Customer Reviews

incredible film wached in the best possible way ! - By: M. Selby, 14 Nov 2008
the film itself is great but to watch it on blu ray was a totally different experince. the picture sharpness & colours are the most impressive iv seen with details throughout being stunning. the sound qquality when played through 5.1 surround just add to the experience making this the most watchable blu ray i own atm ! on top of this the box it comesin looks good & the extras on the seperate disk make this a must buy at this price!

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Better than original version of Blu Ray - By: R. A. Qureshi, 13 Nov 2008
Got it this week, I found it better than original version of Blu ray. Better colours, features...

Some people like PCM of original version BUT it's sounds 99.9% samein DD TrueHD on my surround system (Denon 3808 AMP/MA Gold Speakers)

I'll suggest if you are looking for Casino Royalein Blu Ray than go for this one rather than original one.

I hope this will help you.

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Ultimate version of this Bond film - By: KH, 25 Oct 2008
Rather than focussing on the film, which is well reviewed, here is a quick run-down of the extras on this "Deluxe Blu-Ray" version over the DVD Collector's Edition & original Blu-ray versions & the DVD Deluxe Edition.

Firstly, those interestedin the Blu-ray version over the DVD will be keen to know that all of the extras arein high definition, with the exception of the "Bond Girls" & "Chris Cornell music video" extras which are DVD resolution. Obviously there are some shots within the other extras that aren't full HD quality.

Disc 1 extras:
- crew commentary
- picture-in-picture visual commentary (Blu-Ray only)
- James Bond quiz (Blu-Ray only)

Disc 2 extras:
1 deleted scenes (x4)
2 Road to Casino Royale
3 Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation
4 James Bondin the Bahamas
5 Ian Fleming: Secret Road to Paradise
6 Deathin Venice
7 Becoming Bond Documentary (from original edition, HD)
8 James Bond: For Real documentary (from original edition, HD)
9 Bond Girls are Forever (from original edition, low definition)
10 Art of the Freerun
11 Catching A Plane storyboard to screen
12 Freerun Chase storyboard sequence
13 Filmmaker Profiles
14 Chris Cornell music video (low definition)

Of the new features, most fall into the category of interview-based documentaries with clips of the final film, although a few (items 6 & 10in particular) are behind the scenes "how did they do it" material.

I would recommend this version if you have the earlier DVD version but have since bought a Blu-ray player, as the Blu-Ray quality is excellent & there are some good new features. If you have the original Blu-ray version, only buy it if you really want the extra documentaries & like watching people sitting talking! If you haven't bought any previous version & have a Blu-Ray player then the extra £2 over the DVD Deluxe Edition is certainly worthwhile.