OK, after earlier concerns, i managed to sort of watch this Casino Royale business that everyone is so excited about. i will confess that i wandered off during it, but maybe the fact that i went wandering sums up the review!it is not a bad film. it is better than any Pierce Brosnan Bond except GoldenEye, but that is where i will end comparisons to other actors. it has a coherent plot, a decent cast and makes for some entertainment. it is just far, far, far too long for its own good. 144 minutes is a long time for a film, and this one did not need to be so long. 30 or so minutes could easily be chopped out of this. it could have been a taunt, fast-paced grade A action-thriller movie, instead it opts to be a grade B reasonable slice of entertainment.
OK, the questions answered. is Daniel Craig any good as Bond? yes he is, he plays the role rather well. is it confusing having Judi Dench play M? no, not if like me you are happy to pretend that the Pierce Brosnan films do not exist. no gadgets and no Q make a bad Bond? not really. you kind of miss the John Cleese character, but in this film James Bond does not need a stupid invisible car.
by all means go and see it, but don't expect it to be the best Bond film you have ever seen!
be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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