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James Bond and Casino Royale

Movie reviews are not my cup of tea, so please bear with me. Recently I caught up with the latest James Bond, The Casino Royale.

I was left wondering as to what the movie is all about. It goes in loops and loops of senseless action and finally it ends and you are no wiser.

But it was after sometime my disgust for the movie grew.

1. In the movie Bond plays a high stake poker game and win big. Real big. Its gambling. And gambling is stupid. Period.

2. Bond has no weapon on his side for the fight. He only has a "feeling" that he can call the bluff of the villain. And even in his own movie, Bond fails to call the bluff.

2a. His techniques are entirely subjective. Even a poker player will reject the odds.

2b. Bond does not play the odds, but the emotion of having to beat a player

3. Bonds puts money back in again when he has been wiped clean. In trading parlance, he puts in good money behind a bad trade.

3a. He justifies his putting additional money. Who is not able to justify a loosing position. Afterall you cant loose much, and hopefully it only gets better.

3b. So desparate is the Bond to be at the stakes table, he takes the help of unknown stranger and uses his money. A typical retail behavior we see in the market, take money from the broker (or leverage using the futures) and play the market.

But really put me off was, his winning the big stake in the end. I am not against staking big but I am certainly against preaching youngsters that they can win big if they keep on increasing the stakes with the hope that on the final shot they will hit the jackpot. I had planned to watch the movie with a kid cousin of mine, but now it will be Spiderman and not Casino Royale.

Hope the next Bond movie is more sensible than Casino Royale.

:) Falkor
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