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[Qwerty]

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Casino Royale Making Top 10 Films Of 2006 Listings

EW, Empire, The Guardian, and more...

[bill007]

"The beauty of Casino Royale is that it does more than just restore the lustrous excitement of the James Bond series,...."

Ahhh...

(thanks Qwerty)

[Dr. Noah]

http://www.nydailyne...8p-406030c.html

7. "Casino Royale." I haven't enjoyed a James Bond movie this much since the earliest Sean Connery editions, before the franchise went all high-tech and started casting dandies like Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. Short and pugnacious as he is, Daniel Craig is a real 007.

http://www.chicagotr...inmentfront-hed

"Casino Royale" (U.S./U.K./Germany/Czech Republic; Martin Campbell). Bond resurgent. I've always been a Sean Connery loyalist, but the new guy, Daniel Craig, had me convinced in the first 10 minutes.

http://www.moviehole...10_of_2006.html

5. Casino Royale - The real stars of "Casino Royale" though are
screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & Paul Haggis, and director
Martin Campbell. The screenplay is sensational - its funny (lines
like "What I understand, double-ohs have a very short life
expectancy" are priceless), its romantic, its dramatic, its action,
it's very in-jokey (you learn how Bond discovered his drink of
choice, for instance), but most of all, it keeps you interested. And if
you're ever going to try and re-invent Bond, you get the guy that did
"Goldeneye" (1995), Martin Campbell. Campbell knows how to breathe
life into a struggling franchise, and does it again here with flying
colours. He's inserted the exhilaration back into the series. The guy
knows what makes a good Bond movie. He really does.

http://nwitimes.com/...24b00000d93.txt

"Casino Royale" -- All those naysayers who questioned the selection of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond have been duly silenced. He's raw, reckless and intense in this prequel, which sheds new light on the iconic character by showing his darker side. Martin Campbell's direction is both fluid and explosive, and the sultry Eva Green is no mere Bond girl. This isn't just the rejuvenation of a flagging franchise, it's a high-voltage jump start. The year's best blockbuster.

http://www.sundayher...1089923.0.0.php

Casino Royale: I would never have imagined a Bond film making my top 10
list. But Casino Royale deserves a spot, for the sheer courage behind
its franchise revamp - and the success of its delivery. It was also
head and shoulders above the year's other blockbuster efforts -
Mission: Impossible 3, The Da Vinci Code and Pirates Of The Caribbean
2. This was a back-to-basics Bond, doing away with the gadgets and
ludicrous scenarios, and introducing Daniel Craig as a younger, more
rough-edged agent. "Blond Bond" Craig proved to be the best since
Connery - cruel, cocky, sexy, funny and totally buffed up. The
bone-crunchingly realistic action scenes were accompanied by a pleasing
fidelity to the card games and testicle-bashing of Fleming's novel.
Casino Royale ensured that, for the first time anyone can remember, at
the end of a Bond film we're actually looking forward to the next.

http://www.ew.com/ew...37_1_0_,00.html

Stephen King in EW: 4. Casino Royale I came out of the theater thinking it was the best Bond since Goldfinger. A subsequent viewing of Goldfinger - for this column - has convinced me it's the best Bond ever.

http://theedge.bosto...rticleid=173624

5.

[Dr. Noah]

http://www.musicomh....w-2006_1206.htm

A reasonable year for blockbusters - all things considered - was rounded off in style just a few weeks ago when Daniel Craig gave Bond a much needed shot in the arm. Looking like he could kick the christmas stuffing out of a few supermen, he added a delightful bit of grit into the blend of girls and gadgets in Casino Royale. The last big one of the year, and OMH's favourite.

[A Kristatos]

CR has made the top 10 list of not one but two movie critics from the Chicago Tribune! Michael Phillips ranked CR #8 for the year, while Michael Wilmington ranked it #10. Not bad at all!

[DLibrasnow]

Boxofficemojo however is contradicting Variety's figure, quoting Casino Royale worldwide box office take much lower at $423,393,658.

So, I guess you believe whichever figure, depending on your point of view of the movie.

[Dr. Noah]

BO Mojo is using last week's foreign figure. They closed up shop for Christmas.

