And the way the filmmakers had flushed away the potential they themselves had set up in the first half of DAD left us seriously in doubt whether they were capable of pulling off a proper hardcore Fleming story. And the ' comedy' CR67 had so much high caliber talent involved that it couldn't fail.yeah, right.
And sure, they were finally adapting Casino Royale, Ian Fleming's first-and many say best-Bond novel.īut Casino Royale had already been adapted twice before, with none too impressive results. Sure, Oscar winner Paul Haggis came on board to work in some unspecified capacity on the script. Sure, Daniel Craig was a respectable choice (despite some dunderheaded loud early opposition.why can't Bond be blond?). After all of the interminable haggling over pierce Brosnan's future, after all of the insane and incessant casting rumors, after all of the vituperation producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli and writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade were getting in the wake of the critical and fan disdain for some of the excesses of DAD.we really had no idea what to expect, did we? Remember back, to the long and unsettling 4 year gap between Die Another Day and CR06.
Just because you've done something, doesn't mean you've got to keep doing it.Īnd that is Casino Royale (2006) in a nutshell.
