites from the series.
I've seen every James Bond movie multiple times and for a long time I was a Connery purist. This movie changed that. 'Casino Royale' is the best Bond movie.
Also, there's a point to be made about watching some of the classics before continuing with Craig's Bonds. For one, seeing 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' will give more emotional weight to 'No Time to Die' and I *very strongly* recommend that.
I’ve seen them all. My favourite is skyfall or View To A Kill for baddie and Grace Jones
Excelently said.
@@fayesouthall6604 in Skyfall, they copied the plot from Home Alone. bonus video. ua-cam.com/video/vyAh9OENJPU/v-deo.html
Agree with you about Casino Royale been the best Bond movie of all, but Sean Connery still has a small edge over Craig even though he played the role wonderfully. You can’t outdo Sean. Too iconic.
@@ProdSangreNueva Didn't Sean Connery do the original Casino Royale that isn't considered canon/official?
Casino Royale is hands down the best Bond film. It’s so good that you don’t even need to view it through the lens of being a Bond film. It’s one of the finest action films ever made.
I always say you know a Bond movie is great when you don't have to qualify it as a Bond movie. The movie is just great. Not great for a Bond movie, but great. Skyfall, my second favorite of all time to Casino Royale, is the same way
I agree wholeheartedly.
@@jimlittle5769 I agree its casino royal number 1, Skyfall number 2 and from Russia with love number 3
Daniel Craig won a BAFTA for his performance. ua-cam.com/users/shortsCpbMZmQIr4g?feature=share
The poker playing is downright painful to watch though, pretty much all the hands are played wrong. That really kind of took it down a few notches for me.
The writing across the Craig Bonds is a bit hit or miss, but Daniel always delivers. His cold blue gaze becomes his iconic image, and helps cement his Bond run as a darker one (perhaps the darkest). Only Dalton (4th Bond - 2 movies) and Lazenby (2nd Bond - 1 movie) get these sort of dour Bond episodes and seeing Craig get 5 was quite a treat.
Daniel Craig's Bond movies are kind of strange in that they are either very good or absolutely terrible lol. QoS and Spectre are truly awful movies. But the other ones are excellent.
@@fad2679 Excellent? There's not one thing in "Skyfall" that makes a lick of sense, and Bond goes directly from journeyman-spy to decrepitude. It's well suited to "modern" tastes, though, where dialogue and writing take a back seat to action & flash. I didn't even bother with "No Time to Die".
@@paintedjaguar Totally agreed
You forgot Timothy Dalton.
It's ashame that no time to die is woke asf and screwed his character
My dad would buy sets of 5 bond movies whenever they showed up at our go to new and used media store and I have so many memories of weekends watching nothing but older bond movies and I remember when we got casino royale when it came out on dvd I was obsessed with it as a kid. Bond movies are so tied to my childhood, they’ve become comfort movies to me now.
Loved the reaction!!
Aw! I'm glad I'm getting to watch these movies now and hear just how much they mean to people. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the franchise 😊
When I was younger and would be off from schooling prior to holidays, notabily the Thanksgiving holiday in USA, in November.
The one television station would always show Bond movies the week prior to the holiday. So I always would watch them.
They were never shown in any particular order. So you'd watch a Brosnan then a Connery followed by Dalton...etc
But every year, I would watch them.
So for me. Now that I am older and own the entire collection on BluRays. I begin watching the Bonds right after the Halloween season.
As you wrote, its comforting.
This movie shows the human version of Bond because it's the beginning, he learns a lot of lessons and then becomes the cold unemotional guy that Brosnan played in the 90s which makes sense because we were all naive and sweet at one point until life forked us up.
So that's what happened with Bond, after Vesper betrayed him not only did he put his armor back on he also poisoned it.
Welcome back, and nice choice. The Craig era is definitely a mixed bag, but they all are to be fair. One great thing about the series is that there have been enough takes that there’s something for everyone.
Casino Royale definitely set the bar high, so I'm curious to see what else the franchise has to offer. Looking forward to it!
@Hautterrien "From Russia with Love" and "OHMSS" are heavy competition for #1, though.
@@movienightwithjacqui I definitely recommend "GoldenEye", it's very aesthetic (by the same director as "Casino Royale"), has a truly great villian and also has some great erotic chemistry between Bond and the femme fatale, Xenia. You'll love it!
@Hautterrien Casino Royale might be my favorite from the Craig era but Skyfall was amazing and one of the most unique and beautiful looking blockbusters ive ever seen.
From the 26:42 mark and onwards I kept cracking up at with every insert clip you did that foreshadowed your reaction to the Bull Rope-to-Balls Torture scene. 🤣 OMG you had no idea what's coming!
Loved your reaction to this film. Yes, it is, IMHO, the most human and romantic of the Bond films. Eva Green is my second favorite Bond girl. My first favorite Bond girl is Diana Rigg. She was in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." I recommend that as another complex and entertaining Bond film.
