The BEST and the WORST Bond movie ever,....

Rating: 5/10 (9 January 2007)

Casino Royale really annoyed me.
On one side you've got a decent cast doing a fine effort to bring the story to life, Daniel Craig doing a really good, if not quite hard edged enough for my taste. (Hey, Bond is supposed to be a womanizing ruffian, and Craig just doesn't come across as being that right kind of mean,... yet) Judy Dench did seem to be 'phoning it in', but only when you compare it to her career highlights, she's still the best M by far. I just wanted her to be more forceful with Bond - M should be the only woman besides the Queen that Bond would behave around. Eva Green was gorgeous, though her suit on the train seemed to hide her figure too much, so when she appeared in 'that' dress at the casino, and then again at the respite home after the torture session, she suddenly seemed to have 'blossmed',....
(Died scratching my itch,.. bwhahahaha,.. and I imagine 'Owwwwwwwww'.)
Then there was the bad side. Some biggies stand out. First there's that fugly largest plane ever - c'mon, don't you think we'd recognize the body of a Boeing 747? and the dual engines (which were running but not sucking the ground crew in?) And FUEL PODS??? on a passenger plane WTF??? Ask an engineer what happens to the wings when the fuel gets pumped in and out, let alone the loading waaaay out on the most stressed part of a plane. And then there's the fuel shifting about and stuffing up the balance inside the airframe - there's a very good reason that 747's have their main fuel tanks in the body, under the main wing.
Then there's flipping the Aston to save Vesper,... The laws of physics can tell you why that was wrong. Vicki8 Butler-Henderson from 'Fith Gear' can tell you what happens to Astons if you reef the steering wheels too hard,. The producers can explain where the Astons airbags went,. I'm sure Ford and Aston-Martin would like to know.
CPR,... Bond is an ex British Navy Submariner, trained in lifesaving techniques,... so why wasn't he doing CPR compressions over Vespers heart? And why did he grope her right tit in the process, (Though I wouldn't mind being,..... okay I'm bad)
And in the same scene, when Eva Green's body reacts to being fondled by a hunk, why the hell wasn't it re-shot without the nipple poking up the material??
Then there's the standout frak up. In the last scene, before we see Bond, we hear a large bore rifle shot and see the baddie collapse,... So why is Bond holding a sub machine gun with a SILENCER!!!
Look, I enjoyed it, I'm just very disappointed that the film-makers didn't make it better in the little bits that would have made this movie go from being 'just another bond movie' to an Oscar winner.
Serefina Moon, opinionated film fan.