I LOVED Casino Royale. I thought it had an energy and rawness that we'd never seen from James Bond. Although that's the trend now, isn't it? For reboots to add raw and gritty. And that makes them original and fresh. Ironic that it's getting stale.
So going into this I was excited. And then quickly I wasn't. I was lost for at least the first half of the film. I had NO idea what was going on. So all of the action sequences had zero context for me, and so were kinda meaningless. I didn't know why they needed to catch so-and-so and so I didn't care. And then half-way through I caught up. Kinda. What I really wanted more of was Gemma Arterton's Strawberry Fields. I thought there was a nice classic dynamic to her and I wanted to see it expanded. Although what happened to her was in true Bond fashion.
So, for me, this was a step back from the last installment. Too busy and chaotic. Too much action for the sake of it. Give me a story that I can latch onto damnit!
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