Dr. No vs. Casino Royale (2006)

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Which Bond film do you prefer the one that started it all (Dr. No) or the Daniel Craig reboot? (Casino Royale 2006)
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    Both are great but I would have to go with CR.
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Yes, very tough choice but as CR is my second favourite
    Bond film, I'll have to go with that.
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  • LegoBatman008LegoBatman008 USAPosts: 189MI6 Agent
    I think I prefer Dr. No just because I love director Terence Young and at least Terence Young didn't make Green Lantern. And in Warner Brothers's eyes Green Lantern is so bad that it needs a 2020 reboot.
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  • broadshoulderbroadshoulder Acton, London, UKPosts: 1,363MI6 Agent
    Casino Royale.

    One of the best reboots I can think off

    Dr No remains my favourite novel. The book is by far more outrageous then the film..
    1. For Your Eyes Only 2. The Living Daylights 3 From Russia with Love 4. Casino Royale 5. OHMSS 6. Skyfall
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Dr. No introduced the real James Bond to the world, so for me it's no contest! :D

    Casino Royale is great, though.
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    if we are saying ,that one is going to be stranded on a desert island ,then ,it would have to be CR ,
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  • FiremassFiremass AlaskaPosts: 1,910MI6 Agent
    Dr. No by far.

    Casino Royale is the most un-cool Bond movie ever made. It tried hard and failed.

    Dr. No, on the other hand, is super cool.
    My current 10 favorite:

    1. GE 2. MR 3. OP 4. TMWTGG 5. TSWLM 6. TND 7. TWINE 8.DN 9. GF 10. AVTAK
  • walther p99walther p99 NJPosts: 3,416MI6 Agent
    The one that has Eva Green.
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  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,320MI6 Agent
    Casino Royale by a mile (though I love DR NO)

    Def top 3 and prob my fave
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  • Mr MalloryMr Mallory North by northwestPosts: 632MI6 Agent
    Casino Royale {[]
    What makes you think this is my first time?
  • Kent007Kent007 Posts: 338MI6 Agent
    I'd have to go with Casino Royale too. Though I am a big fan of Dr.No
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,926MI6 Agent
    Dr No. When you hear those first electronic Sounds during the Gunbarrel, you become part of that World yourself -{
    1.On Her Majesties Secret Service 2.The Living Daylights 3.license To Kill 4.The Spy Who Loved Me 5.Goldfinger
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Firemass wrote:
    It tried hard and failed

    Failed at what? At the box office? No. With critics? Not with most of them. With Bond fans? Some of them, sure, but it appears that significant numbers of fans were pleased with the reboot. Perhaps you're just reiterating that it failed with you. Fair enough, but overall I'd say Casino Royale is one of the more successful Bond films (although for the purposes of this query, I'd choose Dr. No)
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Dr. No. Any of the Connery/Lazenby Bonds is better than the modern ones because of the acting, writing, and directing. There is nothing as meaty or sophisticated in the dialogue, for instance, in Casino Royale as the meet up between No and Bond. Casino Royale is the finest of any of the Bonds that came after them, however.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    No question, Dr No. Nothing in CR was as cool as Bond's dinner with No.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • GoldenEye85GoldenEye85 Posts: 278MI6 Agent
    This is no contest for me. Casino Royale by a country mile. I have to be in the mood to watch some of the older films. Dr. No is certainly one of those.
    1, GE 2, CR 3, SF 4, TWINE 5, Spectre 6, TMWTGG 7, DAD 8, LALD 9, AVTAK 10, LTK 11, Octopussy 12, Moonraker 13, TLD 14, GF 15, QOS 16, Tomorrow 17, FYEO 18. TSWLM Not seen much: Dr. No, Russia, Thunderball, Twice, Majesty.

    1: Brosnan 2: Craig 3: Moore 4: Dalton 5: Connery and 6: Lazenby
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    CR, hands down. Yeah, it is that good. Craig's Bond is up there with Connery's in DN too. CR is also my favourite Fleming novel.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    No question, Dr No. Nothing in CR was as cool as Bond's dinner with No.

    Except the PTS, the building site chase, parking scene, beach scenes,the first poker game, the airport sequence, every sequence with Vesper in it, the second poker game, the ladder fight, the poisoning, the torture scene and the Venice sequence...
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Virgil37 wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    No question, Dr No. Nothing in CR was as cool as Bond's dinner with No.