Vesper’s dialogue in the dinner scene after Bond wins is fascinating.
She says, "You've got a choice, you know. Just because you've done something, it doesn't mean that you have to keep doing it." On the surface, she's talking about Bond being an agent and killing people, but the subtext for her is she's talking about betraying her government and by extension, Bond. She's already in love with him, and she's having to deal with the realities of her situation. It was easy for her to betray her government when it was just a faceless institution, but it's much more difficult for her now that she deeply cares about someone personally victimized by her betrayal. By saying that Bond still has a choice in what he does, she is also saying that she can choose to stop being a traitor. But she can't quite convince herself, which is why she's so adamant that Bond can change; it's not really about whether Bond can change, it's about whether she can.
Bond returns with a quip about people who can't take advice being the ones who always give it. This startles Vesper because, like the scene on the train, he can see through her. He can't see completely through her; he doesn't know what she's struggling with, but he can see that she's driven by something. Vesper is so rattled by Bond's insight that she's put on the defensive and answers his question with a question of her own, sidestepping the issue. Bond brings the issue back to the forefront by revealing how much he's able to see through her, and saying that he'll never know what's driving her. This is a perfect opportunity for Vesper to come clean and tell him everything, but the opportunity is lost.
She gets a text, Bond realizes that Mathis is a traitor, Vesper is kidnapped, then Bond is kidnapped, and then she is forced to make a deal to save Bond's life by giving up the money Bond won in the tournament. After that, it's too late for her. She can't tell him her situation because the people she was working with would kill Bond. So they continue to fall in love, but she knows the relationship is doomed. Her only hope is to die and pay for her sins against Bond. She knows he'll hate her forever, but his hatred is worth it if it keeps him alive. She loves him more than she values her own life.
Great analysis! Thank you for sharing.
I love how in the second film he very subtly steals a photo of Vespar from M while saying “She doesn’t matter”. At that point she might be all that matters to him.
The Vesper is the original Bond martini (Casino Royale is Ian Fleming's first bond novel). If you listened closer, the recipe he gives is 3 parts Gordon's, 1 part vodka, a measure of Kina Lillet. Gordon's is gin. Unfortunately, Kina Lillet is no longer made. The closest thing to it commercially is Cocchi Americano (though, the company says that their Lillet Blanc is close, i don't agree. In all the earlier bond movies, his drink of choice is the shaken vodka martini which doesn't appear in the books. They wrote it in because they thought it sounded cool, but it makes no sense. As a brit, he should be drinking gin. In addition, shaking a martini makes it cloudy and VERY diluted. Why is this manly man's man diluting his booze?
You must be fun at parties 🙄
@@jmendozaedd yes, and Michael Sheen would be perfect in that role.
@@jmendozaedd there's no parties after Kina Lillet was stopped being produced 😅
Cause Sean Connery was a scot. not a brit. lol. So he has poor taste in drinks anyway.
So he can drink more of them? So those around think he's drunker than he is?
Oh I am so glad you started your Bond reactions with this one, Jacqui! Casino Royale was the very first Bond story and this film seems to have taken Bond back to his literary roots. It is clearly a spy thriller, and despite all the unrealistic elements, is much less cartoonish than earlier Bond films. Later Bond films did bring back cartoonish elements from the Bond movie series, but I hope you will love them anyway!
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest! Based on what I'm hearing/reading in the comments, starting with Casino Royale was the right decision. Thank you for watching!
Well, there have always been both grounded and more silly Bond movies. So I wouldn't make that general statement.
@@movienightwithjacqui will you be reacting to the rest on here? :)
not only was that guy a professional freerunner, he is the original
One of the originals.
not quite.... the guy is professional freerunner yes... but he isn't the one original.... he and David Belle are the originals.
he went towards the freerunning side and David Belle towards pakour....
Pakour is simple straight to the point "get from A to B"
Freerunning is a much more fancy flashy version of it, with runners own style
Great reaction! “Quantum of Solace” is an absolute must see now. These 2 are my absolute favorites of the Daniel Craig era.
Agreed! Too bad most of the viewers didn't understand what they were going for and just wanted reashed Bond's tropes after... It went downhill after Quantum, Skyfall is at least an objectively well made movie, but it takes the series at least ten years back, Spectre and No Time To Die are awful save for barely a couple of well shot scenes.
Such a waste of a wonderful opportunity...
@@nocturneJOJO IMO, Skyfall is second only to Casino Royale and QoS goes between 4th and 5th for me. You can tell there was script issues and all with all the reshoots, the story was all over the place. I think that's why it wasn't referenced as much as the others going forward. They tried to forget it was made. I know I did.
