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Whistle Stopper - Casino Royale (2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
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List Price: $19.94
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Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Directed By: Martin Campbell
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396148598
Format: AC-3
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: 2007-03-13
Running Time: 144
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-11-17
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Summary: Dreadful, boring and disgusting
Comment: Thank God! I didn't buy the DVD. The most "un-Bond" of all Times! The story is long and boring. Craig mumbles along in the fashion of American Actors - one needs sub-titles to understand the lingo spouting out of his slack mouth. The girl is just about OK. The casino scene must be THE most boring scene in the history of all-time great boring movies. The much-touted bikini scene where Craig does a male Bo Derek looks ridiculous cause his face is much smaller than it should be compared to his buffed-up body - looks like a cartoon, actually!
This movie mustn't be allowed to remain in 007 series. Oh God! Gimme Sean Connery. I mean, really, watching those golden oldies is better time-spent than watching this ridiculous subterfuge. Even the action-scenes (were they any?) are of VERY poor Quality! Craig looked like he walked from his "Munich" set - same stupid brooding expression, shining blue eyes of an idiot, and that slack mouth with lower lip jutting out - MY GAWD.... what an ugly man...Yucksssss. He really looked sexy when he played Jolie's something in that computer-game inspired movie or whatever!! PLEASE DON'T WATCH THIS MOVIE - do yourself a favour!
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Summary: Rough and Ready
Comment: The new Bond is rough and ready with plenty of action. There are no silly graphics or cartoonish stunts. Bond has a raw attitude and gets the job done without checking his image in the mirror. Bravo to the new style.
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Summary: BOND BEGINS
Comment: I haven't read the book or seen all the other Bond movies, but for me, CASINO ROYALE does an excellent job of showing the roots of James Bond.
From the very beginning, we see how green Bond is as he messily kills a man.
We also see how naive he is and his "I'm invincible" mindset as he chases a suspect in a breathtaking scene involving lots of jumps and crazy stuntwork.
We see how this attitude is able to get him any woman he desires underneath the sheets.
We see Bond laugh in the face of death (the torture scene is very amusing!).
Finally and most rewarding of all, we get to see James Bond transform from the aforementioned naive agent into one that trusts nobody.
He's Bond.
James Bond.
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Summary: James Bond Film
Comment: Daniel Craig's blue eyes and body beautiful (and Eva Green's) are a draw...as well as the Bond storyline filled with action and romance. If you love British films, you should enjoy this one.
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Summary: Craig, Brosnan, Dalton all great; the problem is the concept
Comment: The other reviewers here mostly seem to applaud the new, buff, hard-core Bond (shaken not stirred, though he doesn't seem to care). But what's really happened is that 007 has been grafted onto "Die Hard." If we really want to revivify James Bond, the challenge isn't finding the right actor -- Roger, Timothy, Pierce, Daniel -- all of them are perfectly fine. The challenge is in the formula. Why make 007 into the typical action movie, where the chase is less a chase than a physical combat?
The James Bond that the early films taught me to love was the suave hero who could vault the perimeter of an embassy and still emerge perfectly dressed for a black-tie evening, complete with the red rose in his lapel. His arrogance had to do with his intellect and his physical charm not his overbearing presence. He doesn't need to be able to leap from a toppling building or construction site; half the film needn't be devoted to the stunt men. The point of James is that he is professional; he makes do with the least amount of effort. Bond: You should never see him sweat.
I think it's in the film "Thunderball," 007 enters his hotel room, checks the audiorecording he has made (this is HIGH TECH in 1965), and realizes based on the echo of the steps that an enemy is hiding in his shower. He proceeds into the shower area, knocks the guy out, and leaning over gently pops his gun out of his hand, by hitting just this precise spot on the back of the wrist that causes the gun to drop. No effort even slightly over what is required to achieve the result he desires. As the intruder runs out of the room he shouts to James, "Aren't you going to kill me?" James's answer is to this effect: I'm a professional, I kill when I have to; and I don't kill the small fish if I don't need to.
When we are able to re-imagine this sort of hero, who is interesting to the extent that he is complex and not just a burly strong guy, then the makers of the James Bond films will be able to find their new James. In other words, all these choices to replace Sean Connery have been fine; it's the concept that remains lacking.
The new M, in contrast, she is the absolute bomb.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Casino Royale introduces James Bond before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous and with two professional assassinations in quick succession he is elevated to "00" status. "M" (Judi Dench) head of the British Secret Service sends the newly-promoted 007 on his first mission that takes him to Madagascar the Bahamas and eventually leads him to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre a ruthless financier under threat from his terrorist clientele who is attempting to restore his funds in a high-stakes poker game at the Casino Royale. "M" places Bond under the watchful eye of the Treasury official Vesper Lynd. At first skeptical of what value Vesper can provide Bond's interest in her deepens as they brave danger together. Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one.System Requirements:Runtime: 144 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 043396148598 Manufacturer No: 14859
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