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Not being much of a Bond fan I only got around to watching this last night....



....traditional Bond it is not but certainly worth a watch

The opening action sequence is great. There's a new age "sport" like that called "parkour" and the fellow "Bond" chases is played by Sébastien Foucan, a real-life parkour hotshot.

DavidRoss wrote:The opening action sequence is great. There's a new age "sport" like that called "parkour" and the fellow "Bond" chases is played by Sébastien Foucan, a real-life parkour hotshot.

Très intéressant!

Cheers,
~Karl

Agree with DavidRoss about the opening scene. I found it to be the highlight of the film. Craig is no Connery, but the film was enjoyable nonetheless. I found the following film with Craig, Quantum of Solace, to be not as good as this one.

Re: Casino Royale

I can't ever remember not just enjoying, but truly "appreciating" a Bond (James Bond) film as much. Did you notice after that incredible foot chase, he wasn't even breathing hard?!

A light bit of fun - but just once I'd like to see a high-stakes poker game where the guy wins with pairs of sevens and nines, not a straight-flush or four aces that always appears in movies and never at a table with real money on it.

Once in my life I did get four of a kind - and everyone else folded. Best hand I ever had was jacks and kings, not even a full house. The art of poker is not relying on outrageous luck, but turning King-Seven off-suit into a winning hand.

No more JB films in the near future...

MGM's having financial problems...

Fergus wrote:Not being much of a Bond fan I only got around to watching this last night....



....traditional Bond it is not but certainly worth a watch

Worst JB movie ever made, he is just not for this role.