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Casino Royale’s front porch

Monday, November 27, 2006

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There’s a tremendous amount of iconic imagery associated with Bond films, but traditionally one of the finest things about them is their opening titles – a few of the earliest were conceived by the brilliant wordmonger Robert Brownjohn.

Casino Royale opening titles

So I’m really intrigued to know what the world thinks of Casino Royale’s opening credits. Stylistically they reminded me slightly of the superb Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, and generally I thought they were awesome. But what was going on with David Arnold & Chris Cornell’s theme? I’ve listened to this several times now and still I feel as though it doesn’t fit well at all. Is it just me?


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  1. I think the song’s OK and does fit. Not desperate to have it on the iPod, though.

    The opening titles are fabulous, though.

  2. Wierd, I really didn’t like the opening titles at all.. they didn’t do it for me… plus, where were all the sexy ladies? that’s the whole point of the bond intro sequence… The film however was brilliant, exactly everything you want from a bond film, although one more car chase would’ve been nice.

  3. I thought the opening titles were amazing, really smooth and so clever…I agree about the song, though – I expected a bit more from Chris Cornell too.
    Loved the film! This might have had something to do with Daniel Craig…in a suit…with a gun…ahem…

  4. Another chase scene, Jess? That one on the construction site at the beginning was enough to keep me going for years

  5. I meant car chase…

  6. I on the other hand loved the song and hated the titles.

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