James Bond: Casino Royal

[Mark]

Who has seen this film? What did you think?

[nicemms]

I haven't seen it yet. Although I may be seeing it in christmas holidays.

[pino]

Who has seen this film? What did you think?

The worst James Bond film ever made :down: here in Denmark it had/has success only because 2 danish actors are playing in this film; one is Mad Mikkelsen as Chiffre or whatever is called :p :

[Ranger]

The worst James Bond film ever made :down:

You've got to be kidding haven't you?

I think its brilliant.

No high-tech unbelievable rubbish, less wisecracks and no-nonsense.

It's to the point, the story is good, the action is believably fantastic.

Much better than that rubbish they called "Die Another Day".

[Mark]

As Bond films go, it's one of the better ones. But I was still very disappointed in the film. It was very slow for a start, and when the action did happen it was like WTF is going on here?

[pino]

You've got to be kidding haven't you?



It's to the point, the story is good, the action is believably fantastic.



Sorry but what story ? :s action is ok but wouldn't call it fantastic...

[Captain VXR]

It was good and the bit where he smashes that guy's head into a sink, savage

[Knock-on]

I've heard it's just about the best Bond film ever although I haven't yet seen it.

There has been practically universal acclaim from the critics.

[Ranger]

Sorry but what story ? :s action is ok but wouldn't call it fantastic...

Possibly. Maybe my opinion makes it seem better because its just that good compared to other films around right now.

Worst Bond film ever is a hard call though. A View to a Kill was pretty rubbish, as was Die Another Day.

[Ranger]

I've heard it's just about the best Bond film ever although I haven't yet seen it.

That's my story with "On Her Majesty's Secret Service".

[pino]

I've heard it's just about the best Bond film ever although I haven't yet seen it.




How many beers you had on you when you've heard that ? ;) :p :

[Daniel]

I think it was good :) Although I think the Casino scenes went on for a bit too long :)

[555-04Q2]

All I can say is if that is the best the JB franchise can offer these days, good luck to it for the future :down:

I am a huge JB fan and have all of the movies but this movie is the first JB movie I have not enjoyed :(

[Schultz]

This film is one of the best. Actually I think it was better than every single Brosnan movie. Daniel Craig was believable and yes, the action scenes were not over the top either. Some classic Bond moments too. The chick from the treasury department, and Bond's first conversation was a good example.

I really was not expecting much from this film as it seems these days when a sequal or the next movie in a line of movies comes out, they seem to be disappointing. I even remember suggesting this would be the worst movie I have ever seen. Quite surprisking. A must see if you ask me :)

[Daniel]

Good summary. I just fail to see what else people were expecting from the movie tbh. Perhaps in the minds of some people it's just not possible to make something better now than it was 20 or 30 years ago? I just don't get what people were expecting to see? Sean Connery?????? It was real, it was gritty, it was a Bond movie and Daniel Craig was 100% believable!

[Dave B]

There has been practically universal acclaim from the critics.

You really should know better than to take critics' opinions seriously: they're directly proportional to the film's marketing budget and how much of it gets spent plying reviewers with freebies and interviews.

One or two of the tabloids who have given saturation coverage to the Bond movie, for example, have seen their showbiz editors taken on holiday - oops sorry, on a research trip - to the film's location.

I've given up on Bond films. They were always tongue-in-cheek harmless romps, but since the Austin Powers trilogy poked fun at them they've been getting steadily further up their own backsides, substituting humour and storylines with increasingly far-fetched set pieces, with the flimsiest of plots to link them together.

I'll probably get the DVD, but I'm not subjecting my backside to three hours in a cinema for this.

[Daniel]

You really should know better than to take critics' opinions seriously: they're directly proportional to the film's marketing budget and how much of it gets spent plying reviewers with freebies and interviews.

One or two of the tabloids who have given saturation coverage to the Bond movie, for example, have seen their showbiz editors taken on holiday - oops sorry, on a research trip - to the film's location.

I've given up on Bond films. They were always tongue-in-cheek harmless romps, but since the Austin Powers trilogy poked fun at them they've been getting steadily further up their own backsides, substituting humour and storylines with increasingly far-fetched set pieces, with the flimsiest of plots to link them together.

