*CASINO ROYALE* finally got me on the BONDwagon

[@sharris256]

The professional free runner is the guy who basically invented parkour. When you need the best you get the best I guess

[@nocturneJOJO]

Invented Freerunning, co-invented parkour with David Belle. ;)

[@Black0raz0r]

@@nocturneJOJO correct

[@Black0raz0r]

@@nocturneJOJO I remeber quite well that the Daniel Craig movies made pakour popular and brought it to the mainstream audience. but I also remeber that I knew it already thanks to the District B13 movies with David Belle and the Crimson River 2 movie that came 2 year before Casino Royale :D

[@nocturneJOJO]

@@Black0raz0r Crimson Rivers 2!!! Thanks for reminding of that movie, I loved the first one and I've been meaning to watch the second since it came out but somehow I completely forgot it. There was also Yamakasi (and a sequel that I haven't seen yet) which featured all the original members of the Yamakasi group (except David Belle & Sebastian Foucan) that helped develop parkour in the beginning. :)

[@Black0raz0r]

@@nocturneJOJO Haven't watched Yamakasi. But thanks for telling me 😄

[@jthomann71]

Vesper Lynd's name is a cold war pun based on West Berlin. Like the city at the time, her loyalties were split.

[@Githerax]

I've seen every James Bond movie multiple times and for a long time I was a Connery purist. This movie changed that. 'Casino Royale' is the best Bond movie. Also, there's a point to be made about watching some of the classics before continuing with Craig's Bonds. For one, seeing 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' will give more emotional weight to 'No Time to Die' and I *very strongly* recommend that.

[@fayesouthall6604]

I’ve seen them all. My favourite is skyfall or View To A Kill for baddie and Grace Jones

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Excelently said.

[@ProdSangreNueva]

Agree with you about Casino Royale been the best Bond movie of all, but Sean Connery still has a small edge over Craig even though he played the role wonderfully. You can’t outdo Sean. Too iconic.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@ProdSangreNueva Didn't Sean Connery do the original Casino Royale that isn't considered canon/official?

[@Yngvarfo]

@@scipioafricanus5871 - No. Actually, Casino Royale was originally filmed as a TV movie long before the movies started. Then, when the movie series had started, the rights to Casino Royale ended up with Columbia Pictures who decided to make it a spoof. Sean Connery was not in it, but several actors known from official Bond films were. Most notably Ursula Andress. You might be thinking of Never Say Never Again. That was a non-canon movie that starred Sean Connery, but it was really a remake of Thunderball.

[@andarporbuenosaires]

Daniel was 37 young years old in Casino Royale, and in No Time To Die, Daniel says goodbye to the Bond saga at 52 years old. He was without a doubt one of the best Bond in the saga.

[@jeffk1482]

I have to concur. A couple times his storylines sagged or were disjointed, but that sure wasn’t Craig’s fault. The man ALWAYS delivered on the role - 110%.

[@proosee]

It was never that Bond is cold because he just is, it was always because life made him being like that. And this Bond shows it perfectly. One of my favourites from the series.

[@jeremyc311709]

Casino Royale is hands down the best Bond film. It’s so good that you don’t even need to view it through the lens of being a Bond film. It’s one of the finest action films ever made.

[@jimlittle5769]

I always say you know a Bond movie is great when you don't have to qualify it as a Bond movie. The movie is just great. Not great for a Bond movie, but great. Skyfall, my second favorite of all time to Casino Royale, is the same way

[@sissi7746]

I agree wholeheartedly.

[@MrOasis316]

@@jimlittle5769 I agree its casino royal number 1, Skyfall number 2 and from Russia with love number 3

[@sissi7746]

Daniel Craig won a BAFTA for his performance. kzbin.infoCpbMZmQIr4g?feature=share

[@bararobberbaron859]

The poker playing is downright painful to watch though, pretty much all the hands are played wrong. That really kind of took it down a few notches for me.

[@LordVolkov]

The writing across the Craig Bonds is a bit hit or miss, but Daniel always delivers. His cold blue gaze becomes his iconic image, and helps cement his Bond run as a darker one (perhaps the darkest). Only Dalton (4th Bond - 2 movies) and Lazenby (2nd Bond - 1 movie) get these sort of dour Bond episodes and seeing Craig get 5 was quite a treat.

[@fad2679]

Daniel Craig's Bond movies are kind of strange in that they are either very good or absolutely terrible lol. QoS and Spectre are truly awful movies. But the other ones are excellent.

[@paintedjaguar]

@@fad2679 Excellent? There's not one thing in "Skyfall" that makes a lick of sense, and Bond goes directly from journeyman-spy to decrepitude. It's well suited to "modern" tastes, though, where dialogue and writing take a back seat to action & flash. I didn't even bother with "No Time to Die".

[@pr-tj5by]

@@paintedjaguar Totally agreed

[@carlossaraiva8213]

You forgot Timothy Dalton.

[@itzbp9949]

It's ashame that no time to die is woke asf and screwed his character

[@shyguy9102]

This movie shows the human version of Bond because it's the beginning, he learns a lot of lessons and then becomes the cold unemotional guy that Brosnan played in the 90s which makes sense because we were all naive and sweet at one point until life forked us up. So that's what happened with Bond, after Vesper betrayed him not only did he put his armor back on he also poisoned it.

