How would Tarantino's "Casino Royale" have turned out?

[LuiECuomo]

In 2005, there was a lot of talk about Quentin Tarantino being interested in directing "Casino Royale." His idea was to make the film a follow-up to "On Her Majesty's Secret Service," with 007 mourning the death of his wife Tracy. Tarantino basically wanted to do a very loyal adaptation of Ian Fleming's 1953 novel, in black and white, and had who else but Uma Thurman in mind as love interest Vesper Lynd.

What else do you think Tarantino would've done with the story? I'm not sure it could've been done as a period piece because he was planning on keeping Brosnan as Bond, therefore there are elements of the story that would've had to be modified.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(novel)

Any ideas?

 

[CBGB]

Anything would have been better than Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace. I hated those movies, for one reason, they weren't James Bond.

 

[Harry_Lime02]

It would've sucked, IMO. You can't have a big-name director imposing his style on a franchise like Bond. His idea was terrible anyway. There's no way they ever would've let it happen.

 

[Harry_Lime02]

Anything would have been better than Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace. I hated those movies, for one reason, they weren't James Bond.

Says who? Craig's Bond is much closer to Ian Fleming's original creation than the CGI-filled Michael Bay-esque action movies of the late Brosnan era. Sounds like you haven't watched many Bond movies if you think that.

 

[LuiECuomo]

You can't have a big-name director imposing his style on a franchise like Bond.

That's arguable, since director Marc Forster definitely left his own personal imprint on "Quantum of Solace."

I wish more information was known about Tarantino's "CR," such as the cast and his story ideas. I wonder who he would've had play Le Chiffre, Mathis, M, Felix Leiter, etc.

 

[Apollo]

I believed Casino Royal to be one of the best movies of that year.
I don't know how it could have been any better. I'm glad it was made, its was fantastic.

Though with Quantum of Solace i didn't care it for as much.

Casino Royal/Golden eye/on her majesty's secret service are my favorite bond films.

 

[LuiECuomo]

I believed Casino Royal to be one of the best movies of that year.
I don't know how it could have been any better.

I'm not saying Tarantino's version would've been better, just WAAAAAY different.

 

[san15]

The James Bond series were never driven by dialog. On top of that Connery is Bond at his finest in the 60s and watching QT only paying HOMAGE to 007 is worthless. Therefore QT would’ve been a terrible choice.

 

[cryptic name]

Anything would have been better than Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace. I hated those movies, for one reason, they weren't James Bond.

I'll agree Quantum sucked, but Casino Royale was far and away the best Bond film of the modern era

 

[Apollo]

The black and white idea is silly. How would that make it any closer to an Ian Flemming novel? because the pages were white and the ink is black. come on.

Though it would be neat to see a tarantino Bond film. But I'm still waiting for that Steven Spielberg Version


Martin Campbell makes great Bond films which he proved to us with Goldeneye and Casino Royal. So i'd like to see him make another one down the road.
So i wasn't a big fan of Quantum of Solace. It tried to connect with Casino Royal but it was just way to different. In that regard it didn't work for me. It felt like a Bourne sequel but using the casino royal characters instead of matt damon

 

[LuiECuomo]

The black and white idea is silly. How would that make it any closer to an Ian Flemming novel? because the pages were white and the ink is black. come on.

The PTS from "CR" was in black and white and it was a cool effect, in my opinion.

 

[CBGB]

Says who? Craig's Bond is much closer to Ian Fleming's original creation than the CGI-filled Michael Bay-esque action movies of the late Brosnan era. Sounds like you haven't watched many Bond movies if you think that.

Says me. I never said my opinion was fact. My opinion is my opinion. I didn't say I liked Brosnan either, Sean Connery is my favorite Bond. I would've just liked Tarantino's spin on it.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I just know it would not have been as good as Martin Campbell's Casino Royale.

The dude made two of my favorite Bond films of all time.

 

[LuiECuomo]

Anyone have any ideas on what would've been changed?

 

[CBGB]

I think Tarantino would have made more memorable villains, for starters. Don't get me wrong, I liked the villain from Casino Royale, but imagine a character like Hans Landa in a Bond film.

 

[Deaths Head II]

I suspect Tarantino would have kept the torture scene.

 

[LuiECuomo]

I wonder if this little film would've had any influence on Quentin:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310853/

 

[rashad]

Says who? Craig's Bond is much closer to Ian Fleming's original creation than the CGI-filled Michael Bay-esque action movies of the late Brosnan era. Sounds like you haven't watched many Bond movies if you think that.

This +1

 

[CBGB]

I wonder if this little film would've had any influence on Quentin:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310853/

Haha, Peter Lorre. Knowing Quentin, it might have.

 

[LuiECuomo]

In the 1954 version, the torture scene is inflicted on Bond's feet, not his genitals. Knowing Taratino's foot fetish, who knows?

 

[redfirebird2008]

I love Casino Royale, but there are certain parts of the script that suck donkey balls (cheesy romantic dialogue during certain parts). Tarantino would have avoided this problem, but who knows how he would have done with the rest of it. Casino Royale is great for the most part.

 

[LastSunrise1981]

Loved Casino Royale and enjoyed Quantum of Solace as well. I think the reason Solace receives such mixed reviews is that it picks up immediately after Casino and has a shorter running time.

But for me? As much as I loved Connery and I actually enjoyed Brosnan's performance in GoldenEye. Craig, for me, will always be Bond as I feel he deserves to be put up there with Connery in terms of performances. I loved the ruthless aggression he instilled into the character.

His depiction was definitely closer to what Fleming wrote on the pages and people forget that the book itself was pretty gritty, violent, and dark as well.

Craig is what Bond should be in my opinion.

 

[Wolfman]

Quentin Tarantino doing a Bond movie sounds cool, but I dont think he's idea would have worked very well. He said he wanted Pierce Brosnan to continue as Bond, but set the movie 60's! So the old Pierce as Bond taking place at 60's. How the hell would that have worked out without confusing people. I don't blame the producers for scraping that idea. Don't get why Tarantino still seems a little bitter about it.

 

[theseverproject]

''shaken not ****ing stirred'', ''bond..mother****ing james bond'', ..it would prob be R rated hehe

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Quentin Tarantino doing a Bond movie sounds cool, but I dont think he's idea would have worked very well. He said he wanted Pierce Brosnan to continue as Bond, but set the movie 60's! So the old Pierce as Bond taking place at 60's. How the hell would that have worked out without confusing people.

It's the same as the Judi Dench conundrum. How can she be working with the rookie Bond in 2006 when she was working with the veteran Bond in 1995?

And there simply is no answer to that except she's not playing the same M.

Therefore, Brosnan would be playing a different version of 007 if he was in Casino Royale set in the 60's. He would be different anyway, under QT's direction.

Having said that, as others have noted, it would inevitably be one long homage to 60's spy movies. That most of today's audiences wold never get. And full of lengthy dialogue scenes, while Bond movies are action adventures.

Part of the success of the 007 series is that it's done in a house style, all the directors more or less keep to the same type of direction. Fast paced and not drawing attention to itself. Martin Campbell is very much a modern Peter Hunt or John Glen.

I would be fascinated to see Tarantino's Bond movie, but I am ultimately glad it was never made.