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I was looking forward to see this film but the story sure didn’t hold up.
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IESB.net Written by Robert Sanchez Wednesday, 15 November 2006
Does Casino Royale live up to the hype? In short it does not, Craig works as Bond but the movie has plenty of problems.
I will be the first to admit that I have never been an avid fan of James Bond. I have seen most of the movies but I sure can’t name them all.
I really had high hopes since this was a reboot and we were going back to basics. New Bond, less gadgets, realistic settings and hot babes, sure I was looking forward to see this film but the story sure didn’t hold up.
During the first few minutes of the movie we get to see James Bond get his double O status, some pretty cool scenes follow.
I won’t give away too many details, as I always I try to stay spoiler free but my biggest bitch about the movie is this, if I want to see close to an hour worth of people playing poker I can watch ESPN and catch a poker tournament. I don’t think that fans really care that Bond knows how to play the game.
That’s another bitch about the film, the big duel between Le Chiffre and Bond is a game of poker? Sure there is a scene in where Le Chiffre does some stuff to Bond that will make any man watching twitch in his seat but these two guys spend way too much time facing each other down across a game of cards.
Another note, Le Chiffre is one of the shittiest villains I have ever seen in my life with no real presence on screen. That scar across his eye sure does remind of Dr. Evil, the big difference is that Mike Myers was at least entertaining on the big screen. In short the love story sucked, the villain sucked, the opening theme was horrible, the action was okay but there was no real impending danger to anyone. The movie could’ve easily lost 30 minutes and maybe that could’ve helped the movie move along better. The truth is that if you want a real spy action thriller we are going to have to wait for The Bourne Ultimatum, James Bond is a bitch compared to Jason Bourne. 2 out of 5 stars
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