casino royale

august 15 2K9

the 2006 version was the first bond film i enjoyed in a really long time; after golden eye they became more action than espionage. i was looking forward to watching the 1967 original. the movie is pretty campy, but is still funny at times; those times are few and far between. it takes awhile to actually get to the story though; it feels like the entire 1st act. once it gets going it feels very disjointed and jumps around from place to place and forward in time so it takes a sec to figure out where you are and which characters are in the scene. peter sellers is good, but his part of the story is very limited. woody allen is actually very funny playing "himself". the end gets very random similar to many mel brooks movies, but not the good mel brooks movies. i have enjoyed many of the comedies from this era and am a huge peter sellers fan, but casino royale was not very funny or interesting.