It opens in black and white, with James Bond hiding in the shadows, only just becoming a 00 agent through the killing of a traitorous section chief’s contact, and is preparing to murder Dryden, the traitorous section chief. It doesn’t take long for Casino Royale to convince you it’s a different kind of James Bond film. Post 9/11, Casino Royale is about terrorism and money, not world domination, with an underlying fear that government agencies may not always have the most honorable of intentions. Whether its Connery’s wry, amused ruthlessness, Moore’s debonair aloofness, Dalton’s steely resolve, or Brosnan’s suave detachment, Bond adapts to the world around him. Every generation gets a Bond to reflect its era.
