Casino Royale: Bond 21 or a reboot?

JimmyBond0129

Even though everyone considers Casino Royale to be the twenty-first Bond film I think it's actually a reboot like Batman Begins and not a prequel. Which means Casino Royale is actually the new Bond number 1 and Quantum of Solace is the new Bond number 2. And that means the next Bond film is gonna be a threequel which is bad because threequels have a tendency to suck.

Sweepy the Cat

It is the same series but just a different continuity.

I like to have CR (and soon QOS) next to all the previous Bond films B-)

Thunderbird 2

It IS a reboot, intentionally. Its established in dialogue by Dryden (indirectly) as well as M later on that Bond has just been promoted to 00 status. Although part of the overall Bond franchise, Casino Royale marks a new start, stepping away from establisahed history from the Connery - Brosnan era, in exactly the same way as Batman Begins. - I suspect the new Star Trek flick will be the same in that respect.

Thunderpussy

I have the box-set of films so I do keep CR and soon QOS apart.Thinking of them as a sort of "Classic Bond" and "New Bond" collections.
But I've got a really good feeling about the next Bond film,They've tried some things out,Hopefully listened to some of the feedback and feel the next Bond will not divide the fans as much.

thesecretagent

I like the comparison to Batman Begins - the only Batman film I really enjoyed. My wife kind of refers to the Bonds now as the old ones and the new ones. The new ones start at Craig and Casino Royale. I feel we are at the beginning now, and I like how the two films have been done. I think we will see a little more sophistication with Craig in the next film, a little more polished around the edges. Doesn't matter if they don't go that way - he's a modern Bond for today and his replacement will no doubt take Bond into another direction later on.
Personally I think this re-boot or whatever it is called was needed. I have watched a few of the classics since Casino Royale and have found it hard to get into them.

Thomas Crown

I consider the Craig films a re-boot as well. An appropriate word for them as they strive to get back to the initial conception of 007.

delicious

Casino Royale was a funeral. James Bond is dead. He was killed by a combination of severe psychoanalysis and overwhelming political correctness.

JimmyBond0129

delicious wrote:

Casino Royale was a funeral. James Bond is dead. He was killed by a combination of severe psychoanalysis and overwhelming political correctness.

No Roger Moore killed James Bond and Daniel Craig beathed new life into him.

Thunderbird 2

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