[Jack Spang]

A hearty congratulations to Eon, Sony and everyone involved in the project. Well done! Bring on Bond 22! I can't wait.

[RazorBlade]

CR made my own personal 10 best list this year. Imagine that. I'll place it at No. 1.

[Qwerty]

[quote name='Dr. Noah' post='675667' date='24 December 2006 - 18:53']http://www.nydailyne...8p-406030c.html

7. "Casino Royale." I haven't enjoyed a James Bond movie this much since the earliest Sean Connery editions, before the franchise went all high-tech and started casting dandies like Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. Short and pugnacious as he is, Daniel Craig is a real 007.

http://www.chicagotr...inmentfront-hed

"Casino Royale" (U.S./U.K./Germany/Czech Republic; Martin Campbell). Bond resurgent. I've always been a Sean Connery loyalist, but the new guy, Daniel Craig, had me convinced in the first 10 minutes.

http://www.moviehole...10_of_2006.html

5. Casino Royale - The real stars of "Casino Royale" though are
screenwriters Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & Paul Haggis, and director
Martin Campbell. The screenplay is sensational - its funny (lines
like "What I understand, double-ohs have a very short life
expectancy" are priceless), its romantic, its dramatic, its action,
it's very in-jokey (you learn how Bond discovered his drink of
choice, for instance), but most of all, it keeps you interested. And if
you're ever going to try and re-invent Bond, you get the guy that did
"Goldeneye" (1995), Martin Campbell. Campbell knows how to breathe
life into a struggling franchise, and does it again here with flying
colours. He's inserted the exhilaration back into the series. The guy
knows what makes a good Bond movie. He really does.

http://nwitimes.com/...24b00000d93.txt

"Casino Royale" -- All those naysayers who questioned the selection of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond have been duly silenced. He's raw, reckless and intense in this prequel, which sheds new light on the iconic character by showing his darker side. Martin Campbell's direction is both fluid and explosive, and the sultry Eva Green is no mere Bond girl. This isn't just the rejuvenation of a flagging franchise, it's a high-voltage jump start. The year's best blockbuster.

http://www.sundayher...1089923.0.0.php

Casino Royale: I would never have imagined a Bond film making my top 10
list. But Casino Royale deserves a spot, for the sheer courage behind
its franchise revamp - and the success of its delivery. It was also
head and shoulders above the year's other blockbuster efforts -
Mission: Impossible 3, The Da Vinci Code and Pirates Of The Caribbean
2. This was a back-to-basics Bond, doing away with the gadgets and
ludicrous scenarios, and introducing Daniel Craig as a younger, more
rough-edged agent. "Blond Bond" Craig proved to be the best since
Connery - cruel, cocky, sexy, funny and totally buffed up. The
bone-crunchingly realistic action scenes were accompanied by a pleasing
fidelity to the card games and testicle-bashing of Fleming's novel.
Casino Royale ensured that, for the first time anyone can remember, at
the end of a Bond film we're actually looking forward to the next.

http://www.ew.com/ew...37_1_0_,00.html

Stephen King in EW: 4. Casino Royale I came out of the theater thinking it was the best Bond since Goldfinger. A subsequent viewing of Goldfinger - for this column - has convinced me it's the best Bond ever.

http://theedge.bosto...rticleid=173624

5.

[Dr. Noah]

http://minnesota.pub...t_of_2006.shtml

"'Casino Royale' Bond is back. Daniel Craig is a Bond for the new
millenium. 'Nuff said."

http://www.comingsoo...ws.php?id=18089

Casino Royale (Sony) - The promising notion of a James Bond reboot
starring Daniel Craig delivered in spades (diamonds, clubs and hearts,
too) due to its combination of an intelligent script and an amazing
international cast that featured Eva Green and Mads Mikkelsen. Throwing
the normal 007 playbook out the window, director Martin Campbell
delivered the best Bond movie in at least 20 years or more, bringing
Bond into the present day with a storyline involving terrorists and
Texas Hold 'Em poker, and the only high-tech gadgets being cell phones
and laptops!

http://www.qgazette....7/movie_review/

"Casino Royale" took James Bond back to his roots. This is a
gritty, basic, minimum gadget thriller. Daniel Craig may be the best
Bond since Sean Connery. If you're a fan you owe it to yourself to
see this one on a big screen.





http://www.movieweb....ws/16/16616.php

#6 -- Casino Royale - Craig, Daniel Craig. 007 is reborn in the best Bond film in thirty years.

http://www.salon.com...z/index_np.html

Cinema to savor
Salon's critic picks the movies that mattered, from the extraordinary
OutKast musical "Idlewild" to the imaginative Bond adventure "Casino
Royale."

