redshifter
High Fidelity Gentility• redrum....I mean redshifter• Pee-pee. Hoo-hoo.• I ♥ Garfield
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As a reader of Fleming first, the "Casino Royale" remake impressed me. They included the torture scene (although the tennis racket made more sense (hit the balls)), and the amazing final line "The job's done and the bitch is dead." from the book, diluted by more superfluous dialog and action scenes. That final line defines Bond's misogyny which defines a huge part of his character, and is chilling.
I waited the whole film for the Bond theme, and was a bit disappointed it was only used on the end titles. If they wanted to make an old-school Bond film, they should have that electric guitar playing every time Bond walks into a scene, like in "Dr. No". It is just too good to waste on end titles, although it worked in terms of Bond's genesis.
Craig was good, but the makeup department needs to decide if he is blonde or not. Bond as described has dark hair with a comma of hair falling over his brow. Also, Craig needs to work on his charm.
The biggest disappointment was the villain. In the book he was a huge, sweating person, addicted to inhaled speed. In the movie has barely registered as a Hitler clone with asthma. Plus they replaced the Baccarat with Texas Hold-em, which to me is just pandering to trends. The core of the drama in this story--the gambling--was pedestrian, and I never got a feeling of the glamor and intensity of the game.
I waited the whole film for the Bond theme, and was a bit disappointed it was only used on the end titles. If they wanted to make an old-school Bond film, they should have that electric guitar playing every time Bond walks into a scene, like in "Dr. No". It is just too good to waste on end titles, although it worked in terms of Bond's genesis.
Craig was good, but the makeup department needs to decide if he is blonde or not. Bond as described has dark hair with a comma of hair falling over his brow. Also, Craig needs to work on his charm.
The biggest disappointment was the villain. In the book he was a huge, sweating person, addicted to inhaled speed. In the movie has barely registered as a Hitler clone with asthma. Plus they replaced the Baccarat with Texas Hold-em, which to me is just pandering to trends. The core of the drama in this story--the gambling--was pedestrian, and I never got a feeling of the glamor and intensity of the game.