I think Quantum went harder into the realism than most folks wanted from Bond. They wanted villains with eyepatches stealing nuke in order to something something space stations. Not a businessman tying up the water rights in a developing nation. Actual real life evil isn't what folks expected to see.
I really love your intelligent, humorous and informed analyses. I expected someone from USC to have clearly developed sensibilities on films, but wow. You're right that this is a reboot backstory and shows a much more 3D and developed human character, but becoming the professional by stripping away of his romanticism. Now let's see if you've done Skyfall -- probably the best of this series with another seriously creepy bad guy along with the beautiful Scotland cinematography by Roger Deakins.
Your reaction just popped up in my recommend and I absolutely love your insight and commentary. I'm glad you liked the film!
As a couple of people noted below, Casino Royale was the 1st. Fleming novel, hence the black and white start.
The rights to the novel were originally obtained and made into a TV movie - with Bond being called Jimmy Bond in 1953.
Then, another production company bought the rights and made a spoof with David Niven.
Finally, in the early '90's EON Productions was able to obtain the rights and bought them.
Before Cubby could deliver a movie, he died.
When his daughter Barbara took over she did a "re-boot" with Craig.
I saw the TV version, and Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre. It’s great that they got Mads to play the role, because he looks genetically programmed to be the ultimate villain. He looks like Jack Palance and talks like Peter Lorre.
_Casino Royale_ (published in 1953) was Ian Fleming's first Bond Novel. This script follows the plot of the novel reasonably closely.
One very memorable bit that was left out is that when Le Chiffre has Bond tied to the chair, it's an armchair in the novel, he carves the Cyrillic letter ш into the back of Bond's hand. ш is for шпион (shpion), the Russian word for spy. He says he does it so that the scar will let everyone know Bond's profession. (In the novel Le Chiffre ultimately works for the USSR.) Plastic surgery disguised most of the scar in time for the second novel, _Live and Let Die._
My favorite Bond film is _From Russia with Love_ (1963), for two reasons. First, it is the film that follows most closely the book; second, it is most like a proper espionage film rather than a super spy movie.
My preference in spy films is for the more realistic ones. Probably my favorite is _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ (1965). Based on the novel by John le Carre, it stars Richard Burton and Claire Bloom. It is a dark, cold-war espionage story.
For Your Eyes Only is my favourite of the older Bond movies, it's also quite grounded and realistic without any crazy gadgets or over the top villains.
Happy to see this made it past the egregious copyright system here on UA-cam, loving your reactions so far, wishing you all the best with your channel in 2023!
I'm figuring it out! I think I needed to talk more, so I hope you guys enjoy the sound of my squeaky voice 😅 And thank you for the support! Looking forward to this year.
This was supposed to be an origin story, so Bond is what he is with women because of his experience with Vesper. Lovely video reaction, Craig's Casino Royale happens to be my favorite Bond movie of all time and I've watched all of the Bond films. 😁
That makes a lot of sense. It seems like I really stumbled on the right movie to start with! Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction!
Pierce Brosnan is the "Action" Bond, Rooger Moore is the "Comedy" Bond. The closest to Daniel Craig are the actors Timothy Doltan and Sean Connery. They have more human aspects in their movies. I love them all. Great Reaction
Interesting! Thank you for clarifying that--will definitely help with future reactions. Glad you enjoyed this one!
Craig and Dalton are the two who are believable as professional killers.
It’s such a well put together piece of origin story - the brawler approach at the start (punch through walls, storm an embassy) is replaced by the colder assassin at the end. Running down the parkour bomber is anger and determination, mid movie he still wants to snap with the dinner knife; all calculating later on. The opening title music starts with rougher rock and finishes on the smooth brass theme with signature name drop to close; hawaiian shirt to three piece suit. All fits the arc nicely.
Of all the movies this is the most accurate to the book, which was the first book, and in this Craig is very accurate to who he is that book. Connery is my favorite bond but this is definitely one of my favorites of the movie series.
Welcome aboard 😊, and for me as it’s the first video of yours I’m seeing Jacqui.
The intro to this movie got me into parkour when I was a kid. Everything about this movie is done so well, I'm glad you enjoyed it
I think you will really enjoy the series! The Craig era is a good place to start because it’s a more self-contained chunk of the series. There are 1 or 2 not as good ones in the Daniel Craig run but stick it out and it’ll be worth it. Afterwards, I would recommend going back and checking out at least few of the older ones, even if it’s on your own time. The older ones are all fairly standalone so no real need to watch them in any particular order.
This movie and Craig's performance, to me, brought to life a line from Goldeneye when Sean Bean said, "I might as well ask if all the vodka martinis ever silence the screams of all the men you've killed; or if you find forgiveness in the arms of all those willing women, for all the dead ones you failed protect."
