Casino Royale...

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    Levi_501 Its in The Jeans...

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    I watched this last night, still not quite sure what I think of it.

    Bond himself was in a bit to much hand to hand combat for my liking, also the being tourtured bit.

    One other observation was I kept thinking of Layer Cake !

    Whats anyone else view on this Bond and Movie ?
     
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    I watched Casino Royale a few days ago and whilst I enjoyed the movie, certain inconsistencies bugged me a bit. I.e. the movie is supposed to be a prequel and yet it is set in post cold war era (M even said that she missed the cold war days), despite around half of previous Bond films being set in cold war and the recent ones referring to the breakup of the Soviet Union. Also, M became a woman in Golden Eye I believe.

    On the plus side, I liked Bond's new cold and dark character. Much more suited to the role than some previous efforts.
     
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    tones compulsive cantater

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    "Casino Royale" suffers from the same problem as the "Bourne" books, namely that there is no longer a Soviet Union and a Cold war, so changes had to be made. Not to mention to the "blonde-haired" Felix Leighter of the book! Modernisation and PC aside, it actually remains remarkably faithful to the book, even including the book's last line (which I won't repeat as it's somewhat of a spoiler). The torture scene is right out of the book (except they used a carpet beater there (ouch!!)).

    However, what I couldn't help wondering was, is this the end of the road for Bond? The old Moore/Brosnan films have an agent who was the model of suave urbanity, full of pithy one-liners (which you won't find in any of the books), and the whole thing was played with tongue firmly in cheek. There was never the nerve-wracking tension of "24", because you know your man would escape unscathed and get the girl too.

    Now that that's gone, is the name "Bond" alone sufficient to distinguish them from all the other high-energy thrillers that are constantly produced? I think they're going to do more for the franchise to survive.
     
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    I suppose they could always make Dr No kind of movies with global criminal/terror/political/religious organisations instead of the cold war.
     
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    sq225917 Exposer of Foo

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    i liked it, it sets the character up well, even a bit of progression from thug to thug in suit with a big gun..

    i'm sure the next pic will be more typical Bond, but he's always going to have a dark brooding side thats for sure.
     
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    Levi_501 Its in The Jeans...

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    I have to agree a fair bit with Tones, I missed the normal sexual banter, the Dr Goodhead Onotop type names.

    The cheeseyness which makes Bond so appealing
     
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