Casino Royale has been crowned the best James Bond movie of all time. Daniel Craig's first role in the tux, from 2006, scooped the most votes in a poll set up by IMDb, beating Pierce Brosnan's.
Daniel Craig and Mads Mikkelsen in Casino Royale (Sony)
- In the film version of Casino Royale James Bond and Vesper stay in Hotel Splendide in an unidentified town in Montenegro. While there does turn out to be a Hotel Splendide in Montenegro, it is a concrete highrise rather than the neo-baroque design of the film. The real Hotel Splendide is located in Becici, on the edge of the Adriatic. However, if you’re looking to stay at the “Hotel Splendide” that appears in the film then read on.
- 2 days ago by Neeraj Chand. Back in 2006, Daniel Craig starred in his first movie as James Bond, Casino Royale. The film provided a sorely needed new direction to the spy franchise, doing away with CGI and elaborate gadgets, and replacing them with gritty realism, and in-your-face action. In an interview with Polygon, the director of the movie, Martin Campbell, revealed that the most difficult part.
Casino Royale was an integral movie for the James Bond franchise.
While Pierce Brosnan’s four-film stint as the spy was a financial success, his final two entries, The World Is Not Enough and especially Die Another Day, were met with negative reviews.
So when Daniel Craig was cast as Brosnan’s replacement the decision was quickly made to take Bond in a new direction.
And that’s exactly why Martin Campbell was brought in to direct 2006’s Casino Royale, as he had previously overseen Goldeneye, Brosnan’s critically-acclaimed first outing.
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Campbell has now been discussing his efforts on Casino Royale, telling Polygon that those behind the James Bond franchise “wanted to bring it back to earth” with the film.
“When I came on board, I felt the same way. I felt the whole thing needed to have its feet well and truly on the ground,” he said.
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One of the main plot points of Casino Royale revolves around Bond taking on Mads Mikkelsen’s terrorist financier Le Chiffre at a high-stakes game of poker.
Looking back on these poker sequences, Campbell said that the key to making them “convincing” was that they are not just about “the card games,” adding: “It’s the stakes. It’s also two guys eye-******* one another, basically. That was the secret.”
© Provided by Yahoo! Entertainment UK Mads Mikkelsen, Caterina Murino, Daniel Craig, director Martin Campbell, Ludger Pistor and Veruschka von Lehndorff (Photo by Anita Bugge/WireImage)Casino Royale’s editor Stuart Baird said that everyone involved was originally worried how they would “keep the audience engaged in those card games,” as they thought that people might quickly become “bored with it”.
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Campbell solved this problem by making sure the film’s 30-minute sequence set in the casino showcased Bond’s mental capability as well as his mortality. This was particularly riveting since Campbell described Craig’s Bond as “a bull in the china shop” throughout Casino Royale, adding: “He just hurls himself no matter what the dangers are, he’s not really thinking.”
Craig’s final appearance as Bond will hopefully hit cinemas next year, as No Time To Die is still scheduled for release in April.
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Ready for your James Bond Fall marathon? The next big James Bond film, No Time To Diehas been delayed until April of 2021. So, with Daniel Craig’s swan song as 007 a long way off, — and the future of new streaming Bond movies in flux — the end of 2020 isn’t a bad time to binge Bond. Plus, you’re mourning the death of Sean Connery, you might be ready to visit some of his classic 007 movies right now. Here’s your guide to where every James Bond movie is streaming online right now, as of December 2020.
We all know that although James Bond has a license to kill, his best super-power is actually the ability to tell terrible dad jokes. Hopefully, if we ever get to see Daniel Craig’s forthcoming final James Bond movie — No Time To Die — we’ll get a whole new clip full of bad puns we can load-up and fire off. In the meantime, 007 movies have a tendency to hop from streaming platform to streaming platform, kind of like the way Bond jumped over those rooftops in Spectre.
You may have read all the Bonds were streaming on Hulu and Amazon Prime or Netflix, but the truth is, where the Bond movies are streaming changes all the time. So, where is all of Bond streaming right now? Here’s the update as of Late October/Early November 2020
Classic Bond: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, and Timothy Dalton
The bulk of “classic” James Bond movies are, as of November 1st streaming for “free” on both Amazon Prime and Hulu. But a few of these — like Dr. No— are only available for rental on Amazon. These go for $3.99 a pop.
Classic Bonds Streaming (Mostly) For on Amazon Prime and Hulu.
TIP: If you’re going to watch ONE of the classic Sean Connery movies, that is also streaming for free, we recommend From Russia With Love! It’s way better than you remember. But, as of December 1, 2020, Goldfinger is back on Prime!
- From Russia With Love (On Hulu on November 1)
- Thunderball (On Hulu on November 1)
- You Only Live Twice (On Hulu on November 1)
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service(On Hulu on November 1)
- Diamonds Are Forever (On Hulu on November 1)
- Live and Let Die (On Hulu On November 1)
- The Man With the Golden Gun (On Hulu On November 1)
- Moonraker (On Hulu On November 1)
- For Your Eyes Only (On Hulu On November 1)
- Octopussy (On Hulu On November 1)
- A View to a Kill (On Hulu On November 1)
- The Living Daylights (On Hulu On November 1)
- License to Kill (On Hulu On November 1)
Daniel Craig Bond Movies
As of right now, the Daniel Craig movies are available to rent on streaming in several places, and specifically Amazon Prime, iTunes, and YouTube. During the launch of HBO Max, Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace were on there, but now they’re not. However, as of August 31, both of those films have been on Netflix. Here’s how that shakes out.
- Casino Royale is…BACK ON AMAZON PRIME. Streaming for free. AND it’s on Netflix, too! And Hulu!
- Quantum of Solace just jumped over to Netflix, along with Casino Royale.
Pierce Brosnan Bonds
What about Brosnan, Pierce Brosnan? At the moment, the first three Pierce Brosnan Bond films are on Netflix. That includes:
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- The World Is Not Enough
- Goldeneye
Die Another Day used to be on Netflix but right now, it’s not. At the moment, you can rent Die Another Day on Amazon, or watch it for “free” if you have a Showtime subscription through Amazon Prime.
Never Say Never Again + Free Bond?
In 1983, Sean Connery returned to play a semi-retired James Bond in a movie called Never Say Never Again. This movie is not considered an “official” James Bond movie and only existed through a legal loophole. Basically, the guy who co-wrote Thunderball, Kevin McClory, was able to retain partial rights to Bond, and thus, Never Say Never Again is a weird Thunderball remake, only this time Bond is older, and Kim Basinger is also around. This movie is streaming for free, with ads on Pluto TV.
Notably, virtually all the other “real” James Bond movies are streaming for free on Pluto, too. (Excluding any of the Daniel Craig movies. Again, these have ads, but hey, it’s totally free!
Check out the full selection here.
Documentaries
At the moment, Hulu still has the docu-drama “Becoming Bond” streaming for subscribers. This movie is all about how George Lazenby become Bond for his one and only movie, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Check it out here.
Blu-ray
What happens when James Bond isn’t streaming? Maybe it’s time for the physical Blu-rays. Check out this complete set here.