Casino Royale

[alsoknownas]

Just seen it. Very much enjoyed it. Very throwback. Reboot aspect really confused me for a little while. Casting spot-on (esp. Bond and Vesper).

Highs:
Title sequence (saw it at Rich Mix, and the animation seemed to blend in with the decor in screen 1).
Craig generally.
The violence having physical and emotional consequences.

Lows:
Last reel dragged somewhat.
Er... that's about it.

(Product placement didn't bother me. All a little tongue in cheek, methinks).

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[Descartes]

Tee hee, but the Film was made by a company owned by the Sony Corporation... you wouldn't expect them to advertise someone else's phone..

The cars were Ford, or Ford owned companies, Jaguar and Aston Martin. The Jaguar is now either a Mondeo or a Granada flloor pan anyway.

 

[elevendayempire]

Tee hee, but the Film was made by a company owned by the Sony Corporation... you wouldn't expect them to advertise someone else's phone..

The cars were Ford, or Ford owned companies, Jaguar and Aston Martin. The Jaguar is now either a Mondeo or a Granada flloor pan anyway.

And Land Rover. I think that's Ford-owned. What's irritating about all the product placement is that it'd be really cool for Bond to drive a Bentley as well (like the books), but they'll never allow it.

SG

 

[beeboo]

The title sequence was excellent, wasn't it?

And good to have a proper, solid bond-esque theme tune as well (compare and contrast to that Madonna vocoder monstrosity)

After the really gritty opening scene, and then the fab titles, I was practically jumping up and down in my seat with excitement.

I would go and see it again, that is quite embarassing really

 

[apie2004]

The VW Audi group werent as heavily featured as Ford although there was plenty of A6s and a Bentley GT, surprised by the appearance of a rover p4 (i think). I didnt notice the sony erricson as much as i did with Ford and its empire

 

[Descartes]

Ypou got to consider how much the product palcement generates for the film companies, the costof being allowed plus free use of the products...

A quick look around the square in front of the casino...jaguar pulls up just after Bond arrives

The mass of jaguars and Range Rovers, even some oldies outside of the Ocean Club... even the Germans one..... LOL

 

[Allan]

Geek Alert !!!

Did you know that the chinese woman at the poker game is the same actress as in "You only live twice" at the beginning ?!

You Only Live Live Twice. That would be the one with the JAPANESE girl at the beginning seeing as it's set in Japan, would it?

 

[sorearm]

Saw it last night...

overall - utter pish IMHO, 5/10 and that's generous

the opening scene was good, I did like the more brutal, thuggish Bond - as I think that's what fleming was aiming for.

good lack of gadgets

good casting of craggy-craig

however, the 'hate-you love-you' relationship between bond and the treasury lass was so trite it was unbelievable, her acting was appalling and totally unbelievable. The action scene in the collapsing venice building was laughable.

the gambling scenes went on a bit too long - in fact the whole film was pretty overlong and could have been cut by 1/2 hour at the least.

over-hyped nonsense!

 

[BlackSpecs]

You Only Live Live Twice. That would be the one with the JAPANESE girl at the beginning seeing as it's set in Japan, would it?

Hong Kong @ the beginning i think

 

[AnMarie]

I thought ti was rubbish.

One LONG advert for sony erricsson. Piss poor dialouge, No character development and a loosley strung together plot.

yawn yawn

would hav been better off watching QVC electricals for 3 hours.

Gotta agree with you there...it an absolute waste of time IMO

Horrid film!

 

[Allan]

Hong Kong @ the beginning i think

Yes, you're right. It's been a while since I've seen it and I just looked up the actress's name on IMDB and it's a Chinese name, not a Japanese name.

 

[ska invita]

JUST HEARD that in the new Bond film they have AXED THE BOND THEME! (and all minor themes)

Thats a step to far... I am boycotting New Bond! The music was always the best thing in it!

 

[Kid_Eternity]

You mean this one or the next? In this one they have and it's used well. At the end...

 

[Reno]

Somebody's heard something somewhere therefore it must be right, so let's all overreact, start a petition, threaten a boycott and run around shrieking while tearing our hair out.

Ah, the interweb, don't you just love it.

 

[Poi E]

Saw it last night...

overall - utter pish IMHO, 5/10 and that's generous

the opening scene was good, I did like the more brutal, thuggish Bond - as I think that's what fleming was aiming for.

good lack of gadgets

good casting of craggy-craig

however, the 'hate-you love-you' relationship between bond and the treasury lass was so trite it was unbelievable, her acting was appalling and totally unbelievable. The action scene in the collapsing venice building was laughable.

the gambling scenes went on a bit too long - in fact the whole film was pretty overlong and could have been cut by 1/2 hour at the least.

over-hyped nonsense!

Yeah, agree.

Too much bloody mobile phone use, lack of fit birds (and what happened to titles mit der titties?), overlong and the villain wasn't all that tough (and some dodgy continuity with his scar near the beginning.) Just didn't have the escapist feel of other Bond films.

Air bags didn't go off in the Aston either No surprise there...

Daniel Craig will be alright though.

 

[Dj TAB]

I thought Daniel Craig was good as bond, the script lacked any get-up-and-go so he had little to work with.

As an entire film I s'pose it was more watchable than the original with David Niven.

The collapsing building in Venice scene was a bit w*nk, and the overall plot very weak. There seemed to be little or no discernable ending - I was amazed when the closing credits rolled, I thought I'd missed something....

The positive I guess is they can only do better on the next one...

 

[DUMBO.66]

yeah, the next few should be great

 

[Dubversion]

really didn't enjoy it. It got a bit better in the last 1/3 but I was actually bored for most of it, and the early part was just toss.

Is the section in Venice where he's chasing her in a red dress a deliberate Don't Look Now reference?

 

[Orang Utan]

I don't remember him wearing a dress.

 

[Dubversion]

 

[zoltan]

is was OK

Opening sequence fantastic

Middle dragging on a bit - then again its hard to sex up a card game

End sequence - seemed utterly tacked on to give dumb viewers closure.

but overall - better that the shit we have been loaded up with for the past 20 years

 

[DotCommunist]

bollock torture scene makes DC unhappy

 

[Dubversion]

is was OK

Opening sequence fantastic

Middle dragging on a bit - then again its hard to sex up a card game

End sequence - seemed utterly tacked on to give dumb viewers closure.

but overall - better that the shit we have been loaded up with for the past 20 years

I found the middle bit around the card game - where there was actually some tension and Green and Craig actually got to do some acting - the most enjoyable. The beginning sequence was like a platform game based on free-running and the ending was bollocks.

 

[Orang Utan]

I thought the card game was the boring bit - the sinking house thing was shit too.
Liked the building site bit and the bollock torture and the car crash and the prologue

 

[wishface]

I didn't like it either. Give me old school Bond any day, not this drab fuckwit. He's an unthinking charmless oaf. The film wasn't much better.

 

[London_Calling]

They’d obviously decided now was the time for a comprehensive re-definition of what the franchise is about, and they didn’t shy away; in that sense Casino Royale seemed seriously ambitious, not least as the ground that needed to be covered meant it was going to be long – perhaps very long for yer short attention span Bond core.

I thought they got away with that comfortably, and now the public’s expectations have been recalibrated. Fwiw, I tend to think of Casino Royale as a necessary intermediate step that will make the final evolution – whatever the next one is - pretty comfortable.

As a stand-alone film it's more okay than most Bonds, imo.