Xx Casino Royale xXAll right... There were no afternoon lesson today due to Staff & Students day. We were supposed to attend it 'coz lessons were cancelled for that sole reason. But as Year 2s, we learnt that the "supposed" only applies to Year 1s. So yep, after morning lessons (which ended at 9, 'coz there wasn't any Lab practical), we left to watch the much anticipated Bond movie: Casino Royale. Lynette and Harvard went to watch Step Up instead, but Harvard did join us for Bond later on. I would have gone home if we were going to watch that, despite it being critically acclaimed amongst my friends. Not a great fan of dance shows, if you will.
Casino Royale
First off, the plot is rather simple yet well-developed. It runs along the line of a simple task: To find out who's funding several terrorist groups. There isn't any big plots like world domination as opposed to most of the predecessive Bond films.
New man, Daniel Craig, hasn't exactly been received with much fanfare. He's barely tall enough and can't exactly drive. But his acting is pretty good. Really portrays the "newbie" Bond in this establishing movie very well.
If you haven't realized, Mr. Bond here has just been promoted to Double 0 status. In this film, he makes wrong decisions that would eventually turn him into the "Trust No-one" Bond we all know. The verbal war between Bond and his superior M are a fantastic play of words - A definite plus for me. Killings are aplenty here as well, since Bond hasn't learnt to control his eager trigger-happy fingers and tone down on his huge ego.
Action blasts off with a gripping chase scene between Bond and a bomber in a construction site in the city of Madagascar. This scene somehow gives a very vague impression of Rhino chasing Spiderman. The bomber's acrobatic stunts would totally wow you. This is just a taste of what's to come in the movie.
If you're a big fan of typical uber high-tech Bond weaponary and flashy gadgets, Casino Royale will disappoint you greatly. Well, that is unless you find the automatic drawers that holds his pistol and medical kit extremely appealing. I like this lack of technology really. Breathes a degree of realism into the story.
Bond's relationship with women in this movie aren't just purely sexual anymore. He actually develops love interest for Vesper Lynd, who is an accountant with the British Treasury and funds Bond the million dollar stakes at the Poker tournament.
Ok, I'll just rip the summary off some other online review. Too lazy to write on anymore. =X
"As if we didn't already know that the main goal of Casino Royale is to rebuild Bond and re-establish his character the film's amazing last scene had everyone in the audience clapping and cheering - at the same time the movie, just ends, with nothing really resolved, leaving you wanting more and waiting breathlessly for the next installment."Casino Royale is a fantatic film to catch, the only gripe I have about this film is that it's a little draggy at some points.
4/5 stars! Go get your tickets already!
P.S. I totally digg the soundtrack. Lol.
// Citizen Erased @ 9:46 PM
First off, the plot is rather simple yet well-developed. It runs along the line of a simple task: To find out who's funding several terrorist groups. There isn't any big plots like world domination as opposed to most of the predecessive Bond films.