Yeah, no, it was deeply unsmooth? And the action sequences could have been better edited by far. I was so glad when they stopped with the poorly-shot action sequences. Plus, the location-jumping, cast-of-a-thousand-locations didn't help, and Casino Royale definitely benefited from being set in a very small (for a Bond movie) number of places.
But man, I forgive it all for: Bond stealing the photo. M smashing the ashtray that she'd given the guy for Christmas. Bond's expression when he kills the man on the balcony by stabbing him in the throat. Strawberry Fields trying to check Bond into a dingy cover-appropriate hotel. Strawberry's glee at Real Field Agent Work. The visual image of Camille and Bond striding through the desert in evening wear. The exchange about whether Bond thinks less of her for sleeping with Greene to get to Mandrano. Bond's little speech to Camille about how to kill. Camille's sensible clothes. The extended fight scene with Mandrano. The way Bond kills Greene. The epilogue in Russia. The The Candian agent's almost-there resemblance to Vesper and her whispered "Thank you." Bond dropping the necklace in the snow.
Basically, yeah, I pretty much gave the movie a total pass as soon as during the initial car chase, the camera kept flicking up to Bond's utterly impassive face. HIS MANPAIN. IT ROLLS TONY STARK DUBAI DEEP.
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But man, I forgive it all for: Bond stealing the photo. M smashing the ashtray that she'd given the guy for Christmas. Bond's expression when he kills the man on the balcony by stabbing him in the throat. Strawberry Fields trying to check Bond into a dingy cover-appropriate hotel. Strawberry's glee at Real Field Agent Work. The visual image of Camille and Bond striding through the desert in evening wear. The exchange about whether Bond thinks less of her for sleeping with Greene to get to Mandrano. Bond's little speech to Camille about how to kill. Camille's sensible clothes. The extended fight scene with Mandrano. The way Bond kills Greene. The epilogue in Russia. The The Candian agent's almost-there resemblance to Vesper and her whispered "Thank you." Bond dropping the necklace in the snow.
Basically, yeah, I pretty much gave the movie a total pass as soon as during the initial car chase, the camera kept flicking up to Bond's utterly impassive face. HIS MANPAIN. IT ROLLS TONY STARK DUBAI DEEP.