In the course of his first kill he manages to destroy a bathroom, slamming the man through several toilet stalls before drowning him in the sink. This is the Bond just being promoted to double O status, complete with showing us his first two kills that establish him as a double O. Gone are the continuing stories of the spy that we have had. The dialogue makes it instantly clear that they have “rebooted” the Bond series. It’s not just that the pre-credits sequence was in black-and-white.
It was clear from the opening shots that this was a different kind of Bond film.
This was, at this point, by far the best Bond film ever made. This time, coming to it after going through all the previous ones, there was no question. When I first saw this film in the theater in 2006, I couldn’t decide if it was the best Bond film since Goldfinger or simply the best Bond film. Bond Support: Judi Dench (M), Jeffrey Wright (Felix Leiter), Giancarlo Giannini (René Mathis), Tobias Menzies (Villiers).Bond Villain: Mads Mikkelson (Le Chiffre), Simon Abkarian (Alex Dimitrios), Jesper Christensen (Mr.Bond Girl: Eva Green (Vesper Lynd), Caterina Moreno (Solange Dimitrios).Nighthawk Nominations: Editing, Sound, Visual Effects, Sound Editing, Original Song.
