don't believe the hype..its far too long

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2006)

after all the controversy surrounding the reboot and the casting of Daniel Craig it comes as a surprise that Casino Royale is such an unmemorable movie.
It begins well with a very nice black and white and( after a woeful title song)has a spirited free running chase.
Unfortunately after this it all goes wrong. The pacing is slow, the action non-existent and Mads Mikkelson is the blandest Bond villain ever..in fact a couple of times I couldn't understand what he was saying.
Eva Green should have been a good Bond girl but is merely a repetitive damsel in distress,the photography is mediocre and it all looks like a Sony commercial.
To those like myself who don't play poker the poker scenes are slow torture and the torture scene is unintentionally hilarious.
David Arnold's score is his best yet but that is enough to save this bomb.