It’s not that the dialogue is bad in this sequence-it gets so much worse later on-but that conversation about how Bond isn’t a 00 yet just isn’t worth the focus. That black-and-white pre-credits sequence in this film may as well have thrown back to 1925 the dialogue there is meaningless compared to the slouching posture of James Bond (Craig) in that chair, wielding the handgun with the silencer.
Before anyone arrives in Montenegro for the poker game, there’s a ceiling on what dialogue can do for the movie. Not a lot too talky, but it’s just talky enough that it pulls you away from what’s really exciting about the film itself. Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen
