Pros and Cons: Casino Royale (2006)

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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,414Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
    :)) :)) :)) I am waiting for the Pros and Cons for QoS and Sir Miles filling the emptiness in the Pros field for that crap named a movie :D

    But QoS doesn't have any Cons ?:)

    :p
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    :v
    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I felt the same way leaving the Cinema TWM, Bond was Dangerous again {[]

    Indeed {[]
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  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    I went with different friends on several occasions to see CR when it came out. They liked the films but only as action cinema and not because they read the novels and were familiar with the character. They were very surprised at how different it was from the old Bonds but they all enjoyed it immensely - agreeing that it was a top notch action/adventure film and one of the best of the series. They also all agreed that Craig gave a solid performance and made a great new charismatic Bond and were looking forward to his future entries.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    And it changed the Minds of a lot of those who at first, were not convinced that Craig was a good Choice -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I thought they did a fantastic job with CR, keeping the original Fleming
    story but expanding and modernising it. -{ , I liked the poker competition
    idea as it's very current and I know some would have liked a longer car
    chase but, they kept close to the book. Which was almost the same except
    It was spiked chains, that caused Bond to crash. I think having Vesper placed
    On the road was an improvement, on the basic idea.
    So I was very happy with CR. :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    It's hard to think that it's already a Decade old :o
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    It's hard to think that it's already a Decade old :o

    Well, it's hard to think that because there's still over a year until it will be a decade old.
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  • PaperbillPaperbill FloridaPosts: 810MI6 Agent
    Pro's: All of it
    Cons: Not enough of Eva Green's breast.
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    It's hard to think that it's already a Decade old :o

    Well, it's hard to think that because there's still over a year until it will be a decade old.

    I was talking about the general Time Frame.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,414Chief of Staff
    Paperbill wrote:
    Cons: Not enough of Eva Green's breast.

    Just the one ? :D

    I prefer the pair :x
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    Buy one, get one free :D ;)
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Buy one, get one free :D ;)

    ^ Tesco Chicken Fillets. :D
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    :)) :))
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  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    It's hard to think that it's already a Decade old :o

    Well, it's hard to think that because there's still over a year until it will be a decade old.

    I was talking about the general Time Frame.

    I was just suggesting a reason why it could be hard to think it's a decade old. You might not find it so hard in another year.
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  • CmdrAtticusCmdrAtticus United StatesPosts: 1,102MI6 Agent
    Well nine years since CR is also hard for me to
    believe, but even harder for me is it will be three years since I saw SF and the London Olympics that summer. Heavens! Where does time go!!
  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    It has gone quick :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    Time flies when you're having fun, as they say. :D
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Nine years eh ! Must mean I'm two years older. ;)
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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    I was 15 the Year it was released :# :))
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    I was 15 the Year it was released :# :))

    It gets worse - I was 22. :))
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    ..... :#


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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Barbel was 85 when CR was in the cinemas :D
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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    True, and I thought David Niven did a good job of it.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,414Chief of Staff
    Barbel wrote:
    True, and I thought David Niven did a good job of it.

    :))

    I particularly liked Peter Sellers -{
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Wow. I was in 8th grade when Casino Royale came out.
  • Gala BrandGala Brand Posts: 1,172MI6 Agent
    CR is my favorite Bond film. The two cons are 1. The 3rd act dragged. If we don't believe they're in love at that point, we never will; and 2. The idea that if Bond loses, "The terrorists will have won" is too general. It shoudl've been something like the terrorist will have enough money to buy a stolen nuclear bomb and set it off in London.

    The main pro for me is the way that the action sequences are used to advance the plot and show character. The opening parkour chase isn't just a great chase but we learn that Bond is brave (natch), determined, athletic, and reckless (runs through walls and blows up embassies). The action scene at the airport also shows that Bond is cunning and a little cruel (the smile on Craig's face when the guy blows himself up was worthy of Connery).

    And I thought the Craig-Greene chemistry was by far the best of any Bond film.
  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:
    The idea that if Bond loses, "The terrorists will have won" is too general. It shoudl've been something like the terrorist will have enough money to buy a stolen nuclear bomb and set it off in London.

    I agree that there could've been a greater penalty to failure to accidentally financing terrorism (the USA does this all of the time, and we're still in one piece).

    But the nuclear bomb thing, absolutely not. That's more along the lines of the Connery movies, less grounded in reality and more geared toward the Cold War era.
  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    Gala Brand wrote:

    And I thought the Craig-Greene chemistry was by far the best of any Bond film.

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  • AlphaOmegaSinAlphaOmegaSin EnglandPosts: 10,924MI6 Agent
    But a Nuclear Bomb is still feasible in todays World.
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