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Originally Posted by urgeok
any card game is boring to watch on screen .. and it was the majority of the book .. i thought they did a great job.
i thought the female lead was miscast ..i didnt like her look or delivery (she was pretty - but there was something missing) .. as well as the far more beautiful 'married gal' (she couldnt act but she was gorgeous)
i liked the villian ... very low key and not as cartoonish as what we're used to .. more manacing and real in my eyes.
the shortcomings of this film were so minor to me i overlooked them with no effort.
i didnt find any part of the film slow - i liked the character developement.
it did have a bit of 'lord of the rings-itis' where it kept going whenever you thought it had ended .. but i was enjoying it so i was glad it kept going.
this is the Bond that Ian Fleming wrote ... brutal and cruel.
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I agree completely.
I also agree that this is a restart, the overall feel of the film was as though nothing had happened yet in the life of Bond in terms of continuity from the other 20 films. Plus this is the 1st time Bond meets Lighter, in the original Dr. No Bond meet Lighter for the 1st time there. So that kinda also made me think of this being a restart.
Now does anyone whose seen the movie think that they maybe trying bring back SPECTOR? They kept refering to a larger organization. Then there was the guy with the black lens over his glasses which made me think he was Largo from Thunderball but then Bond killed him so I wasn't sure after that.