[@TheGoinBananas]

My dad would buy sets of 5 bond movies whenever they showed up at our go to new and used media store and I have so many memories of weekends watching nothing but older bond movies and I remember when we got casino royale when it came out on dvd I was obsessed with it as a kid. Bond movies are so tied to my childhood, they’ve become comfort movies to me now. Loved the reaction!!

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Aw! I'm glad I'm getting to watch these movies now and hear just how much they mean to people. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy the rest of the franchise 😊

[@theriomrasputin8233]

When I was younger and would be off from schooling prior to holidays, notabily the Thanksgiving holiday in USA, in November. The one television station would always show Bond movies the week prior to the holiday. So I always would watch them. They were never shown in any particular order. So you'd watch a Brosnan then a Connery followed by Dalton...etc But every year, I would watch them. So for me. Now that I am older and own the entire collection on BluRays. I begin watching the Bonds right after the Halloween season. As you wrote, its comforting.

[@danielhead8123]

The most accurate portrayal next to Timothy dalton of Fleming's bond

[@ricitizen]

Loved your reaction to this film. Yes, it is, IMHO, the most human and romantic of the Bond films. Eva Green is my second favorite Bond girl. My first favorite Bond girl is Diana Rigg. She was in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." I recommend that as another complex and entertaining Bond film.

[@LokRevenant]

Vesper’s dialogue in the dinner scene after Bond wins is fascinating. She says, "You've got a choice, you know. Just because you've done something, it doesn't mean that you have to keep doing it." On the surface, she's talking about Bond being an agent and killing people, but the subtext for her is she's talking about betraying her government and by extension, Bond. She's already in love with him, and she's having to deal with the realities of her situation. It was easy for her to betray her government when it was just a faceless institution, but it's much more difficult for her now that she deeply cares about someone personally victimized by her betrayal. By saying that Bond still has a choice in what he does, she is also saying that she can choose to stop being a traitor. But she can't quite convince herself, which is why she's so adamant that Bond can change; it's not really about whether Bond can change, it's about whether she can. Bond returns with a quip about people who can't take advice being the ones who always give it. This startles Vesper because, like the scene on the train, he can see through her. He can't see completely through her; he doesn't know what she's struggling with, but he can see that she's driven by something. Vesper is so rattled by Bond's insight that she's put on the defensive and answers his question with a question of her own, sidestepping the issue. Bond brings the issue back to the forefront by revealing how much he's able to see through her, and saying that he'll never know what's driving her. This is a perfect opportunity for Vesper to come clean and tell him everything, but the opportunity is lost. She gets a text, Bond realizes that Mathis is a traitor, Vesper is kidnapped, then Bond is kidnapped, and then she is forced to make a deal to save Bond's life by giving up the money Bond won in the tournament. After that, it's too late for her. She can't tell him her situation because the people she was working with would kill Bond. So they continue to fall in love, but she knows the relationship is doomed. Her only hope is to die and pay for her sins against Bond. She knows he'll hate her forever, but his hatred is worth it if it keeps him alive. She loves him more than she values her own life.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Great analysis! Thank you for sharing.

[@Bar-Lord]

Welcome back, and nice choice. The Craig era is definitely a mixed bag, but they all are to be fair. One great thing about the series is that there have been enough takes that there’s something for everyone.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Casino Royale definitely set the bar high, so I'm curious to see what else the franchise has to offer. Looking forward to it!

[@paintedjaguar]

@Hautterrien "From Russia with Love" and "OHMSS" are heavy competition for #1, though.

[@Astroya]

@@movienightwithjacqui I definitely recommend "GoldenEye", it's very aesthetic (by the same director as "Casino Royale"), has a truly great villian and also has some great erotic chemistry between Bond and the femme fatale, Xenia. You'll love it!

[@caseyglover7298]

@Hautterrien Casino Royale might be my favorite from the Craig era but Skyfall was amazing and one of the most unique and beautiful looking blockbusters ive ever seen.

[@efrat394]

The Vesper is the original Bond martini (Casino Royale is Ian Fleming's first bond novel). If you listened closer, the recipe he gives is 3 parts Gordon's, 1 part vodka, a measure of Kina Lillet. Gordon's is gin. Unfortunately, Kina Lillet is no longer made. The closest thing to it commercially is Cocchi Americano (though, the company says that their Lillet Blanc is close, i don't agree. In all the earlier bond movies, his drink of choice is the shaken vodka martini which doesn't appear in the books. They wrote it in because they thought it sounded cool, but it makes no sense. As a brit, he should be drinking gin. In addition, shaking a martini makes it cloudy and VERY diluted. Why is this manly man's man diluting his booze?

[@jmendozaedd]

You must be fun at parties 🙄

[@arraymac227]

@@jmendozaedd yes, and Michael Sheen would be perfect in that role.

[@proosee]

@@jmendozaedd there's no parties after Kina Lillet was stopped being produced 😅

[@BrutalMiller1]

Cause Sean Connery was a scot. not a brit. lol. So he has poor taste in drinks anyway.

[@FernandoMendoza-dw8nz]

So he can drink more of them? So those around think he's drunker than he is?

[@surefireplan9025]

Pierce Brosnan is the "Action" Bond, Rooger Moore is the "Comedy" Bond. The closest to Daniel Craig are the actors Timothy Doltan and Sean Connery. They have more human aspects in their movies. I love them all. Great Reaction

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Interesting! Thank you for clarifying that--will definitely help with future reactions. Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@solicitr666]

Craig and Dalton are the two who are believable as professional killers.

