James Bond Franchise (1962-∞)

[stwrt]

Yes! Odd selection of titles to be the first batch, but at least they're including most of the Connery titles including my favourite Bond film, From Russia with Love

Just watched that again after reading the book again after a gap of years. Robert Shaw was probably the best ever Bond villain, would have been a good choice to play Bond, in fact. Loved the scene n the movie where Bond suspects that Grant is not the Englishman he claims to be ("Red wine with fish?") : in the book Bond's hackles are roused by the windsor tie knot Grant wears, "often the mark of a cad". None of this humour would find its way into today's Bond scripts.

[OliverB]

So does this mean that we will never again see the Bond films revisited on SD-DVD or ever get halfway decent packages of the Connery films without upgrading to BR?

[John Cope]

Teaser.

[Antoine Doinel]

It looks like a direct retread aesthetically, stylistically from Casino Royale which isn't a bad thing at all. Bond looks badass walking over the hill with a gun, and more Jeffrey Wright is great too.

I'm still worried about Pacino (and his hair) making a cameo though.

[flyonthewall2983]

The film has now jumped the shark. Al Pacino will make a cameo as (one of?) the villains.

How the hell did I miss that?

[Len]

Looks really good: 1080p - 720p - 480p

[dx23]

According to dvdactive, the 3 disc Collector's Edition and 2 disc BD are coming on October 19th.

Title: Casino Royale
Starring: Daniel Craig
Released: 21st October 2008
SRP: $29.95

Further Details:
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced a 3-disc collector's edition of Casino Royale which stars Daniel Craig and Eva Green. The film will be presented in 2.40:1 anamorphic widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround track. Extras will include 2 commentaries, deleted scenes, multiple behind the scenes featurettes, a Chris Cornell Music Video, Bond Girls are Forever (2006), a James Bond: For Real Documentary, a Becoming Bond documentary, filmmaker profiles, Catching a Plane: From Storyboard to Screen, and "e-Movie Cash" to see Quantum of Solace. A 2-disc Blu-ray release will also be available for $38.96. We've attached a small shot of the package artwork below:

[aox]

Die Another Day is now a "Classic Bond Film"? It is probably Brosnan's worst Bond film and arguably the worst Bond film ever.

[Antoine Doinel]

Alicia Keys and Jack White pen the song that no one will remember anyway.

[flyonthewall2983]

Far as I'm concerned, there's just "Live And Let Die" "A View To A Kill", and the rest is muzak.

[colinr0380]

Joe Cornish (of Adam and Joe) has a try at the Quantum of Solace song, which he describes in their podcast as a mixture of David Bowie and Madonna.

Adam Buxton's song can also be heard here!

[fdm]

So does this mean that we will never again see the Bond films revisited on SD-DVD or ever get halfway decent packages of the Connery films without upgrading to BR?

Oh come on, it's Bond. Out of print every two or three years, reissued every two or three years...

[Cde.]

In a just world, the producers would have taken him up on the offer and we'd all be hearing that in a theatre come November.

[bdsweeney]

Interview with Forster

[Antoine Doinel]

New trailer. Amalric looks good as the villain.

[tugboat5555]

Looks pretty great/fun up until that "your prison is up there" line...

Bad reminder of the "littlest finger" scenes that really tried to sink that first film.

[Len]

Bond is looking very Steve McQueen. Black shawl collar cardigan and all.

Looks good tho.

[Antoine Doinel]

Coca Cola Zero "teaser".

[cdnchris]

Why did they change the date from Nov. 7 to 14th. 7 seemed like a good number.

The Harry Potter movie was moved to next summer so a few movies have shifted their release dates around that, either moving them to an earlier release date or later release date hoping to maximize the money they take in the first weekend, something the Potter movie would have cut into.

[Antoine Doinel]

Listen to the song you're going have to endure during the opening credits here.

[mfunk9786]

Endure? It's great.

[Antoine Doinel]

We must have heard completely different songs.

[sonofkinski]

I'm not a fan of Alicia Keys of Jack White, but putting the song within context, it works just fine. It's representative musically of the time that the particular Bond film is being released, has the "epic" bom-bom-bom Bond flourishes, and features a contemporary, soulfully-voiced female vocalist.

[Mr Sausage]

Listen to the song you're going have to endure during the opening credits here.

That's just awful. It starts off by erratically quoting a bunch of Bond-type chords from different eras (none of which coalesce into an actual beat), and then sinks into the worst kind of pop music.

[mfunk9786]

That's what they get for hiring creative musicians to perform the Bond song for once. Bring back Madonna!