I got to see Casino Royale [imdb.com] this weekend. The short story was that I enjoyed seeing the movie, and I'm glad that I got to see it on the big screen.
The action scenes were amazing. Especially the opening sequence where the new James Bond is introduced. That whole sequence was amazing, and immediately had me riveted. This movie had it all -- car chases, fight scenes, and then crazy stunt after stunt. Those made the movie so much fun to watch.
The new James Bond is a great fit. I don't remember seeing Daniel Craig in any other movie before, so I had no expectations. Unfortunately, the main female lead (played by Eva Green) had this really annoying fake accent. And not only was it really obvious that it was fake, but because she talks really fast, it was also sometimes really difficult to understand. There were several times during the movie when I wished that I could have gone back and listened to the dialogue again, because I didn't understand it the first time. I guess that's one of the many drawbacks to seeing the movie in the theaters.
The Spiderman series is another group of movies where the female lead is really weak. And they're stuck with her. Fortunately for the Bond series, we know that this actress won't be in the next one.
There were little bits and pieces here and there that I didn't like, but I would really be nit-picking if I were to bring those up. I guess the only part that I really didn't like was the long drawn out love story in the middle of the movie. They took a great, fast-paced movie and brought it to a screetching halt. And it's not that I'm opposed to love stories, but that part of the movie was way too slow, and it took way too long to move to the next part of the plotline. OK. WE GET IT. HE'S IN LOVE WITH THE FEMALE LEAD. Like we didn't know that was going to happen anyway...
Other than that, the plot was pretty good. There was a lot of the plot that everyone could see coming. But then there were some odd twists that I never would have been able to predict. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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