Music/Movie Casino Royale

TurismoDreamin · Nov 2, 2006

Casino Royale

I dunno about you guys but I have been absolutely crazy about this movie since I first saw the trailer in the movies back in April. Im a huge huge Bond fan. I think Daniel Craig will pull off being the new face of 007. Some parts in the trailer remind me of scenes from the original Casino Royale (which i saw a long time ago and the only scene i remember is the part where he's walking through the casino, lol)....IMO, he has "the look" and style of Bond...Nov 17...cant wait....

Here's my favorite site for the movie trailer...

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/vividas/fulltrailer/

e_andree · Nov 2, 2006

Looks pretty good. I hope they stick with him for a while

TurismoDreamin · Nov 2, 2006

^^x2

You kno that scene at the very end where they flip the Aston Martin...

The Aston Martin
October 09, 2006
I was filling you in last time on the complexities of working on water in Venice. But judging from the number of questions I've had, it looks like you are more interested in our land vehicles and specifically the Aston Martin.

Jordan, Steve and others have inquired about it and two of you, Anthony and Paul, had picked up on the fact that there are actually two Astons in CASINO ROYALE.

You'll see Bond acquire a DB5 in classic 007 style and, of course, a girl, Caterina Murino, to go with it. But later in the film, he also gets his own, government issue, brand new DBS. You are not the only ones to be excited by it. Daniel Craig has enjoyed being in the driving seat.

"This is very special because it's the new DBS which is somewhere between a DB9 and their new racing car which they're going to race hopefully at Le Mans. So, technically, that means that it just goes very fast and it's a beautiful car and it suits Bond perfectly."

However, because it's a racing car, the DBS has given the stunt crew some problems. In the trailer, you might have seen the multiple roll that the car does. It proved to be rather more tricky to achieve than they had anticipated. Adam Kirley, the stunt driver explains how they began to prep the stunt using a test car for practice.

"We started off with a test car using a six inch ramp, just turning into the ramp about 65, 70mph and rolling the car like that. We did two rehearsals at that to perfect it."

However, when they got their hands on the DBS itself, it performed very differently. Gary Powell, the stunt co-ordinator, takes up the story.

"Originally, what we wanted to do was to use a tiny little ramp because we wanted at all costs to keep the car low to the ground and it worked with the test car. Then, when we went to the Astons, obviously they're built completely differently, the centre of gravity is lower. They're essentially a race car that's allowed on the road. So when we did the first one on the ramp it basically went up in the air, it corrected itself and came back down again."

Even when they increased the size of the ramp almost 400%, the stability of the Aston defeated Adam's attempts to roll it.

"Gary Powell decided to raise the ramp to just under two feet in the end. I came in at the 75, 80 miles an hour speed, hit it with the two left hand side wheels, anticipating it to roll very easily. But the car just literally took off in the air, levelled pretty much, and landed on all four wheels. Completely. No chance of rolling whatsoever because of the stability of the car."

But you don't get to be on the stunt team of a Bond without having a few tricks up your sleeve and calling in his colleagues in the Special Effects department, Gary soon had a solution, as Adam reports.

"We decided then on using a cannon. The special effects guys had put a cannon in which sits just behind the driver's seat. It has a cylinder that, as you press a button, releases a load of air which punches the cylinder into the road which then, in turn, turns the car over. And that's how we ended up doing it in the end."

So successful was this that they managed seven and a half rolls before crashing to a stop. A new world record even for the Bond team.

So, an excellent testament to the stability of the Aston Martin but not perhaps an exercise that I'll be trying out at home!

Until next time,
Yarborough

gain guide · Nov 12, 2006

Don't you think Hugh Jackman can also play James Bond? Isn't it Heath Ledger was on the list to play James Bond? He'll be playing Joker on the next Batman.

ratsnrop · Nov 13, 2006

Apperently Diddy also wants to be in a James Bond flick one day...

Wide Slip Angle · Nov 20, 2006

Sweet movie. Surprised that Daniel Craig did such a good job.

supermann423 · Nov 20, 2006

after i saw it, i cried because i knew that i could never be like him

great movie!

TurismoDreamin · Nov 20, 2006

So to the people who did go out and see it, how was the movie??....how did Daniel Craig do as the new 007??....I havent gotten a chance to go see it yet...

Wide Slip Angle · Nov 20, 2006

Daniel Craig is a success as the new Bond. See for yourself, I don't really want to give anything away.

Vibe · Dec 3, 2006

i love the foot chase near the beginning.... all i can say is that i was getting sick of the vehicle chase scenes from the other bond movies and this was a good change.

Ninety Four · Dec 3, 2006

I thought the movie was meh... It could have had a better story line.

Jon91MR2 · Dec 9, 2006

TurismoDreamin said: ↑

So to the people who did go out and see it, how was the movie??....how did Daniel Craig do as the new 007??....I havent gotten a chance to go see it yet...

it was awesome. it got a little slow during the poker game but was still awesome nonetheless.

and the torture scene is funny as hell.

rayray1 · Dec 9, 2006

I must say that I left that movie pleasantly surprised.... the man did a good job of making James Bond seem more human and down to earth. Seeing those things he went through, it makes sense of of how he evolved to become the Bond we all know played by the Connery's and Brosnan's.

tsburt · Dec 9, 2006

i like it..especially the foot chase. the bomb right there

e_andree · Dec 10, 2006

Man, I havent seen a movie in the theatre for so long....gotta go soon!

TurismoDreamin · Dec 10, 2006

^likewise!

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