Oh what I would give for a Double-O
I watched the latest Bond movie last Wednesday and I think it completely ROCKS!!! I am sure there are millions of discussions on the same topic going on simultaneously on the internet...So? I can still write this post.
Many young boys dream about being the suave super-spy but with age their enthusiasm to be Bond usually dwindles. This happened with me too. However the latest movie from the Bond franchise makes me wanna be Bond again, honestly. No more Ethan Hunt, I can be Bond...James Bond now. Because this Bond is cool and quite believable. Yeah...he doesn’t drive an invisible car. There are posts which cry that the new bond movie is disappointing. I came across this particular interesting one about a guy complaining that the bond movie didn’t have gadgets and erotic girls. He went so far as to claim that "Even though Bond goes thru a number of cities we aren’t really introduced to culture. He was aptly replied to by a person who said "If you want to watch erotic girls and culture, watch Porn and National Geographic.". Amazing reply, but mine is a bit different. I would say "Really???? THAT’S your reason?” Coz it is just plain stupid. To read this absolutely interesting post pls visit http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=520949.
Then there is the part about how Bond is not as calm and composed as the earlier Bonds. Again...really??? Didn’t you see the opening scene?? Him earning his "double-O" status? That means he is "becoming" what he is. Kinda like "Batman Begins". I think the movie is perfect, they show Bond as the guy who is egotistic and falls for women, when he loses at poker, he thinks "I will bump that guy off ...then I win". He will be molded into the Bond that we have seen before, who would walk into the shower and hump a crying girl rather than compose her. This is the BEGINNING, people.
In my view, the movie is completely entertaining and Daniel Craig is fantastic. There is the middle of the movie which is a bit of the drag, but people claiming that the poker game is a very sad part of the movie are wrong. I think the only boring part is when they try to develop the relation between Bond and Vesper. But that’s forgiven. Coz before and after that part, the movie is good. The actions scenes are U-L-T-I-M-A-T-E. Craig looks like he could do it all, and contrary to another stupid belief, there is a PLOT. Only this one is more realistic and believable than any previous Bond film, and that is what Bond "loyalists" as they would like to call themselves can’t stomach. They probably want that Satellite from Outer Space beaming down a highly charged particle ray to annihilate all human population.
I would label it as a "must watch" for all action movie enthusiasts and others too. And DONT MISS THE FIRST CHASE scene. It is beautiful. A total paisa-vasool film, which I will watch again soon enough...and on the big screen only. Daniel Craig plays the role (which has been written...pls get this point home) to perfection. And this guy is a hunk. If you thought Hrithik looked good in Dhoom, you gotta check this guy out. It is tough to decide who looks better (Hrithik is more of a pretty boy), but physique-wise I think Daniels body is simply awesome, women watching will croon, and men will just wish they could have a body which is half as fantastic as that. The women are OK, not exceptionally beautiful, and they have tried to show the main lady character as a really smart woman, which is again different for a Bond movie, but it suits the film.
All in all; this movie is really cool, and I wish there are movies like this in the pipeline, whether Bond or otherwise. After Die Another Day and the other Brosnan Movie (not Goldeneye) I had frankly lost all interests in these movies, but Casino Royale brings Bond back with a bang.
