Casino Royale (2006)
DVD
Leighton & Sabine: *** 1/2
The new Bond is pretty slick. Casino Royale is a "reboot" or "restart" of the Bond myth, basically taking us back to when Bond is a brand-new double-0 agent. But we haven't gone back to the 60s, and Judy Dench is still M, so it's starting over from the present. The new Bond is Daniel Craig (Lara Croft, Road to Perdition). He's got all the action of previous Bonds, but very little of the techno-wizardry. There was no Q in this movie giving Bond any crazy gadgets. The beginning of the movie has a dynomite chase sequence using the "free running" style of the French Parkour fad. It was pretty cool. About the only flaw in the movie we could find is that the ending tends to drag on a bit and feels a little anticlimactic after everything that came before it.
Here is the trailer...
posted by L8N at 11:41 AM
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Louis: ***
This is one we watched during the cruise.
I thought he was good - maybe a little dopey looking.
He did have one gadget - the remote blood analyzer and defibrillator.
Ahh..but I said there was "very little of the techno-wizardry" and that there was "was no Q in this movie giving Bond any crazy gadgets". I didn't say there were no gadgets at all. :)
I did see this one, but was not as impressed as I have been with it's predecessors. I'm not sure though if it was the actor or the storyline: but something didn't jive (for me). It was still a good movie, and it did hold my attention for the duration: but I think I would have rather had Pierce in the roll. Of course, the "Bond Girl" was all I expected (and perhaps more).
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