Who's Pierce again?

Rating: 8/10 (6 December 2006)

I love the old James Bond movies, with the great master-plans and great villains. They're just old-school because you can see James Bond winning when the opening credits roll by. So when Pierce Brosnan started to 'act' like Bond I see a combination of Roger Moore and just a little Sean Connery. He just doesn't strike me that hard like Sean Connery. Besides that, I've always felt that Pierce read his script, knows he'll win in this film and puts a smirk on his face and acts like that throughout the film.
I respect the old James Bond movies up until 'A View to a Kill', but I just don't like Pierce, he was continuing upon a worn out formula of always winning against the stupidest enemies known to man.
Not so with Casino Royale with Daniel Craig.
He puts excitement into the start of the James Bond, no bullshit, no I will win again because it's written in the script. Not like that at all. He makes mistakes, he's cold, observant and funny! But when I say cold I mean ice cold, funny is just laughing out loud funny, etc.
When James Bond encounters an enemy in Casino Royale, he outwits him, not just because it's in the script but because you feel he really is smarter than any opponent.
OK, I'll shut it, when I left the cinema, I was left with the question, Who's Pierce? I can answer that, He's the remnant of old-Bond flicks, it's OK but not great.
Daniel Craig and all others involved have put old-Bond aside and reinvented him, really reinvented. It's just not comparable anymore, it's fresh, exciting!
(I at least was left with a satisfied movie experience) (I've heard some complaints that Casino Royale is a bit too long, it's not, it's exactly right, you get value for money this time)