CASINO is the Best Gangster film ever made

Advantages: Makes you glad YOU didn't live there then!
Disadvantages: nothing really

...Bought this on video (but now have it on DVD) when it first came out (in the early 90's) because I have always thought Scorcese is a great director and de Niro a marvellous actor and ever since I periodically watch it. In my opinion this is the BEST gangster film ever made and it's based on the truth. There again, Scorcese is the BEST Director of this film genre. 'GOODFELLAS' is another great film directed by him, based also on a true story - actually when I lived in the USA part of what is in the last part of this film was taking place, so it is true! Robert de Niro & Joe Pesci are ideally paired and the film comes alive with their dialogue, particularly when they remember 'back home, years ago'. Scorcese's use of contemporary music is outstanding particularly when the action is suspended as a 'still' and appropriate...

judylugg 21.06.2009 (22.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Casino (DVD)

Casino Royale Review

Advantages: Tense, fast paced, engaging action
Disadvantages: Poker scenes may bore some

...Casino Royale marks Daniel Craig's first outing as 007, James Bond. In it he must stop Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorist organizations, from winning a high-stakes poker tournament at Casino Royale in Montenegro. I was one of those people who was originally skeptical about Craig's casting. I grew up with Pierce Brosnan as Bond and I didn't know if I could accept someone else in that role. Sufficed to say, I needn't have worried. Craig is a different kind of Bond, he's not as outwardly flashy as Brosnan and he's more quietly confident. But the style, the attitude and the finesse of his Bond is reminiscent of Sean Connery, you could say he is more of the thinking mans bond. As for the film, it's exciting, well acted, tense and has a great story too. Bond and Vespa have a great chemistry together, as do Bond with 'M...

Walter_Kovacs 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Casino Royale

Advantages: Daniel Craig
Disadvantages: None

...The main figure James Bond; Daniel Craig (already known for action films Tomb Raider' (2001, Simon West) and Layer Cake' (2004, Matthew Vaughn) and the future creations His Dark Materials' (2007, Chris Weitz) which I am really looking forward to, is represented throughout the film as an inimitable agent. Craig is represented as a contrast to the other Bonds because he is just commencing work for MI6, whereas the others were conveyed as developed agents with years of experience. Craig in Casino Royale' starts off by having to earn his Double-0 status, he is later represented as vulnerable, which although we have had insights to the characters emotional side in the series; in Tomorrow Never Dies' (1997, Roger Spottiswoode) one close up angle of Brosnan sitting on the beach thinking demonstrates that he cannot control his feelings...

ZoeKRx 25.08.2007 · Read review
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Casino Royale - Take a gamble it's worth it!

Advantages: Great film ticks all the right boxes
Disadvantages: None

...When the ?new? Bond was announced back in 2005 I wasn?t overly impressed. It wasn?t that I didn?t rate Daniel Craig as an actor, I thought he was great in Layer Cake and thoroughly enjoyed that film and yeah he was a sexy man, but James Bond can?t be blond! It just didn?t sit right with me, but that?s personal preference I guess and the fact that all the other Bonds I had seen had been brunette/black, so I didn?t know anything else. I therefore couldn?t get very enthusiastic when Casino Royale hit the big screen and I wasn?t one of the first in the queue to go and see it (not even the Orange Wednesdays offer could get me there). Instead I waited for the DVD and eventually watched it one evening when I had nothing much else to do. Casino Royale ? Brief Plot Summary It seems to be the fashion nowadays to make a couple of films...

jinxyjo 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Casino - great Vegas of the 70's insight

Advantages: Cracking cast and well acted
Disadvantages: It is violent, and at nearly 3 hours long some will find it too much

...Casino is a long and bloody look at what the gambling epicentre of the world, Las Vegas, was like before the big corporations took over all of the casinos, back in the day where any self-respecting organized crime family could have their fingers well and truly in the many pies offered in Nevada. De Niro is never disappointing, and Sharon Stone plays her part as a cokehead whore worryingly well. Pesci is also great and the voiceovers by the two male lead characters really make the film. Even though it is 171 minutes long, it is so good that it prevents even the most ardent of clockwatchers from wishing away the hours....

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Plays Your Bets - Casino

Advantages: Entertaining
Disadvantages: Very violent

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jinxyjo 19.06.2009 · Read review
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Casino Royale

Advantages: Action packed movie, Mindboggling story
Disadvantages: None

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anurag440044 17.11.2008 · Read review
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Casino Royale Collector Edition (spoiler alert)

Advantages: Amazing Stunts, Excellent acting, Good soundtrack
Disadvantages: Not enough gadgets, little slow at times

...This is the first installment of Ian Fleming's James Bond with Daniel Craig taking the lead role, with rumours of Craig appearing at least another 3 in the next few years (including a Quantum of Solace which was released in the UK on the 31st October 2008). With critics anticipating the worst before the film even came out due to rumours Craig was too soft after reportedly losing some of his teeth in the action scenes and reports that Craig couldn't drive the Aston Martin, Casino Royale recieved exceptional reviews and was dubbed as "The best Bond for decades". The plot is exciting however is a little predictable and cliche, with Bond bedding as many women as he possibly can as per usual. After two agents are assainated in quick succession, Bond is elevated into "00" status and is therefore immediately sent on his first mission by "M...

Loughran 09.11.2008 · Read review
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Emotions run high down at the Casino

Advantages: Another Bond in the series that isnt rubbish
Disadvantages: Limited Slapstick moments too many gadgets

...After seeing this film I thought I would make a review, I haven't read any of the other reviews but because the film is fresh in my mind I can draw on my knowledge with my unique perspective brought to the fore. The Plot: In CASINO ROYALE, James Bond goes to a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro to square off against terrorist banker Le Chiffre, an international loan shark who gambles with the money of his equally dangerous clients. Beautiful British Treasury representative Vesper Lynd supplies Bond's own funds, appearing on his arm in Montenegro, while M keeps a close watch on the action from headquarters. This is the latest Bond incarnation with the newest star Daniel Craig taking the title role. My personal favourites were Roger Moore and Sean Connery and there is big debate as to who was the better Bond but the others in my...

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Casino Royale with Cheese

Advantages: read opp
Disadvantages: read opp

...This review is on the twenty first James Bond film "Casino Royale", directed by Martin Campbell and starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and Eva Green. The film was released in 2006 and was based on the novel by Ian Fleming. Casino Royale had previously been produced twice before, once in 1954 as a television programme and again in 1967 as a comedy version. The initial idea was to have Casino Royale released much earlier, but due to copyright of the name, they had to wait some time before they could make this film. The 21st Bond film also introduced a new member of the bond family and became the sixth James Bond. I was quite spectacle about this film at first, largely because it introduced a new Bond. I had grown fond of Pierce Brosnan, and he had played Bond really well in his previous film, the best of which for me was Golden Eye. I was...

jaygami1986 14.02.2008 · Read review
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