Wednesday, December 3, 2008

James Bond: Casino Royale

I'm not the BIGGEST James Bond fan in the World.. but I have seen all of Pierce Brosnans Movies.. and to be honest with you?.. Thats when I started to get into the franchise.

(Daniel Craig from Laye Cake)

And Then I hear about this new guy.. " the guy from "Layer Cake" he's going to be the new bond. I remember renting Layer Cake with a couple of my buddies being like.. that UGGLY @SS dude is going to be BOND?!

eitherway.. so he comes out in Casino Royale... and he is in EXCELLENT SHAPE...

i have NEVER seen another Bond look THAT DOPE in a TUX before.. VERY cool...
THAT ALONE makes you look back at "Die another Day" or " Golden Eye" and be like.. ohh man.. Pierce Brosnan and eveyrone before him is in HORRIBLE SHAPE!!!

now.. i gotta tell you Daniel Craig does his thing WELL. but you know who didn't?

the DIRECTOR!!.. that movie was SOoooooooooo BORING.. it drew on and Oooooooon with NO Climax!!.. ( kind of like myself in the bedroom)...

but you know.. in retrospect is good.. when the story moves slowly it draws out the amount of time you've been feeling like your sitting there. So.. instead of it being about cars, guns, girls, and explosions, it becomes more about chracter development and an interesting semi independent style of film making.

I gotta tell you thouh... there is absoultye NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REASSSSSSSSSSSSON TO PLAY CARDS FOR 45 minutes!!!

there is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REASON to make the dialog so complex and convulted that you dont even REALIZE that James BOND is LITERALLY GOING TO QUIT HIS JOB for this chick...

there is NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO REASON to make things so "slick and stylish" to the point where you're not even SURE WHY THIS is happening..

and most importantly there is NOOOOOOOOOOOO reason to drive a car that fast to see it flip over in less than 20 seconds.

OH.. and heres another piece of advice.. if you want to tell a story?... Tell it!!.. dont go out of your way to be the opposite of what the films predecessors were. Just bc Pierce Brosnans Bond was a little more comedic and Big Block Buster.. DOESNT mean you have to be overly " Brutally Violent"

I think Christopher "independent film director" Nolan can take a page out of that Book.. just bc the Old Batmans sucked doesn't mean your movies have to be overly dark and irritatingitngly dry...

Zia you rambling..

Fine.. you want the points?

here they are:

GREAT BOND (although ugly)

Crappy Movie ( although fun to watch)

3 Ugly Secret Agents out of 5

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