James boring - Casino Royale Reviews

There should be an anticipation associated with a new James Bond film. Casino Royale has the excitement of watching Texas Hold em with bad commercials. The movie begins with a very exciting scene in Madagascar. The low level very talented acrobatic bad guy being chase by Bond through a construction site destroying everything and the crane scene was incredible and the actions got us comfortable for another great thriller. Alas with lowered expectations we were exposed to Bond women whom did nothing to remind us of the early Bond classics. The bad guy has a blind eye that bleeds and creeps you out and is distracting. This is a guy that is trying to extort money through a gambling game where all 15 contestants must put up 10 Million dollars with the winner moving that money into their own personal account. The premise is sound but the relationship between Bond and the Vesper Lynd character is like watching dieting tips on the VIEW. We get it that its the chess match love match, but it takes the early exciting scenes and turns this into a romantic flick disguised as an action show. Luckily Craig shows his very stiff acting ability in a scene in the airport that is very exciting as Bond foils the largest plane in the world from getting a rude sendoff. Fill in the blanks. The gadgets that I was waiting to see and the brief time that the fun character Q is missing. We are forced to listen to the whining M whom is one character that doesn't appear to add any value to the movie. This is a movie to fast forward through many scenes. I understand the need to upgrade the Ian Fleming classic but the new Bond doesn't have it in this movie. I'll give him another chance in the next movie but this should be one and done. The need to sleep through many parts of this movie only stirred me occasionally. The grand finale ended after the 1st half hour of the movie and like paint drying I got bored stiff. I haven't been this dissapointed since the other stiff Superman Returns. The Casino scenes were mildly intertwined with bad guys beating up Bond and vice versa. Don't waste your time go rent one of the originals they were corny but we didn't have to agonize between the new sensitive Bond at the end of the movie. The scenery was terrific but the acting and bad chemistry between Craig and the Bond women leave us looking for someone cool with the smarts to outwit the bad guys and gadgets that are clever and make us wanting to watch it over again. Keep your options open this is a poor effort with so much potential. There was more excitement by the folks waiting 3 days in the cold for the PS3 than I saw in the audience. Take your HAPPY FEET to another movie.