My lovely wife bought me a DVD of Casino Royale as a late birthday present. Not knowing much about electronics, she bought the full screen version instead of the wide screen. If you have a decent modern TV of a fair size, you'll want to skip the full screen version. Everyone looks slightly short and a bit fat. "Squat" is a good word. But that's not my point.
I didn't notice when I saw it in the theater -one of only two films I saw in theater last year, because I hate movie theaters and their prices and their f***ing Buick commercials- but the movie has no respect for cars. They rolled an Aston DBS, for God's sake. C'mon, he's James Bond. You'd think they'd let him keep it wheels down.
Great Bond, though. Hope he's back soon.
What really annoys me about that scene is that the Aston somehow goes up on 2 wheels apparently because Bond is turning too sharply. First It's a wet road so everywhere else, except in movieland, the car is going to spin, ( or rocket off onto the grass) not go up on two wheels. but more importanly, there is all kinds of room on either side of the road for a REAL James Bond to simply drive around the girl in the middle of the road. I would hope a large part of the the audience for this blog could avoid that accident without being James Bond or driving an Aston Martin.
Posted by: Ted | March 20, 2007 at 09:20 AM
yes, it has a defibrillator (sp?) but no stability or traction control I guess. And I don't think any car as heavy as an Aston could flip quite like that.
Posted by: Dave T. | March 20, 2007 at 01:25 PM
That is real action in the scene.I think those shocks won't affect the windowmotor
of that Aston.Truly Bond is a reckless driver.
Posted by: iced man | March 23, 2007 at 03:08 AM
Loved the film - I love this more realistic take on Bond, as opposed to the cartoon antics of previous Bonds. You should return the DVD -- say the disc won't play, they'll let you replace it with a widescreen edition (I've done this a few times when I've accidently grabbed a pan & scan copy).
Posted by: Malnurtured Snay | March 26, 2007 at 11:45 PM
This is one of the famous brand BMW. Casino Royal and all of them James Bond movies is publicity the brand of BMW. James Bond series is a great. I have seen many Films in this series. Thanks.
Posted by: Sabeen | May 29, 2010 at 08:31 AM
I think Casino Royale is the best James Bond movie ever. Daniel Craig is the perfect James Bond, cold and calculating, since the original James Bond from the books is an assassin. It's great to see a film going back to 007's roots. Of course, a James Bond film wouldn't be complete without his trademark cars. The Aston Martin DBS is very nice, it reminds me of the original DB5 from Sean Connery's James Bond film. Although Daniel Craig's DBS lacked the gadgets, it's still one heck of a fast runner.
Posted by: Chad Parmenter | June 21, 2011 at 10:28 AM
James Bond always gets to use the coolest and most exotic cars in the whole world. That's how cool he is! He also gets some of the most beautiful women in the world. Indeed, cars + girls = awesome movie!
Posted by: John Prue | December 12, 2011 at 12:08 PM
I envy this guy a lot. He gets the cars and the girls. Heeh, I'm sure a lot are looking forward for more action-packed movies from him. I can't wait to see the next Bond girl. Haha! That's just how lucky Mr. Bond is!
Posted by: Ivo Beutler | December 21, 2011 at 09:41 AM