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[Four Aces]

This is going to set a new standard.

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[DanMan]

This isn't a new trailer. It's a promo video for Sony. I doubt the whole movie is going to be a 2 1/2 hour Sony commercial.

Anyway, the cinematography looks absolutely incredible and the action looks stunning. The Parkour Chase and The MIA Scenes look like instant classics.

[Harmsway]

Anyway, the cinematography looks absolutely incredible and the action looks stunning.

Yeah. I'm amazed at how good the cinematography is. Phil Meheux hasn't really turned out such phenomenal work before (even his work on GOLDENEYE was just serviceable), but this seems like its up there among the best the series has ever offered.

The Parkour Chase and The MIA Scenes look like instant classics.

Definitely. They look quite dramatic and intense.

[stamper]

It's a promo, don't worry, there won't be that much laptops in 3mn times in the movie, it's just random shots cut together to promote the products.

That said, anyone saying Craig is not Bond after seeing those few more shots would have to be a nutcase or blind or idiot, or all three.

I haven't been that excited with a new Bond movie since... first discovering the Connery movies !

[Bond#9-GeorgeKemp]

Anyway, the cinematography looks absolutely incredible and the action looks stunning. The Parkour Chase and The MIA Scenes look like instant classics.

It really does, one of my favourite shots is Bond (not Craig, Bond) on the laptop in the Bahamas with the orange light coming through, think it looks great. So does the stuff in M's house actually. Do we see her room twice?

(Highlight to read) Once when Bond breaks in and the screen pops up next to her bed (wow by thw way, I want one) so she can see what he's doing, and once when Villiers calls to tell her Bond's in the Bahamas?

Does anyone else have any favourite bits from the new PROMO ?

[DamnCoffee]

I love everything about it. the colours,the locations, the fights everything is great

[Robert Watts]

Certainly the best colour pallete in a Bond film for a long time.

[DamnCoffee]

Oh my god it looks soooo good

[RedKelly]

I'm betting thats more like a commercial or something, although it seems a little long.

[Mr_Wint]

For god sake, give us a jetpack with stinger missiles or a laser equipped Rolex watch and leave this everyday technology to Bourne.

[richyawyingtmv]

For god sake, give us a jetpack with stinger missiles or a laser equipped Rolex watch and leave this everyday technology to Bourne.

No thanks.

[Vauxhall]

Also, what is the dialogue that Craig says on the phone? I can't make it out.

He says: "Could be a double blind. Keep sweating him."

[agentforhire]

What is a double blind? Is that like a blind for your windows?

But seriously, what is a double blind? I'm sure I could look it up on the net but can't be bothered.

Edited by agentforhire, 30 September 2006 - 12:53 PM.

[Robert Watts]

You'll realise when you watch the film what they mean by 'double blind'

[agentforhire]

But I don't plan on seeing it. Heh.

Well not on theatrical release, at least.

[Robert Watts]

That's your problem. Not mine.

[Nicolas Suszczyk]

Is there any .avi version available ?

[Four Aces]

For god sake, give us a jetpack with stinger missiles or a laser equipped Rolex watch and leave this everyday technology to Bourne.

You can't be serious.

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[Mr_Wint]

For god sake, give us a jetpack with stinger missiles or a laser equipped Rolex watch and leave this everyday technology to Bourne.

You can't be serious.

4A

I am.

[DanMan]

Did you have a problem with DN or OHMSS? They had no gadgets.

[Harmsway]

Well, while stinger missiles behind the headlights have their place in the Bond franchise (though they don't share CASINO ROYALE's place in the franchise), I'm more than happy to see Bond join the new millenium.

[Skudor]

Indeed. There's plenty of room for both gadget laden extravaganzas like The Spy Who Loved Me and less gadget laden extravanganzas like [film=99]On Her Majesty

[Mr_Wint]

Did you have a problem with DN or OHMSS? They had no gadgets.

I can explain it for you.

There seems to be plenty of gadgets in Casino Royale so the question is not as easy as "gadgets" or "no gadgets". I'm against impossible technology in Bondfilms such as invisible cars. Bond is fantasy, but still within the limitations of our world.

But I'm also against the use of various everyday-stuff (such as cameras, laptops, cell phones etc.) that they use around Bond just for the sake of it. These products only have one purpose: marketing. James Bond himself looks like the Michelin Guy in the chaos of all these products that the audience is expected to buy after the film.

Remember Christmas Jones's handheld HP Jordana in TWINE? No, I didn't think so either. Blink and you miss it. Pointless.

We have seen casinos scenes, good action and wonderful locations. What this film screams for now is a genuine Bond gadget and the pure simplicity and charm that comes with it.

[Harmsway]

But I'm also against the use of various everyday-stuff (such as cameras, laptops, cell phones etc.) that they use around Bond just for the sake of it.

Um, each and every one plays a role in the story. It's not like there are any token scenes of Bond tinkering on a laptop.

Remember Christmas Jones's handheld HP Jordana in TWINE? No, I didn't think so either. Blink and you miss it. Pointless.

It was hardly pointless. She needed *some* kind of tech for that scene - it might as well have been a hand-held HP Jordana.

What this film screams for now is a genuine Bond gadget and the pure simplicity and charm that comes with it.

I couldn't disagree more - I think CASINO ROYALE will prove to be more interesting for the lack of it. The whole "Bond gadget" thing has really been done to deeeeeeeath over the past 20 years. A little break is not going to harm anyone.

[Mr_Wint]

I couldn't disagree more - I think CASINO ROYALE will prove to be more interesting for the lack of it. The whole "Bond gadget" thing has really been done to deeeeeeeath over the past 20 years. A little break is not going to harm anyone.

There is no lack of technology in CR. On the contrary, there seem to be more reliance on modern-day technology than ever in a Bondfilm. I am all for it, if it serves a purpose. But we all know how it works; they find a product and invent a scene. Anyway, ultra hi-tec technology and blinking displays have been done to death in spy/action films for the last 50 years, and less is always better for Bond.

[JimmyBond]

I don't think any of the scenes feel invented around that piece of technology. I do think the writers said: "Lets have Bond using more everyday things." But I don't think anyone got a laptop and said: "Lets create a scene for this!"

[Harmsway]

But we all know how it works; they find a product and invent a scene.

Maybe - hard to say. I have a feeling the script was written with these items in it, and of course they were going to be Sony items all along, but they were there not for product placement, but primarily for the role they play. Each and every one of these items serves some sort of function to the story itself, more so than Christmas Jones' token hand-held.

Anyway, ultra hi-tec technology and blinking displays have been done to death in spy/action films for the last 50 years, and less is always better for Bond.

Personally, I think seeing him use a laptop is quite refreshing. It's about time.

[stamper]

I don't get you people, aren't gadgets, and I mean old Bond sixties gadgets, now part of the everyday life of each of us ?

I mean, you have cell phone, it takes pictures, it can also download data... etc...

Screaming "I want gadgets back I miss them" while that is all there is around is the talk of the ostrich with the head in the sand, dare I say...

[Mr_Wint]

I don't get you people, aren't gadgets, and I mean old Bond sixties gadgets, now part of the everyday life of each of us ?

I mean, you have cell phone, it takes pictures, it can also download data... etc...

Screaming "I want gadgets back I miss them" while that is all there is around is the talk of the ostrich with the head in the sand, dare I say...

Read it again, and I'm sure you will understand. There's a difference between 'Bond gadgets' and marketing products.

[JCRendle]

Bond is a spy - I can not imagine any spy doing their jobs properly without a mobile and a computer - they do have a use.