Review of: casino royale

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by tom on 13 Dec 2006

When I first heard that Pierce Brosnan had been dropped for the latest Bond film I was quite indignant. Now having seen Casino Royale I feel a little bit sad for him, for being thoroughly upstaged by Daniel Craig.

It's a really good film with all the classic Bond ingredients, many of which it takes to a new level. The stunts in the opening scenes are amazing, there are enough (but not too many) Bond one-liners, the badies are suitably unpleasant, and there are some good tongue-in-cheek Bond references to watch out for.

Despite being contemporary the film felt surprisingly timeless, which helped overcome the issue of the story being set early in Bond's career. For me the stand out aspect was the relationship between Bond and Vesper. I expect to be entertained by Bond films but not moved. Casino Royale managed both.

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