Well, as a steadfast disliker of all recent James Bond films, I gotta say, this is even better than the hype
And the hype is really quite, well....hyper.
James Bond has been reinvented, for this, the first novel, and his primary official mission as a "double Oh" agent, and this film is the absolute total reinvention. The post-Bourne Identity viewing public needed something new, and frankly Casino Royale will pack the cinema's.
We start with NO BOND MUSIC...no sir, this new secret agent doesn't even have his licence to kill yet, and the intro is created with class and color and very good music.
Then it lands running with a flick back and forth across the globe to unfold a storyline for the rest of your viewing pleasures, and pleasures they are sure to be.
Cheese? Just how cheesey is it? Is it still sponsored by a West Country Gorge with a fetish for rennet and milk? Well......maybe a little, but this Bond gets beaten up, badly, and brilliantly and while he does well, and naturally survives, is is SUCH A CLOSE THING.
He's got very little real style, he needs help in dressing for a proper formal occassion and he end's up being tortured (oh BOY is he tortured)
He's close to death in places, and the man's face is fantastic, the film work and the tension had me running my hands through my hair, worried that it was going to be the last film!
OK, there's some bad moments. They are tiny, and I've only seen it once, but who ever thought that the mud on the Land Rovers in the jungle looked real, needs slapping. And I do NOT need someone to explain every deal of a hand of cards, through a very tense part of bluffing by our new super-spy, because I can work it our now, thanks very much, shut up.
But those are minor points, minimal.
And only a reasonably experienced player of 1st person shooter PC games will see the beauty of some of Bond's bullet shots, but suffice it to say, he uses the environment very well, as did the director!
And James, dear James......has a heart. Which is.....well, I won't spoil it.
Worth seeing as a Bond fan? Yeah...go see what it should have been about for the last umpteen bags-of-crap-Bond-films.
Worth seeing as an Action film fan. Oh yes.
Worth convincing your partner, who's not really interested in James Bond. Definately. It's this market where the extra ticket sales are going to pile up.
James Bond is now cool. It's just a shame they insist of shining a blue LED in his eyes to make them twinkle![]()


LinkBack URL
About LinkBacks

Reply With Quote


. And hey, even the bond girl showed feelings..that was something different + I love Eva Green. She was also awsome in Kingdom of Heaven.

