A novel approach to James Bond movies?

[gothamajp]

A couple of weeks ago I felt in the mood to watch a Bond movie, no specific reason, just wanted to watch a good fun spy movie, so plucked the 2009 version of Casino Royale off the DVD shelf (OK, one of the DVD bookcases!) and sat back to enjoy Daniel Craig's debut as 007

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[black13]

The movies are very much their own thing. I remember reading once that both the Fleming estate and the movie producers one day realized that the producers had only bought the rights to the story *titles,* and not the novels themselves. Which is one of the major reasons why the movies told completely different stories.

I actually consider that a good thing: almost every single Bond movie is completely stand alone -- which, in my opinion, is something other series would do well to emulate, it would eliminate the need for a complete reboot every other year. Only YOLT, OHMSS and DAF of the original series and the two Craig movies need to be watched in order.

[black13]

If you went by novel order, how would you start now?

- TV Casino Royale
- David Niven Casino Royale
- New Casino Royale

That's where the problem starts, because you'd have to do Live & Let Die next, but Quantum of Solace starts an hour after the end of New Casino Royale, so things would get confused if you watched the movies in novel order.