Bond Begins

A new Reuters article claims the 21st 007 film “Casino Royale” will play closer to an origin than I’d thought. The director’s claims of “no-CG” sound exciting, but taking out Q, Moneypenny, and most of the gadgets makes me wonder if this will be a refreshing change or a colossal mistake. Whatever the case may be, I’m glad they’re going to try something different with the new Bond. I didn’t dislike the last few ones, but they felt closer to sci-fi action movies than any kind of spy game stuff Bond is known for. Driving the invisible car in the castle made of ice wasn’t really a bad, just didn’t seem like a Bond idea…

Oh, and by the way, this new “Casino Royale” is not to be confused with the 1967 “Casino Royale”, which starred Peter Sellers, David Niven, and Woody Allen as variations of James Bond.