Casino Royale (novel)

I thought that the search for cleverness, refinement and style was an interesting aspect of the novel. I can certainly see how this novel influenced the lifestyles thousands, if not millions. Communism (or in more modern instalments “the world’s terrorists”). It’s the ultimate guilty pleasure.I’m less surprised when people tell me that they haven’t read Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. By modern standards, they’re dated – full of descriptive passages that would be considered excessive today, old-timey dialogue and generous helpings of nasty old conservatism. Pierce Brosnan may deploy heat-seeking rockets that fire from his Aston Martin while he skids across the ice as a laser from space tries to blow him up, the Bond of the books has adventures that are far more streamlined and nowhere near as ridiculous. While Fleming was something of a futurist, gadgets are mostly non-existent in the books. Capitalist justice to any of the megalo-maniacal Communists who crossed his path and seemingly chemically irresistible to any woman with whom he came into contact. While Bond in the movies is known for his quick wit and his light hearted approach to danger, the Bond of the books was often a cold and nasty fellow who rarely indulged in humour. Similarly, while the cinematic Bond was a chauvinist at the best of times, the guy in the books is a dangerous monster of sexism. In Fleming’s opening gambit into the world of 007, ‘Casino Royale’ nary a chapter goes by without Bond either objectifying a woman’s body or complaining about how useless women are outside of domestic duties. Connery as the ultimate all-time perfect casting, no one really felt that way at the time. Had there been an Internet when Connery was cast, he would have received just as much vitriol as Daniel Craig would 45-odd years later. Cary Grant or David Niven, the casting of Connery (a man who might more closely resemble a truck driver or a milkman than a movie star) gave cinemagoers a passport into this lavish, exotic world of transatlantic flights, sunshine and beautiful women. It wasn’t just a fantasy – they could relate to this guy. As so many have said before, men wanted to be him and women wanted to be with him. He wasn’t merely a heartthrob (as Grant certainly was) – he was a sex symbol. Timothy Dalton brought the character close again to the literary origins of Fleming’s books and Pierce Brosnan played a mean Greatest Hits tape. Each and every Bond brought something to the table. Fleming’s Bond ever was (the beginnings of political correctness saw a softness in Bond’s attitude to the fairer sex) and at times, he seemed so loyal to the book’s character that he seemed unsuited to the suave style or the extravagant action scenes. Craig combines all the best elements of the cinematic Bond (with his puns, his style, his gadgets and his high-flying heroics) with the flawed vulnerability of the weary warrior of the books, a man who hated his job and hated himself, but soldiered on regardless. Portugal, Fleming noticed a group of Nazis at the Baccarat table and thought it would be a wonderful idea to try and beat them at the tables, thus inadvertently weakening Hitler’s funds. He then loses millions when Bond foils a plot to blow up an aeroplane. Mathis is a member of the Deuxieme Bureau with plenty of expository information about Le Chiffre and a glint in his eye – played to perfection by Giancarlo Giannini who plays some of Fleming’s misogynistic dialogue for laughs. In the book, Vesper is an Mi6 agent – in the film however, she is recast as a member of the British Treasury, who has been reluctantly swept into Bond’s mission to oversee the large amounts of taxpayers’ money with which he’s going to be gambling. Vesper that sex with her will always be satisfying, because “the central privacy of her, would each time have the sweet tang of rape”. The film wisely updates Vesper, making her far more independent and far more resistant to Bond’s charms. It’s very easy to make the claim that Eva Green’s Vesper Lynd is the best love interest in a Bond film in 30 years. While the film’s (and the book’s) speedy love affair seems a little bit rushed, the chemistry of the two actors make it believable nonetheless. Bond half-heartedly adopts a fake name when checking into the hotel, knowing full well that anyone who cares will know straight away who he actually is and why he’s there. When he does catch up to the bad guys, both versions of Bond end up totalling their respective vehicles. Then a shower of small twigs and leaves. From all sides came the sharp tinkle of falling glass. Above in the sky hung a mushroom of black smoke which rose and dissolved as he drunkenly watched it. There was an obscene smell of high explosive, of burning wood, and of, yes, that was it - roast mutton. Yes I am talking about the Craig film. I know - an unpopular and much derided opinion. I can't bring myself to agree that the Craig film is the best of the franchise -- Sean Connery will always be "my" James Bond -- I do agree that that movie is much superior to anything since the first few (not including Niven) films. But then, to my mind, Daniel Craig is not James Bond--he comes off a more of a street thug than a suave man-of-the-world. While Sean Connery s the coolest Bond, Pierce Brosnan is overall the best Bond--and in many closest to the Bond of the books. Royal flatbed typewriters were the only unique design that the Royal company put on the market. But when it came to work horses, the company introduced one price winner after the other for decades. Jaws. 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