The film? Look for my review in my November posts. I'll say this: I enjoyed it every bit as much this time round and it really didn't feel long to me. Honestly, genuinely great film. Which is more than can be said for the DVD...
Video: Great. As good as you can get on DVD. No features on the first disc so you would expect the film to look good and it really does. Want to see the Blu-Ray version soooooooo bad mind.
Audio: Really solid Dolby Digital 5.1 Soundtrack. Nice, involving, not too imposing, very good stuff.
Extras: The bad thing with the ever shortening cinema-to-DVD is that many companies have stopped trying with the first DVD release. The one for the mass consumer market who wants the film here and now, close to the cinema release while it is still in their minds, and will sell enough to give the companies plenty of revenue. Then later with the "double dip", they release the edition for the fans/edition plugging the sequel. One suspects the next edition fo Casino Royale on DVD will be a hybrid of both, following on from the "Ultimate Editions" of the previous films and coinciding (I think) with the release of the as-yet-untitled Bond 22. SO we are stuck with this....
Documentaries:
Becoming Bond - I thought this would focus on Daniel Craig's casting, and it does for about five minutes before focusing on the general making of the film. It's pretty interesting but cries out for more in-depth coverage. Decent made-for-TV effort.
James Bond: For Real- Again a fairly decent made-for-TV effort focusing on the stunts in the film which also deserve more in-depth coverage. Especially the free-running sequence, which was one of, if not the best action sequences of the year. Just not long enough.
Bond Girls Are Forever - Ridiculous and out-of-date TV special looking at the old-school Bond girls from Dr No - Die Another Day. Nothing much to do with Casino Royale, the key one being that Vesper Lynd represents a new kind of Bond Girl completely. One used to move the plot forward and represent a genuine emotional threat for Bond (I'll leave Diana Rigg from on Her Majesty's Secret Service out of this).
Great film, great AV, painfully rushed disc. Still though if you can get it for 7 quid from Asda like I did, go for it just for the film!
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