| HMSS interviews
Neal Purvis & Robert Wade |
"We knew we weren't writing for Pierce. We didn't know for sure we were writing for Daniel. We were writing (as best we could) for the man James Bond, as he was described in the novel."
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| Rob Cotton | A |
"Finally, James Bond is a character... He's not a suit, he's not a set of ridiculous mannerisms... He lives. And the reason he lives, is Daniel Craig."
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| Bill Koenig | A |
"... finally after hearing how EON always goes back to the original material for inspiration, they actually did something about it for an entire movie."
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| James McMahon | A+ |
"... Judi Dench as "M" gets her best scenes ever, and we get to see her as a master manipulator with a deft touch.
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| Ed Werner | A |
"Fleming's Bond is back, or maybe more correctly, here for the first time." READ MORE... |
| Tom Zielinski | A |
"...Casino Royale is perhaps the best film in the series, and maybe even more surprising, one of the best movies of 2006."
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| Mac McSharry | B+ |
"...an adventure that leaves Bond bloodied, bruised and broken as he confronts his demons and emerges a changed man."
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| Phil Gerrard | A |
"While the biggest action scenes... are as thrillingly implausible as ever, it's the absolute seriousness with which they're approached that sells them."
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| Jeremy Kareken | A |
"We're given a film that's Flemingesque in spirit, breathtaking in execution, and combines the best elements of the films with the best elements of the books, in an order that constantly surprises us."
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| Jeff Hause | A | "...while the kid stuff is still there in the story (sex, murder, bloody violence), there is a maturity to the film that we haven't seen since... well, ever."
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and Bill Koenig finds connections
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