I rewatch the Bond films every once in a while and Casino Royale is among the best of them.

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Feb 15, 2019
12:38:42pm

Tokolosh All-American

I rewatch the Bond films every once in a while and Casino Royale is among the best of them.

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Tokolosh

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I rewatched 2006 Casino Royale and am really busted up about it. *Spoiler Alert*

Mrs Featerbottom

2/15/19 12:36pm

I think he gave up too quickly on the CPR.

StarMan

2/15/19 12:38pm

I rewatch the Bond films every once in a while and Casino Royale is among the best of them.

Tokolosh

2/15/19 12:38pm

*THE BEST* (even if it requires tissues)!

Mrs Featerbottom

2/15/19 12:41pm

It's definitely the best Bond movie.

SandYFan

2/15/19 12:41pm

That was proven early on when Bond married and then lost his wife.

Tokolosh

2/15/19 12:42pm

Different Bond.

SandYFan

2/15/19 12:42pm

Casino Royale was the first book, if not the first movie. So apparently he had

MasterLump

2/15/19 12:45pm

Which one was that? Old Casino Royale?

Mrs Featerbottom

2/15/19 12:45pm

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

MasterLump

2/15/19 12:48pm

On Her Majesty's Secret Service...

Tokolosh

2/15/19 12:49pm

I actually agree that Vesper's untimely demise is what makes it so compelling.

Mrs Featerbottom

2/15/19 12:45pm

She needed to die for that, yes, but I still can't come up with a reason she

Left Shark Coug

2/15/19 12:52pm

Apparently, she wasn't all that impressed with his little finger?

StarMan

2/15/19 1:11pm

Yep. Big driver of Bond’s subsequent psychology. Bond uses women mostly for his

hansel

2/15/19 12:57pm

One of the best torture scenes ever too

WhiteKnight

2/15/19 12:55pm

RE: One of the best torture scenes ever too

2/15/19 12:58pm

Yup! Wife was slapping me in the arm and asking what kind of husband would

IBe_WhyYou

2/15/19 12:59pm

I showed it to my very-recently-returned RM brother. May have been a mistake.

SandYFan

2/15/19 1:01pm

I wiped a little dab of blood from the corner of my eye! Ouch.

fulano

2/15/19 1:08pm

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Abe Froman

2/15/19 1:01pm

Perhaps the reason I was so disappointed by the Bond films that followed was

2/15/19 1:04pm

Holy smokes are we the same person?

SandYFan

2/15/19 1:07pm

TNT heard Skyfall was good

TNT

2/15/19 1:12pm

It is Home Alone.

SandYFan

2/15/19 1:14pm

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Abe Froman

2/15/19 2:42pm

Aside from booby-trapping some of Skyfall, are there other parallels to HA?

StarMan

2/15/19 1:17pm

Well the gruff games keeper could be like the McCallister's sidewalk salting, gruff neighbor... right?

Tokolosh

2/15/19 1:21pm

Oh, yeah. And the sultry woman in the casino and the ship is the check-out

StarMan

2/15/19 1:26pm

RE: Oh, yeah. And the sultry woman in the casino and the ship is the check-out

Tokolosh

2/15/19 1:27pm

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Abe Froman

2/15/19 3:45pm

Ok, I know that was a crude oversimplification, but overall I didn’t enjoy the

2/15/19 3:51pm

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Abe Froman

2/15/19 3:58pm

I honestly can't even remember them.

Mrs Featerbottom

2/15/19 1:20pm

QoS is better with each rewatching. Bad cinematography, but I think it actually

hansel

2/15/19 1:28pm

Agreed, QoS gets a bad rap but I really enjoyed it

therock

2/15/19 3:10pm

I liked Skyfall. Javier Bordem (sp) is a good villain

thaws

2/15/19 1:42pm

I think Bond was more 'busted up' than you were....

m0resn0w

2/15/19 3:28pm

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