There could be no other title for this post. Except maybe, "Shaken Not Stirred". Last night a friend and I went to see the new Bond movie Casino Royale. Loved it! I have been a fan of the Bond series as long as I can remember. Sean Connery has always been my favorite. I do have to say that this new guy will give Sean a run for the money. He was cool.
The second scene in the movie is one of the coolest on foot chase scenes I have ever seen in a movie. The stunt men in this movie need to win some kind of award for that scene.
What this movie does for the Bond series is what Batman Begins did for the Batman series. It gives hope to the fans for better movies in the future (The Dark Night, 2008). The Batman series although half decent was a little to campy (although considerable less than the original TV series) to be taken seriously. Batman Begins looses 95% of this campiness. Casino Royale does the same.
This new Bond is edgier and tougher than the past Bonds. He is more like the character in the novels. This Bond gets hit, takes falls, makes mistakes, and is all around tough about it. The sensitive, humorous, witty Bond has been replaced with a new improved tough as nails, decisive, risky, manly Bond.
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Does he still woo the ladies? Wait, do I even need to ask that?
No need to ask. He woos.
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