"Drink wobbling" scene "like Fleming"

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"Drink wobbling" scene "like Fleming"

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From Her Majesty's Secret Servant website review, by "Phil Gerrard".

http://www.hmss.com/films/CasinoRoyale/ ... review.htm
One scene in particular in Casino Royale captures Fleming's post-battle Bond perfectly, even though it doesn't originate from the novel: Bond, visibly shaken after dispatching an enemy, ripping his bloodied shirt off, cleaning his wounds, gratefully swallowing a glassful of whisky and then staring in numbed contemplation at his haggard reflection in a hotel-room mirror.
:lol:

Running through a wall is probably Flemingesque too. :twisted:
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Wow, two of us posting hmss.com links within a few minutes of each other. It's a small world after all....
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Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:From Her Majesty's Secret Servant website review, by "Phil Gerrard".

http://www.hmss.com/films/CasinoRoyale/ ... review.htm
One scene in particular in Casino Royale captures Fleming's post-battle Bond perfectly, even though it doesn't originate from the novel: Bond, visibly shaken after dispatching an enemy, ripping his bloodied shirt off, cleaning his wounds, gratefully swallowing a glassful of whisky and then staring in numbed contemplation at his haggard reflection in a hotel-room mirror.
:lol:

Running through a wall is probably Flemingesque too. :twisted:
You just don't get the Fleming Bond though Dom, that's okay.
You prefer the more cinematic Bond.Which is fine.
But everyone sees Bond differently, and each of the Bond actors puts a different spin on the character. Like Dalton before him, Daniel Craig is going back to the roots and origin of Bond more.
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Yeah, running through a wall completely changes the character in every way, no matter how redundant it is. :roll:

Good review though. :twisted:
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Here is the strangest passage from the review:


Lest this might make it appear that Casino Royale is unremittingly grim, the film is in fact the most genuinely witty Bond for many years, and Craig shows a deftness in the lighter moments which even his most ardent supporters might find a surprise. Bond and the lead female character Vesper Lynd's initial verbal sparring and sizing each other up (quite literally in Vesper's case) plays out with the panache of something from a Howard Hawks film...


My reaction: :? :shock: :roll: :? :shock: :?:
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007 wrote:Here is the strangest passage from the review:


Lest this might make it appear that Casino Royale is unremittingly grim, the film is in fact the most genuinely witty Bond for many years, and Craig shows a deftness in the lighter moments which even his most ardent supporters might find a surprise. Bond and the lead female character Vesper Lynd's initial verbal sparring and sizing each other up (quite literally in Vesper's case) plays out with the panache of something from a Howard Hawks film...


My reaction: :? :shock: :roll: :? :shock: :?:
My reaction..... 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)
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Post by 007 »

The Bond/Vesper train banter was one of the few things that even you criticised wasn't it Sweenster?
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007 wrote:The Bond/Vesper train banter was one of the few things that even you criticised wasn't it Sweenster?
Well.....yes...ok then. You got me there! :oops:
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