    Except the PTS, the building site chase, parking scene, beach scenes,the first poker game, the airport sequence, every sequence with Vesper in it, the second poker game, the ladder fight, the poisoning, the torture scene and the Venice sequence...

    But Dr. No has Connery. (Drops the mike and walks off stage.) :))
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    But Dr. No has Connery. (Drops the mike and walks off stage.) :))
    and the crowd goes wild!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    Virgil37 wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    No question, Dr No. Nothing in CR was as cool as Bond's dinner with No.

    Except the PTS, the building site chase, parking scene, beach scenes,the first poker game, the airport sequence, every sequence with Vesper in it, the second poker game, the ladder fight, the poisoning, the torture scene and the Venice sequence...
    And don't forget the music is wayyyyy better than DN
    Top 10 Bond Films
    1. Thunderball 2. FRWL 3. Casino Royale 4. TLD 5. OHMSS 6. SkyFall 7. GF 8. TSWLM 9. GE 10. FYEO
  • LegoBatman008LegoBatman008 USAPosts: 189MI6 Agent
    There's no question about it, Dr. No certainly has the better leading man but does Dr. No have the better leading lady? Now, that's debatable.
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    LegoBatman008 wrote:
    There's no question about it, Dr. No certainly has the better leading man but does Dr. No have the better leading lady? Now, that's debatable.
    Everything's debatable- that's the fun here! I prefer Ursula, but no doubt Eva rocks!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Virgil37 wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    No question, Dr No. Nothing in CR was as cool as Bond's dinner with No.

    Except the PTS, the building site chase, parking scene, beach scenes,the first poker game, the airport sequence, every sequence with Vesper in it, the second poker game, the ladder fight, the poisoning, the torture scene and the Venice sequence...

    But Dr. No has Connery. (Drops the mike and walks off stage.) :))

    True,but I'd rather see Craig (who in my book is second best only to Connery) doing all those things than Mr. Connery with all his charm talking to Dr.No.

    Don't get me wrong, I enjoy Dr.No, and now I appreciate all its charms. But between CR and DN...CR, always. Forever.

    Now ask me FRWL vs. CR. That's a tougher one...
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Virgil37 wrote:
    Now ask me FRWL vs. CR. That's a tougher one...
    I'm askin'. :D
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    Virgil37 wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    No question, Dr No. Nothing in CR was as cool as Bond's dinner with No.

    Except the PTS, the building site chase, parking scene, beach scenes,the first poker game, the airport sequence, every sequence with Vesper in it, the second poker game, the ladder fight, the poisoning, the torture scene and the Venice sequence...
    And don't forget the music is wayyyyy better than DN

    DN has a 40s/50s soundtrack only saved by the miraculous Bond Theme, "written" by some Monty Norman, and ARRANGED by the great John Barry. DN soundtrack is one of the big "whys?" in the series. Why didn't they just hire John Barry?
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Virgil37 wrote:
    Now ask me FRWL vs. CR. That's a tougher one...
    I'm askin'. :D

    When you post the thread :D I have to search my soul for that one...
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Contracts....
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
    #1.TLD/LTK 2.TND 3.GF 4.GE 5.DN 6.FYEO 7.FRWL 8.TMWTGG 9.TWINE 10.YOLT/QOS
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,866Chief of Staff
    Virgil37 wrote:
    DN has a 40s/50s soundtrack only saved by the miraculous Bond Theme, "written" by some Monty Norman, and ARRANGED by the great John Barry. DN soundtrack is one of the big "whys?" in the series. Why didn't they just hire John Barry?

    Alas, I am legally restricted from answering that question. Seriously.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Virgil37 wrote:
    DN has a 40s/50s soundtrack only saved by the miraculous Bond Theme, "written" by some Monty Norman, and ARRANGED by the great John Barry. DN soundtrack is one of the big "whys?" in the series. Why didn't they just hire John Barry?

    Alas, I am legally restricted from answering that question. Seriously.

    Sorry about that Mr. Norman, I just don't like your soundtrack for DN. I also think that the making of the Bond Theme between you and Mr. Barry went something like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ciFTP_KRy4
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