[@ElliotNesterman]

_Casino Royale_ (published in 1953) was Ian Fleming's first Bond Novel. This script follows the plot of the novel reasonably closely. One very memorable bit that was left out is that when Le Chiffre has Bond tied to the chair, it's an armchair in the novel, he carves the Cyrillic letter ш into the back of Bond's hand. ш is for шпион (shpion), the Russian word for spy. He says he does it so that the scar will let everyone know Bond's profession. (In the novel Le Chiffre ultimately works for the USSR.) Plastic surgery disguised most of the scar in time for the second novel, _Live and Let Die._ My favorite Bond film is _From Russia with Love_ (1963), for two reasons. First, it is the film that follows most closely the book; second, it is most like a proper espionage film rather than a super spy movie. My preference in spy films is for the more realistic ones. Probably my favorite is _The Spy Who Came in from the Cold_ (1965). Based on the novel by John le Carre, it stars Richard Burton and Claire Bloom. It is a dark, cold-war espionage story.

[@Klaital1]

For Your Eyes Only is my favourite of the older Bond movies, it's also quite grounded and realistic without any crazy gadgets or over the top villains.

[@baron7755]

not only was that guy a professional freerunner, he is the original

[@fritzkaraldo8452]

One of the originals.

[@Black0raz0r]

not quite.... the guy is professional freerunner yes... but he isn't the one original.... he and David Belle are the originals. he went towards the freerunning side and David Belle towards pakour.... Pakour is simple straight to the point "get from A to B" Freerunning is a much more fancy flashy version of it, with runners own style

[@Kd_9562]

Of all the movies this is the most accurate to the book, which was the first book, and in this Craig is very accurate to who he is that book. Connery is my favorite bond but this is definitely one of my favorites of the movie series.

[@BillTheScribe]

This one was very faithful to the book. Not many are like that. It was also based on the first book. Vesper was not is only love, but you have to go back to see the most important relationship. Book bond was very human. Movie bond is more of a true sociopath. As a general rule... Sean Connery was cold and professional, but the movies were still finding themselves. From Russia With Love was a pure spy thriller. Goldfinger came after it and was the first to introduce the gimmick equipment. That also started the puns after a kill and people loved it so they built on it for later movies. George Lazenby only did one movie. It was okay but he wasn't a good Bond. The movie itself is one of the few that has a significant bit of lore. Roger Moore leaned hard into the camp elements, including slide whistle sound effects over what would have been a really impressive stunt. He had some really good films (For Your Eyes Only), but he also had Moonraker. Timothy Dalton went hard the other way. He was cold and merciless, and even when he tried to to a lighter moment, he still had a scary look about him. He only did two. The Living Daylights was really good. I hated License to Kill, but others seemed to like it. Pierce Brosnan was too suave. That sounds strange, but the other bonds would get hurt, or messy, or they'd just look rough at some point. Brosnan's hair never got messed up (at least that was the feel.) The other thing was he tried to be hard, but didn't follow through. If Connery asked a bad guy where the girl was and the guy didn't answer, Connery would shoot him in the knee then point out that he had more bullets than that guy did knee caps and ask again. Brosnan would move the gun to a different position and ask again, then move it an ask again, then movie it and ask again. Brosnan's era also saw them trade the Aston Martin or BMW's, and swapped out Bond's pistol form the iconic PPK, to a generic P99, probably because Walter made a product placement deal. Craig comes the closest to the book Bonds. He does have some poor movies, but they are all part of a single story arc. You can't skip one or watch them out of order. The problem is, the links are very subtle and rely on an attention to detail that three years between movies was hard to achieve. For example, the necklace Eva Green wore on the train and in the poker game was given to her by her boyfriend who was captured and held for ransom. In a later movie, bond sees a different woman wearing the same necklace. That's our clue that the "boyfriend" was running a scam on women in the intelligence fields.

[@ymeynot0405]

@MovieNightwithJacqui Sorry, but Casino Royale is the best of all of the Bond movies. I had the VHS MGM collection of James Bond as a child and the first 12 are fun but not "great" movies. They are movies you watch with friends and everyone shouts out at the same time when Bond uses the fantastic tech to kill someone. The WB, and Dalton & Brosnan are better but still extremely trope and punny. The one with Diana Rigg is special because it is the closest to Casino Royale in emotional plot, but has the worst James Bond.

[@galogiha]

Die Another Day is probably the worst way to be introduced to 007. Not even Brosnan enjoyed it. Part of the "charm" of Bond is the he's a bit of a dinosaur, a product of a different era. Bear that in mind if you watch any of the older movies (Connery, Lazenby and Moore, specially).

[@sharp52092]

Daniel Craig's Bond is probably the most human and darker of the Bonds. Connery is the original, suave, and OG. Lazenby is the oddity. Moore is the campy Bond. Dalton is also a darker Bond. Brosnan is mix of suave and campy.

[@misterquantum7767]

Ouch. Die Another Day was the worst Bond movie ever. I say that as a diehard fan who owns the entire series on blu-ray and every soundtrack. I'm so sorry that was your first 007 experience. I recommend checking out the early ones like From Russian With Love and I really enjoy On Her majesty's Secret Service.

[@RobertMathes-ev5ky]

Roger Moore is my favorite James Bond and Check out The Spy Who Loved me. One of my favorite BOND movies.

