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[Pam Bouvier]

Couldn't agree with you molre, Commander Bond ! A perfect way to end CR

[supernova]

Its really strange how Daniel Craig's face seems to change throughout the movie. It almost looks like completely different people are playing the role. What I liked most about the ending line was not so much how he said it, but how he looked - it was so secret, smug and a little creepy. We got ourselves a real actor this time playing the hero!








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[bill007]

Best set-up and delivery of the line since Dr. No. I wanted to stand up and cheer.

[mccartney007]

I love Daniel Craig as Bond and CASINO ROYALE in general, but this was actually one of the minor disappointments for me.

He sounded as if he was mimicking Sean Connery's delivery. It would be fine if Daniel Craig sounded like Sean Connery in the rest of the film (actually, that WOULDN'T be okay), but he didn't -- he sounded like Danny Craig. It reminds me of Roger Moore saying he had a hard time not mimicking Sean Connery's delivery of the line when the time came. At least Moore succeeded in his delivery.

And, I always hate it when James Bond introduces himself as "Bond, James Bond" when it isn't set up appropriately. "And I admire your luck, Mister...?" and "This is Mister..." are fine setups because the previous line is asking for him to say his last name first. Whereas if he just says his last name first for no apparent reason -- with very few and very limited exceptions -- it sounds stupid and inappropriate. It just doesn't work.

I'm confident Craig will nail it and make it his own the next time 'round, though.

[Publius]

And, I always hate it when James Bond introduces himself as "Bond, James Bond" when it isn't set up appropriately. "And I admire your luck, Mister...?" and "This is Mister..." are fine setups because the previous line is asking for him to say his last name first. Whereas if he just says his last name first for no apparent reason -- with very few and very limited exceptions -- it sounds stupid and inappropriate. It just doesn't work.

This is an interesting point I've seen some people raise. I would agree if his name was long or clunky, but his first and last are a syllable apiece, and each unassuming at that, so it sounds natural enough for my tastes. Besides, even when he's set up with the more logical "Mister?...", Bond has tended to answer in a needlessly cinematic fashion, with dramatic pauses or a cigarette hanging from his seemingly paralyzed gaze. However, I think this is just one of those few cheeseball things I not only forgive when it comes to Bond, but have even come to cherish.

[bill007]

Cheezus folks! It's THE line we have all grown up with, and probably said to ourselves a hundred times. How well did Craig deliver it? It was a bloody master-stroke. Full-stop.

EDIT IS: "Full-stop" is an English phrase for "That's my 2 pence worth." It doesn't mean stop replying, lol.

Edited by bill007, 15 December 2006 - 02:35 AM.