I have edited Vesper's introduction to make the conversation seem less artificial, and I have removed the oft-derided romantic dialogue in the last act. Lastly, I have worked on the characters of Vesper and Mathis. Instead of all this 'Bond Begins' gimmickry, the film now focuses on Bond's character arc of learning to see the big picture. So I've cut references to Bond being a young man and/or rookie agent references to Bond being a hitman or thug (he's more of a saboteur and provocateur than anything) and much of the unprofessional hostility between Bond and M (some trust issues are understandable, but not to the extent the original film depicts). He would have worked in the Navy and Secret Service for years before getting 00 status. Bond is a new 00, sure, but he shouldn't be a young man or a rookie agent. Casino Royale is meant to be a reboot of the character a la Batman Begins, but the idea of Bond as a hotheaded rookie is completely at odds with the casting of 38-year-old Daniel Craig. I also took issue with the film's characterization of Bond.

I've removed long sections and entire stunts from these sequences. The parkour continues too long after its real climax (the crane jump) the airport sequence seemingly stops and starts as Bond jumps onto and then off and then back onto a moving truck and the Venice sinking house is an overlong mess.

In my fanedit, that scene is gone - along with much of the film's excessive action. And so began my desire to edit Casino Royale. The central poker game is interrupted one time too many, and on a rewatch, I found myself wishing for a version of the movie without the gimmicky car defibrillator scene. And all this held together by a Bond that combines the magnetism of Connery with the vulnerability of Dalton.

The novels are recalled in the sun-and-sand Bahamas locale and in the characters taking time to enjoy food, drink, and conversation. It's packed with more sex, sadism, and snobbery than any of the films since the '60s, and it's full of iconic moments: Bond earning his 00 status, the parkour, the shower scene, the record-setting car crash, the torture. In 2006, I had been a Bond fan for a few years, seen most of the films, and read all of Ian Fleming's novels, but Casino Royale was my first of the films in a theatre. Casino Royale is one of my favourite Bond films, along with the films directed by Terence Young and Peter Hunt, the Timothy Dalton films, and GoldenEye.

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