Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
4/4
"Casino Royale" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 04/15/2012
I have to start by saying I thought the previous film was awful. It was like a cheeseball pastiche of all the worst elements of the worst Bond films; overly formulaic with ludicrous gadgetry, lame innuendo and cliched, two dimensional characters. Casino Royale is similar in that it also takes a lot of cues from the previous films (especially from Russia with Love and On Her Majesty's Secret Service), except it takes all of the BEST elements of the BEST Bonds and distills them into almost the perfect 007 outing. The new Bond begins a new era and resets the character back to the beginning with an opening that dispenses with the ridiculously overblown comic strip action of recent 007 outings and replaces it with gritty cold war thriller style sequence in which Bond busts his double O cherry …
Rating of
3.5/4
Casino Royale review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 07/14/2011
The films consists of Daniel Craig (an egoistic but humane James Bond), Eva Green (Vesper Lynd, the witty and attractive agent from Treasury), Mads Mikkelsen (A poker aficionado banker who funds terrorists, Le Chiffre) and the legendary Judi Dench (the passionate Head of MI6, M). Like other Bond films, James is given missions to accomplish. Unfortunately we don’t see the suave manner of completing a task assigned to him. He even breaks in the house of his boss without any permission or notice whatsoever. This Bond is egoistic, straight faced and gritty. The charm with the ladies is still there, heck, even the female characters doubt his character at first. His first mission is in Madagascar to capture a bomb maker. A wild goose chase between the bomb maker, henchman and an …
Rating of
4/4
One of the Best 007 Films
Franz Patrick - wrote on 11/20/2008
I outright disagree that Sean Connery is, and always will be, the best James Bond. We have a new 21st century James Bond now–Daniel Craig–and I happen to believe he is the best James Bond… at least, so far. What I love about this film is that it resets the franchise story-wise but manages to keep all the components from the past Bond films that made it into a phenomenon. Craig’s icy-cold blue gaze mixed with genuine humanity and heart creates a character who is both lethal but someone that the audiences can root for. This is highlighted during the scenes where there’s no dialogue; we are left to stare into Craig’s eyes and observe his body language to provide us what his character is thinking and feeling. There are other outstanding performances. Judi Dench as M is complete …
Rating of
4/4
Best Bond ever
Ichabod Crane - wrote on 11/17/2008
This is what a bond film should be. It is what I always wanted out of a Bond film. This film is better because Bond acts much more as an assassin for the government should act. Instead of too much charm there is instead a certain amount of darkness and brooding. The plot is actually interesting and the action scenes are impressive, where you know where every bullet goes and you see that Bond is actually trying. The story is not standard Bond and that is what helps it you do not know what is going to happen and you can actually be surprised. Not only that it has smart dialogue and a Bond girl who I think is the best ever. The villain is interesting be he himself is not invincible or easily defeated. On the whole it is great and if you did not like the other Bond films watch this one, …
Rating of
2/4
Wouldn't be special if it wasn't a Bond Film
Topher - wrote on 07/18/2007
The major appeal of the Bond Franchise has always been master villains and Pussy Galore -- but never real spy stuff. Industry hype, however, promised a newer, grittier Bond with Daniel Craig.
The opening sequence, (how Bond became a 00 agent), aimed to set this tone. Shot in black and white with a film-noir atmosphere, this scene features a visual motif of transparent surfaces contrasted with dark pools, suggesting a world of intrigue and false appearances. When Bond confronts a man who betrayed him, their visages are appropriately shadowed. Meanwhile, we flash back to Bond's first kill, shot with Hollywood's vision of grainy realism.
And this is as far as the film makers were willing to go to produce the "new, gritty Bond" -- as far as cliche. Casino Royale relies on a …
