![]() So it was decided that they would actually go back to it’s roots-back to the very beginning-Casino Royale.Ĭasino Royale had actually been adapted twice-one, as a TV movie as part of the Climax! TV series in the 50’s, with Bond becoming an American spy:Īnd then again as a spoof movie, which although it featured many Bond alumni to that point (such as original Bond girl Ursula Andress), it was nonetheless, just a comedy unaffiliated with the regular Bond series.Ĭonnery of course started with Dr.No, which ironically had Bond debut in a casino (In the novel he’s mostly still recovering from his injuries in “From Russia With Love”), although the game is particularly lower stakes, and Bond gets a lady friend from it (Sylvia Trench, who would reappear once more in “From Russia With Love”, sort of making her Bond’s semi-steady girlfriend at the time. ![]() This one will be a multi-part review, as I’ve got a lot to talk about the film and I don’t want to cram it all into one post.Īlthough “Die Another Day” was a critical success, critically it was heavily maligned, and many felt that the series had once again drifted too far from it’s cold war spy novel roots, like with Moonraker.
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