tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post116362318582141132..comments2024-03-25T16:57:51.919+00:00Comments on Bina007 Movie Reviews: CASINO ROYALE - Whatever happened to Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?!Bina007http://www.blogger.com/profile/01622085135305501711noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-74225369762235200252007-04-17T11:53:00.000+00:002007-04-17T11:53:00.000+00:00For Bina007, whomever you are. Did you even watch ...For Bina007, whomever you are. Did you even watch the movie or did you just hear about it from your teenage girl-friends?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1166440611977436002006-12-18T11:16:00.000+00:002006-12-18T11:16:00.000+00:00I'm afraid I'm siding with Matt A on this one. Thi...I'm afraid I'm siding with Matt A on this one. This is the first Bond film I've actually enjoyed since Goldeneye, and that's not a reflection on Pierce Brosnan who I always thought was rather good. I'm glad to see a Bond film that I can actually believe in. I know at the heart of it all they are fantasy films (male fantasies especially), but the last few films were just silly. I watched them on TV (and as an inflight movie once) and felt no urge to ever watch them again. <BR/><BR/>This films spices it all up again. I agree with the praise for Daniel Craig; he's got a really great screen presence and has none of the smarm that some previous actors had. Eva Green was great in her role and again, it was refreshing to see a Bond girl that was believable and not some bimbo posing as a nuclear scientist, who effortlessly falls into Bond's arms. Some parts of the plot were a bit muddled and the poker scenes could have been more tense. But aside from that, I loved it. This is a film I really want to get on DVD so I can see it again. Plus I'm also looking forward to what's going to come next for Bond. Hopefully there will be some continuation that lets Daniel Craig grow into the character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1166197746552241822006-12-15T15:49:00.000+00:002006-12-15T15:49:00.000+00:00What I'm waiting for is the final $$Numbers$$. Th...What I'm waiting for is the final $$Numbers$$. They kicked Pierce to the curb to save money, yet his last outing was the most profitable ever.<BR/>All the re-inventing stuff is a diversion, and pretty lame after the Mission Impossible, Bourne Movies and FIVE YEARS OF Alias! In the books he was much more like Moore (Fleming being a elitest snob would naturally prefer Moore to Connery, but Connery is still the best.<BR/><BR/>We don't need to turn Bond into a lad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1165806136965489202006-12-11T03:02:00.000+00:002006-12-11T03:02:00.000+00:00good point about 'getting back to the novels' - al...good point about 'getting back to the novels' - all the formulae that have made the series endure come from the first four or so movies and not the novels, this is 'classical' bond, this is what we should get back to if the series would continue to endure, because after another film of this sort people will very quickly get bored, seeing as all the reinvention here is just novel cultural gimickry that as a matter of course cannot endure. We get so much of the self-important preachy 'grittiness' that courts critical acclaim in irony free imbecilic and pretentious movies that patronise us by presuming to educate such as Traffic and Crash. Bond at its best is epicurian, escapist, ironically self-aware pop culture. This movie collapsed when it decided to take half an hour out in order to prove that the female lead wasn't a sex object. What's wrong with sex objects provided they're presented with a self-aware transparency regarding their fantasy? By far the best bond is that of the early 60's, and if any other subsequent type of bond had begun the series it wouldn't be on to its 21st film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1163859370758997142006-11-18T14:16:00.000+00:002006-11-18T14:16:00.000+00:00Bina,I swear I didn't read this review before givi...Bina,<BR/><BR/>I swear I didn't read this review before giving mine. We both noticed the Ford. Wasn't it fucking sad?<BR/><BR/>And shall I tell you what else was wrong wrong wrong - no birds in the opening sequence with the shitty graphics. Just him. I'm like, where are the fleeting shots of nipples, maybe just a hint of flange? <BR/><BR/>And yes! Where were the cool stunts? So bond can run. So can I! So bond can jump, so can I (just not as high). So bond can use a PC. So can I! Where are the stupid rocket jetpacks, and cars with massive fucking guns on the front. Where is the suave motherfucker who kills 20 agents of darkness, get's into a massive car accident, blows up a 10 tonne semi, throws a hidden evil-base into chaos, kills the baddie, and all he has to do is wipe off his perfect Saville Row suit with some dust and he looks just perfect! Bring him back!<BR/><BR/>Ahhh bina, who said we disagreed on movies huh?Daniel Plainviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14968846401298741261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1163706970263051782006-11-16T19:56:00.000+00:002006-11-16T19:56:00.000+00:00Hey Bina... do the words 'couldn't be more wrong' ...Hey Bina... do the words 'couldn't be more wrong' mean anything to you?!<BR/>Casino Royale is a royal romp of dark gritty Bond fun and the press screening I was at had them rapt, cheering and applauding!!<BR/>Sorry but this is one film we'll have to agree to difer over...<BR/>MMatt Adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151440959074811087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18360914.post-1163702743367295242006-11-16T18:45:00.000+00:002006-11-16T18:45:00.000+00:00I think you might've just convinced me to see it. ...I think you might've just convinced me to see it. Sounds better than the usual Bond rubbish ;-)stoogyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681933705519454521noreply@blogger.com