This article was written by Eoin O’Faolain.
Continuing in our look back on the last decade, Screenhead examines the major movie events of the year 2006.
“If at first you don’t succeed, then reboot it” became the motto of the major Hollywood studios in the latter half of this decade. 2005 saw Christopher Nolan take on the ever-popular Batman character and reboot him in Batman Begins, a film that couldn’t be any more different from the horrendously camp Batman and Robin. Audiences were impressed and so it was time to reboot one of the most successful franchises of all time.
Even though Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond was earning more and more bucks as the series progressed, it was felt that a new super-spy was needed, someone who tied in more with modern action-audience sensibilities. That man was Daniel Craig, whose craggy face seemed to suit the harsher action of Casino Royale, an adaptation of the original Bond novel. The film was a critical and commercial success, and was the biggest Bond movie to date, earning nearly $600 million worldwide.”
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