Casino Royale too long
chris Walken
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I watch the film at cinema the other day was fantastic apart from one thing i think its 20 minutes too long it seem to drag near the end of the film anyone agree
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Same here, after 2 and a half hours, I thought is that it, it's just started, it flew by both times
(although there were a few moments towards the end when one thought the film had finished a couple of times) I hope we get a 4 hour directors cut DVD !
I think the reason why some thought the movie was too long and that it dragged at the end was because they're not used to seeing the main villain offed so early.
The story was structured a bit differently than other Bond films, so people who are used to the films may be a bit jarred by how CR is put together. Me? I thought the length was fine.
I always thought OHMSS was too long, and that it really hurt for better editing. And DAD would have been great if they just lopped off everything after the ice palace (right before the parasurfing thing).
and then explained the bit about Vesper and the money a bit more clearly with the freedup time
well not 10 hours long but you know what I mean
But it was perfect for us. I loved every minute and think any cuts would have hurt it.
But CR went by in a flash. It´s the first film in a pretty long time that I´ll go see again at the theatre.
I don't think that the Casino time was too long. Sure he was there a lot but it was all broken up with things like Bond getting drugged and when he had to fight the baddies in the stairwell. Now if the whole sequence at the table had been filmed all at the same time with no interuptions like that, then maybe I would be able to say that I thought it was too long.
Anyway, at no point did I feel the film 'languished'. I was really worried that the film would suffer like the book did in the fact that for the last fifty pages there was really no action...only Bond and Vesper wooing each other on the beach.
:007)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
When I'm enjoying a movie, 2+ hours just fly for me. It could have gone longer and I would have felt it flew by.
"Time flies when you're having fun" - and I was having fun. :007)
Usually, I can't wait to get out of the theater after a much shorter film so I can fire up a smoke. CR made me completely forget about my nicotine jones. Maybe there's a cure there...