Are You Ready To Gamble!

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If you enjoy acton and adventure movies with bits of comedy you would really love this movie.  This week I watched James Bond Casino Royale.  The movie was action packed to say the least.  It also had a great plot, and was very different form previous James Bond movies.  It showed a more human side to the character.  The movie had beautiful cinematography from all over the world.  Which added a little bit more for me to the movie.

Although this movie showed a different side of James bond; it still had the same basic plot of every James Bond movie, including a great opening scene.  The opening scene was so packed with adventure I was drawn in from the first moment.  Opening scenes in movies are very important; they can either hook or bore your viewer.  This opening scene, for sure, hooked me.  I loved the bits of humor that were added.  The lines provided relief in some slower scenes.  Although the slower scenes were very limited.  

For some reason I prefer this movie over any other James Bond movie I have ever seen.  There was one part in the movie that made me very uncomfortable, but it was a very effective scene.  This scene was when James Bond had been captured by the villain, and was being tortured.  That's all I'm going to say about that scene because I don't want to ruin it for anyone.  In my opinion that was the only inappropriate scene. Every other scene was very entertaining.

In addition there was one main element to the movie that I really enjoyed.  In contrast to other Bond films the character development was fascinating.  He seemed more emotional.  For example, he showed more attachment to other characters than he usually does.  It was a pleasant surprise.  I saw strong emotion in him as well when he was losing in a 10 million dollar poker game.  Yes, a 10 million dollar poker game that's just what you have to pay to get into the poker game.  In regards to the poker game the other players still had to gamble more money.  During these couple of scenes with the pressure of playing well.  He could not get over some of the awful things that had happened to him.  Overall, this movie was great, and I highly recomend you watch it some time.