For the OG Parkour movies - District 13 (2004) and District 13: Ultimatum (2009), both with one of the recognized founders of Parkour David Bell. There is also an American remake of D13, Brick Mansions (2014), with the late Paul Walker.
Love the District 13 movies. funnily enough picked up the double blu ray few weeks ago, was in the shop waiting for a controller to be tested, spotted them on a stack- pristine 2nd hand and just had to buy.
Hey there, Jacqui !! I'm a bit late in my comment on this one (my weekend was a bit nuts!). But, truly, thank you so much for pushing through all your editing and upload issues! This is one of my absolute favorite James Bond stories. And unlike many, I really don't have a favorite James Bond actor - each one has added their own flavor to the character, and there have always been things to love about each of them! The movies over time, have obviously gotten better with special effects and general movie making techniques, but there has been a consistency in story telling that has always impressed me. I love that you liked it so much! And it's truly so much fun to watch you react - you're very charismatic and your sense of humor is awesome! 🥰 Looking forward to joining your Patreon soon! Thanks again, hun! Ciao! xo
i love your reaction and im so glad you liked this movie, as far as i remember this is the first james bond movie i watched as a kid, also i gotta say when you returned continued watching i swear you looked like eva green XD
This one was very faithful to the book. Not many are like that. It was also based on the first book. Vesper was not is only love, but you have to go back to see the most important relationship.
Book bond was very human. Movie bond is more of a true sociopath.
As a general rule... Sean Connery was cold and professional, but the movies were still finding themselves. From Russia With Love was a pure spy thriller. Goldfinger came after it and was the first to introduce the gimmick equipment. That also started the puns after a kill and people loved it so they built on it for later movies.
George Lazenby only did one movie. It was okay but he wasn't a good Bond. The movie itself is one of the few that has a significant bit of lore.
Roger Moore leaned hard into the camp elements, including slide whistle sound effects over what would have been a really impressive stunt. He had some really good films (For Your Eyes Only), but he also had Moonraker.
Timothy Dalton went hard the other way. He was cold and merciless, and even when he tried to to a lighter moment, he still had a scary look about him. He only did two. The Living Daylights was really good. I hated License to Kill, but others seemed to like it.
Pierce Brosnan was too suave. That sounds strange, but the other bonds would get hurt, or messy, or they'd just look rough at some point. Brosnan's hair never got messed up (at least that was the feel.) The other thing was he tried to be hard, but didn't follow through. If Connery asked a bad guy where the girl was and the guy didn't answer, Connery would shoot him in the knee then point out that he had more bullets than that guy did knee caps and ask again. Brosnan would move the gun to a different position and ask again, then move it an ask again, then movie it and ask again.
Brosnan's era also saw them trade the Aston Martin or BMW's, and swapped out Bond's pistol form the iconic PPK, to a generic P99, probably because Walter made a product placement deal.
Craig comes the closest to the book Bonds. He does have some poor movies, but they are all part of a single story arc. You can't skip one or watch them out of order. The problem is, the links are very subtle and rely on an attention to detail that three years between movies was hard to achieve. For example, the necklace Eva Green wore on the train and in the poker game was given to her by her boyfriend who was captured and held for ransom. In a later movie, bond sees a different woman wearing the same necklace. That's our clue that the "boyfriend" was running a scam on women in the intelligence fields.
Love this reaction vid! I too fell in love with James Bond (and for sure Daniel Craig) after seeing Casino. Please react to all the others too!
Definitely planning to do more, so stay tuned! 😊
I came here from watching your the last of us reactions which are fantastic and this is one of my all time favourite movies , as usual you’re on point with your predictions , great reaction .👍🇬🇧 .
It’s great that you’re starting off with the Daniel Craig/James Bond movies; in particular Casino Royale, because it was the first James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. I do hope that once you complete this era, you’ll go into the earlier films that feature Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and the earlier Pierce Brosnan films before Die Another Day.
Awesome reaction! Yes, keep going with the Daniel Craig bond films! Told you we'd wait until you got everything sorted out :)
First time I've ever seen your channel. This video was a lot of fun, enjoyed it and will check out more.
I've been a huge Bond fan almost all my life since the 80s, and while Casino Royale isn't my personal favourite, it really is excellent and have to admit it probably is the best. I just prefer Goldeneye and a couple of others.
This is one of my favorites, I watched it when I was very young and it was a delight
Thanks for reacting to this movie
Really good reaction Jacqui! I love the Daniel Craig Bond films. Really good stuff. A definite improvement over the previous installments. All of the Craig Bond films received positive critical acclaim. The general perception is that Casino Royale and Skyfall are the best ones. No spoilers from me for the record. Casino Royale is really about how Bond became Bond, and how Vesper's sacrifice shaped James as a human being.
Happy 2023 to you!
I'm enjoying your channel! (And envious of your success, but in an inspirational way!) Your reaction style is a pleasure to watch.
