warbeak2099
11-16-2008, 04:24 PM
Here's a response I gave on PBN to someone's comment about Craig's performance:
Originally Posted by Leafy View Post
I guess I didnt like it cause I went into it expecting a bond film and got a regular run of the mill action movie.
a sysnmapsisi of a bond film
Opening action with the end of minor bond mission
goes back to the office, flirts with money penny, debriefs and gets a new assignment
goes and sees Q and gets some slick gadges
mission (useually involves sleeping with the woman of the evil guy)
I dont really even like this current bond in general he doesnt fit the profile, the thing that was cool about bond is that he wasnt jacked and could still kick °°° through engenuitity and the figting in this one from the camera angles felt too Bourne.
I find him to be a great Bond actually. Like Timothy Dalton, he's very gritty. He's playing the young, inexperienced Bond, that's why he doesn't seem so familiar to you. And despite what you may think, he actually is playing the role very close to the character that Flemming created. Don't forget, this is still the first Bond book lol! Bond hasn't been with MI-6 for very long and is still a very different character than he is later in the series. Too many people are looking at Craig to continue the tradition of Bond when he is in fact building up into that.
I don't think it was a run of the mill action movie. There was a lot of storyline and mystery/intrigue that Flemming intended. I cannot wait for the third installment that will wrap up Casino Royale. I think it will be great and when you look back on it, Craig will be seen as having done a great job at essentially creating the Bond we already know from the previous movies.
I think that sums up my feelings quite nicely. Oh, and I'm so excited for the 3rd movie so I can be right about this secret organization being Spectre.
EDIT: After reading on the internet and realizing that I missed this in the movie, I realize that the organization was named and is not SPECTRE. It's definitely supposed to be them though lol.
Originally Posted by Leafy View Post
I guess I didnt like it cause I went into it expecting a bond film and got a regular run of the mill action movie.
a sysnmapsisi of a bond film
Opening action with the end of minor bond mission
goes back to the office, flirts with money penny, debriefs and gets a new assignment
goes and sees Q and gets some slick gadges
mission (useually involves sleeping with the woman of the evil guy)
I dont really even like this current bond in general he doesnt fit the profile, the thing that was cool about bond is that he wasnt jacked and could still kick °°° through engenuitity and the figting in this one from the camera angles felt too Bourne.
I find him to be a great Bond actually. Like Timothy Dalton, he's very gritty. He's playing the young, inexperienced Bond, that's why he doesn't seem so familiar to you. And despite what you may think, he actually is playing the role very close to the character that Flemming created. Don't forget, this is still the first Bond book lol! Bond hasn't been with MI-6 for very long and is still a very different character than he is later in the series. Too many people are looking at Craig to continue the tradition of Bond when he is in fact building up into that.
I don't think it was a run of the mill action movie. There was a lot of storyline and mystery/intrigue that Flemming intended. I cannot wait for the third installment that will wrap up Casino Royale. I think it will be great and when you look back on it, Craig will be seen as having done a great job at essentially creating the Bond we already know from the previous movies.
I think that sums up my feelings quite nicely. Oh, and I'm so excited for the 3rd movie so I can be right about this secret organization being Spectre.
EDIT: After reading on the internet and realizing that I missed this in the movie, I realize that the organization was named and is not SPECTRE. It's definitely supposed to be them though lol.