James Bond's Rizz in *CASINO ROYALE* Is Unmatched!

[@DosCavazos]

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[@josephjohnson3253]

1800 scull rd

[@tehdesp]

"That was so creative, who would have thought of that?" Ian Flemming. The torture scene was lifted almost wholesale from the book. ✌

[@krisfrederick5001]

Pierce Brosnan was the Bond of our childhood. GoldenEye was such a huge part of our lives, the movie and the game. We were skeptical of Daniel Craig initially, but he took 007 to a darker place entirely. Casino Royale was a gamble that paid off in every way.

[@mildcorma]

the news bonds took a leaf from the bourne series with realism which they did really well! everyone was sick of the tropes so to have them included with a lttle sass was spot on

[@PUARockstar]

​@@mildcorma Dalton married realism, brutality and Bond tropes and gimmicks quite nicely

[@TenTonNuke]

When you say "we" and "our" you're speaking for yourself, right? Because most people's Bond is Sean Connery. And no one I know even saw GoldenEye. Though we did play the crap out of the N64 game.

[@lakewoodln1060]

Goldeneye was kinda wack imo, and it was the first bond film i ever watched. I saw a few with Sean Connery as well, but same wackness. It's just cringey and corny, I'm sure people back in the day enjoyed it, but by today's standards they're just too goofy imo.

[@kevindunn2663]

Honestly I’d take roger Moore over Brosnan. Imo the worst era of bond movies was the 90s. Goldeneye the game is a classic though agree with you on that

[@grant4360]

Casino Royale, Skyfall, and No Time to Die are Craig's best works as Bond.

[@KryptonKr]

That no time to die was something tho. Never expected that movie to be the way it is

[@thelastmarketbender8656]

I think Craig delivered every time even if the film didn't always deliver But all 5 are good 2 are master pieces 1 is underrated And 2 aren't that bad and good for a fan boy

[@TC_Smitty]

The animal fighting the snake is (I think) a mongoose. They have a resistance to venom and are kind of known for taking on snakes. There's a well-known short story called Rikki-Tikki-Tavi about a mongoose.

[@DarthKay093]

Yeah it is a mongoose the one of the only animals fast enough to dodge and kill a cobra

[@shanenolan5625]

Correct

[@seezar100]

@@DarthKay093 That's interesting. I just did some googling and it's fascinating. They basically defend squirrels.

[@jhilal2385]

"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" (1975) narrated by Orson Welles, Animated. Based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling. When I was a child they used to play this on TV every year, it was one of my favorites.

[@kojiattwood]

Thank goodness someone knows this.

[@Heathen9]

Another thing to remember is you don’t hear James Bond’s theme until the very last scene. When Mr. White is on the phone, and James says we have to talk. As James is slowly, walking up the steps, then, we finally hear his music playing. To signify that he has finally become the man he supposed to be and now he is James Bond.

[@Sandblstr]

The events of Casino Royale and Vesper in the books as well as with Craig's five films as Bond pretty much linger on him throughout his life and will effect him going forward. Vesper only appears in Royale but she haunts him a long time.

[@ianrosenbalm6555]

Casey is on point about the whole "he's heartbroken, he'll never trust anyone again." This movie was conceptualized to be about the birth of "the persona" of James Bond. We see hints of it throughout the film---the womanizing, the rizz, the swagger---but Vesper was that glimmer of normalcy pulling him away from that. When she broke his heart and died in front of him, there was no going back---he fully became 007. The music is a great queue to all this. Throughout the movie, whenever he's doing 007 things, you don't hear the iconic James Bond theme; you hear the movie's theme song ("You Know My Name"). It's only at the end, when he's fully accepted his role as 007, together with the delivery of the signature line "Bond, James Bond" that the famous instrumental stinger comes in.

[@5ilver42]

I would have liked to have seen a through line of this to Tracy, a woman who melts away that persona after hardening on, only to be killed and permanently cement it into him for all time.

[@LeeCarlson]

It is a cobra versus a mongoose, And the mongoose is one of the few natural predators that a cobra has to worry about in a natural environment.

[@Mr_M_]

This film is 100% a hard reboot of the Bond franchise, completely starting over. The waters get a little muddy because they kept on Judi Dench as M who also played the character in the Pierce Brosnan movies, but that's only because she was so good in the role. She just plays two different versions of the same character.

[@Helbore]

Its funny how, in Goldeneye, she's the new blood in the agency as opposed to Bond's old, cold war spy and here, she is the old, cold war veteran and Bond is the new blood!

