Casino Royale

[AspenRose]

What say you?

[JackBeck]

1. We saw it last night.

The theater was sold out. We both very much enjoyed it. It really is a re-invention of the genre. The opening scene was amazing. I loved all the Parkour stuff.

[Deja Q]

2. It's not the firs to emulate the style of the Bond books...

Casino Royale is the first Bond film since "Licence to Kill" that takes proceedings seriously. It is also more or less authentic to the book (all things considered). We haven't anything so close to the original novel since "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

It is a reboot as the production team dates the movie in such a way that none of the previous Bond movies exist, and


(SPOILER) is the start of a multi-movie story arc.

(SPOILER ENDS)



Given the Bond books were originally rough and gruff with a Bond that was dangerous, not PC, a smoker, and did unorthodox things, we're seeing Bond as he ought to be. (I never got into the garbage that was Brosnan's era, and there are only two Moore movies I find redeemable. Maybe three.) Dalton, naturally, is my favorite...

[JackBeck]

5. I figured as much.

The movie definitely had an open ending. Lots of questions left unanswered.

(Spoiler)

I never saw Vesper's betrayal coming. And none of the 007 gadgets. His car, though, was hawt!

Daniel Craig was a phenomenal Bond.

[caty]

3. I've heard that Daniel Craig

does a pretty good job, but I lost interest in 007 years ago. I also think that, other than Sean Connery, taking that part seems to harm the careers of the actors who take it. They get type casted into that kind of role. Even S.C. didn't do much until he got older and more distinguished looking. And, Pierce Brosnan just can't seem to make a good movie anymore. Although I've heard he has a new movie coming out next year called "Butterfly on a Wheel" that might be pretty good.

http://www.iconmovies.net/butterfly/

[Deja Q]

4. He's sensatonal as Bond.

Some people (myself included) were not too sure about him, but he pulled one hell of a performance.

Brosnan's era is pop-culture garbage; wallowing in itself rather than taking a chance. That is another reason to give Casino Royale a try. It reinvents, stays true to the novel (by and large), and modernizes itself.

Definitely worth a DVD rental if nothing less, but it is a genuine big-screen theatre-worthy experience.

[bridgit]

6. average curious fan here...

:D

[ContraBass Black]

7. It's not about the actor.

It's about the character and the story.

[Deja Q]

8. Which is also pretty exceptional.

:)

A couple of flibbles in my opinion, but not nearly enough to say "yet another modern Bond film that sucks".

[ContraBass Black]

11. I watched Die Another Day for the first time a few days before I saw it,

So I appreciate Casino Royale even more.

[Deja Q]

19. Before the flick turns sci-fi, Die Another Day is actually decent.

It had potential. But it ruined it, big-time. :(

[ContraBass Black]

20. It started well.

But starting with the hospital scene, the acting and story are crap, which is shocking in light of who was involved.

[trof]

9. Weissmuller was Tarzan and Connery was Bond.

Period.
End of story.
;-)

[Neoma]

10. More or less a fan.

Not much of one though.

[NewJeffCT]

12. I hope to get to see it

but, i haven't seen so many movies the past 3 1/2 years, that I'll likely end up watching on DVD...

I like Bond movies, but since Moore took over, they've been too gadgety & gimmicky for me.

[BreweryYardRat]

13. Saw it last night.

Very good, despite a few flaws.

Loved the fact that the tech is now pretty much modern, with no super-gadget BS.

And Judi Dench kicks butt as M. Glad they kept her.

[Kelly Rupert]

14. I saw it, and it was abso-bloody-lutely fantastic.

First worthwhile Bond movie since GoldenEye, and the best (IMO) since the Connery days.

[michreject]

15. Daniel Craig is a hypocrite

When he was filming this movie, he got on a soap box and said that guns should be illegal for anyone to own while making a movie about using guns to save the world.:mad:

[citizen snips]

16. its a good movie

I saw it the first day it came to movie theaters and this Bond movie is more intense then the others.

[Bucky]

17. Every new Bond since Roger Moore, studios always say "Finally, Bond done right"

My dirty little secret: I liked the Roger Moore Bond better. Moore's a little on the metrosexual side, but Connery played Bond as an outright misogynist. Moore at least seems to recognize how camp and over the top the whole business is--he's basically the Adam West of the Bonds. No one acknowledges it anymore, but everyone is still trying to get Bond out from under Moore's shadow.

[MrSlayer]

18. I'm going to see it as soon as I can.

I'm a huge Bond fan. I've heard all good things about it.

[bikebloke]

21. I had reservations

But having seen the trailer, I'll see it...on DVD, since I gave up on the cinema (hear that all you fucking talkers!).

I like this recent trend of rebooting into grittier, more earthbound incarnations - Batman Returns and Battlestar Galactica (well not so literally earthbound with this one).

[hunter]

22. Violent and very messy.

A better Bond than you've seen in a long time.

But you really, really, don't want to be licensed to kill.

[AspenRose]

23. kickaroo

:kick: