Casino Royale Director Martin Campbell Didn't Like Quantum Of Solace Either
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It only seems like yesterday that I first heard that Daniel Craig was going to be the new Bond. I have to admit to going to IMDB to find who the hell he was (I hadn’t and still haven’t seen Layer Cake). The only one of his previous films I seem to remember seeing was one of the Tomb Raiders, which didn’t particularly inspire confidence. I also have to admit to liking Pierce Brosnan as Bond, although I think the producers lost the plot a bit with the films, each seemed to be more spectacular, and unbelievable, than the last.
Casino Royale is the last of the Ian Fleming books to be made into a film, but it’s also, chronologically, the first story in which we see Bond. This raises a tricky problem, do they re-write the story so it’s not Bond’s first mission, or do they take us back in time to see how Bond became Bond. Personally I think the producers made the write choice in sticking to the story and rebooting the series, taking us back to see the Bond we all know and love develop as he becomes a 00 with a license to kill.
For those that don’t know the plot, Casino Royale is centered around Le Chiffre, a money launderer that handles the money for various nefarious characters. Bond, having earned his 00 status by completing two kills, unknowingly thwarts Le Chiffre’s plan to blow up a new passenger aircraft during its unveiling. Le Chiffre has bet that the company’s stock will go down, whilst everyone else is expecting it to go up, so he’ll make a tidy profit. Unfortunately he makes this bet with the money obtained from various rebels and terrorists, fully expecting the plan to work so he can pay back the money and pocket the profit himself. When the plan goes awry Le Chiffre is left in a vulnerable position. M sees an opportunity to bring him in and learn the secrets of a lot of groups MI6 have their eyes on.
