Is it just me?

Rating: 6/10 (28 November 2006)

I don't know about everyone saying this is the best bond movie (well, since the 60s anyway) because I thought the show was hilarious! I was laughing so hard, I cried. I mean, it was so cheesy! Yes, I know, all the Bond movie was cheesy (the cheesiest being The World Is Not Enough - yup, the one with Denise Richards as Dr. Christmas). The thing is, the rest of the Bond movies was not so serious - it was done with a mischievous air about them. However, Casino Royale tries really hard to be super serious, and that was why I think it was funny. The scenes that got me in stitches were...
1. The beginning started really well, all noir and sleek with violent flashbacks of a bathroom fight. Stylish, dark and interesting...and then when you least expect it...JB turns with the signature Bond pose!
2. JB was chasing an African man...the man is a Parkour expert and he is jumping over building and dodging obstacles, very agile. Hot on his pursuit is JB. So this man tries to escape by jumping through a small rectangle opening in a wall. And what did JB did? He ran through the wall - wow what finesse!
3. You know how all JB movies have the leading girls came out of the water in bathing suits? Well, this didn't happen in this movie because JB himself emerged from the water, dripping wet. Most girls appreciated this scene.
Anyway, I gave a score of 6 because it made me laugh so hard. And minus one for Eva Greens grating voice I found so irritating.