[@anthonygibbs9691]

There are 25 films Sean connery George Lazenby Roger Moore Timothy Dalton Piece bronsan Daniel Craig

[@R._Thornhill]

The best way to start the James Bond series is with Daniel Craig. Really? He was the worst. Not his fault. The ignorant brats who inherited the character, obviously have no idea of what James Bowas. and still don’t

[@xander66644]

Roger Moore's - James Bond is a lot more campy. Connery is the romantic one, maybe too umch of a cassonova.. I would recommend you watch only the Daniel Craig series and then move on.

[@jamesdryden3251]

Bond's creator Ian Flemming made him much more human in the novels and short stories. Daniel Craig, Timothy Dalton and George Lazenby got the closest to the character in my opinion.

[@Dirkus17]

This is a really good Bond film, but very much a modern Bond. Bond is much more a 60s to 80s character. You haven't *really* seen Bond until you've seen the _sine qua non_ Bond film For Your Eyes Only. Yes.

[@michaelnolan6951]

Oh I am so glad you started your Bond reactions with this one, Jacqui! Casino Royale was the very first Bond story and this film seems to have taken Bond back to his literary roots. It is clearly a spy thriller, and despite all the unrealistic elements, is much less cartoonish than earlier Bond films. Later Bond films did bring back cartoonish elements from the Bond movie series, but I hope you will love them anyway!

[@movienightwithjacqui]

I'm looking forward to seeing the rest! Based on what I'm hearing/reading in the comments, starting with Casino Royale was the right decision. Thank you for watching!

[@nikolaiquack8548]

Well, there have always been both grounded and more silly Bond movies. So I wouldn't make that general statement.

[@zacharyantle7940]

@@movienightwithjacqui will you be reacting to the rest on here? :)

[@CRITTERBUSTERS]

Casino Royale is based on the first bond novel. So yes it’s an origin story, whereas the previous films from 1962-2002 only had slight continuity’s with each other while some didn’t have them at all. They also took a lot of liberties with the source material. The great thing about watching the Bond series is seeing bond and the world evolve with the time periods that the films are made. The womanising and emotionally detached persona is mainly a smokescreen for bond to hide his pain from the job as well as the losses of friends and love interests. He’s actually a very conflicted man.

[@Nathanielcurrelley]

Daniel Craig is my favorite James Bond and he is the bond I grew up on so I might be a little biased and casino royal is not only my favorite Craig bond movie but my favorite James Bond movie of all time but sky fall is a close second please watch all of his movies they are good to great and I really enjoyed your reaction to casino royal

[@matthewganong1730]

I think you will really enjoy the series! The Craig era is a good place to start because it’s a more self-contained chunk of the series. There are 1 or 2 not as good ones in the Daniel Craig run but stick it out and it’ll be worth it. Afterwards, I would recommend going back and checking out at least few of the older ones, even if it’s on your own time. The older ones are all fairly standalone so no real need to watch them in any particular order.

[@fredermac7468]

Great reaction! “Quantum of Solace” is an absolute must see now. These 2 are my absolute favorites of the Daniel Craig era.

[@nocturneJOJO]

Agreed! Too bad most of the viewers didn't understand what they were going for and just wanted reashed Bond's tropes after... It went downhill after Quantum, Skyfall is at least an objectively well made movie, but it takes the series at least ten years back, Spectre and No Time To Die are awful save for barely a couple of well shot scenes. Such a waste of a wonderful opportunity...

[@jimlittle5769]

@@nocturneJOJO IMO, Skyfall is second only to Casino Royale and QoS goes between 4th and 5th for me. You can tell there was script issues and all with all the reshoots, the story was all over the place. I think that's why it wasn't referenced as much as the others going forward. They tried to forget it was made. I know I did.

[@jibrilbaldhead]

I think Quantum went harder into the realism than most folks wanted from Bond. They wanted villains with eyepatches stealing nuke in order to something something space stations. Not a businessman tying up the water rights in a developing nation. Actual real life evil isn't what folks expected to see.

[@robertsmith3883]

You said that James Bond is "a romantic"...How would like to see a James Bond movie where he really falls in love..gives up his job..and gets married...yes MARRIED...it is the one James Bond film that George Lazenby actually did. Most people think that this James Bond is the best James Bond movie ever. The movie title is called "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" it is not to ever be overlooked.

[@bc8093]

As a couple of people noted below, Casino Royale was the 1st. Fleming novel, hence the black and white start. The rights to the novel were originally obtained and made into a TV movie - with Bond being called Jimmy Bond in 1953. Then, another production company bought the rights and made a spoof with David Niven. Finally, in the early '90's EON Productions was able to obtain the rights and bought them. Before Cubby could deliver a movie, he died. When his daughter Barbara took over she did a "re-boot" with Craig.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

I saw the TV version, and Peter Lorre played Le Chiffre. It’s great that they got Mads to play the role, because he looks genetically programmed to be the ultimate villain. He looks like Jack Palance and talks like Peter Lorre.

[@carlossaraiva8213]

Q: Are you a gin person or a vodka person? A: Yes. Why chose when you can have both?

[@felixjaitman4715]

they used Smirnoff on the first movies and Roger Moore never ordered his own, other ordered for him, the Bond girl usually

[@electrospud9230]

This was supposed to be an origin story, so Bond is what he is with women because of his experience with Vesper. Lovely video reaction, Craig's Casino Royale happens to be my favorite Bond movie of all time and I've watched all of the Bond films. 😁

[@movienightwithjacqui]

That makes a lot of sense. It seems like I really stumbled on the right movie to start with! Thank you for the kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the reaction!

