Line #27 YMMV/CasinoRoyale1967


1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Coop's ability to resist feminine wiles has led some to speculate that he's just not interested in women, either because he's gay or asexual. Though, given that he does take a lot of training before he starts ignoring women, neither of these seems too likely.
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
3	** Music/BurtBacharach's bouncy theme is a marvelous piece of '60s kitsch, [[BreakawayPopHit and is probably better known than the film itself]]. Played by Music/HerbAlpert and the Tijuana Brass, everyone!
4	** Ironically, this is the '''only''' Bond movie to date (canon or not) to have spawned ''two'' hit singles, as both the instrumental theme music and Music/DustySpringfield's BreakawayPopHit "The Look of Love" charted.
5	* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
6	** Vesper Lynd appears to be disposing of a body when Evelyn comes to her house. This is never mentioned or referred to again.
7	** The UFO. Just... what?
8	** Many things in the film are never mentioned again once they happen. It is all completely over the top even for a psychedelic sixties spy flick. Many scenes could be removed from the film with little or no damage to the plot. There are even some scenes that when seen together have absolutely nothing to do with each other. But somehow it fits together as a whole. You can blame this completely on the film's fascinating TroubledProduction. None of the ''five'' directors listed in the credits had any contact with each other, and none were working with a complete script. Plus, Creator/PeterSellers was originally supposed to be the star, but either quit or was fired depending on who you believe, prior to filming several important scenes, so the film was awkwardly retooled to center around Creator/DavidNiven instead.
9	* ClicheStorm: Referenced when Sir James Bond turns down the entreaties of the secret service heads of the superpowers, telling them "If I may interrupt this flow of cliché, it is now that time of day that I set apart for [playing] Debussy."
10	* EndingFatigue: Starts when [[spoiler:Evelyn Tremble and Le Chiffre are killed.]] The remainder of the film has to bring all the other characters together to unmask and confront the BigBad. The resultant climax degenerates into a gigantic free-for-all fight in the casino [[spoiler:with an EverybodyDiesEnding]] played for ''laughs'', followed by a [[spoiler:FluffyCloudHeaven]] ending.
11	* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
12	** Creator/WoodyAllen as Jimmy Bond. All of it.
13	--->'''Jimmy Bond:''' ''[as he's being led to a firing squad]'' You can't shoot me! I have a very low threshold of death. My doctor says I can't have bullets enter my body at any time.
14	** The main villain's diabolical plan: [[spoiler:to release a virus that would make all women beautiful and kill every man taller than he is.]] Considering [[spoiler:Jimmy Bond is the shortest character in the whole movie]], this is a dangerously lethal diabolical plan.
15	** During the MindScrew Le Chiffre imposes on Creator/PeterSellers' Bond, Bond imagines himself marching about with Scottish bagpipers. When one of the bagpipers asks Bond if he is Creator/RichardBurton, Bond replies "No, I'm Peter O'Toole." The kicker is that the bagpiper is actually played by Creator/PeterOToole in a [[TheCameo cameo]]. The bagpiper then answers "[[Film/WhatsNewPussycat Then you're the finest man that ever breathed!]]"
16	* HamAndCheese: Creator/OrsonWelles and Creator/WoodyAllen make the most of what they have. Some of the other actors seem to be going for this but come up short.
17	* HarsherInHindsight: James Bond [[spoiler:and all his impersonators die in an explosion]]. In ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', [[spoiler:the official series actually killed Bond off the same way]].
18	* HesJustHiding: It's possible that the EverybodyDiesEnding is meant to be metaphorical, or not describing an immediate trip to Heaven or Hell for everyone, but just eventually, given how Moneypenny, Mata Bond and the Detainer all had escaped from Casino Royale before the explosion (as mentioned on the imdb goofs page) but are floating on clouds in the final scene and that Coop had last been seen onscreen with potentially enough time to escape before the explosion. The fact that none of the seven there but Bond, Jimmy, and Vesper have their faces clearly shown playing harps on the clouds helps with this.
19	* HilariousInHindsight:
20	** It's mentioned in the film that there have already been multiple new James Bond 007s after the original since none had the original's survival skills. It was already quite clear that Creator/SeanConnery would not play James Bond 007 anymore after the same year's ''Film/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', but nobody could have known the main series would go through five Bond actors altogether (it's on its sixth with Creator/DanielCraig, who started with the official and much-better-received classic ''Casino Royale'' in 2006).
21	** The plot to replace influential persons with clones under the villain's control was later done straight in the 007 game ''VideoGame/AgentUnderFire'', though video games generally have more outlandish plots than the Movies.
22	** Creator/PeterSellers returned to the Bond spoof well with ''Film/ThePinkPantherStrikesAgain'' with generally considered better results.
23	** [[spoiler:It turns out that James Bond has a daughter. ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' also used this as a plot twist, albeit not with Mata Hari]].
24	* MisBlamed: Despite Creator/EonProductions having absolutely nothing to do with this version of ''Literature/CasinoRoyale'', the film's critical failure and early release led to some savaging ''them'' for its poor quality. This, along with their experiences dealing with Kevin [=McClory=] over ''Film/{{Thunderball}}'', permanently turned Creator/AlbertRBroccoli and his daughter Creator/{{Barbara\|Broccoli}} off of anything Bond related that wasn't under their control, and Eon Productions eventually obtained the rights to ''Casino Royale'' in 1999. It also became their rallying motive for the long and messy legal battle with [=McClory=] that only started ebbing when he died in 2006 and ended once and for all with his estate selling the last missing Bond properties to them in 2013.
25	* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Out-of-retirement Sir James Bond wins a game of catch ''with stone cannonballs'' against a group of much bigger Highlanders.
26	* ParodyDisplacement: The score's cue "Bond Street" is probably better known to younger viewers as the music that plays during Stewie's "sexy parties" in the early episodes of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
27	* RetroactiveRecognition:
28	** The casino doorman and an [=MI5=] man are both played by Creator/JohnBluthal, who would later be best known for playing Frank Pickle in ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley''.
29	** M's driver is played by Creator/JohnLeMesurier, who would later be best known for playing Sergeant Wilson in ''Series/DadsArmy''.
30	* SoBadItsGood: The film is an odd example, being a shot at ''deliberate'' So Bad It's Good... [[SpringtimeForHitler that failed miserably]], but thanks to its TroubledProduction (the film went through [[TooManyCooksSpoilTheSoup six directing teams]], and it ''shows''), a cast studded with wasted talent ranging from Creator/WoodyAllen to Creator/OrsonWelles, an incomprehensibly muddled "plot", and a finale that ''completely defies description'', it manages to be So Bad It's Good at ''being'' So Bad It's Good. [[MindScrew Try wrapping your head around that.]]
31	* {{Squick}}: M claims that Bond "Lets his intestines down and washes them by hand. Something he learned during his sojourn in Tibet."
32	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Bond Street" (aka, the music from [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie's sexy parties]]) sounds like a minor-[[{{Scales}} key]] James Bond-style take-off on "Yakety Sax."
33	* TookTheBadFilmSeriously: Creator/PeterSellers, because he was cast when it ''wasn't'' going to be a spoof. His performance is funny in a mostly-deadpan way, but he's not on the same wavelength as most of the rest of the cast. This is also one of the few places where you can hear his natural speaking voice.
34	* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: During Cooper's AFSD training, one of the women trying to seduce him claims that every fifth child in the world is Chinese. True in 1967, but not anymore, thanks to a combination of the one-child policy and increasing growth rates in the third world.

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