![]() It is of Daniel Craig walking through a pharmacy, looking at the different goods on the shelf made by FCUK, all the products named after types of drugs. There is a hard cut to Daniel Craig walking down the road, towards the camera which is looking up at him, to empower him, make him important and show to the audience that he is the main character. Then Daniel Craig talks about hippies that have been put in prison for drug dealing, the camera pans across to the hippies. The woman that was being tracked across the screen subtly fades into a prison guard(you have to see it to understand) and suddenly we are in a prison, the camera still panning left.ĭaniel Craig talks about bank robbers and we see prisoners that we assume are bank robbers. The screen fades darker as the camera pans to the corner of the room, but not to total black. Now the camera is panning left across all the hippies. The camera pans across to the right without cutting from the last shot, everything in slow motion.Ī woman’s hair covers the lens, the camera then zooms out and we are in a new scene, a very clever technique. The opening scene is the camera zooming out on a pair of van doors, Daniel Craig’s voice is narrating over the top. The name for the film refers to the human social strata, especially in the British crime underworld, as well as the numerous plot layers in the film. We can thank everyone here for putting the franchise back on the tracks and knowing that Craig is signed for three or four more as James Bond brings hope for some more crackling spy thrillers.I have chosen Layer Cake (Directed by Matthew Vaughan, starring Daniel Craig) as my opening sequence because, in my opinion, it is the greatest film of all time. That's when it all started to fall apart. The truth is that the problem of being dominated by gadgets began with a Connery film, "Thunderball". ![]() Sure, there are a few but they have virtually no impact. The lack of gadgetry here is incredibly welcome. Everything you want is here and just as importantly some things have been eliminated that had been part of the problem ever since Connery fled. This is the film's biggest negative but it doesn't prevent "Casino Royale" from being a winner.ĭirector Martin Campbell (Zorro films) does a great job constructing it all and leading us along near perfectly. What it doesn't have is a great evil guy, one to be feared and respected. It's got the requisite action, the suave Bond, the beautiful Bond girl, Vesper Lind (Eva Green), and the bad guy, Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen). This isn't Goldfinger but it might actually be the second best of all of them. No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger) set an incredibly high standard, especially Goldfinger, unquestionably still the best one of all by far. From the opening scene it is very apparent that this Bond is the real deal. With the help of the great Judi Dench as M and a nice if unspectacular supporting cast, Craig grabs the role and makes the film his. Bond is an aspiring "00" spy looking to make the grade. I was curious to see how the film would be presented because it had previously been released as a spoof of Bond movies, back in the 1960's. He's not Connery but he is far better than all the rest that followed Connery. Craig brings grittiness to the series and stamps the character in his own unique way. ![]() I thought he'd be a great Bond and could elevate this mini-genre back to cinematic respectability. When word got out that Craig would be the next Bond, a collective scream came from those that wanted their Bonds pretty and bland. Craig in a small movie called "Layer Cake" and he impressed me. "Casino Royale" introduces a new Bond, Daniel Craig. It fostered an industry that shows no signs of dying even though it had evolved into nothing more than gadgets, gags and pretty boy actors. The franchise of James Bond movies has been relatively dormant since the days that Connery first brought the Ian Fleming character to the big screen.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |