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[dinovelvet]

Was there a specific point during the movie where Craig's Bond did something or said something that made you think - YES, this is James Bond, he's done it.

As good as the PTS and parkour sequence was, I'd say it was the Bahamas sequence that sealed the deal for me - crashing the Range Rover, nonchalantly throwing the keys, strolling into the security office, flirting with the receptionist (while at the same time picking up information on Demetrios), joining the poker game, crushing Demetrios, and the icing on the cake, asking him for the valet ticket, and then stealing his wife.

CLASSIC stuff. Craig had the perfect don't-give-a- cool that we haven't seen since the heyday of Connery.

[dee-bee-five]

Was there a specific point during the movie where Craig's Bond did something or said something that made you think - YES, this is James Bond, he's done it.

As good as the PTS and parkour sequence was, I'd say it was the Bahamas sequence that sealed the deal for me - crashing the Range Rover, nonchalantly throwing the keys, strolling into the security office, flirting with the receptionist (while at the same time picking up information on Demetrios), joining the poker game, crushing Demetrios, and the icing on the cake, asking him for the valet ticket, and then stealing his wife.

CLASSIC stuff. Craig had the perfect don't-give-a- cool that we haven't seen since the heyday of Connery.

I think it happened for me the moment he appeared on-screen. But it was cemented in the sequence you outline.

[marktmurphy]

As good as the PTS and parkour sequence was, I'd say it was the Bahamas sequence that sealed the deal for me - crashing the Range Rover, nonchalantly throwing the keys, strolling into the security office, flirting with the receptionist (while at the same time picking up information on Demetrios), joining the poker game, crushing Demetrios, and the icing on the cake, asking him for the valet ticket, and then stealing his wife.

Yes- looking at the girls outside the Ocean Club, tossing the keys; then I knew he was James Bond.

[00Twelve]

I was a bit taken aback during the PTS, just in disbelief that they would actually show Bond doing what he's doing! He clicked for me soon after, when he is watching Mollaka w/ the other MI6 agent.

[DamnCoffee]

The minute Craig appeared in the pre titles

[carddoug]

i loved the land rover scene. but i new he was pretty good in the pts and madgascar scene sorry if i didnt spell that right

[bonds_walther]

To be honest, it clicks in the final scene of the film. There are obvious 'Bond' moments, like those already mentioned in this thread, but it wasn't until Craid delivered the 'line' and the theme music came in that I thought this IS James Bond.

Now that I've seen the film, I will really appreciate it more second time around.

[Kajiana]

Craig had the perfect don't-give-a- cool that we haven't seen since the heyday of Connery.

That's the perfect description.

Craig finally clicked as Bond for me at the very last sequence.
I had to watch all the details first before judging the final product.
And the final product was "WOW."

[yolt13]

Honestly, the line "I know where you keep your gun. I guess that's something." in the pre-credit sequence was really the beginning of wholehearted acceptance for me. While not a "Bond line" in the traditional flippant sense, this Connery-esque line told me that despite all of the talk about this Bond being inexperienced and brutish and vulnerable, etc., etc., the character we were about to go on an adventure with was still the smoothest, most dangerous man alive. By the time we got to "Yes. Considerably.", I knew Craig understood the character perfectly.

That being said, the cumulative effect of all of the great "Bond" moments in the entire film is what will really make him click for most audience members. His interplay with M (especially his knowledge of things he shouldn't know), his verbal jousting with Vesper on the train, the numerous physical action scenes, the clever valet parking ruse, the slight grin when he gets the upper hand (especially during the airport scene), the way he dominated the focus at the card table, his believable flirtation and love scenes with Solange, the "little finger" line, the fantastic final scene... there are just too many great moments to list here. The point is that other more "serious" Bonds like Lazenby and Dalton have, to an extent, been carried by the script in their debut turns. In this case, it is Craig who takes a very good script and makes it great, in the same way that Connery did with DR. NO. Brosnan, Moore and the rest could have delivered these lines and played these scenes, but Craig is the first actor in the role since the early 60s who you really believe has both the self-confidence and the ruthlessness to back it up necessary to be the world's deadliest spy.

[007Travis]

I was a bit taken aback during the PTS, just in disbelief that they would actually show Bond doing what he's doing! He clicked for me soon after, when he is watching Mollaka w/ the other MI6 agent.

I would agree. It definitely clicked for me right at the beginning.

[thecasinoroyale]

Yep, me too. As soon as he holstered his P99 at the PTS and then turned to fire down the gunbarrel. He is James Bond.

And he cemented it with the opening chase.

...oh and the Bahamas hotel action.



...and the poker game with the tux and martini. Now THAT IS JAMES BOND!!

[Qwerty]

Right from the beginning for me.

[doubler83]

For me, it was the PTS. He was sitting in the corner of the room, like a stone-cold-motherer-killer.

He was Bond from that moment on!

[Pritch007]

Everytime he was on screen but what really poped out to me was when he stormed into the embassy and beats the **** out of both guys i loved the music at that part when he walked in to the room

Daniel Craig is Bond!

[MR. BOND 93]

I was amazed by how kick Craig was in the bathroom during the PTS... but that wasn't really a 'Bond' moment. That was more of a 'Before Bond' moment.

But the actual 'Bond' moment that made me for certain that Craig was the best Bond that ever lived had to be when Craig quickly shot Mollaka and the gas tank and the next thing you knew he was gone.

That did it for me .

Edited by MR. BOND 93, 20 November 2006 - 10:32 PM.

[Mr Woodpigeon]

The end of the B&W Pre-Title Scene. Bends down to pick up the gun, the man left on the floor sits up quickly aiming his gun, Craig turns around, fires...

Cue the gun-barrel, blood down the screen, Bond is back.

[Double-Oh-Zero]

The PTS cold-blooded execution bit was nice.

...But "Craig as Bond" was cemented for me at the tail-end of the Parkour chase, when he's holding Mollaka at gunpoint and sneers defiantly at the two dozen soldiers that have their guns trained on him.

[Johnboy007]

Probably after tossing the keys over his shoulder.

[Gobi-1]

When Craig clicked his gun after killing Dryden.

[kronsteen63]

Probably the gunbarrel sequence. Despite its being in a different place and the design was totally changed, it still had the perfect Bond feel to it that made me know this guy is Bond.

[Mamadou]

When he wheels around on the guy in the bathroom at the PTS, fires the gun...and suddenly it's the gunbarrel!

I was cheering. And there's no emoticon here that can express sheer elation.

Everything he did after that was a confirmation of that first moment.

[Publius]

Probably after tossing the keys over his shoulder.

Same here.

Up until that point, I knew he had the darkness and physicality. I even saw the confidence in the PTS and at the end of the Madagascar sequence. But it was watching him go with the flow when he was mistaken for a bellhop, and then realizing it was all part of an elaborately simple plan to achieve his objective, that sold me on his coolness and sense of humor, and therefore as the complete Bond package that he is.

[mccartney007]

I think it was the look on his face after beating the guy up in the toilet in the PTS.

[Mathis05]

Did the PTS remind anybody of Connery in the vacation house waiting for (forgive me for not rememering his name) in Dr. No?

[dinovelvet]

Did the PTS remind anybody of Connery in the vacation house waiting for (forgive me for not rememering his name) in Dr. No?

Professor Dent, and yes it was reminiscent of that. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intention. The bathroom brawl was also reminiscent of the PTS brutal fights of Goldfinger and Thunderball

[Smiert Spionem]

At what point did he click? About ten minutes into watching Layer Cake. I thought this man would make a great Bond. And I was wrong. He made the best. Nobody did it better.

[TheREAL008]

I own up to the Range Rover part, I would totally do that if I were Bond also

The fact that this Bond not only bleeds but gets ed UPis good too. The torture scene had me cringing in all the right places and when he gets shot with the nailgun...yeah.

This Bond kicks serious . I didn't believe Craig could do it so well, but I admire the man now.

[Athena007]

He "clicked" for me the moment he had screen time with Eva Green (on the train).

[Emma]

The time on the train with Vesper. Where he sits and casually psychoanalyses (sic) her. He was casual, articulate and confident, and looks so cool in that suit. Craig might look rough, but he didn't act it. It had a subtle and visceral effect on me. I loved the dichotemy.

After I saw that scene any prejudices I had left completely dissipated.

[icecold]

Did the PTS remind anybody of Connery in the vacation house waiting for (forgive me for not rememering his name) in Dr. No?

Professor Dent, and yes it was reminiscent of that. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the intention. The bathroom brawl was also reminiscent of the PTS brutal fights of Goldfinger and Thunderball

I think that was the intention, as well. The whole movie is just dripping with a fine mixture of Connery cool and Fleming grit...I dont think a better cocktail is to be had, honestly.

Anywho...he was Bond from the moment I saw him on screen but what solidified him in my mind was, "Yes, considerably..." I already knew the line so I just smiled a big grin while many other's lol'd at that, the first of many things Craig did that the audience loved.

I don't recall seeing much of that with the last three. In DAD I believe there was lot of response with the Cuba scenes, the wheelchair bit especially, but the rest of the film fell kinda flat. TWINE barely got a raise anywhere, IIRC. And TND had a few, notably Bond's first words and the talking car.

Casino Royale definitely has had the most reactions from it's audience I've seen in a Bond film, yet.