How Did 'Casino Royale' Start the Best 007 Era? The In-depth Analyze of 'Casino Royale' (2/5)

Written in front: The analysis of Casino Royale contains serious spoilers, readers are advised to choose to watch carefully.

Let’s officially enter the in-depth analysis of the second act of the Casino Royale:

The second act begins.

We can see a beautiful woman came out of the bath, and after Le Chiffre played cards with a certain general, the deputy showed him the news that Bond killed the “bomb boy”, and the big villain asked the deputy casually:

We can see that Ellipsis is not only some kind of plan, but also a code. Combined with the previous gray investment plan about shorting Skyfleet Airlines, it is not difficult for readers to relate the plot direction.

This is the first difficulty in understanding the detailed plot, from the line short shares to the need for some kind of gray plan to the hint of the movie Ellipsis, this chain is completely presented in the audience's mind, that is, a subtext that makes you gain a sense of participation and improve viewing pleasure.

The camera came to London, England, and M was obviously angry at Bond's "brave act". Related Information.

Then M went home and began to educate Bond earnestly. Here the crew gave a little easter egg about M. M asked Bond how to find her home, and Bond replied:

“I thought ‘M’ was randomly assigned. I had no idea it stood for…”

Then she was interrupted mercilessly by M. But here we can first reveal M's real name Olivia Mansfield Olivia Mansfield. Mansfield evolved from "man's field", implying that M's work field is a man's world. If you want to have pictures and the truth, you will have to wait until "Skyfall" to capture them for you. Here is a small foreshadowing.

After a detailed investigation, Bond locked the target Alex Dimitrios Alex Dimitrios.

After examining the relevant information of Alex Dimitrios in the MI6 database, Bond locked his target on Le Chiffre.

With a target, a good night has a good game in the casino: Bond showed his Gamble skills for the first time, won Alex Dimitrios' Aston Martin, and seduced his Wife.

At the same time, Alex Dimitrios yacht night party Le Chiffre, it turned out that Alex Dimitrios was the middleman who specially introduced “bomb boy”, and the “bomb boy” was killed by Bond. Dimitrios cared about his own reputation, so he promised to help Le Chiffre find another Bomber Boy as soon as possible. His plan of Ellipsis.

So far, I understand that Ellipsis is the main business of Alex Dimitrios, which is to provide corresponding services for those who want to complete the dark gray plan. Le Chiffre approached Alex Dimitrios, wanting him to help with the Ellipsis project to blow something up.

To the next scene, Bond was using his famous intelligence method. The beautiful wife just answered the phone call from her husband, letting Bond know about Alex Dimitrios's movements, so he set off immediately!

Here is another small tip: Miami, a seaside city in the southeastern United States, is very close to the Bahamas, so the film omits how to get to the airport and fly to Miami.

Alex Dimitrios deposited a package here and placed key number 53 on top of a stack of chips. Here's a little easter egg, "53" pays homage to 1953, the year of the original Ian Fleming novel and the release of Playboy magazine, which has a long history with the James Bond movies. Furthermore, this film version was released fifty-three years after the novel was published.

After Bond wrestled with Alex Dimitrios, he got his phone. At this time, it is echoing a broadcast sentence just entered the museum: Sir Hagen’s Human Body World exhibition invites visitors to observe the different movements, digestion, nervous and vascular systems of the human body... (It can be seen that every line is expensive)

P.S. Back in 2006, the crew really liked the Sony Ericsson brand, and since MGM was part of Columbia Pictures at the time and owned by Sony, the company managed to promote some of its products in this movie.

But after the fight, the number plate on the chip is gone. Just a simple thought, you know that the package should contain a bomb, but at this time Bond only knows the other party's mobile phone number. Chasing out the gate, crowded with people, what should I do?

It’s turned out to be very predictable, as expected, a young man in black who looked like a martial arts guy answered the phone.

Bond has been following the martial arts guy to Miami International Airport. (Actually, the airport chase scene was filmed at three different airports in three different countries: Nassau International Airport in Nassau, Bahamas, Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, England, and Ruzyne International Airport in Prague, Czech Republic)

But this martial arts guy is obviously prepared for crises at any time. When he pretended to buy sunglasses, he immediately spotted Bond following him through the mirror, and he ran away without paying attention.

Bond lost the martial arts guy! This is so unique in the previous 007 series, and it is this that makes the film more real.

All we can see is the martial arts guy opened the package he got from Alex Dimitrios. When he opened it, there was no bomb, but a pile of airport security clothes.

There was also a plot stop when passing through the security gate of the airport before. Bond watched the young man pass through the security gate like a normal person, with great doubts in his heart. This is the screenwriter's use of the Ellipsis project that was previously installed to complete the subtext injection again, making you look forward to watching the movie.

Project Ellipsis - martial arts guy - There must be a bomb in the package to carry out the plan. When the audience complacently thinks that they have seen a small foreshadowing, the film uses your expectations to create a small reversal, which stimulates your viewing pleasure even more, so keep watching.

We can guess that the martial arts guy apparently got the information from Alex Dimitrios, got the password and sneaked into the airport guard room, while Bond had no choice but to request his "strong" backing - MI6 Intelligence Department and Mrs. M.

Next is a very exciting detail, which must be presented in gif:

Ellipsis turns out to be the access code! The password method is to spell out Ellipsis with the 9-key input method of the mobile phone!

So far, a seemingly simple repetitive element—Ellipsis SMS, has played its full role in just 6 shots:

①As a suspense/bedding, arouse the audience's expectations and arouse interest in watching movies. This expectation can even be deliberately delayed, which violates the audience's conventional experience, produces dramatic conflicts, and strengthens the narrative effect.

② Connecting the previous and the next, it can be used as a climax, as a character motivation, to promote the transition of the scene, and to guide the direction of the plot.

③Provide a prop carrier (mobile phone) carrying text to attract the father of the funder.

④ In the end, it was revealed as a key plot: the access control code, which dispelled the previous foreshadowing and expectations, and left the complete viewing pleasure in the hearts of the audience.

These meaningful repetitive elements can be called Motif motifs in movies.

So what is an international first-line blockbuster! The success of this series and even the success of Hollywood blockbusters are not without reason! Does anyone still think it is very rough and realistic without a formal system?

Then the story came to the time for revealing Le Chiffre's gray plans:

In this way, the gray plan of the big villain is clearly revealed. Since it is necessary to short Skyfleet's stock price to make money, it must let the stock price fall. If he sent a bomb boy to make trouble at the launch of its new machine, it would definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

And martial arts guy is really an upgrade version of bomb guy, he made a keychain into a bomb! But such a small bomb could not kill an entire airliner, causing a sensational effect that caused the stock price to drop, so he chose to grab a fuel tanker and head straight for the airliner.

The director himself, Martin Campbell, makes a small appearance as an airport tanker driver murdered by terrorists.

And took a few more shots:

Immediately afterwards, there was another time-limited chase. I have to say that this villain’s performance must have borrowed from the liquid metal robot T1000 in ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ (1991), and the whole plot of blowing up the plane was also affected by 9/11 (and affected director Christopher Nolan, we can see this from Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ (2020). It is said that after 911, the price of a certain stock fluctuated abnormally, which also triggered the FBI to investigate, and the results were announced as having nothing to do with terrorist organizations.

Le Chiffre's gray short-selling plan obviously failed. In the end, Bond tied the small bomb to the belt of martial arts guy. With a crisp explosion, millions of shares of Le Chiffre followed the guy, it was gone.