Not a Bond Film

Rating: 5/10 (27 November 2006)

Although Casino Royal was not a bad movie per ce it did ruin the James Bond image. The spy depicted in the movie is not the elegant gentleman spy that we are used to.For example:
In the older movies it was always shown that bond disliked killing although this has changed through time Bond kills more people in the opening sequence of the movie that in the rest of all the Bond films some in very brutal and violent ways.
When tortured he asks for more, bond was always quiet and calm in tortures never asking for more just taunting the villain
Bond has also always been an excellent driver and although Q always complained that he destroys all cars it is always been during a chase sequence were he uses all the gadgets found in the car and demonstrates his driving skills. In Casino he flips a car and crashes it with no real action in the scene. Further more he always drove elegant cars AstonMartins and BMW not a Ford Foucus as he does in this film.
There are no gadgets: I think that is self explained
Bond always asked for a vodka martini shaken not stirred. In this movie he blankly responds to the bar tender that he does not give a damn whether it is shaken or stirred.