[@LordVolkov]

For the OG Parkour movies - District 13 (2004) and District 13: Ultimatum (2009), both with one of the recognized founders of Parkour David Bell. There is also an American remake of D13, Brick Mansions (2014), with the late Paul Walker.

[@nicecupparosie]

Love the District 13 movies. funnily enough picked up the double blu ray few weeks ago, was in the shop waiting for a controller to be tested, spotted them on a stack- pristine 2nd hand and just had to buy.

[@christopherferrarelli2262]

It’s great that you’re starting off with the Daniel Craig/James Bond movies; in particular Casino Royale, because it was the first James Bond novel written by Ian Fleming. I do hope that once you complete this era, you’ll go into the earlier films that feature Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and the earlier Pierce Brosnan films before Die Another Day.

[@nicholasmagers5246]

Correct about the origin story. Vesper is why he is so cold towards women. Of course all the fans here know he let his guard down one more time with Tracy.

[@frozenharold]

The reason you expected it to be more campy, is probably because it got that reputation, mostly during the Roger Moore years. Daniel Craig's version is much closer to Ian Fleming's grittier version of a flawed man. I feel he is the best Bond. Sean Connery's version is iconic and as close to what Bond was supposed to be as you were going to get in the 60s. Unpopular opinion here, but people like to joke about George Lazenby's one portrayal of Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," but it was actually very close to Fleming's idea, and should be given more credit.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Thank you for sharing! If I recall, Die Another Day was a bit campy (it was a while ago, so don't quote me), but that may be why I had that idea in my head. The more I read in the comments, the more grateful I am that I started with Casino Royale. It set the bar pretty high! (Excited for Connery though).

[@JustChrisWillDoTa]

First time I've ever seen your channel. This video was a lot of fun, enjoyed it and will check out more. I've been a huge Bond fan almost all my life since the 80s, and while Casino Royale isn't my personal favourite, it really is excellent and have to admit it probably is the best. I just prefer Goldeneye and a couple of others.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

The title of the next movie is _Quantum of Solace._ Quantum means a very small amount of something and solace means consolation. So after Bond loses the woman he loves, what might he find to be a small amount of consolation? Hint: it’s not ice cream.

[@matthewcostello3530]

did you see Eva Green in Pennydreadful? She was awesome

[@Harry-lq2jz]

THIS IS UNBEARABLE!!!!! STOP CUTTING AND CUTTING SCENES followed by cheap comments!!!!!!!!!! SO ANNOYING!!!!!

[@acwolf92]

Bond is often portrayed as a functioning psychopath.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

That definitely fits more with what I was expecting. Craig's Bond was a pleasant surprise in this one.

[@TheRebuilt1]

Sean Conery is the man's man of James Bonds. Not as much tech obviously back then compared to newer movies but he represented 007 the best. I know most are too young to remember his films by Goldfinger, The Man With the Golden Gun and From Russia with Love are my faves, and I would recommend them once you are ready.

[@NachoMist]

Die Another Day... well, congratulations you went from the worst in the series to one of the best lmao also great to see princess tutu and ATLA on your shelf, incredibly based

[@movienightwithjacqui]

I never expected to find a Princess Tutu fan here 😃 ATLA for sure, but Tutu's a bit more obscure. It was one of my first experiences with anime, and one I still love to this day. As far as Bond, I'm now fascinated by the spectrum, since it seems I managed to pick the most polar opposite films 😂

[@daryl772003]

Sébastien Foucan is the man bond is chasing in the beginning. he is the inventor of free running and an early developer of parkour

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Thank you for telling me! He's incredible.

[@matthewcostello3530]

Quantum picks up right where this ends

[@AMC-ko7yr]

Love this reaction vid! I too fell in love with James Bond (and for sure Daniel Craig) after seeing Casino. Please react to all the others too!

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Definitely planning to do more, so stay tuned! 😊

[@matthewcostello3530]

M pretty much "feeds" women to Bond

[@TsReelTalk]

I am glad I worked on No Time to Die. One of the best experience I had.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Oh how cool! I'm really looking forward to seeing it.

[@couch.patati-patata]

The book has the best last line, 'The bitch is dead.' In this, Bond says it in the boat, not in the end.

[@aarondesch]

the "Craig era" is the only part of the franchise that has an overall story. all the other Bond films were treated like a "villain/adventure of the week" serial with a few reoccurring characters.

[@abbyboyd5111]

The person James Bond is chasing in the beginning is one of the people that helped develop parkour. Can't remember his name at the moment. I'm pretty sure he's French.

[@marximus4]

Don't let Die Another Day taint your Pierce Brosnan Bond experience:). GoldenEye is probably my favorite Bond movie.

[@pr-tj5by]

I loved Brosnan

[@PeterKJRichterIMHO]

Bit late here @18:30 Bond's Martini recipe - is ACTUALLY from Flemming's novel Casino Royale 😉😁 My buddies and I tried to come close to making THAT Martini, but some of the ingredients were hard to come by. One of my BFFs had a Bond Book that listed everything from the books and movies, i.e. the cigarettes he liked, different food and beverages etc etc etc 😉😎 Re: the parkour chase scene - not a stunt man... that's Sébastien Foucan - founder/forefather/godfather of Parkour 😉😮😎 and later on i.e. the naked torture scene is ALSO from the book 😮😉 'cept instead of a "carpet beater" on his cajones, they used that knotted rope #whince . I was totally surprise about the torture scene was allowed, because I remember when Timothy Dalton did his Bond, folks were outraged at the violence, having coming offa string of Roger Moore BOnds, which were more quippy and such. Funny story- Dalton wanted his Bond to be closer the novels 😉 just the public wasn't ready for it 😢

[@ShoNuff3K]

You hate eyeballs AND needles!? Never ever watch The Audition.