The person James Bond is chasing in the beginning is one of the people that helped develop parkour. Can't remember his name at the moment. I'm pretty sure he's French.
Love your take on the film Jacqui.
When seeing Daniel in Layer Cake we thought he'd make a great Bond villain, 'cos he looked a lot like my dad's good friend who was Russian, so it takes a bit to get my head around the blond blue eyed Bond, and half expect to hear a Slavic accent.
Some interviews at the time of the reboot suggested the move to more of a Jason Bourne style action and toning down the jokes, gadgets etc was a response to the success of the Bourne films.
Did you see Craig in Road to Perdition? Would have never guessed THAT guy would end up being such a great Bond.
The bad guy doing parkour is played by Sébastien Foucan, who was actually one of the co-founders of the parkour movement
3 measures of Gordon’s is indeed Gin. A very nice one at that. Excellent review
This video was a good introduction to you as a new viewer. Will definitely check out more. Gotta support the fellow Good Place fan.
Thank you! Good Place for the win! Glad you enjoyed 😊
Casino Royale is based on the first bond novel. So yes it’s an origin story, whereas the previous films from 1962-2002 only had slight continuity’s with each other while some didn’t have them at all. They also took a lot of liberties with the source material.
The great thing about watching the Bond series is seeing bond and the world evolve with the time periods that the films are made.
The womanising and emotionally detached persona is mainly a smokescreen for bond to hide his pain from the job as well as the losses of friends and love interests. He’s actually a very conflicted man.
I think the older Bond movies were definitely more campy and formulaic. Not that those are nessicarily a bad thing, they actually became part of the appeal. However, a lot of the older films were not overly thought-provoking and were more just a fun action movies with some clever one-liners, cool gadgets, and pretty girls so I really enjoyed how they humanized this version of him. Instead of getting almost this superhero character that was kind of untouched by everything that happens to, and because of him, in this version we kind of see how his trauma, for better or worse, shapes him as the series goes on and how his past made him the asset and operative that he becomes to MI6 as the films go forward (I don't want to say more and spoil anything). Glad you enjoyed it!
Couldn't agree more with your analysis.
Timothy Dalton was the first to show that side of Bond ..
@@brianjones7907 I remember him and Saunders in Living Daylights getting off to a rough start but they seemed to finally make amends when Saunders was crushed to death. The look on Dalton's face when pursuing the fleeing killer and being stopped by Maryam D'abo's character, his eyes literally looked as if they were beginning to water because he wanted vengeance so badly, as he was able to get for Sharkey in License to Kill.
Yes and he was a great Hannibal :) Great reaction, thank you
Thanks for watching!
Glad you've entered the Bond Community! This is my favorite one, and unfortunately you've started from the top, LoL! There are some great ones yet, some misses too, but none are hated. Well, maybe one, you'll see.
The book has the best last line, 'The bitch is dead.'
In this, Bond says it in the boat, not in the end.
Fun reaction. I was never a fan of the cheesy sleazy old Bonds, but was won over to the Daniel Craig version. Casino Royale was the first and last Bond book that I read. The torture scene was a bit much for me, aged 14 😱
Queen Jacqui. Nice.
(I'm still waiting on your Believe sign.)
I caught something that amused me in light of the Darth Nathan observation. During Roy's monologue about Chelsea, you became Chewbacca. Listen to the noises you make in response to Roy. Admittedly, you make a remarkably attractive wookie, but still...
I think you are right about Keeley becoming the mentor.
I agree that Ted is headed back to the US, but I wonder about Beard.
Sébastien Foucan is the man bond is chasing in the beginning. he is the inventor of free running and an early developer of parkour
Thank you for telling me! He's incredible.
Getting to this one late, Jacqui. You look stunning! So does Eva! It's a great film. Oh! Small point about the Martini. James specified Gordon's before the vodka. The Gordon's will be gin. Maybe dry gin? Three gin measures and one vodka. You'll be fine! :)
for my 14th birthday party, my parents took us to see this in theaters. an amazing experience. Afterwards we went home and had a Halo 2 system-link party. All night we were talking about how cool the movie was.
This seems to have been a popular birthday movie! Glad you have some great memories of it 😄
Daniel Craig is my favorite Bond, Casino Royal and Skyfall are my favorite Bond movies, can't wait for your reaction 🥰🥰
Sean Conery is the man's man of James Bonds. Not as much tech obviously back then compared to newer movies but he represented 007 the best. I know most are too young to remember his films by Goldfinger, The Man With the Golden Gun and From Russia with Love are my faves, and I would recommend them once you are ready.
Great reaction. Would be great to see you finish the series !!
Vesper's death is still one of the most horrific things I've seen in a movie. Best Bond movie ever BY FAR.
Jaqui: "blinking lights and beeping noises are never good in action movies!"
