Casino Royale is a raw interpretation of Ian Flemming's James Bond novels. The director Martin Cambell has tried to be more faithful to the original stories, making Bond much colder, more like you'd expect an elite-trained soldier to be. Timothy Dalton's character was an attempt at being more faithful to the original story, making Bond more fallible but the franchise had been dominated by the excessively camp Roger Moore for too long and Dalton basically came across as just a comical failure. Daniel Craig is smolders (according to just about every woman who's seen it so far), and the violence and action are more akin to Vin Diesel in XxX. The romance with Eva Green is incongruous but the concept is interesting - two hyper-talented orphans on a mission to higher stakes and bionic performance. Casino Royale is a good new James Bond. Out with the cheese and kitsch and in with a little more realistic portrayal of this State Terrorism we seem to love so much in the UK. We're still kicking arse globally which helps our diminutive British self-esteems shine for a few cinematic moments. The weather is tough you know, stiff upper lip and all that. The scene pictured here with Eva Green is powerful - I won't ruin the film by explaining why.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Casino Royale
Casino Royale is a raw interpretation of Ian Flemming's James Bond novels. The director Martin Cambell has tried to be more faithful to the original stories, making Bond much colder, more like you'd expect an elite-trained soldier to be. Timothy Dalton's character was an attempt at being more faithful to the original story, making Bond more fallible but the franchise had been dominated by the excessively camp Roger Moore for too long and Dalton basically came across as just a comical failure. Daniel Craig is smolders (according to just about every woman who's seen it so far), and the violence and action are more akin to Vin Diesel in XxX. The romance with Eva Green is incongruous but the concept is interesting - two hyper-talented orphans on a mission to higher stakes and bionic performance. Casino Royale is a good new James Bond. Out with the cheese and kitsch and in with a little more realistic portrayal of this State Terrorism we seem to love so much in the UK. We're still kicking arse globally which helps our diminutive British self-esteems shine for a few cinematic moments. The weather is tough you know, stiff upper lip and all that. The scene pictured here with Eva Green is powerful - I won't ruin the film by explaining why.
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