[@miguelalvarado1440]

If Kacee love the 3rd act... I strongly recommend watch the whole saga. She's going to love it!!! And yes, is a whole story!!!!

[@obenohnebohne]

I love that this movie is grittier, darker. The action is great. I love to see the beginning of Bond. It explains his later behavior better. Great reaction.

[@blondymonk1535]

Apparently it was very funny. Because i only heard laughter, and irritating laughter at that, more like screeching... Bad reaction.

[@goatkiller666]

It’s worth watching this whole series. They’re a complete set across the six, and worth it for that.

[@seezar100]

six ? they're five total.

[@exessen1684]

One of the best Bond villains ever. Mads Mikkelsen is so good

[@NoelMcGinnis]

I loved Brosnan as Bond, but despite my skepticism, Craig blew me away. He’s my favorite Bond ever. And the best Bond movie, to me, is Skyfall. Absolutely incredible movie with an epic villain. And the snake fight was probably meant to be a snake vs a mongoose, but that was a domesticated ferret they used.

[@goatkiller666]

I can’t get over that you call him “the brother of the guy who’s going to play Thrawn”. When Lars first voiced Thrawn in the Rebels cartoon, everyone was all “Thrawn is voiced by the brother of the guy who plays Hannibal.” Plus, Mads was her dad in Rogue One. He was in Star Wars first. More recently, he was Grindelwald in the fourth potterverse prequel film.

[@rgodase]

7:54 that guy basically brought parkour to limelight

[@alcor4670]

35:33 That Aston Martin flipping scene actually held the Guinness Book record for the most number of flips. I remember being both pained and awestruck at how they demolished such a beautiful car on screen.

[@dannyb9209]

That's my dream car...that scene would have hurt me less if he just pancaked vesper 😂

[@xcmvp2007]

Took his money, his car, his girl, and his life.

[@iCortex1]

7:55 That's Sebastien Foucan, he is credited as responsible for popularizing parkour :)

[@CirkFish]

_Mads Mikkelsen_ is Pride of Denmark, extremely talented He was Fabulous, Fantastic & even more Dangerous in Show *Hannibal* After _Anthony Hopkins_ played Hannibal in Movies _Mads Mikkelsen_ has gone 1 step even further as character Hannibal in TV Series Must Watch in near future!!!

[@Gort-Marvin0Martian]

If you go back and watch Dr. No, then you'll understand why the franchise has lasted all these years. (Dr. No - 1962 ! ) As you know here in Texas; Y'all be safe. :)

[@doctor_del]

there was a writers strike at the time of the sequel to this and it greatly effected how the plot and dialogue went. Daniel Craig(notoriously not a writer) wrote some of that script and some of his dialogue. We're going through a writers strike right now and I wonder which movies are gonna be affected like that movie was.

[@markmosley3547]

According to a friend who's a writer the industry works about 6 months ahead so the real impact of this strike won't be seen for another 6-12 months. As a fan of bad cinema I'm rather looking forward to it.

[@MontgomeryWenis]

This movie is a hard reboot of the franchise. Casino Royale is the first book.

[@HoopleHeadUSA]

This movie is a big part of what helped bring parkour to the US, showing it off in mainstream media. Was obsessed ever since!

[@Oz349]

Dude must have been distracted during Skyfall cuz that one is GREAT. No Time to Die is a beast as well. Great reactions though. Look forward to seeing them go through these flicks

[@dj2257]

I remember seeing that beginning chase and thinking "this guy has to be some type of stunt guy. It's Sebastian Foucan; he's the founder of freerunning and considered an early developer of parkour.

[@Oz349]

Let's get it straight, Jackie Chan invented all that. Those who followed just gave it a name

[@sachzmeister]

5:47 ...coz that "small rodent" is a Mongoose. They're carnivores famously known for killing snakes.

[@costlygold]

They made all 5 of Craig’s movies interconnected. Pretty cool. This is still my favorite. Great reaction, Kacee! Keep going! 👍👏🫶😁

[@steveturriff8530]

Little bit of trivia for you. The Aston Martin stunt broke the Guinness world record for car flips.

[@duanetelesha]

This is the second Casino Royale movie, first 1967 was with peter sellers more of a comedy, spoof movie not in the 007 james bond character. Ian Fleming was an agent during WW II and a Naval Commander MI5 before it was MI6. the snake was a cobra fighting a mongoose noted snake killer for its quickness.

[@lurkerj7050]

The people who now defend black Tinker Bell and black Ariel from the Little Mermaid remake because of wokeness don't remember (were not born yet) about the controversy of Daniel Craig being label as "Blond Bond". Nothing to do with race, all about nostalgia and the likeness of the character you always knew.