Artoo: "tooo-weeee??"
The inhaler isn't for asthma. Lifted from the book, LeChiffre uses a benzedrine inhaler. Benzedrine was sold over the counter for much of the 20th century until finally restricted because it was widely abused recreationally, as LeChiffre does here.
Hey there Jacqui!!!
I hardly ever drink...and my go-to cocktail is a Rum & Coke (which is kinda boring...but I like it).
Martin Campbell directed both Craig and Pierce Brosnan (in GoldenEye) in their first appearances as James Bond. I'm a Bond fanatic, so I can see why your brother pestered you to do these...I actually hope you do all of them.
This was basically a big reboot of the series. When the series started with Sean Connery as Bond, they didn't have access to the rights to 'Casino Royale'. The rights to the novel had been tied up for decades and when they finally became available, the producers jumped at the chance to do the story, but do it justice. This meant you saw the final Brosnan Bond with 'Die Another Day'(not the best of Brosnan's films...even though I loved him as 007). Craig's entire Bond series is like its own universe of 007 myth and lore that is still connected to the other films with Connery, George Lazenby. Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan. The entire back story of the film franchise is kinda crazy...the documentary 'Everything Or Nothing' does a great job of telling that story (the title comes from the name of the Bond film production company EON Productions founded by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. "Cubby" Brocolli),
5:03 - The Parkour chase...the guy that Bond chases is named Sebastian Foucan, the guy who basically invented the sport of Parkour!
25:54 - The literary Bond is always plagued by what he must do in the line of duty for Queen and Country. He walks a fine line and he's almost a burnout throughout all of Ian Fleming's novels (as well as the other authors who have written adventures like John Gardner in the 80s and Raymond Benson in the late 90s-early 2000s). Mostly he tempers it with the alcohol and the women he ends up with. Craig, like 80s Bond Timothy Dalton, does a superb job of layering this into the performances.
26:33 - This was a record-breaking stunt...the number of times the car flipped. It might still hold the record.
30:00 - There are two women in Bond's life who have meant a great deal to him as created by author Ian Fleming. Vesper Lynd is one. To meet the other woman you need to see the 1969 film 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' with George Lazenby in his only outing as 007. It is one of the best stories in the Fleming Bond novels and films...and the actress who plays her is equally as stunning as Eva Green. I think you might be familiar with one of her roles...it was on 'Game of Thrones ' (she stole every scene she was in and that is your only clue as to the actress!).
I hope you have a wonderful New Year...and the dress was a great touch! (Sorry about those earrings though!)😄
I'm going to guess the Queen of Thorns, Diana Rigg? I want to say that I vaguely remember something about her being a Bond girl when she was younger. I could be wrong.
But thank you for sharing all of this! I'm very new to the franchise, so aside from the pop culture bits, I'm a Bond neophyte. I didn't even know until recently that it was based on novels.
Also, rum and coke may be "boring," but it's dependable, and there's nothing wrong with that!
Nowt wrong with a rum & coke. GF introduced me to spiced rum with lime cola, which has become my usual when I can't get a decent pint.
A majority of the Bond films up to Casino Royale were episodic and lacked a continuous story from movie to movie. So when they'd recast Bond, there was usually no acknowledgement of the different actor within the plot, though I think they've made the rare sly joke about it once or twice. (However, some fans have possessed a headcanon where the name "James Bond" is merely a title or cover identity passed on from agent to agent whenever they retire or die, explaining the changing actors across the decades-spanning series.)
But with Casino Royale, they used the casting of a new Bond as an opportunity to dispose of the campy over-the-top excesses of the previous movies and start completely anew to tell Bond's origin story as a freshly designated Double-0 agent. This movie came out a year after Batman Begins rebooted the Batman franchise, and they took direct inspiration from that stripped down and back-to-basics approach and even filmed under the working title "Bond Begins." The Daniel Craig Bond movies also make more of an effort to be a serialized story with a continuing narrative.
Casino Royale is one of the BEST James Bond movies! Ya know that beginning epic foot chase was always one of my FAVORITE parts of this one!
Locked doors on hotel stairs landings is standard. They open in toward the stairs for fire escape but not back into the floors to prevent potential abuse by thieves and worse. Elevators have security cameras that are both recorded and monitored especially at night.
26:40 to quote Bachman Turner Overdrive
🎵you ain't seen nothin yet
B-b-b-baby you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin yet
Here's something that you never gonna forget
B-b-b-baby you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin yet🎵
While I occasionally caught a few Bond films as a lad on our television (we had no cable TV until I was 10), I actually got into the Bond films by reading the books. When I was roughly 8-10 years old, my entire extended family on my father’s side chipped in to rent a cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. While I was there, I discovered that the owner of the cottage had a collection of nearly 20 original paperback 007 novels, by Ian Fleming. When it was too rainy or dark to surf, I would sit and read those novels. That’s how I knew the formula for a proper Vesper Martini before this film emerged, and I recall introducing it to my friends, who thought it was absolutely tops.