[PrinceKamalKhan]

Wow! The last time I know of a Bond film making a critic's top 10 film was Thunderball(another great classic Bond film that was faithful to the source novel) on Bosley Crowther's NY Times list for 1965. I don't even think The Sound of Music or Doctor Zhivago made that list that year but Thunderball did.

[Dr. Noah]

http://www.dailynews...ment/ci_4903330

Casino Royale: You'll believe a man can spy after this character-based,
comparatively believable and still marvelously entertaining restart of
the decadent-for-decades James Bond franchise. They needed a real actor
for this one, and the controversial Daniel Craig proved an inspired
choice.

http://www.ctnow.com...s-entertain-top

Best reinvention
Daniel Craig is not your dad's James Bond and "Casino Royale" is all
the better for it. Bond enters the Bourne era with awesome action, a
sexy and smart love interest and a depth that makes the super agent a
super human. Oh, and ladies love the abs. Bring on the sequel!

[annita]

Newsweek
CW 2006: Who Was Up and Down

http://www.msnbc.msn.../site/newsweek/

Daniel Craig It's loony to say Clooney is sexiest man alive when new 007 has license to thrill. Paging Oscar!

[Vauxhall]

Some great quotes and opinions of CASINO ROYALE here. Whilst the reboot was clearly a gamble for the film-makers, these articles vindicate their decision.

[Qwerty]

The good reviews keep on coming!

[blueman]

Some great quotes and opinions of CASINO ROYALE here. Whilst the reboot was clearly a gamble for the film-makers, these articles vindicate their decision.

Disagree. The way EON had handled the Brosnan years made a reboot of some sort inevitable. I agree with Wilson (or at least it's how I interpret his comments) that audiences would've dipped if they'd pumped out another DAD-type Bond film, especially with Brosnan--old Bonds make less money. Unless they'd cast Jolie opposite him. Could they have gone FYEO? Sure, but again IMHO the reboot with a younger and hotter Bond was actually less risky in the current reboot-happy film market. It may sound odd, but it makes sense to me. Then there's the artistic side of things to consider...and I doubt even with the best of efforts that an old-Brosnan, FYEO-style Bond film/swansong would've gotten anything like the reviews CR has earned.

2 cents anyway.

Edited by blueman, 28 December 2006 - 04:35 AM.

[ambrosia]

Moviefone's 50 Greatest Movies of the Year
http://movies.aol.co...-movies-of-2006

4. 'Casino Royale'

Finally, a James Bond who bleeds when bad guys cut him, scars when the love of his life hurts him and wins the day with brute force and smarts rather than gadgets. It sounds blasphemous, but Daniel Craig might be the best Bond ever. That's right, Lazenby fans.
--Tom DiChiara

Several rankings and amusing comments from the Moviefone staff.
http://www.moviefone...ategory/awards/

[Qwerty]

Now on the CBn main page...

More 'Top 10' Lists For Casino Royale

Moviehole, NY Daily News, Sunday Herald...

[DanMan]

Besides the first two Connery films, has a Bond movie ever enjoyed this much critical success?

[Eva]

sorry don't know if this has already been mentioned but CR has topped the poll of Sky Movies Critics Favourite Films of 2006 (others in list were heavy weights like Departed / Babel etc. )The announcer said it won the poll "by a country mile" (whatever that is)

With this and winning BBC Film 2006 Best Movie I can't remember when a James Bond film was so acclaimed in the UK.

The film - and Daniel & Eva - are high up in the running for the Empire Movie Awards - you can vote here http://www.empireonl...com/awards2007/

HAPPY NEW YEAR!