[@RealRonSwanson]

Good catch. That WAS Richard Branson at airport security.

[@SnappingTurtle801]

I've been watching Bond movies since Roger Moore. Can't seem to get enough of Bond...James Bond🤪 The guy who fronted Bond the money is his future friend and collaborator Felix Leiter. I say continue the series although two fell short for me, but overall, they're fun and entertaining movies. Definitely watch the Quantum of Solace. A few months ago, I finally watched No Time to Die and really enjoyed it.

[@kallreader7376]

Unlike the Bond films before, the Craig Bond films have a much tighter continuity and almost seem to be in their own universe (although there are definite nods to the earlier Bond films). Would recommend checking out the earlier Bond films after finishing the Craig series.

[@dougadams1052]

You asked who could think of such a torture with the wicker chair cut out. That scene was taken from the original book written by Ian Fleming. This is one of the few Bond movies that actually follows the book, somewhat, only adapted to modern times. Casino Royale the novel came out in 1953.

[@melodicchronic5181]

I absolutely love Bond. And The Daniel Craig Bonds are my favorites. You should absolutely watch the rest.

[@topherbec7578]

This was a reboot for the franchise in response to the success of the Jason Bourne movies.

[@trimming5664]

You know my Name is still the best Bond song.

[@manduheavyvazquez5268]

Masterpiece ever. Great

[@thisisadebrown]

This is probably the best film to start off on because it’s kind of a prequel set in the modern age and explains James Bond’s money, suaveness, as well as attitude

[@G1NZOU]

People feel like they haven't got the confidence for a bow tie, but the bow tie gives you the confidence. I haven't got a tux but I have a 1920's white tie tailcoat that my father found in a thrift store, iirc my great grandmother adjusted it for his measurements and since I'm identical to him when he was my age it fits me so well.

[@jasonaugustine3370]

Here’s a fun fact The Aston Martin, he is driving had such an incredible handling that no matter how hard he tried to swerve it would not flip So eventually, they had to set up like a small ramp

[@SuperTyrannical1]

Also the situation that turns his heart to stone and his armour back on is a little homage to an earlier bond movie tradgedy. Bond was married once in the older movies and as you can probably guess it ends with him heart broken. The idea is he starts to see people as assets instead of friends or loved ones and becomes isolated so he can't be hurt again.

[@ThePlaySpace-CurtainCall]

The dude Bond is chasing at the beginning of the film is one of the inventors of parqkore.

[@476429]

The bomb maker he was chasing at the beginning is Sebastien Foucan, the founder of freerunning and an early developer of parkour.

[@Parallaxus]

Having watched all the Bond movies and being a writer, I think you did a great job of picking a first one for Kacee to see. The Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig Bond movies are good enough to hook a viewer so they'll be interested enough to want to see more. I don't feel like a new viewer would have gotten that from the prior movies. Great reaction! Enjoyed! Also, the Daniel Craig Bond movies are one continuous story, or at least, they're all connected. The other Bond movies are all stand alone stories.

[@Subjectivity13]

Mongoose are the furry animals known for fighting venomous snakes, and usually winning. The "Bodies" exhibit was the one they showed in the Bahamas, but they were probably the bodies of Chinese political prisoners, so it gained a lot of notoriety over the years.

[@rybock]

The guy Bond is chasing through the construction site at the beginning was kind of a stuntman... he's credited with helping create parkour, which was relatively new then, which is why the chase went the way it did.

[@someguyfromdownunder9764]

the guy bond is chassing through the construction site is one of the inventors of parkor

[@redmoonbloodmoon3161]

as many have probably already pointed out: that's a mongoose, it's kept as a pet in many asian countries, as it's usually the predator/killer of snakes/cobras, instead of having a "guard dog against people coming into their homes", they have a "guard mongoose against snakes/cobras coming into their homes" I'm pretty sure it's not immune to the cobra's venom, but it has such lightning fast reflexes and speed, that usually it's the one that kills the cobra (I forgot what big cat, maybe a leopard, that also has such lightning fast reflexes and speed, that can also take on poisonous snakes, even as a cub, with their mothers watching them, lol, as they just move and react to fast, the "poor" poisonous snake is helpless, unable to land any bite/strike/"hit" on them, lol) (there's an old short, presumably disney but maybe not, cartoon movie-film called "rikki tikki tavi", that us older generations saw and learned of mongooses from it, laughs) actually, it's right here on utube, if you wanna watch it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inyWZnRrfq11abM (err... it's just frame shots and audio/sub reading, it's not the actual animation-movie-film of it, unfortunately, but I just did a quick search... maybe you can find the actual animation-movie-film of it on utube... or elsewhere... lol)

[@illegalfoodz8402]

American: why you say arse instead of ass. Also american: wah durr (water) 😋

[@TheChromanoise]

More like water (wadda), you dumb Brit bong.