The proper recipe is-if you hadn’t written it down during the film:
3 measures Gordon’s gin
1 of vodka (I prefer potato vodka over grain vodka, so I use Luksusowa)
1/2 measure of Lillet
Pour over ice and shake till extremely cold. Add one large, thin slice of lemon.
I think it’s fantastic.
Worth noting that this is the first official movie in the series based off the original novel that introduced the character. The first act is pretty much all original to the film, but once M assigns Bond the job of entering the card game the film actually sticks surprisingly close to Ian Fleming’s original novel, which was very much a character piece more than the pulpy action thrillers that the sequel novels became. It’s not the closest adaptation of one of the novels out there (that would probably be On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), but it’s very successful at capturing the spirit of the original story. Also, Mads Mikkelson as Le Chiffre is easily one of the top 5 villains in any Bond film.
And yes, the torture scene is in the original novel, pretty brutal for 1953.
First of all, I love seeing someone who's cinematically literate react to the Bond series (not that there's anything wrong with being a casual movie watcher). I totally get why you and many other reactors choose the Craig era to react to first, although I personally like seeing people start from the very beginning, as it gives you a better feeling for what makes the Craig era unique and more context in general.
One thing you should know is that all of the Bonds until Craig are meant to be one and the same character. Sure, they sometimes joke around a bit with the audience, knowing that it's a new actor in the role, but there is connective tissue between Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan. Whereas Craig's Bond is to be seen as a new timeline. Kind of like a different version of the same character in an alternate universe.
The free running guy actually needed no stunt man, as he was literally the one who started the sport. He did all of the stunts himself.
This really is a complete re-imagining of Bond. It's MUCH darker than any of the previous Bonds (much closer to the character Fleming wrote, to be honest), and a more modern take because he's clearly flawed (you can argue that he's genuinely broken as a human) - but that's also part of why he's so good as an agent.
Also, this is BIG return to old-school stunt work and avoiding CGI. In a lot of ways, this movie parallels the terrific Mad Max film.
It's interesting to hear more about Bond now having watched this. I didn't realize just how much of a mold-breaker this film was, and because of that (exactly what you mentioned about Craig's complexity), I think it's going to be hard to top this Bond for me.
Also I completely agree--practical effects and stunts just always look better, and are a wonder to behold. Great comparison to Mad Max.
@@movienightwithjacqui I think you're right - if you go back to watch the older Bond films, they'll seem VERY old fashioned in comparison. They're almost campy. The Timothy Dalton era was pretty good as were the later Brosnan movies (the first two Brosnans were still in that Connery & Moore style, IMO). Craig's Bond is just a much more rich and 3 dimensional character.
Well, Dalton's Bond was pretty dark if you ask me. It just wasn't spelled out quite as much.
@@nikolaiquack8548 I emphatically agree, and I was the only fan of Dalton Bond among my friends at the time. Love his far too short run.
@@DavidWilliams-nm5jv Same here.
Loved your reaction to this. I’m a huge Bond fan so of course I want you to keep going. Please do the other Bonds, they are so well done especially with the “reboot” of Casino Royal. Daniel Craig is amazing as the character and his movies top any of the others in the franchise. His arc is so well done and I know you will have a blast watch the remaining 4 movies.
I absolutely intend to keep going! Glad you enjoyed this, and hope you'll check out the rest when they come out 😊
Sebastian Foucan, who plays Mollaka is one of the originators of parkour/free running.
The drink he orders, a Vesper, is primarily Gordon's gin, 3 parts to 1 part of vodka with other mixers. This is probably my favorite of all the Bond movies, like the early Sean Connery (who is my favorite Bond) films, this is much less campy and less reliant on the gimmicks from the Q branch as other ones were.
That was an excellent reaction Jacqui to a great movie. I also have to say that james bond fans can be as passionate as Star Wars fans. Probably you´ll get a lot of comments like "When is the next bond reaction coming. I can´t wait😭" 😂
Well this is UA-cam, so I suppose I'd prefer people asking for more rather than asking me to stop 😂 Thank you for the kind words, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the franchise!
Casino Royale is probably my second favorite Bond film following Skyfall which is my favorite so looking forward to seeing the rest here.
Thank you! I'm looking forward to watching them!
Also, I don't drink, but Vodka is the product of the potato, a noble foodstuff. Gin is the product of nettles, ick. Lol. Sorry, I've never tasted either, just poking fun! Great reaction.
M: “so how was the mission 007 ?”