I'll probably get the DVD, but I'm not subjecting my backside to three hours in a cinema for this.
Give it a go Dave. It's only 2.5 hours :p

I liked the fact that the movie wasn't as predictable as a lot of other Bond movies have been recently.

[J4MIE]

Have to agree with pino on this one :up:

Is it just me that thinks jumping from crane to crane is "believable"? I do admit though that I was hanging onto my seat at that point, mainly because I had fallen asleep and woke up and wasn't quite sure what was happening :p :

As for the story.... did anything happen?

...running and managing to keep up the length of the airport with a madman in a fuel tanker? The girl giving him the electro-whatsit and then him saying "oh, hello". Sure - very believable....

[Dave B]

Give it a go Dave. It's only 2.5 hours :p


I'm busy tonight (Omid Djalili :D ). Tomorrow I'm washing my hair. Wednesday, well it's fajita night. Thursday I'm at a Madness concert. Friday isn't good for me. Saturday I'm having my annual bath.

You get the idea... :p

[J4MIE]

...and it was too long too, a lot of people walked out but I managed to resist... just!

I'm just glad that my mum paid and not me!! :p :

[Daniel]

I'm busy tonight (Omid Djalili :D ). Tomorrow I'm washing my hair. Wednesday, well it's fajita night. Thursday I'm at a Madness concert. Friday isn't good for me. Saturday I'm having my annual bath.

You get the idea... :p
:p

I agree with Jamie on the crane bit. I did think the first pedestrian chase scene was a touch pointless. Sure nothing happens but there was character development. I guess it's always going to be a problem when they're releasing a prelude which the movie was in a way.

[Mark]

The bad guy in the first chase scene was better in Top Gear :p

[Daniel]

Am I alone in thinking that Bond shouldn't have swerved? :mark:

[Mark]

It was the cannon under the car that did the damage, not his swerving, The car would have easily coped with that without flipping over :p

[Daniel]

It was the cannon under the car that did the damage, not his swerving, The car would have easily coped with that without flipping over :p
Perhaps. Caroline knows that if it was her I wouldn't have swerved. I like cars too much :p

[J4MIE]

Yeah he shouldn't have swerved.

What was the ass whipping all about too.... :\

[Daniel]

Yeah he shouldn't have swerved.

What was the ass whipping all about too.... :\
I suspect that has something to do with women wanting to see his body. Don't see the point myself :p

[555-04Q2]

I suspect that has something to do with women wanting to see his body. Don't see the point myself :p

He did it because he can ;)

[Schultz]

I suspect that has something to do with women wanting to see his body. Don't see the point myself :p

So true! lol.

I have to say, with this new Bond, they seem to have been going for a different market. The chicks and gay guys. Wasn't Bond always supposed to be this cool, swuave person that every man wanted to be? It seems they are putting more emphasis on 'sexy' with Daniel Craig. Damn, if I see him getting out of the water in those bloody togs one more time I think i'll throw up!

And I don't think it was his arse the guy with the rope was aiming for...

[Daniel]

So true schultz. NO wonder Bond never had any children ;)

[555-04Q2]

I have to say, with this new Bond, they seem to have been going for a different market. The chicks and gay guys.

Indeed :down:

[wacked]

i quite enjoyed the movie.. was pretty good.. enjoyed the lesser gadgets and more action.. one of the better bond movies i have seen..

[quicksilver]

Thought it was good, way better than the rubbish they've been making lately, 'Die Another Day and the others since Goldeneye were appalling. Was expecting Daniel Craig not to be up to the job but thought he was surprisingly good. The casino scene was a tad long though, as was the film in general. Thought that having less gadgets was definitely a good thing but I used to love the Q character so it was a pity there was none, but I guess we cant have it all! Overall thought it was definitley a step in the right direction for the franchise. And I'm not a chick or gay either!

[Hazell B]

What was the ass whipping all about too.... :\


It wasn't his ass being whipped :laugh:

Finally used the free Bond tickets I've had since May on the film. What a semi wasted afternoon :mark:

Started well, trailed off. We were crossing our fingers he'd simply be shot and that would be the end of it .... but no. Stuart Baird, the editor, is usually real tight on time, so I guess the wretched Broccolli woman stuck her nose in and made it thirty minutes longer than needed :rolleyes:

Funny, the film had everything I love about movies in it, yet it left me totally cold. Nothing wrong with any part of it, except the editing, so I can't say what was causing me to not engage in it.