[@mrjdgibbs]

You do know there's an R at the end don't you? You limey goofball

[@DoubleAO]

The guy with those wild stunts is one of 2 guy creadited with inventing parkour

[@tsogobauggi8721]

49:33 Yeah, that scene is well done. It is unique as how it makes me feel.

[@victorcowboywest]

This is basically a reboot the, original was part of a TV show called "CLIMAX" staring Berry Sullivan as Jimmy Bond As a American spy (1954). Then in (1967) Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond also started David Niven and Peter Sellers.

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

The 00 status comes with an official licence to kill

[@tduffy5]

Craig does almost all of his stunts.

[@otter011]

I loved this movie. I’d recommend people who haven’t watched any Bond movies to familiarize themselves with the older movies or at least the concept of Bond (running jokes, storylines, suaveness, feel of the movies) before watching the Craig Bond movies. Or, if you’ve already watched them, look at the older stuff and then come back to Craig. There are SO MANY references, details, jokes based on what has been published. If you want to dive deep, read the books, but I don’t think that it’s necessary for the older movies and while Craig’s Bond is closer to Fleming‘s Bond (and there are some direct quotes), the callbacks are mostly related to the movies.

[@willcool713]

Mongooses are, I believe, a member of the Martin class, closely related to weasels. [EDIT: Apparently, 1) 'Marten' is no longer used as a taxinomic order (to differentiate from the genus), and 2) mongoose are far more closely related to hyenas (!) than weasels, also meerkats are their only close cousin.) They are famous snake killers, especially when defending their young. High speed videos are really impressive.

[@chrisjensen1067]

Reboot is the best word for this movie. Daniel Craig's 5 Bond films make up one long story chronicling Bond's entire career. Also, the reference to Bond not giving a Damn how his martini is prepared IS a joke, s you thought, but it's also an indication that this is still early in his career at MI6. This job and the lifestyle he has to portray is still new to him. All the most famous Bond tropes get sprinkled through the Craig films little by little. Bond's preference for his martinis being shaken, not stirred is introduced in a later film.

[@marcusmcgill4423]

@Dos Cavazos Don't forget Mads was also Jyn Erso's father, the main guy behind the Death Star, in Rogue One.

[@privateeromally7347]

Quantum of Solace came out during the writer's strike. Which is why is was that great

[@dandawson9130]

Sébastien Foucan is a French freerunner. He is the founder of freerunning and considered an early developer of parkour. this is the guy at the start running with bond

[@BuccWylde]

The snake was pitted against a mongoose. The mongoose are notorious for being skilled snake hunters.

[@fredermac7468]

Good catch - that was a Richard Branson cameo in the airport. His new Virgin airliner made a cameo as the bomb target, but they dressed it up as a fictional brand. Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solace are the best 2 Daniel Craig Bond films, IMO. The rest kinda devolve into cliches, but I like the originality and brutality of his rebooted origin stories.

[@ttmaiden75]

The guy in the beginning basically invented parkour

[@rgodase]

5:49 the Mangoose wins 9 out of 10 times. Forget weight class. Snake is breakfast already.

[@charminbaer2323]

That's a Mongoose fighting a Cobra, and yes, they are mortal natural enemies in the wild.

[@reverse_aquamath]

Unsure if it's already been mentioned, but some the of players at the table are real life poker professionals.

[@yosifpetrov3087]

The term SANDWICH comes from the Earl of Sandwich, UK.....he invented meat between two slices of bread, so he does not get grease on his cards while playing poker.....so eventually the other players started saying give me the same as SANDWICH....cool story

[@kenrock8692]

This is sort of an original. the first casino Royale starred David Niven and was a spoof of sorts of Ian Flemings James bond novel.

[@zakfrisch2997]

Apparently the reason for "shaken, not stirred" is because the water sits at the top, meaning if you sip it you won't get drunk too quickly even though you're drinking.

[@RealRonSwanson]

To truly appreciate what a good job they did with the Daniel Craig Bond Films you need to watch some of the old ones to learn what they were about originally. Either that or read the original books.

