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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Review of Casino Royale (DVD)

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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Review of Casino Royale (2006)

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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Review of Casino Royale (DVD)

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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Review of Casino Royale (Collector's Edition) (DVD)

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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Gran Casino Royal Hotel

Advantages: Cheap, all inclusive, large bar area
Disadvantages: Noisy, small pool area for size of Hotel

...balconies you will hear them ,believe me. You also have access to sister hotel in area, we did not use this so I can't comment on that sorry. Nor can I comment on casino joining on as kids not allowed in, hence hotel name. Overall we got what we paid for, cheap and cheerful, would personally avoid summer season as it could prove too noisy for families, this view shared by others we spoke to. Having said all this if you want a cheap get away in kids hols then you could do a lot worse, young people could use this Hotel as a base if you want cheap food and drink and somewhere to put your head in the morning after clubbing. We enjoyed the break which is what we wanted, but as I said I would avoid in Summer and certainly pay not much more for this Hotel than I did. This was our first visit to Lloret and we would go back, shops are decent if...

Paulftm 28.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Gran Casino Royal Hotel Lloret de Mar, Costa Brava

ROYALE WITH NO CHEESE!!!

Advantages: A GREAT "REBOOT" OF THE BOND FRANCHISE!!!
Disadvantages: SOME CONFUSING TIMELINE ISSUES - BUT THAT'S ALL!

...I know that reviews of Casino Royale are popping up all over the place right now but I simply wouldn't have been able to forgive myself if I didn't put my own opinion of it forward. From my childhood up to the present day, I have always been fascinated by James Bond. I always loved watching the Bond movies and through the years had every official Bond movie on video and then eventually on DVD. I think it's just a guy thing? I'm sure there would be few men out there who would say that they wouldn't like to be James Bond. Okay maybe not in reality as most of us probably wouldn't last long at all but it can't be denied that any actor that has ever played Bond doesn't have the best job in the world while the role is theirs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- THE NOVEL...

ultrafrosty 04.12.2006 (05.12.2006) · Read review
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Review of Casino Royale (2006)

Casino Royale 2?

Advantages: You will stay 106 minutes in front of your tv watching action
Disadvantages: I feel lack of something

...After the Casino Royale I got the idea of writing a review on the Quantum of Solace too. I won?t go over all the James Bond films I promise. The Quantum of Solace has more referrals to the previous film in line, Casino Royale than other series did. I mean that there are some dialogues between M and James Bond that can be understood only if you have seen previously Casino Royale. The film was directed by Mark Forsters. The running time is 106 minutes and the classification is 12A. The film was produced in 2008. If you want to know more about James Bond, visit: http://www.007.com/ The plot ------------ James Bond (Daniel Craig) tries to find the members of the organisation that blackmailed his beloved Vesper Lynd (Eva Green from Casino Royale). It seems that his action is motivated by revenge and M (Judi Dench) pays attention on his...

D_i_a_n_e 04.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Quantum of Solace

Beat that, Mr. Bond!!!

Advantages: Great film, worthy of its place in the Bond ranks
Disadvantages: A long film, over 2 hrs.

...How eager were we all when we heard that the latest Bond film was to be a remake of Casino Royale? I, for one, couldn't wait. Then, the announcement of Daniel Craig as James Bond was made. The potential was there, sure, but I remember thinking they would have to make a really mind-blasting film to kick off Craig's stint as the suave 007. And what a film!! Following a brief black and white explanation of Bond's elevation to 'Double 0' status, it starts as it means to go on, with an intense free-running chase. Without giving any spoilers, the end of this scene left me breathless. And thus it continued. The quality of filming is high. Martin Campbell's direction takes Bond to a modern and sophisticated level only suggested in previous installments, with the plot a simple yet effective one, where Bond is placed at a high stakes poker...

pmcds 13.01.2008 (14.02.2008) · Read review
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