David Niven, Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, Woody Allen, Deborah Kerr, John Huston, Jacqueline Bisset, even Orson Fucking Welles, all are legends in their own right and all are massively underutilized. Worst of all, Casino Royale wastes an unbelievable cast on this garbage. The plot is utterly incomprehensible (which I guess could be said about a few of the other Bond films I’ve seen, but that’s no excuse). I laughed exactly one time during the absolutely excruciating 137 minutes that this film runs. On paper it should work, but Casino Royale fails to deliver on nearly every level. There’s plenty of fun that could be poked at the character and the films up to that point. Casino Royale is purported to be a satire of James Bond, which makes total sense.