[@carlosqvisual]

Craig's Bond run was amazing and his Bond arc really comes full circle in the last one, all five are linked and worth watching! 😎

[@BMM44KalmarHufflepuff]

39:21 - 39:28: Well, Kacee, in the words of the Joker, “In their last moments…. people show you who they really are.”

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

Richard Branson flying commercial and going through security like the rest of us peasants is the most unrealistic thing in the movie. He owns Virgin Airlines.

[@15blackshirt]

Preceding Daniel Craig as James Bond are Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton and Pierce Brosnan. Following this film are Quantum of Solace, Skyfall, SPECTRE and No Time to Die

[@reflectionist]

22:25 - Not trying to spoil any of the Daniel Craig Bond films for you, but one of my favorite subplots in these movies is how much MI-6 trolls Bond by coming up with increasingly painful ways to inject a tracker - and with much less intimidating technology. One of them is just about the size of a handgun, and Bond is not concerned about it on any level, then he interrupts himself--"JESUS H. CHRIST!!!!"

[@LizardBrainMinerals]

In the novel, the torture scene involves a wire rug beater, not a knotted rope.

[@ScottEDawg]

"Why do English people call 'ass' 'arse'?" Well, I'm an Australian and arse is correct when talking about the human body. ASS is another name for a donkey and used solely by residents of the USA!

[@MrFoffof]

You don't need to treat every scene like it's the greatest comedy of all time.

[@leoda_lion4107]

At the beginning of the movie with the bomb maker, they were watching a cobra and a mongoose fighting. Which isn't a fair fight, because the mongoose will win easily. The next movie, Quantom of Solace is a direct sequel, same characters mostly, and continues along the same time line. It also explains more of Vesper's backstory.

[@mr.crumbles2557]

Mads mikkelsen would have made a killer Magneto

[@Arizona-ex5yt]

Good movie. Craig’s best Bond movie by a huge margin but the little watch commercial in the middle of his train ride with Vesper is absolutely nauseating.

[@merlinsmusings]

It was a mongoose they had fighting a snake. Mongooses are like the anti-snake of the natural world. They're arch-nemeses.

[@makkuwata]

I heard that word for the first time 3 days ago and it’s been Baader-Meinhofing me everywhere. What a horrible new word we invented.

[@raytalbot5890]

Casino Royale was the 1st Bond movie 1967 Sir James Bind, before the big 007 movie kicked in with Dr No, that why in this he gets the Austin Martin & the martini shaken not stirred 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Otterman214]

At 6:00 The rivalry of *Mongoose* & *King Cobra* is quite old and very popular in jungle! I don't know if you know this, Apparently Mongoose is known to be even more deadlier than King Cobra, hence we see many people betting in that scene Hope that explained why there was No fight between two Cobra's or two Mongooses 👍

[@SirHilaryManfat]

Great reaction. Craig's Bond movies tend to follow a Star Trek movie pattern. i.e. Good/bad/good/bad. They're all entertaining in their own way, but I think Casino Royale was the best of his. Personally if you're new to the series and want to get more into it, I think it's worth checking out the most critically acclaimed ones regardless of the actor. Apart from the Craig era, Bond movies tend to stand on their own, and some of the older movies are better examples of the overall formula that made them famous.

[@silkypnub]

Please continue! So excited for this journey!

[@jasonaugustine3370]

In poker, the rules are more relaxed because basically it’s not the casinos money

[@hippityhoppityw]

I know u were just joking but Daniel Craig did so much of his own stunt work that his body is pretty fucked up at this point lol It's one od the reasons he demanded so much time in-between the last couple movies

[@joebond545]

James bond body language in this movie will be studied by men for generations

[@WheresWaldo05]

39 years old. Never heard of rizz in my entire life.

[@larrymiller3607]

Skyfall is my favorite of Craig’s Bond films.

[@MasterKenobi1]

Wait a minute is it my Star Wars brain or 39:57 shows the same place used to do some scenes between Padme and Anakin in AOTC?

[@peppyd]

It's a mongoose fighting the snake. Their weight classes may be different but a mongoose won't hesitate to attack a cobra and often are successful at winning. The story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi written by Rudyard Kipling is a famous novel about a mongoose and a cobra

[@ompftata7486]

The exhibition is called Körperwelten (body world) where real Human bodys are shown wich are prepared with resin so that they are preserved. Those people have donated their bodies to science. Its kinda creepy but also very interesting because there is no better way to see a human body in that detail.

[@SuperTyrannical1]

It's funny how it turned out when he said she's not his type "single" and it turns out she was his type and she wasn't technically single as it turns out. 😂

[@tsogobauggi8721]

52:46 You know my name. :)