[@movienightwithjacqui]

Thanks for the heads up!

[@nixland]

Just joking, did you just come home from a formal party? Your dress 🙂👍

[@movienightwithjacqui]

I love a theme, so any excuse to get dressed up 😄 But I didn't have it in me to do it a second day, so comfort all the way! Thank you for the compliment!

[@omarscarborough4274]

Review Goldfinger.

[@Skullzrapper]

Vesper's death is still one of the most horrific things I've seen in a movie. Best Bond movie ever BY FAR.

[@RaceSimCentral]

I love the Daniel Craig Bond movies. Similar to Timothy Dalton, he shows Bond hurt, challenged, angry, etc.

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

The... how many are there now... 27 Bond films bounce back and forth between more those that are more campy and those that are more heavily action. There are a small few that are actually campy with dark action. And it all really depends on the movie. What I mean is, Sean Connery's Bond films are considered more action oriented, but then you get "You Only Live Twice" which is a pure campfest. Roger Moore's Bond films are considered pretty much campy... but then you get "The Man With the Golden Gun" which is really not campy at all. And its the same for all the other Bond actors (except George Lazenby, who only got one Bond film).

[@najhoant]

The bad guy doing parkour is played by Sébastien Foucan, who was actually one of the co-founders of the parkour movement

[@JeffSchall]

This is likely my favorite of the 007 movies. But I'd also recommend you try out one of the Sean Connery films from 1960s. Goldfinger is a good one. If you've never seen the Austin Powers movies, and plan to, you'll want to watch the Connery 007 movie, "You Only Live Twice," beforehand. Also, you mentioned Doctor Who --- some joke-theories is that James Bond is a Time Lord, which is why his face keeps changing. Another theory is that 007 and James Bond is a title, not a specific person, so that would be why different people can be him. Different Bonds have used different cars, depending on whether the car company is paying the movie company.

[@nicecupparosie]

Love your take on the film Jacqui. When seeing Daniel in Layer Cake we thought he'd make a great Bond villain, 'cos he looked a lot like my dad's good friend who was Russian, so it takes a bit to get my head around the blond blue eyed Bond, and half expect to hear a Slavic accent. Some interviews at the time of the reboot suggested the move to more of a Jason Bourne style action and toning down the jokes, gadgets etc was a response to the success of the Bourne films.

[@jimlittle5769]

Did you see Craig in Road to Perdition? Would have never guessed THAT guy would end up being such a great Bond.

[@bjgandalf69]

Shirt...jibb...roflmfao...love how you curse without cursing...😄😁😁🙃

[@ProdSangreNueva]

Best Bond movie ever!

[@matthewganong1730]

Worth noting that this is the first official movie in the series based off the original novel that introduced the character. The first act is pretty much all original to the film, but once M assigns Bond the job of entering the card game the film actually sticks surprisingly close to Ian Fleming’s original novel, which was very much a character piece more than the pulpy action thrillers that the sequel novels became. It’s not the closest adaptation of one of the novels out there (that would probably be On Her Majesty’s Secret Service), but it’s very successful at capturing the spirit of the original story. Also, Mads Mikkelson as Le Chiffre is easily one of the top 5 villains in any Bond film. And yes, the torture scene is in the original novel, pretty brutal for 1953.

[@CarlosFontes]

My drink: 2 measures of Crown Royal 1/2 measure of Triple Sec 2 dashes of Angostura bitters Slice of orange peel Also: this is such a great movie! Really picked up 007 and dusted him off after the Jason Bourne films had taken the action movie crown for a bit there.

[@brennanhearn6342]

Late comment, but. I've watched all the movies, the Craig Bond movies are the best don't @ me, the last one made me cry. I've read part of exactly one of the books and...don't. Just...don't. I can't imagine any modern woman liking them, Bond in the books is an irredeemable jackass, more of a lush than ARCHER, racist and sexist in all the worst ways...Just don't lol

[@GordonHeaney]

The next one, "Quantum of Solace" is a bit of a mess and was a bit of a disappointment after this movie. However, the action scenes are really cool in "Solace", it's just the story is way less engaging

[@kellysmith1144]

Getting to this one late, Jacqui. You look stunning! So does Eva! It's a great film. Oh! Small point about the Martini. James specified Gordon's before the vodka. The Gordon's will be gin. Maybe dry gin? Three gin measures and one vodka. You'll be fine! :)

[@riphopfer5816]

While I occasionally caught a few Bond films as a lad on our television (we had no cable TV until I was 10), I actually got into the Bond films by reading the books. When I was roughly 8-10 years old, my entire extended family on my father’s side chipped in to rent a cottage on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. While I was there, I discovered that the owner of the cottage had a collection of nearly 20 original paperback 007 novels, by Ian Fleming. When it was too rainy or dark to surf, I would sit and read those novels. That’s how I knew the formula for a proper Vesper Martini before this film emerged, and I recall introducing it to my friends, who thought it was absolutely tops. The proper recipe is-if you hadn’t written it down during the film: 3 measures Gordon’s gin 1 of vodka (I prefer potato vodka over grain vodka, so I use Luksusowa) 1/2 measure of Lillet Pour over ice and shake till extremely cold. Add one large, thin slice of lemon. I think it’s fantastic.