And why in hell's teeth over dub the Aston's engine note? :mad:

[Daniel]

Half of the audience in the cinema I was in breathed in heavily during the "ass" whipping scene. Was it like that in your cinema Hazell? :p

[Daniel]

Half of the audience in the cinema I was in breathed in heavily during the "ass" whipping scene. Was it like that in your cinema Hazell? :p

[Hazell B]

There was a total of seven of us in the whole cinema :mark:

The men all 'ooooh'ed and the women either laughed (well, it was only me, but what did you expect?) or winced. One elderly lady, not with us lot, asked her daughter very loudly what was going on, which made the guys laugh between groans.

I shall remember that one for my next torture session. Very effective and easier than pulling teeth. I can even get chairs cheap :D

[Daniel]

:laugh:

Have you told your partner this? :p

[Hazell B]

Mick's just walked in to the office and read that post, Daniel.

He's offering me cups of tea, chocolate biscuits and Heath Ledger on E4 now. Coincidence? :p :

[Mark]

Thought that having less gadgets was definitely a good thing but I used to love the Q character so it was a pity there was none,

But nobody could replace Desmond Llewelyn, so perhaps it's best that Q wasn't in this film.

[555-04Q2]

I'll say it again...the movie sucked. Saw more schenes of a poker table than the Aston Martin which the idiot wrote off anyway :(

As someone mentioned before, the crane jumping sequence was ,well, pathetic as was the poisining incident where he recovers in 5 seconds after being clinically dead.

And the Venice building sinking part...where's a gun so I can shoot myself in the head :(

[Mark]

as was the poisining incident where he recovers in 5 seconds after being clinically dead.


Quite. My mum has had a cardiac arrest before, and I remember her telling me that she was physically wiped out and couldn't move for several days afterwards, and it took a few months before she could even leave the house. Yet this guy is running around straight away :mark:

[555-04Q2]

Yet this guy is running around straight away :mark:

Gotta love movie directors imaginations or should we say lack of it :s hock:

[pino]

I'll say it again...the movie sucked. Saw more schenes of a poker table than the Aston Martin which the idiot wrote off anyway :(

As someone mentioned before, the crane jumping sequence was ,well, pathetic as was the poisining incident where he recovers in 5 seconds after being clinically dead.

And the Venice building sinking part...where's a gun so I can shoot myself in the head :(

I totally agree :up: the only scene I enjoyed was the last one...but just because it was taken on the beautiful lake of Como :p :

[555-04Q2]

I totally agree :up: the only scene I enjoyed was the last one...but just because it was taken on the beautiful lake of Como :p :

Didn't see that part. Fell asleep after the Venice building sinking. Wife woke me up a little later to take her home :p :

[millencolin]

i just saw it... i absolutely loved it! no where near as many sponsor placings asdie another day, the action scenes were actually somewhat believeable... and many less gadgets!! just awesome

[555-04Q2]

the action scenes were actually somewhat believeable

You must have been stoned when you watched it ;)

[pino]

i just saw it... i absolutely loved it! no where near as many sponsor placings asdie another day, the action scenes were actually somewhat believeable... and many less gadgets!! just awesome


Are you sure we are talking about the same film ? :p :

[Daniel]

I have to agree with Pino at least on the action scenes bit :p

Was I the only one who found the Mondeo bit incredibly funny? :p

[Schultz]

I hereby nominate Pino and 555 for old git of the year awards :p :

Guys, your forgetting something. This is Bond, James Bond. He is suppsoed to do cool things that make us go wow. No need to nit pick and tear the movie apart because of a couple of scenes that seem a little bit unrealistic. In many ways it's what makes the film so attractive to so many. Going to the movie is about going into a world that is far from your own.

[555-04Q2]

I hereby nominate Pino and 555 for old git of the year awards :p :

going into a world that is far from your own.

