My Name is Bond...James Bond...

By Gordon Lam

Casino Royal 1967 vs 2006

Down in 1967, I would not expect there are any animation and stuff that makes the movie more exciting. Even so, I found the overall story of 2006 is more exciting than the one in 1967. Perhaps 2006 has more people died in the story, which makes the story more interesting and mystery.

This time I would stop commenting on differences about the story. Perhaps it would be unfair to judge 1967 Casino Royale while it has technological disadvantages.

Daniel Craig Vs David Niven

To me, I prefer Daniel over David. Obviously the recent James Bond series have a trend of adding more and more fight scenes. Daniel acted more rough than that of David. I have to say David was a bit too gentleman, the way he speaks was not strong enough to impress me. At this point, A rough James Bond looks better to me.

Villain

Orson Welles is a good actor overall, he acted Le Chiffre in away that he acted like a powerful man. And I might understand that by that time, the typical Villain in that time. Normally, they are bigger in size and tell you he is the bad guy, even he doesn't act like one.









I think Mads Mikelsen is way better, he is another type of Villain which has wisdom against James Bond. He acted so sneaky, tricky and unpredictable. It would be what you expect from a Villain of new generation.

 Vesper Lynd

Pretty Woman seems to be a feature of James Bond. This time again I prefer the 2006 Vesper Lynd. Eva Green the actress of 2006 Vesper Lynd, throughout the whole movie Eva Green was always be so mysterious. However, still good enough to fool James Bond. In the ending, Daniel Craig still forgive her and tried to safe her life. By that scene, 2006 Casino Royale manage to get a better love story than the one in 1967.

If I have to rate,
2006 Casino Royal 5/5
1967 Casino Royal 3/5

After all I want to make it clear that, the reason I prefer 2006, is because of Mads Mikelsen being a Villain. So 2006 Casino Royale Wins!!!

Woops~~~ guess who's bluffing
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