Casino Royale 2006 Opening Scene Youtube
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After the conceptual bloat of the late Pierce Brosnan films, the coming of Daniel Craig was supposed to be a return to basics: a post-bubble austerity program for a franchise struggling with its longstanding reliance on subprime special effects and gimmicks.
And the intro sequence here is extremely basic. Gone are the massive action set-pieces, the mind-boggling stunts, the beautiful women, the cars, the gadgets. Instead, we watch, in flashback, the story of how Bond first earned his “00” status — his license to kill.
But what it lacks in flash, it makes up for in film-school artsiness. The whole sequence — in which a crooked MI6 station chief arrives at his Prague office to find Bond waiting for him — is shot in hi-contrast black and white, with Hitchcockian camera angles and stark, shallow-focus closeups. It’s quite beautiful, really. But we didn’t come here for a master class in building cinematic tension; we want to see Bond kick some ass. Which he does, satisfyingly, in a flashback-within-the-flashback—but again, it’s a stripped down fight scene, two guys going mano a mano in a dingy restroom.
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- Casino Royale was the 4th highest-grossing film of 2006, and was the highest-grossing installment of the James Bond series until Skyfall surpassed it in November 2012. Upon its release in the United Kingdom, Casino Royale broke series records on both opening day—£1.7 million —and opening weekend—£13,370,969.
The intro manages the nice trick of highlighting that this is not only a new Bond movie but that this is a new Bond, one we haven’t seen before. Pierce Brosnan’s 007 had a family motto, while Roger Moore’s drank espresso and had an exclusive bootmaker. This Bond, however, seems to have no such upper-class pretensions. He’s a cold-eyed killer: tougher, meaner and a lot more rough around the edges.
GRADE: B
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EntertainmentEven if you're not a James Bond fan, it's hard not to appreciate this video.
It was made by Australian LEGO creator Duncan McConchie, who spent three weeks creating 'LEGO Casino Royale' - a LEGO remake of the opening scene from the 2006 Bond film.
You can watch the LEGO version on its own right here. But we thought it might be more effective to post the side by side comparison at the top, which was also put together by McConchie.
As it says on the YouTube entry, the LEGO one was 'carefully and painstakingly remade, frame for frame!'
You can see more LEGO videos at bricktease.com, plus McConchie explains how he made the Casino Royale version. Just click on this link to read that.
Casino Royale 2006 Opening Scene
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