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Casino Royale (2 viewings)
Plot : Goes back in the series' time line to discover the origin of James Bond - and his first mission.
Story : The films opening is probably the strongest part of the movie , closely followed by a great Chris Cornell + an orchestra song (which is re-done instrumentally many times throughout the rest of the film). The rest of the movie is really so-so beyond that. After Bond becomes a "00" he is sent on his first mission to capture some guy , but then he messes up and blows up some embassy and kills the guy instead. Then they send him to a poker game where he has to win the money away from another bad guy/arms dealer - but then that turns into a big twist after twist thing. Really not a special story at all , it's all events and empty characters.
Visuals : These go from great to nothing special to dull. Some scenes like when he's chasing his first target over a construction site was pretty amazing : but then there are action scenes later on that just aren't well filmed at all - horrible decisions for angles , that just don't look intense at all.
Synopsis : A so-so movie , isn't worth seeing if your looking for the next great action film - due to it's lack of character depth and boring action scenes.
Plot : Goes back in the series' time line to discover the origin of James Bond - and his first mission.
Story : The films opening is probably the strongest part of the movie , closely followed by a great Chris Cornell + an orchestra song (which is re-done instrumentally many times throughout the rest of the film). The rest of the movie is really so-so beyond that. After Bond becomes a "00" he is sent on his first mission to capture some guy , but then he messes up and blows up some embassy and kills the guy instead. Then they send him to a poker game where he has to win the money away from another bad guy/arms dealer - but then that turns into a big twist after twist thing. Really not a special story at all , it's all events and empty characters.
Visuals : These go from great to nothing special to dull. Some scenes like when he's chasing his first target over a construction site was pretty amazing : but then there are action scenes later on that just aren't well filmed at all - horrible decisions for angles , that just don't look intense at all.
Synopsis : A so-so movie , isn't worth seeing if your looking for the next great action film - due to it's lack of character depth and boring action scenes.