by Spencer Hawken

Created on: May 08, 2007   Last Updated: May 09, 2007

Having heard so many positive things I could not wait for the new look James Bond movie Casino Royale. Many people had claimed to have been to the cinemas two, three and even four times to see this "The best Bond yet!" So as me and my other half settled down on a Saturday night to watch this movie we had high expectations; two hours and twenty minutes later one question rang through my head "Did I miss something?"

The thing as I understand it that pleased the new Bond fans was the realism of the movie. If new Bond Daniel Craig is in an explosion he gets up covered in scars, however previous bonds would get up and dust themselves off and look just the same. In honesty although I understand this point of view, I feel those with this image might not have seen a Bond movie for some considerable time. One employee of mine got quite angry when I knocked the realism of this movie. I feel that on one side while the Bond franchise has gained a little "reality" on the other side it has lost the plot.
In one of the first action scenes of the movie Bond chases a man from a gambling den (involving animals) through the streets and onto a building site. From the building site he tears through an Embassy before creating a massive explosion. While some claim this is real to life I have to ask is it? Bond having not only developed the ability to jump massive leaps (I believe this new sport of jumping from rooftop to rooftop is popular in France), but he happens to know the intricate and fundamental details of a variety of tools and machines he encounters. Having spent little more than a second with said devices he manages to cut cables, shoot gas pipes, and create winches from things most normal people would not spot; that includes old Bond too.

The second big issue was the action scenes, scorching trailers to promote the movie showed blistering action scenes making this movie look like an absolute spectacular. In reality there are only three main action scenes, there is allegedly a forth action scene; but this depends on your depiction of action I guess as this scene takes place around a card table. I'm not a poker player, and I don't really understand Poker; so the impact of this said action scene leaves me cold. And I have to ask myself if I'm the only one that has no understanding of Poker?
The key part of the movie is based around a Poker table, the price a hefty sum of around 124 million dollars. There is a little action going on around this time as Bond leaves the table for

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