So why isn’t Casino Royale the greatest Bond film ever? After all, we have a new Bond in Daniel Craig, and other critics have been giving him rave reviews. Furthermore, the film starts off with a very vintage Bond look as shots are devoid of color and camera angles are taken from extreme angles. Unfortunately,…
When Daniel Craig was announced as the new James Bond last year, the 007 faithful over in Britain got their knickers into quite a twist. They bellyached that the actor was too much of a thug, his hair and eye color weren’t right for Bond, and that he didn’t even know how to drive a…
I can find one nice thing to say about Casino Royale–maybe two. Daniel Craig is not bad. He’s fine, actually. He’s not playing James Bond– I guess I can’t escape the performances. Eva Green is awful, Mads Mikkelsen is amusingly awful, and Jeffrey Wright is unspeakably bad. It’s a new level of terrible from Wright,…
Michelle and I watched Casino Royale last night. Aside from how brutishly, gremlin-ugly Daniel Craig is, the thing that was the biggest barrier to enjoying it were the long, ultra-choreographed fight scenes Special thanks to “007” Click Here To Discuss This In Our Forum www.russellwardlow.net reviewed by: Russell Wardlow May 10, 2007 Michelle and…
Simply giving a guy a big gun, an Aston Martin and Dame Judi Dench as his boss doesn’t make him James Bond. I’m in the minority here I know, but I didn’t like it. I’m a Bond fan. I’ve seen all the movies many times, and I’ve read all the books many times and I…
The question is how much can you tinker before destroying? Some people like the changes to James, and I’m not going to begrudge them that. But personally when I go to a Bond movie I go for fantasy, I don’t go for gritty realism. When I want that in a spy movie, there are plenty…
The latest Bond outing, Casino Royale, starring Daniel Craig in the leading role, is over-hyped rubbish. Sorry. I know it has plentiful fans and appears to have garnered critical support too, but I was thoroughly unimpressed, and even a little depressed, by the whole experience. Special thanks to “007” Click Here To Discuss This In…
Casino Royale (2006) is an exceedingly juvenile film – an unconvincing mish-mash of staples from the thriller genre (I mean, please, an oil tanker fight, a high speed car chase AND a poker game!) with a plot that has the consistency of Swiss cheese, duly seasoned with liberal dollops of mush. For most of the…
This movie did not live up to what I expected based on the critical and public reviews I had read. I think the producers attempted to take it from one genre (fantasy, tongue in cheek, action/spy movie) to another, (gritty, serious, action/spy movie) and left it somewhere in limbo alternative007.co.uk This movie did not…
Here is a brilliantly poignant review from an Italian movie magazine called “Film”. The author of this review is a “huge Bond fan” and in his opinion “‘Casino Royale’ is the worst Bond ever… if this crap IS a Bond film.” 007 Italian movie magazine “Film” By Aldo E. Castellani Casino Royale 007 è…
