Casino Royale’s front porch
Monday, November 27, 2006There’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.
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?
I think the song’s OK and does fit. Not desperate to have it on the iPod, though.
The opening titles are fabulous, though.
Jon DeaneNovember 28th, 2006 at 12:42 am
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.
jessNovember 28th, 2006 at 10:16 am
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.
EmilyLoved the film! This might have had something to do with Daniel Craig…in a suit…with a gun…ahem…
November 29th, 2006 at 9:13 am
Another chase scene, Jess? That one on the construction site at the beginning was enough to keep me going for years…
SimonNovember 29th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
I meant car chase…
jessDecember 1st, 2006 at 11:53 am
I on the other hand loved the song and hated the titles.
JackDecember 13th, 2006 at 1:36 pm