Casino Royale (2006)

Posted : 9 months ago at Feb 21 14:57

Seriously? I didn't really enjoyed action movies, or James Bond movies until Casino Royale. Becausa this movie is way much more than just action. It just upgrades irony to the ULTIMATE level. It's a movie that you watch over and over again, and it just keeps getting better.

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 19 23:09

"Any thug can kill. I need you to take your ego out of the equation." Casino Royale denotes the 21st official entry to the James Bond cinematic pantheon (three unofficial Bond films are also in existence - two earlier versions of Casino Royale, and another version of Thunderball entitled Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery). To the die-hard 007 aficionados, 2002's somewhat atrocious Die Another Day indicated the immediate death of James Bond. The film wasn't warmly received in spite of grossing $450 million at the international box office. As a consequence, EON productions returned to the drawing board to devise an alternative strategy to re-invent Bond and rescue the filmic franchise that had endured for forty years. During the four-year space between Die Another Day and 2006's ...Read more

Posted : 1 year ago at Oct 29 14:01

''The name's Bond. James Bond.'' In his first mission, James Bond must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. Daniel Craig: James Bond ''I'm sorry. That last hand... nearly killed me.'' The character of Bond presented in Casino Royale may disappoint followers of the original films, but the news is, this is Fleming's Bond. An orphan, uncertain of his own identity, a disillusioned romantic trying hard to pretend he's incapable of emotions, a middle class, middle-brow, middle-level management type who just happens to kill people for a living. But he does it extremely well. The other problem some general viewers may have is the level of violence in the film; having determined...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 4 3:39

I was never too big on the James Bond series, and I didn't think that Daniel Craig had the right look for to be an Agent 007. Therefore, I ended up avoided this film when it was theatres. However, after I watched it on DVD, it became one of those films that I wished I had caught whilst still in the theatres. Suddenly, Mr. Bond felt like a new character ( which is no surprise, considering that this story focus on the secret agent at the beginning of his career) & absent were the schtick of the goofy sex-pot sidekicks & the cartoonish weaponry & the over the top comicbook-like villains bent on world domination. All that was left was the energetic action sequences ( still-high powered, yet still in the realm of logistical suspended belief that one walks into for a film such as this), intern...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 8 months ago at Mar 14 7:02

This movie left a lot to be desired as it was horrible the story line was too slow and everytime I tried to watch it I fell asleep other than two nights ago I finally watch it and I would have preferred falling asleep it is too slow too repetitive and the action moments don't seem good enough to call it a bond film
I honestly think they should re-do it and actually make it flow every thing seemed to be tacked on to beef it up it's a disgrace to bond movies and deserves to be burnt in the flaming pits of the Christian hell but it does have it's good points such as the action is pretty good and the romance is in there and it is following in the steps of its predecessors but it just didn't seem right

Rating : 2/10

Posted : 1 year, 9 months ago at Feb 10 9:38

They did with this movie the same thing as with Batman begins. It has a much more realistic touch.

Some say that this is not a Bond movie, well...it is a bond movie, but the movie is set long before Bond was the Bond we know from the other 20 movies. So Bond is much more down to earth, he dosn't know the way he wan't his vodka martini, he looks bruised when he was in a fight and he can fall in love.

Watch it if you want to see a great action movie.

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago at Dec 22 1:15

By no means did this film resurrect the Bond series. I am sorry but I have to disagree with every critic, Daniel Craig is no James Bond. Not only did he not look or carry the role to the standard of any of his predecessors (including George Lazenby), the underlying story was just plain boring. No where near the adventure or the ladies of past movies. The only positive was its redemption of the offbeat Peter Sellers original of the same title.

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 1 year, 12 months ago at Nov 24 19:21

Bond's best film of all time...

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years, 2 months ago at Sep 15 19:02

A reallly good movie...i really enjoyed it.
Daniel Craig was a good james bond, well, kind of average, because i still have my favourite.

There were some really good action scenes in this, but some quite unbelievable.. but I guess thats James Bond, eh?

There were actually some really funny lines in it, i was in a cinema full of people and every 5 mins or so they all laughed.

He is a different "bond" character, which was...in some parts good... but some parts bad..
James Bond fans definetly see this!

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 26 17:26

No soy gran fan de las películas del 007. De hecho, solo he visto 3 de las de Pierce Brosnan y ninguna pasa el 7 según mi sistema de ratings (el 7 es, para mi, una pelicula que me entretiene pero que olvido en un par de horas). Pero tenía ganas de ver esta, en parte por el cambio de actor y en parte por las buenas criticas. Y me gustó mucho. La pelicula dura 2 horas y 20 minutos y no te das cuenta. Es agil, con mucha acción y un par de persecusiones muy buenas. La historia es simple, con un par de giros interesantes (aunque predecibles =/) y un partido de poker memorable :P. Mención especial a la escena inicial en blanco y negro mostrando cómo Bond se convirtió en doble cero. Y lo mejor: Daniel Craig. Creo que vi algunas pelis con él, pero nunca le preste atención. Que...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 2 years, 11 months ago at Dec 9 20:19

Over the years, Bond films have become more and more focused not on the eponymous character himself, but rather on the Bond girls, the Bond cars, the gadgets and the over-the-top villains. So it's something of a surprise that with almost all of this paired down to its bare bones, Bond still doesn't take the limelight in this installment. That honour goes to the man behind Bond: Craig, Daniel Craig. In the months leading up to the film's release, he's been thoroughly scrutinized, and everything from his hair and eye colour to his (apparent lack of) car driving skills have been criticized. And as this installment was very-much a character driven Bond movie, fleshing out Bond perhaps more than the previous 20 combined, many didn't believe Craig could pull it off. But pull it off he did....Read more

Posted : 3 years ago at Nov 18 2:18

I've always loved watching the James Bond films. The fast paced action and beautiful woman are always a plus in these films. Casino Royale follows in the footsteps of its predecessors. The film has some fantastic action in the beginning of the film. Daniel Craig plays this 007 tough, serious, and ready to kick some serious butt. The casino scenes will remind you of watching a high stakes poker tournament on ESPN. They kind of drag along and take away from the pace of the action. That was the only real flaw in the movie and it was a minor one. This is a movie that will provide worthy entertainment for the price of your ticket. On a side note. We had the pleasure of watching the movie with one of the best Bond villains. Richard Keil, "Jaws", was in the theater with us while w...Read more

Rating : 8/10

Posted : 3 years ago at Nov 16 13:49

I don't have time to write a long review, so I'll just throw down a few quick thoughts for those thinking of going to see the new bond film 'Casino Royale'. Firstly, this is the best action film I’ve seen for a long time, probably the best bond film by some way, and Daniel Craig may end up being the franchises best leading man as well. The film does indeed differ from its predecessors, but is still very much Bond. If anything the thing that stops this film from being even better is the constant comparisons you find yourself making whilst watching. In my case this was increased by having recently read the original novel. This turned out to be a mistake, as whilst the film differs in many respects from the book, I was forewarned of a number of the plot twists. There was a lot ...Read more

Rating : 9/10