#daniel craig films

[tomorrowneverreleases]

Day 128 of waiting for Bond26 news

Let's talk numbers! Specifically, we'll be looking at Casino Royale because I'm thinking about Le Chiffre again as always haha.

I wish I could have the brainpower to express this in a more formal manner presently, but what I think is intriguing is how Le Chiffre and Bond parallel with each other in some ways. Though, I'll give special focus to numbers since that's a recurring theme.

"Le Chiffre" can be translated as "The Number" from French, mirroring Bond's designation as the number 007. Thus, numbers comprise a significant portion of their identities. For the former, it alludes to Le Chiffre's proficiency in mathematics and also demonstrates that he is a statistic to others. On the other hand, the number for Bond has granted him a license to kill but in a field that demands detachment. For these two, numbers coincide with the cold nature of the espionage world.

These two then play a game that revolves around numbers with probabilities looming over their shoulders. Numbers not only make up their identity but also determine if they get to live or not.

At the end, Le Chiffre's hand was an ace of clubs and six of hearts.

On the other hand, Bond's was a seven of spades and five of spades.

Given Bond's designation of 007, this demonstrates thematically that his odds triumph over Le Chiffre's.

(Side note, aces and sixes do align with Alec Trevelyan from Goldeneye. I don't think that's an intentional connection, but I did get the notion of six being "inferior" to seven by thinking of him. This coincides with Le Chiffre having inferior chances to Bond at the end.)

They're both numbers and chances decide which one gets chosen to win.

[nicostiel]

#they're married okay

[keirahknightley]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)  dir Rian Johnson

+ IMDB Trivia (insp)

[night-eyes1]

[trendfilmsetter]

Andrew Scott has joined the cast of Netflix’s KNIVES OUT 3 titled WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY alongside Daniel Craig, Cailee Spaeny and Josh O’ Connor

[benoits-neckerchieves]

Have not read any reviews yet but that’s a hell of a good start lmao

Peter Bradshaw - The Guardian

[fritzllang]

honestly I think hugh grant lucked out with his glass onion role. a couple hours of shooting at most, no press work, no interviews, and he gets to be remembered by everyone as famous detective benoit blanc's live in sexy malewife

[poguezone]

Drew Starkey & Daniel Craig in Queer

[freshmoviequotes]

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

[hammerbacks]

FIRST & FINAL SOLO SHOTS OF EACH JAMES BOND Dr. No (1962) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Live and Let Die (1973) View to a Kill (1985) The Living Daylights (1987) Licence to Kill (1989) GoldenEye (1995) Die Another Day (2002) Casino Royale (2006) No Time to Die (2021)

[queerism1969]

[tomorrowneverreleases]

Day 161 of waiting for Bond26 news

Le Chiffre web weaving based on science fiction and game theory

Accelerando - Charles Stross / Diaspora - Greg Egan / Casino Royale (2006) - Martin Campbell / Best Response Wikipedia Article / Game Theory Article on Britannica

[nicostiel]

Glass Onion (2022) + Art

[drewstarkley]

Drew Starkey, Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig at Venice Film Festival

[fiiiiin]

Daniel Craig and Hugh Grant in competition for which British actor can take on the most queer roles as they age out of hot leading men era

[dumbbitchawards]

I think my favourite detail in Glass Onion that I haven't seen anyone discuss yet is the fact that Benoit is acting out of character in the first act and then it gets revealed that he's acting out of character because he's trying to seem oblivious/dumbfounded in his plan with Helen but he just sucks so hard at being an actor