More like, late 70's. Oh, what the heck, he could be found hanging from the top of the Petronas Towers with Catherine Zeta-Jones in his next adventure.
I think the problem is that Davoid Arnold is not bad, but he's no John Barry. When you listen to soundtracks like GOLDFINGER and THUNDERBALL, you realize what hasn't been happening music-wise in the Bond movies for years. Barry had a way of reintroducing the main theme, the Bond theme, and...
Getting back to CASINO ROYALE, did anyone else notice that the actress who played the older Chinese lady at the poker table (Tsai Chin) was once the Bond girl who flipped Sean Connery into the Murphy bed in the opening scene of YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE?
Indeed, by the material and by John Glen, who has to be one of the worst directors ever. IMO, the whole series went down the drain when he took over, and came back with a roar when he left. They didn't get rid of him a moment too soon.
LOVED this film. It just blows me away that, 44 years after the start of the series, the Broccolis still managed to turn out a spectacular action movie that feels fresh, smart, witty and still references the whole series in a number of ways. Wow. Not easy. Loved Craig. I was one of the first...