As an action or thriller, disappointing, even if it is a reconstruction in Bond series

Rating: 5/10 (22 December 2009)

Yes, Casino Royale is not like any other Bond movie, but unfortunately some habits are still kept and as an action thriller or a movie, it is not a breakthrough or an epochal movie and personally, to me it was not a real good movie. In James Bond movies, many things are the same, there are some inevitable clichés, otherwise it does not become a Bond movie. Bond falls in love with several attractive women, if the spy is a woman, she turns into good, because she loves Bond too. There are three kind of women in Bond movies, the women who fall in love with James Bond when they meet him, the women who are spies, but after a while, change their side and the women who pretend to fall in love with James Bond, but even they don't harm him, because probably they fall in love with him. As a result, it means that every woman falls in love with James Bond which I already get bored and find totally unrealistic. In recent years, some audiences had woken up probably or the filmmakers had changed their mind that is unbelievable but possible. Then Casino Royale was made. It was in IMDb Top 250 and still it is there, because many people thought that it was a revolution. James Bond is a blond, unknown actor. There is Eva Green. When I saw the movie, yes there were more changes besides the actors and actresses, for example, James Bond was not a hero in the movie, the lavatory scene or the trick of Bond at the end of the pursuit takes place in the beginning was showing that. However, although, it seems a conscious, revisionist film, there are still some unforgettable clichés. Is there a woman falls in love with James Bond,yes. Even if Eva Green's character is different (more realistic) than previous Bond girls. Yes, as some people say too, she is not a woman who falls in love with Bond instantly and to me she is not like a belonging of James Bond tails after him. However, even if she seems a feminist, she has a sexual relationship with Bond at last and it means that Bond attracts her. By the way, there is another woman in the movie either who falls in love with Bond and makes sex with him. Then, where is the difference? I don't like Martin Campbell because of Mask of Zorro especially. In Casino Royale, Campbell is pretty good. The movie is pretty stylish, visually well, a well made work. The first action scene was so fast-moving and very energetic. The gambling scenes are elegant. However, no gimmick in the rest.