Casino Royale (2006). Blond, James Blond. 

This is the only Bond where I read the novel before seeing the film, and I was not disappointed by the adaptation. It's still my favourite Bond movie.

The idea of Bond playing Magic the Gathering in high stakes casino is something I NEED to see.

I always enjoy your reviews. The "Who discovered fire" joke made me spit-take my coffee. I love the references that most people won't get but are gold to those who do.

Although I like all the Bonds. I grew up with Moore too and he's my Bond. Surviving more on his wits than his brawn. Fantastic and funny review, your sense of humour never fails to land.

I remember in 2006, everyone was talking about that construction chase scene, when I finally saw it I was surprised it happened so early on, they made it sound like it was the climax

This is a good film but it’s a bit slow for me. If it wasn’t for Eva Green in that dress I’d never have got through the 45 minutes of poker.

The best thing about Bond movies, Stam Fine videos.

After a wonderful debut, Craig’s Bond films lurched from the woefully unfinished (Quantum of Solace), to the overrated (Skyfall) to the amazingly dull and self indulgent (No Time to Die).

am i the only one who likes quantum of solace? it had the best scheme

The Blu Ray point is dead on. When the PS3 came out I had a 32inch Samsung HD (only 720) and this was the first big release on disc. I think almost everybody who got the PS3 at launch bought this movie

Did a silent yesssss, when Craig said "The Bitch Is Dead" which is the last line in the book. Also loved the fact they had the balls (geddit) to use the carpet beater torture scene, which I'm sure no other Bond actor would agree to - so kudos to Craig for going for it. Sadly Quantum would squander a very good diabolical plan (control the world's water supply, a topic very timely now) for a gruel thin narrative 0:07 sidetracked by a writers strike and an awful director who had no clue how to direct action and used manic seizure provoking editing to cover up this fact.

This was my first Blu-Ray too. Because of the black and white cold open, the animated titles and the green-heavy jungle scenes, it was not until the free-running scene I realised my PlayStation cables were incapable of outputting a blue component.

I love, love, LOVE Casino Royale. It's my favourite Bond film followed by Skyfall and GoldenEye, another Martin Campbell-directed Bond film. It's one of those films where if it's playing on the tele and I happen to catch it I will sit down and watch through to the end. Campbell's direction is *chef's kiss*. Daniel Craig plays Bond so very well. Special mention goes to Eva Green who has such a great presence on the screen. She's.Just.Gorgeous. By far the best Bond girl - and best written and performed.

Quantum of Solace not as good as Casino Royale? That statement makes sense if you are talking about the one with Woody Allen. Q of Sol is nearly unwatchable

The only good Bond film, especially with its sequels resembling Austin Powers scripts.

Bond. Bond Bond.

I do just like looking at the 1967 Casino Royale! It just looks nice, even if it doesn't have parkour or Magic the Gathering....

Daniel Craig's first and only good Bond film...he looked bored in the other movies...but I could watch Judi Dench all day..

I always consider Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace to be the best four hour James Bond film ever made.

I loved this movie. The parkour scene perfectly sums up the character of James Bond. He was able to relentlessly keep up with a man far quicker and athletic than himself by compensating and balancing his own physicality with his far superior intelligence and wits. The bomber was running for his life, 007 was playing chess.

re: the prototype jetliner: And people complained the plot of the The Living Daylights was too complex!

Great jokes as always! I try to watch all of them, even if I haven't seen the movie show (which is almost all of them)

I thought I saw the Padishah Emperor Shaddam the Fourth. I DID I DID (Giancarlo Giannini)!!

Gave it a thumb's up with out even watching it yet.

Sadly Craig peaked in his first film.

Would that be a bordeaux collie? Thanks, I'm here all week, try the fish, it's great.

The 15 flip car roll in the third act is still one of the best car stunts on film .

I look forward to you doing the rest of Daniel Craig's Bond films. Absolutely love your reviews, you have my sense of humor. :)

I thought the hook, and opening credits for that film were just the best in decades. Proper Bond stuff.

What format/decks do they play in "The Die with the Golden Kill"?

I’ve slowly come to think that it’s actually the best Bond film, unfortunately they went downhill rapidly after that.

The level of humor have hit a new high. Great episode.

