Nope. Sorry - Bond Disappoints - Big Time

Rating: 5/10 (1 July 2013)

*Spoiler Alert!*
I don't know about you, but, for me, when it comes to watching people play poker, regardless of how high the stakes are, I think that it's got to be one of the most boring things in the world to watch. It really is. (Like, talk about "Yawn" city!)
Even though Casino Royale contained some fabulous stunt-work and some superb visual effects (the scene involving the Skyfleet airliner at Miami Airport was especially awesome), this film bordered on the very edge of being absolutely ridiculous far too often.
For instance, here's 3 prime examples of how much stupidity the makers of this film actually expected me to accept....
1 - After unknowingly drinking down some deadly poison, Bond goes into cardiac arrest and, yes, he, literally, dies. And, yet, he's actually revived (by someone using a faulty defibrillator, no less) and within minutes he's back playing more poker as if nothing had happened.
2 - Bond is captured by the enemy and taken down to the dungeon-like torture chamber. It's here that his torturer bashes Bond's balls so hard and so often that it's surely enough to cause permanent damage and cripple any other man for the rest of his life. But, not Bond. He miraculously recovers in record time.
3 - Bond officially resigns his position as Special Agent-007 over a treacherous, two-faced woman who was so dumb that she left her cell-phone sitting on top of the dresser, and, in doing so, thus, enabling Bond to track her down.
Duh!..... Need I say more?