Casino Royale Review
Nov. 19th, 2006 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearOriginally, the only reason I wanted to see Casino Royale was because Sebastien Foucan is in it. He's the guy who started up freerunning, and I thought whatever he would end up doing in Bond movie would be worth seeing. I'm glad there were other reasons to enjoy the film, though, because he was only in it for about five minutes and his freerunning wasn't shot in a way that made it look very impressive.
Empire was right - the title song was awful. Also, action movies don't seem to grip me like they used to, and there was generally a bit too much running around and blowing stuff up, but then I can't complain about that in Bond movie, can I?
As far as I'm concerned, the new boy done good. He's got the smirk and the sideways glance, his eyes are incredible, and he's rather appealing in a rugged almost ugly sort of way. He really doesn't look good wet, or with his clothes off (so the two occasions when those things were combined were low points), but he fills out the tuxedo nicely, even if he does look like a gorilla in a suit.
The middle section surrounding the poker game was by far the best bit, in my opinion, but that's because it was all about manipulation and psychology - anybody who likes action will be sure to appreciate the beginning and end sections as well.
The film had more emotional depth than most Bond movies I've seen, which was good - I would have liked a whole lot more, but Bond is iconically superficial, so I guess I should be grateful for what little there was.
Overall, well-made, exciting and quite satisfying - and Daniel Craig certainly has me converted.
Empire was right - the title song was awful. Also, action movies don't seem to grip me like they used to, and there was generally a bit too much running around and blowing stuff up, but then I can't complain about that in Bond movie, can I?
As far as I'm concerned, the new boy done good. He's got the smirk and the sideways glance, his eyes are incredible, and he's rather appealing in a rugged almost ugly sort of way. He really doesn't look good wet, or with his clothes off (so the two occasions when those things were combined were low points), but he fills out the tuxedo nicely, even if he does look like a gorilla in a suit.
The middle section surrounding the poker game was by far the best bit, in my opinion, but that's because it was all about manipulation and psychology - anybody who likes action will be sure to appreciate the beginning and end sections as well.
The film had more emotional depth than most Bond movies I've seen, which was good - I would have liked a whole lot more, but Bond is iconically superficial, so I guess I should be grateful for what little there was.
Overall, well-made, exciting and quite satisfying - and Daniel Craig certainly has me converted.