[@majormajormajortom]

I think Casino Royale is my favorite in the series precisely because it broke James Bond, and the Bond movies, down to his very basics to build him up again. Each movie after that slowly starts embracing the tropes, campness, and action, which I'm not personally a sucker for. Casino Royale, though, is a Damn Fine cinematic experience. Also, Jacqui, you HAVE to watch the Hannibal TV series! Truly some of THE best television of the millennium and CRIMINALLY under-watched. The directing, writing, cinematography, editing, sound design, production design... The ACTING... Everything is superb. (You just have to give it a few episodes to finally shake off its very generic, network tv, buddy cop, procedural setup [probably mandated by the network in a very misguided effort to hook more viewers-which backfired and is probably the reason why not many went on to watch it] because when it does... HOLY SHIRT!!! Just 3 seasons of utter brilliance)

[@rottensquid]

I'm a 'perfect' Manhattan man, but the Vesper is definitely a worthwhile cocktail. Though I think the vodka is skippable. And maybe a better gin than Gordon's, like a nice St. George if one can afford it. Or at least Hendricks. That's a beautiful gin. Not a James Bond man myself, but this one film stands head and shoulders above the others. If there were only one James Bond film, this should be it. Plus, a tour-de-force performance by Mads Mikkelsen, the incomparable Eva Green and her heart-stopping scowl, and the always magnetic Jeffrey Wright, all tearing up scenery with aplomb. What more can anyone ask?

[@jordanevans3735]

I know I'm late, but he did order his Martini Gin-forward (3 measures of Gordon's gin, 1 measure of Vodka, half a measure of Lillet). Sure there's vodka in there, but theres 3x as much gin

[@pollyparrot9447]

Fun reaction. I was never a fan of the cheesy sleazy old Bonds, but was won over to the Daniel Craig version. Casino Royale was the first and last Bond book that I read. The torture scene was a bit much for me, aged 14 😱

[@riphopfer5816]

Aston Martin was, indeed, Bond’s historical vehicle of choice. I’ll have to rewind, but I think that was a Ford 😂. Edit: Yes. James Bond’s rental car is indeed a Ford. Probably an Elantra, or some other ridiculous, meaningless name.

[@Juan0003]

The Vesper drink is part vodka, part gin (he says Gordon’s), plus some Kinna Lillet. 😉

[@movienightwithjacqui]

I'll have to try it some time (even if it does have vodka) 😜

[@chrissibersky4617]

Bond = Aston Martin Martini - shaken, not stirred Bollinger champagne Macallan Whisky Walther pistol Omega Seamaster wristwatch.

[@nikolaiquack8548]

First of all, I love seeing someone who's cinematically literate react to the Bond series (not that there's anything wrong with being a casual movie watcher). I totally get why you and many other reactors choose the Craig era to react to first, although I personally like seeing people start from the very beginning, as it gives you a better feeling for what makes the Craig era unique and more context in general. One thing you should know is that all of the Bonds until Craig are meant to be one and the same character. Sure, they sometimes joke around a bit with the audience, knowing that it's a new actor in the role, but there is connective tissue between Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton and Brosnan. Whereas Craig's Bond is to be seen as a new timeline. Kind of like a different version of the same character in an alternate universe. The free running guy actually needed no stunt man, as he was literally the one who started the sport. He did all of the stunts himself.

[@paintedjaguar]

💫Like your sense of humor, Jacqui. If you went to film school, I assume you've already seen a bunch of the good movies out there. But maybe not, it's a big catalogue. "No Time to Die"? No wonder you took your time about going back to the well. Could have done even worse with some of Moore's stinkers though. Aston-Martin, yes, but Bond has also been known to drive a Bentley. And of course it's baccarat, not poker. "I didn't picture James Bond as a romantic." No, but there are a couple of exceptions. Regarding origins: "Casino Royale" was the very first Bond novel, but for various reasons, never had a proper adaptation til Craig. It was the first time in a while that a Bond movie was actually taken from one of Fleming's books. You might find it interesting to poke into Bond as a social phenomenon. Bond fever really hit hard around 1964, when "Goldfinger" came out. There were a raft of imitators, parodies, TV shows, and of course lots of merch and toys (no, Star Wars didn't invent all that - look up Davy Crockett & coonskin caps sometime). I think you might enjoy taking a look at the 1965 TV show "Honey West", starring the wonderful Anne Francis as a P.I./bodyguard. She was about the closest thing to a female Bond, with lots of gadgets, fighting skills, a fabulous wardrobe, unflappable cool, and a pet ocelot named Bruce. You can see the show's nifty title sequence here kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWOumH9sf9F6iKM

[@Slevencolevra]

Goldeneye N64

[@PungiFungi]

Wait till you check out the previous Bond films before Casino Royale and you will see Craig's Bond films are Jason Bourne films with a 007 logo slapped on them.

