Casino Royale (1967)

To me, this movie is perfection.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

This film is a mess, one unrelated scene spliced together in the editing room with another. One of the reason it's so chaotic is the amount of directors (5 overall) The directors had no contact with each other, yet somehow managed to produce a passable film. The film's production had problem after problem, so much problems that I wonder how it was finished.--PLOT-- David Niven is brought out of retirement due to the assassination of British secret agents, you may wonder why I didn't put James Bond in David Niven's place. The problem with that is that they're MORE THAN ONE. I won't spoil anything else. --- The film is passable due to the good aspects. The special effect are brilliant and still look quite realistic today. The casting is good. There are sometimes alright jokes. The music is absolutely brilliant and there are plenty of good scenes in the film. --- Casino Royale could of been better. If it had one director and it wasn't nearly 2 and a half hours. It's still worth a look though due to the effect, music and the pure fun of certain scenes.

There are many things wrong with this movie. The main one is the fact that the movie was made at all. Somewhere in the middle of the 1960's a number of directors and producers should have invited the various artists and collaborators to a meeting. Then they should have addressed their audience as follows : "Good people, we're giving up on the project. We've tried everything and anything : a plan A, a plan B, a plan C and even a plan D. However, nothing seems to work. So we're stopping activities as of today. Please be so kind as to go home. Mrs. Murchison from Accounting will pay you your fee, together with a hefty compensation for wasting your time and jeopardizing your fine reputation".Tragically, none of this happened and the result is the long, bloated, incoherent and pretentious mess known as "Casino Royale".It's deeply galling that the movie assembles so much talent and then goes on to spoil it with all the reckless abandon of a three-year old. Have you ever met one of those awful people who will elbow their way to the buffet, load their plates with the finest delicacies (salmon, truffles, crab meat, anything rare and expensive) and mix their food into a weird-looking heap ? And then they'll eat just a tiny, tiny spoonful ? Well, translate the process to the movie industry and you'll end up with this "Casino".Still, I've got to admit that the music is nice. And the line about Mata Hari's bed - "the German army was very large in these days" - can still make me laugh like a maniac.

Peter Sellers is entertaining in this movie but he's not enough to keep this film from sinking in its failed attempt to be a standout satire of the James Bond films. Casino Royale wasn't officially adapted to the screen until 2006's Casino Royale. This 'parody' was made to ensure that Eon or so-and-so kept the film rights in spite of THIS version being a comedy having basically nothing to do with the classic character.1967's Casino Royale is... um... a film that exists and you can watch it. There's really not all that much to say about it besides the surprising cast, including Woody Allen, David Niven and Orson Welles (Citizen Kane!?). The script is filled with so-so slap-stick comedy that doesn't live up to any other British comedy film like the Monty Python films; Casino Royale exists because it was a 60s cash-grab to capitalize on the decade's spy-movie craze. And it clearly shows.Hopefully Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return will review this film to commemorate the release of the next Bond film.

Casino Royale 1967 starting David Niven & peter sellers is a spoof done on original James Bond films its got a cheesy bad story with hilarious dialogs & slap stick comedy moments plus all the characters are called James Bond here only to confuse villains like Le Chiffre & Smersh.now i wont spoil much here you will have to see the film yourself trust me guys this maybe not the the most funniest comedy ever done but extremely enjoyable.this film does not insult or mock the James Bond 007 character in anyway whatsoever the makers of this film just did some harmless fun with it that's all as a bond fan i am not offended & no one else should also.the cast is impressive here its got loads of hot women in here including the original bond girl Ursula Andress as vesper & Jacqueline Bisset who plays sexy Giovanna Goodthighs.the climax is laugh out loud riot with the whole casino gets ripped apart in a massive brawl no one gets spared the kill count is very high here.all of the bond films official or unofficial or spoofs like this film are way better then the rebooted Casino Royale 2006 version of Daniel Craig.the James Bond original film series used to be fantastic running for more then 40 years using the fun formula James Bond 007 is dead now it lasted from 1962 to 2002 then came the rebooted Casino Royale in 2006 the original Ian Flemming title adaptation but it was not a bond film it copied Jason Bourne flicks of Matt Damon & removing all the cool stuff & essence of a true bond fictional feel.i am not comparing this to Sean Connery till Pierce Brosnan era ones those are classics this film is not even in the same league i love them its just the Daniel Craig films that killed the 007 series & made it too realistic none of the recent films have any entertaining stuff left.surprisingly this being a spoof does a great job in holding viewers attention keeping the fun factor alive the action was good too so why the hate.Overall Casino Royale 1967 is a fun filled film nothing more it should not be taken seriously so ill take this any day over the soulless dull rebooted 2006 version my rating is 5/10.Recommended One Time Must Watch