My name is Bond, James Bond. If you want to see these typical bond antics, you’ll have to sit through the entire 2 and a half hour of extravaganza, cos believe me, unlike other films from the bond franchise this is the most un-Bondish movie ever. No sleek cars (except Vanquish thrown in as a prop without any character), no over the top gadgets, no beach bathing babes and no sleek suave dry martini drinking Mach 3 shaven Bond. What you actually get is tower-jumping, adrenaline-thumping, trigger-hungry, kick-ass protagonist.
Casino Royale goes to the beginning of the Bond saga, throwing insight into what went into making the man whom we now call 007. CR is based on the first novel by Ian Flemming of the same name. Bond starts of as one of the 00 agents, who are assigned critical missions and have a very short lifespan vowing to their complex tasks! How he breaks out of this mould to become the world’s most loved spy is what the movie is all about.
It being a bond movie, it couldn’t escape comparisons with its earlier siblings. This film is very different in more ways than one. Firstly, Bond has a love interest in this movie. This is one of those rare moments when Bond is shown as a romantic hero hungry for love and not a philanderer thirsty for lust! The Bond himself as earlier mentioned is sort of an anti climax. After having done over 5 Bond films, Pierce Brosnan had been ingrained into our DNA as the quintessential bond. One just couldn’t digest anyone else in his place, let alone someone who is a total contrast!! Daniel Craig, is no match for Pierce.. but wait.. the rules being changed for this movie, I was pleasantly surprised at how effortlessly Daniel filled the spot. After watching the movie, I can even go to the extent of saying that even Pierce couldn’t have delivered a better performance. Bravo!!
The movie starts of with a bang reminiscent of any typical bond movie. Some of the action stunts are simply breathtaking. More so when you get to know that those where not done in front of green-screens but in the actual sets! The movie slows down in the second half, but none the less gripping! All said and done, I wouldn’t want to give this movie a miss!
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