Your gonna be far away from this world after I kick you up the backside for calling me an old git ;) :p :

[Schultz]

Your gonna be far away from this world after I kick you up the backside for calling me an old git ;) :p :

Normally I would ignore such a statement, but seeing as your a self proclaimed....

lean, mean, muscle machine ;)

...I think i should revoke that nomination.




Pino's nomination stands :p

[Knock-on]

Common 555, stop beating about the bush. Say what you really mean.

Did you like it or not?

[Daniel]

Normally I would ignore such a statement, but seeing as your a self proclaimed....


...I think i should revoke that nomination.




Pino's nomination stands :p
Pino's no wimp either Schultzey.

You should have seen the pic of him carrying a huge rock in Finland :p

[555-04Q2]

Normally I would ignore such a statement, but seeing as your a self proclaimed....


...I think i should revoke that nomination.




Pino's nomination stands :p

Wise choice :D

[555-04Q2]

Common 555, stop beating about the bush. Say what you really mean.

Did you like it or not?

I enjoyed the fact that it is a James Bond Film as I am a MAJOR James Bond Fan (mostly the older stuff though) but I found it too slow paced at times and filled with a lot of cr@p stunts (some were good but most were rubbish),an ugly Bond Girl :s hock: and a pointless poker session.

25% liked it, 75% hated it :( Honestly ;)

[Simmi]

At least this James Bond wasn't a joke. It didnt have an invisible car, he didnt surf and Bond actually bled. In that crane scene you could see Bond was out of his depth so there's a bit of realism in the unrealistic.

It had to change or else the franchise would have died in another few films. To me this felt like a completely new franchise and I think Craig is on a par with Connery. Too many traditionalists out there need to move on. In comparison to the last few Bonds, then I'd give it 10/10. And for the record he shouldn't have swerved and it doesnt say much for that Aston's road holding abilities that it went over like an A Class lol.

[Hazell B]

Was I the only one who found the Mondeo bit incredibly funny? :p

You mean when he appeared to pay the other man to get rid of it, only to be handed a nice V8 Range Rover? Yes, I know it was a parking attendant, but have you even seen a man exit a car so fast :laugh:

Product placement not obvious? You are kidding me, right? There was a Jaguar in almost every damned scene (I expected Jags in venice at one point) and the watch that was supposed to beat a Rolex was pure product placement made passive. The ones we know about like the Mondeo, computer and mobile were flogged to death at every chance.

Give me an invisible Aston Vanish any day.

[LeonBrooke]

I thought it was good, especially after Die Another Day, which was awful. I saw Casino Royale yesterday - I was impressed that it wasn't all gadgets, cars and explosions - there actually was a plot, and quite a good one too.

Bond's flat-line scene was stupid though.
1. He put the defibrillator pads in the wrong place
2. A flat line is death. You cannot shock a flat line. it will achieve absolutely nothing.

[Mark]

The ones we know about like the Mondeo, computer and mobile were flogged to death at every chance.

Give me an invisible Aston Vanish any day.

The phone was flogged to death rather too much :s . I would have thought Bond would have something better than a Sony Erricsson.

The product placements are something which put me off even further, am I supposed to be watching a feature film or a 2 hour advert here?

The more subtle placements, like for Virgin Atlantic, weren't too bad :p

[Daniel]

and the Vaio laptop and the Sony digital cameras as well.

Seeing Richard Branson was actualy quite funny :D

[Schultz]

Sheesh. We are complaining about product placements? Every film you see is likely to have a similar level of not so subtle marketing. People are not watching television adds anymore. If a mention or two of sony erricsson or Omega is going to keep my ticket price around 10 bucks, who cares. It hardly ruined the movie.

[Schultz]

and the Vaio laptop and the Sony digital cameras as well.

Seeing Richard Branson was actualy quite funny :D

lol was that him? he was getting checked out at the airport right? What the bloody hell was he doing there? I squinted because I didn't think I was seeing right!

[stevie_gerrard]

It was a good Bond film, not one of the best, but it was interesting to go back to the start. I just hated it when they left it as a cliffhanger at the end. i hate it when any film does that :(

[Caroline]

I liked it but it was overlong imo. Too much time spent in the Casino. When asked if he liked it, my Dad replied that it was rather loud. Make of that what you will :p :