Criticisms of Casino Royale

SkyfallenSkyfallen Posts: 10MI6 Agent
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What did you not like about the film? What scenes/characters do you think were unnecessary to its 144 min running time?
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Why do you ask?

    Please let us know a bit about what you like or don't like and the reasons for it?
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    I don't think anything's perfect, but I didn't find any flaws in Casino Royale that hindered my experience.
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  • SkyfallenSkyfallen Posts: 10MI6 Agent
    Higgins wrote:
    Why do you ask?

    Please let us know a bit about what you like or don't like and the reasons for it?


    I loved the film. I just felt it was a tad bit too long. Just wondering what could have been left out and not hurt the film.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    dom__d wrote:
    Just wondering what could have been left out and not hurt the film.


    craig.jpg :D
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 37,865Chief of Staff
    Replace with:


    brosnan.jpg
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :)) :)) :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I think the poker scenes could have been edited a little tighter, only
    A minor gripe. :D
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  • Absolutely_CartAbsolutely_Cart NJ/NYC, United StatesPosts: 1,740MI6 Agent
    People are still on with that Craig hate train?
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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Replace with:


    brosnan.jpg


    as long as they did not replace him with that one....

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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Replace with:


    brosnan.jpg
    He would have been my first choice at the time, yes. -{
    Absolutely_Cart wrote:
    People are still on with that Craig hate train?
    Get this straight, I do not hate Craig. I like him a LOT.
    I just like my man Brozz better. :D
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,334MI6 Agent
    - The exchange about watch brands (Product placement taken too far)
    - I would have liked the final line of the book ("The bitch is dead") to be given more punch.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Okay, I'd have liked the whole death scene dropped in favour of the book ending- I thought it was unnecessarily melodramatic.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • DevilMayCare007DevilMayCare007 Posts: 196MI6 Agent
    Brozz is too much a pretty boy :D
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    DevilMayCare007 wrote:
    Brozz is too much a pretty boy :D
    Nah, he was done with 'pretty boy' by DAD.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    I never thought I would read CR and criticisms in the same phrase! I just love every one of the 144 minutes, I wouldn't cut anything, I wouldn't change anything. I remember I had a working mate who was also a Bond fan. We went to see it separately that weekend. On monday, we didn't even have to speak. We just knew it had been special for both of us by our smiling faces. A modern classic.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,817MI6 Agent
    Hang on please!! (Grabs railway style handbrake lever and )

    I just want to be clear - (seems obvious but you never know) we are talking about CR-06 here and not CR-67?
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Barbel wrote:
    Replace with:


    brosnan.jpg

    :D A rookie 53 year old Bond that you've been seeing for a decade! great idea! now, that would have been casting against type.
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Thunderbird 2 wrote:
    Hang on please!! (Grabs railway style handbrake lever and )

    I just want to be clear - (seems obvious but you never know) we are talking about CR-06 here and not CR-67?

    I thought Peter Sellers was hilarious! :007) ;)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    Virgil37 wrote:
    I never thought I would read CR and criticisms in the same phrase!
    I never thought I'd read entire threads on why Brosnan was the weakest Bond, but there ya go. :))
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • screenamescreename Posts: 388MI6 Agent
    Casino Royale is possibly the most flawless film in the whole cannon! :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Agreed ........................ After OHMSS ! ;) {[]
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Virgil37 wrote:
    I never thought I would read CR and criticisms in the same phrase! I just love every one of the 144 minutes, I wouldn't cut anything, I wouldn't change anything. I remember I had a working mate who was also a Bond fan. We went to see it separately that weekend. On monday, we didn't even have to speak. We just knew it had been special for both of us by our smiling faces. A modern classic.

    I feel the same way about CR. {[]
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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    You guys like depressing poo.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Blackleiter wrote:
    Virgil37 wrote:
    I never thought I would read CR and criticisms in the same phrase! I just love every one of the 144 minutes, I wouldn't cut anything, I wouldn't change anything. I remember I had a working mate who was also a Bond fan. We went to see it separately that weekend. On monday, we didn't even have to speak. We just knew it had been special for both of us by our smiling faces. A modern classic.

    I feel the same way about CR. {[]

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  • screenamescreename Posts: 388MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Agreed ........................ After OHMSS ! ;) {[]

    I would say that Lazenby is what's wrong with that film, but otherwise I'd agree with you!
  • Virgil37Virgil37 Posts: 1,212MI6 Agent
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Agreed ........................ After OHMSS ! ;) {[]

    Now, imagine OHMSS with DC... Sorry, forget I said that TP ;)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,062MI6 Agent
    I'm surrounded! IT'S A TRAP!
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,755Chief of Staff
    screename wrote:
    Thunderpussy wrote:
    Agreed ........................ After OHMSS ! ;) {[]

    I would say that Lazenby is what's wrong with that film, but otherwise I'd agree with you!

    You see, I love Lazenby in that film...I can't see any of the other Bonds doing better...
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    You guys like depressing poo.

    Yes......yes we do. :007)
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Gassy ManGassy Man USAPosts: 2,972MI6 Agent
    Ten more minutes of romance -- I understood they were in love, but there weren't enough scenes to really make me feel it. Craig could have emoted a bit more. When you watch his performances, he is stoic to the point of seeming autistic. Parts of the soundtrack have a modern blandness. It is not a flawless movie by any stretch, but overall is a lot better than anything else we've gotten in 40 years.
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