Bond: “actually it’s just 7 now”
The guy playing Mathis played Emperor Shaddam IV in the Dune miniseries on the SciFi Channel in 2000
Nice recap at the end. Good Job!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
The Vesper drink is part vodka, part gin (he says Gordon’s), plus some Kinna Lillet. 😉
I'll have to try it some time (even if it does have vodka) 😜
Other Bond movies: This is a watch with a GPS locator, a laser cutting beam, and a garrote wire with knockout gas.
Craig Bond: Hmm, if I file the end of this stick into a point, I'll have an effective stabbing weapon. Yes this is a good plan.
So glad u enjoyed the film. My all time favourite Bond film and the greatest of the franchise.
I’m with you, Jaqui! I’d never been a fan of the Bond films. I just didn’t understand the appeal. But this movie got me on the bandwagon same as you!
And yes Eva Green could look fabulous in a potato sack!
Life long bond fan, seen em all... Connery was the best... until Daniel Craig. I remember when he was cast and everyone went, "but he's blonde!" Craig OWNED this role so much, and brought so much life and reality to it that he is far and away the best. Also the production of the films of his era are simply top notch. They ditched the silliness without losing the fun. And damn that is the most painful torture scene to watch. Ingenious and diabolical. These films put him through some stuff. We get more of his back story, iconic villains... and a send off that is utterly heartbreaking and yet so completely earned. First time to your channel but this was fun. Look forward to watching more with you.
The other versions of the character are generally more campy and emotionally detached but in nearly all the films its pretty clear that he cares. Some emphasise his emotional state more than others and he certainly doesn't *fall in love* in every movie. I would say Casino Royale is a good place to start because it is such a complete character study. I would watch the rest of the Craig films and then go back to the beginning and watch the Connery ones, or at least the first three Connery films.
Great film choice and great reaction, Jacqui! There was only one problem... you teased us with that gorgeous green dress and then took it away! 😢 Seriously, though, I enjoy reactors like yourself who know much more about film making than I. Who doesn't like learning while having a good time! (And that was a seriously killer look! You would not have looked out of place in Montenegro with the other high-rollers!)
Thank you! I love a theme, and any opportunity to get dressed up. (Also, it was just a top, so you saw the whole thing lol). Glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you'll stick around for more!
@@movienightwithjacqui Wait, that was just a top!?! I guess you learned quite a bit about costume design and camera angles at film school!
Daniel is about 37 years old here assuming the movie was filmed in 2005, it was released in 2006, today Daniel is 54 years old.
The doors are one way locked, for security. Being locked from the stairways prevents people circumventing security, but the doors open from the floors into the stairways fpr fires.
I like your channel so much. I enjoy with my big passion, the cinema, and I can improve my speaking skills with your perfect pronunciation.
Greetings from Spain.
Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it, and I hope it helps 😊
I'm glad you were finally able to post again. A suggestion/request for future reactions: Put earbuds in both your ears. You're missing out on half the sound mix with only one in. (You might even miss out on some lines of dialogue.) I know some reactors like to keep one ear "free," but usually that's during group reactions, so they can more easily hear the other person. I'd guess that wouldn't be as important when doing a solo reaction.
I'm missing my other earbud. Just waiting for the new ones to arrive 👍🏻
@@movienightwithjacqui - Ah, that's good to hear. Thanks.
In casino hotels, most floors are locked (either entering from the elevator or the stairs) and you need to use your room key in order to access only the specific floor you’re staying on. *fancy stuff* ❤️
So that’s most likely why they couldn’t exit the stairwell on random floors. ^_^
Ah that makes sense! Exclusivity > safety 😂 Made for a great fight scene!
The title of the next movie is _Quantum of Solace._ Quantum means a very small amount of something and solace means consolation. So after Bond loses the woman he loves, what might he find to be a small amount of consolation? Hint: it’s not ice cream.
I always liked Churchill's martini - one of the ingredients is a bow in the direction of France.
18:35 I mean, it's 3 parts Gordon's gin, which is like 90-proof, way more potent than most of your standard gins (they usually run around 40-50 proof); the vodka and the shaken-not-stirred approach is just to help smooth out the Gordon's so it doesn't kick your teeth in when you drink it. You should give a properly-made Vesper a try, it's a surprisingly good martini (and that's coming from a person who doesn't much care for martinis in general).
Casino Royal was the fist bond novel so it stands to reason he was much more sensitive for lack of a better word. Growing up Roger Moore was my Bond but I did like Pierce Brosnan , I would suggest "Live and let Die" and "Goldeneye" as follow ups but do also check out one of the Connery Bond films they are all great
The martini that Bond says in the movie. Is the original martini that the author of the Bond novels created specifically for James Bond. It's called the Vesper Martini.
GI Joe in a suit is John Wick. A franchise I'm sure you've watched, but if not, needs to be here. One major reason they're so epic is that the directors (first time) were formerly stunt coordinators, which is why they have some of the most epic action scenes ever filmed
You're good at this !! 😍