Casino Royale

Its been 4 months since i have been hibernating!!Been real busy, worked up my brain too much and did some retrospection as well!! Had almost forgotten that this URL exisisted!! ;) Today out of the blues, i felt i should blog!! I dint have any topic,so i thought i should just blog for the fun of it!And now i am wondering, how do i fill up this space? ;) Well, i thought i rather brief my thoughts on the recent flick tat i watched- Casino Royale!

Though i am not a movie buff, i wanted to watch this one badly! James bond movies are favourite with me since childhood!Be it action, the cars,the larger than life gadgets or James bond himself!!I love everything about Bond movies. And then, of course there was Pierce Brosnan as well! ;) Now that he is replaced,i felt a bit bad but not until i saw Daniel Craig. I guess the guy deserves some adulation atleast if not more! He is good in his own place. Maybe he lacks the panache and impeccability of Brosnan's image, he still is good!

What i noticed in this movie is that the new Bond is more of a rugged guy than his predecessor.He does not use many gadgets, is dressed more casually and is unconventionally less stylish! He relies more on his physique than any gadget.His ways are not very sophisticated and his tone lacks sarcasm!! what Pierce used to portray before was a different Bond who goes out of his way to look stylish even amidst blasting cars and crashing buildings, is always well dressed, sporting a Reid and Taylor suiting and an Omega watch.Of course Pierce has a killer face,but Craig has a great body. I sometimes feel tat Ian fleming would have kept Pierce himself in his mind when he wrote Bond novels!Anyday Pierce is James Bond! But Craig has done his best, being the first Blond Bond and shouldering such a high stake!

Casino royale is good. I liked the movie despite criticisms! It has a good story, has picturesque locations and the actions are good.One more interesting fact is the constant usage and obvious endorsement of Sony products in the movie.Its plain MARKETING!! Its hard to ignore, cos,right from cellphones,to Laptops- ITS THE SONY!! :)I must say- A GOOD MARKETING STRATEGY INDEED!!
End of the day,a right blend of advertising and entertainment, thats what movies are!!
I will definitely rate Casino Royale 4 stars. Its real fun to watch Daniel Craig in fierce action! :) I dont mind watching it again and this time i wont compare him with PIERCE BROSNAN!! ;)