Journal Tsunayoshi's Journal: Casino Royale 5
Saw the new Bond with the wife on Friday night. To sum it up: Damn Good Movie.
The writers did a good job with the dialogs, plenty of good quips in typical Bond fashion. I really like that they de-emphasized all of the techno devices that ran rampant in the last few Bond flicks (invisible cars anyone?) and went back to a good plot that had a nice number of twists.
Highlights (that are non-spoilers):
-- Great running chase scene near the beginning with a lot of Parcour in it, turns out the chasee is played by one of the founders of free running.
-- Not a lot of emphasis on violence/gunfights, but when they are there, they are intense.
-- Both the Bond women are 10+ on the scale (wife says Bond was up there too, something about having a nice butt)
Was rather interesting that they are sort of re-writing Bond, supposedly this details the "creation" of 007 yet is placed in modern Post-Sept 11th times. No SPECTRE anywhere.
So once again, IMHO, Damn Good Movie. Will definitely buy when comes out on DVD. Daniel Craig is still no Sean Connery, but is better than Pierce Brosnan, definitely much better than Timothy Dalton.
SPECTRE (Score:2)
In a way, it's a relief that there is no SPECTRE in the movie -- it would feel a bit like an anachronism, and anyway the whole Evil Overlord With Own Organization thing in Bond movies has been utterly done to death, so much so that Dr. Evil is more believable than they are now.
Not to mention my own scheme.
Cheers,
Ethelred
Re: (Score:2)
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Hmmm...I rather prefer the idea of feeding nonpaying clients to the sharks with the frickin' lasers myself.
Cheers,
Ethelred
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The Confessor.
QED.
Cheers,
Ethelred