I am personally really pumped about the new direction of the Bond franchise. Don’t get me wrong… I loved Brosnan as 007, but the casting of Daniel Craig gives a slightly darker and rougher edge to the assassin gentleman that we’ve never seen before. I like the idea of seeing a James Bond who looks like he could kick the shit out of me instead of one that looks like he’s just about to make my dinner and answer the door.
The good folks over at Coming Soon have posted up a report about Sony showing 20 minutes Casino Royale and the Cinema Expo in Amsterdam. Here’s what they had to say:
The footage showed off Craig as a grittier Bond, with scenes of more intense, visceral hand-to-hand combat than 007 has tackled in recent pics. One black-and-white scene flashed back to Bond’s first ever (brutal and hard-to-pull-off) kill as an agent, as well as his (much more sleek and signature) second assassination.
Also introducing the pic was one of the new Bond girls, Caterina Murino, and the reel featured some sultry scenes between her and Craig. For any gearheads, Bond’s new ride also got some screen time, as did high-octane chase scenes, including one of Craig following a baddie up and down a construction site with aerial jumps and twists.
All sounds good to me. The new James Bond flick hit theaters in November. Damn that’s getting close.