[@riphopfer5816]

This is a better film than anyone gives it credit for. I think it’s worlds better than any of the Pierce Brosnan Bonds, and better-WRITTEN than almost every other Bond film I’ve seen-which is most of them. Daniel Craig’s Bond is much more like the Bond of the novels. He is both more brutal and more human. His personality is complex and layered. One learns, as the film (and, indeed, the entire series of Daniel Craig 007 films) unreels, that the cold brutality is a suit of armour he forged himself, sometime during his childhood, to protect himself from the derision of his peers, who were all privileged sons of aristocrats and industry magnates, whilst he was an orphan, adopted by a wealthy family who sent him to the best finishing schools and universities. The Daniel Craig films are the ONLY films in which that background is ever even mentioned. Whilst I shall always adore the original few Bond films with Sean Connery for Connery’s iconic acting, and for some of the outrageously wild scenes from those films, it isn’t until Daniel Craig that Bond finally becomes a 3-dimensional human being.

[@Zorros2ndCousinTwiceRemoved]

Congrats, you just watched the best of the Craig Bonds, might as well stop here. ^^ For what it's worth, Quantum Of Solace is meh, Skyfall is pretty good (not as good as this one, although everybody else seems to think otherwise), Spectre is insultingly horrible, No Time To Die is just marginally better with 15 really good minutes and the rest being Spectre level garbage. Casino Royale is a must-see, but none of the others is, two of them are even to be avoided like the plague. If you haven't grown up with Bond, many of the films are downright unwatchable these days, although others hold up rather well. I think it'd be interesting to watch a Bond of each era. For me, that would be From Russia With Love with Connery, On Her Majesty's Secret Service with Lazenby, The Spy Who Loved Me with Moore, Licence To Kill with Dalton (my personal all-time favorite Bond movie and actor) and GoldenEye with Brosnan.

[@pasteye1671]

Many of the later Bonds became self-parodies (beginning with Roger Moore), but this was a return to the original spirit - ruthless, womanizing and deadly. As Fleming wrote him.

[@NewBritainStation]

George Lazenby played James Bond once in the ‘60s. He was much more grounded as well, and quite controversial (sandwiched between Connery and…more Connery.

[@tubekulose]

18:34 But he ordered plenty of gin in his martini, my dear: "... Three [!!!] measures of Gordon's, [only] one of vodka, half a measure of Kina Lillet..." 😊

[@Irish37]

I saw my first Bond film "Goldfinger" when I was about six. I've seen at least one example of a Bond film from every actor's canon. And Daniel Craig is far and away the best James Bond in the history of the franchise. He's the first James Bond who seems like he's putting the mission first, and that everything else, the clothes, the cars, the women, are secondary concerns. All the others (including Connery, I'm sorry to say) seemed as though if you looked good in a tuxedo and drink your Martini the right way, you too can be an international superspy! Incidentally, the Martini wasn't the very first cocktail Bond ever ordered. In the novel "Casino Royale" he orders an Americano, Campari and vermouth poured over ice with club soda. I drink both gin and vodka Martinis, but prefer vodka, and NO olive. The rule is simple - gin Martini: stirred; vodka Martini: shaken.

[@sergioaccioly5219]

Just to be clear, trying to make sense of Bond cronology is a fool's errand. In the first Brosnan movie, Judy Bench was the newcomer that Bond grudgingly accepted. In this movie she's the veteran reluctantly accepting the newcomer Bond into the 00 ranks. Putting both movie series in the same continuity would be madness. That said, the Craig era was a course correction forthe franchise that had gotten too campy. They decide to make it more grounded (and, inccidentally, closer to the books) while maintaining continuity between those movies. To give you an idea, the last Brosnan movie had a BOndmobile that turned invisible. But they did give the occasional nod to older versions of the character. A certain old style Aston Martin shows up in the third movie that's a direct transplant from a Sean Connery 007 flick.

[@FightingTorque411]

If you want a Bond movie as far away from this in tone as you can get, I'd suggest The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). There isn't an ounce of grit in any of the 1970s films, and Golden Gun in particular is glitzy, campy, full of Carry On-style smut, and - I cannot stress this enough - one of the stunts has a slide-whistle sound effect over the top of it. The side characters are gimmicky, the fight scenes are implausible and the female characters are incompetent bimbos, but Christopher Lee makes an impressive villain, which just about saves it. On the other hand, if you want probably *the* film that established Bond as a cinematic success and much of the formula that followed it, go with Goldfinger (1964). It introduced the wry wit that Bond (and his adversaries) are famous for, the gadgets from Q Branch, globetrotting locations, the original and best Aston Martin spy car (the DB5), it has an intriguing plot, memorable megalomaniac villain, strong but sexy female lead, sinister skulking henchman - the literal Bond archetype.

[@whovianhistorybuff]

26:40 to quote Bachman Turner Overdrive 🎵you ain't seen nothin yet B-b-b-baby you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin yet Here's something that you never gonna forget B-b-b-baby you just ain't seen n-n-n-nothin yet🎵

[@davefigore7843]

Casino Royal is probably Craig's Best outing ... followed by Skyfall. For Me.

[@thepyromantic3468]

Every incarnation of Bond is pretty different, Bronson and Moore are the most light hearted with Dalton being the darkest and most accurate to the books. I grew up with these films and to me when I think Bond I think the first 4 actors

[@jonathanwyman9402]

Queen Jacqui. Nice. (I'm still waiting on your Believe sign.) I caught something that amused me in light of the Darth Nathan observation. During Roy's monologue about Chelsea, you became Chewbacca. Listen to the noises you make in response to Roy. Admittedly, you make a remarkably attractive wookie, but still... I think you are right about Keeley becoming the mentor. I agree that Ted is headed back to the US, but I wonder about Beard.