The initial trailer sold me totally on Daniel Craig, and I maintain that this is still Craig's best Bond film. For the first time since Connery, we had a believable Bond and not a clown. Those who objected to Craig's casting may not remember that the first person Ian Fleming suggested for the role was ... Hoagy Carmichael. Craig resembles Carmichael far more than than he does Cary Grant (whom Broccoli first considered). While I still maintain that Connery is the ultimate Bond, Craig comes close in my mind (and would be even higher if his films were better).

I love the theme song and opening titles to this one.

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Sliders Royale

I love the ‘67 version.

It was a bit of a shock to see Bond driving a Ford Mondeo in this movie. I’m afraid it made me laugh out loud in the cinema.

Great review. But I'm pretty sure the two rich dudes that think Bond is a valet are meant to be German, not French. Why else would Bond say 'guten abend' later on at the bar? Interesting how the criticism of DaD was that it was 'too bloated ' yet CR was the longest in the franchise till the last one. Personally found it a bit too long. Think it would have been better ending on a cliffhanger when Mr White shoots Le Chiffe . Then QoS could start with the Vespa betrayal and Venice scenes as the pre title sequence. Would bulk that film out a bit more and make it more relevant.

Well done on a good review. However, I have to pick you up on one thing. Your caption at the beginning, says mild spoilers, but I think you spoiled every plot point in the film. If anyone watching this hasn’t seen the film (unlikely) then there will be no surprises left.

My fave Bond film. Maybe tied with OHMSS. It led to two more that I really liked - Quantum and Skyfall - and two I think are amongst the worst big budget movies ever made - Spectre and No Time To Die. In fact, so much was my dislike of those last two, I’m kinda over Bond. Still, doesn’t change this one being great.

Glad you called out Layer Cake

SECOND!

Forgot that sket Eva Green in this 0 stars!

Is it just me, or does the main villain of this piece bear more than a passing resemblance to Elon Musk?

Thanks god they chose Craig not Cavill

This truly was the defibrillator the franchise needed (see what I did there) - it brought back a realism and grittiness and made Bond a multi-layered human being. It gave Bond a modern makeover that only added to the value while stripping away some of the now cringe baggage of the past.

Come On Pal

I love the Craig era. I love all James Bond movies

Craig Fingersuck has entered the conversation.

My favourite bond film ever

I think Craigs tenure as Bond was fantastic. They took far more risks with Bond than at any other time in the whole of the franchise's history. For that I am so grateful. You'd have to go back to george lazenby to see Bond actually having some emotions about a love interest. We got an M actually die for crying out loud - an Mi6 under attack not just because some guy was planning on building some doomsday device that threatened the whole world. And an aging bond that was past his prime and a franchise that I felt actually matured. Will miss blue eyes.

I won't watch anything after ... this movie. No apology.

OMG do the David Niven, Peter Sellars and Woody Allen Casino Royal :) PLEASE! I love that as much as I hate the darker more modern Bond films. So YES, THAT ONE.

"...besides, the only people who wear tuxedos in casinos - are magicians! BILL MAHER, _Real Time with Bill Maher_ HBO (2005)

Craig had a pretty bad batting average. Two good movies (CR, Skyfall), two forgettable ones (Quantum, Spectre) and one terrible one (No Time To Rewrite). Wouldn’t be so bad if we got one every couple of years but this is over fifteen years!

Mostly dislike the Craig era, but thank god Cavill wasn't cast

Roger Moore was blond, wasn't he? And Daniel Craig looks like Steve McQueen, IMNSHO.

0:45 "The only film that they had not yet adapted into a movie" - Guessing this was a scripting error, darn ChatGPT...

The film is good but it isn't as compelling as the novel. In the book, Fleming was more concerned about how merciless fate is and finding meaning in a world that appears to be meaningless. The novel was very much a psychological journey. The movie is more about everything Vesper did to shape Bond.

I still haven't seen most of the Craig Bonds. It's Bourne without what makes Bourne interesting and Bond without what makes Bond fun. What's the point then?

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Just look at the view count and the comment count on this video compared to Stam Fine's other videos, that will tell you how unpopular this awful movie is.

James Bond playing Magic The Gathering Might Pogs be funnier though🤔?