Coming Soon: Live and Let Die (Book vs Film)

I will do another round of Book vs Film, with the second 007 novel and eighth 007 film. Ian Fleming's Live and Let Die starring Roger Moore as 007 James Bond.

Casino Royale 007 (Book vs Film)

Welcome to the first addition of Book vs Film where I compare the book with it's film adaption no matter how small it relates to it at all. My first addition will have James Bond's first appearance in Casino Royale (1953 Novel) against James Bond's 21st. Bond film Casino Royale (2006) There is 3 ways to win. 1. Story 2. Characters 3. What changes between the two were better. 1. Story Unlike other James Bond films, Casino Royale followed the story the best, it stayed true to the original but brought new changes. James Bond has been sent to Royale-Les-Eaux (Casino Royale in the film) to play a game of baccarat (Texas Hold Em Poker in the film) against Le Chiffre a money manager for SMERSH (Private Banker for organization Quantum revealed in sequel to this film)who has a gambling problem and had lost a lot of money, Bond was sent to bankrupt Le Chiffre who would be killed by SMERSH for losing all the money. Along the way he teams up with Felix Leiter, Rene Mathis, and Vesper Lynd. I won't spoil anymore but the ending to both will shock you (..positively shock you [reference to Goldfinger]) The film adaption was more meatier because there was more events before the Casino game, the chase through the construction site, the airplane incident and several others. It was also easier for the west audience to understand the film's poker game Texas Hold Em, Baccarat confused me a little because I didn't understand it. With the addition scenes in the film, the winner goes to.............. Victory goes to Casino Royale (2006) 2. Characters The characters: James Bond, agent 007 who works for MI6 is an average guy, but he is a little cold hearted, but can light up at times. In films before Casino Royale (and after On Her Majesty's Secret Service [1969] excluding Licence to Kill) he was a little more funnier than cold. In the novel he makes an odd joke once in a while. In the film he didn't as much (except when he was in front of Vesper) Daniel Craig does an amazing job as bond, but people complained he wasn't funny enough (Thank god for Skyfall) Vesper Lynd, the first Bond girl, she is kind of shy and a bit careless at times (like when she becomes a damsel in distress) she does get suspicious in the end leading up to a shocking ending for first time readers/watchers. in the film she was a little more strict and acted more responsible than most Bond girls. Eva Green does an amazing job as Vesper and she was georgous. Felix Leiter, for the first time since Licence to Kill, Felix has returned to the series, since CR is a reboot of the series he still has his leg. This time he is played by Jeffrey Wright, who will be in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. He is also the first Felix Leiter to be African-American since the unofficial Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery as Bond. He is awesome in this film as he was the first Felix Leiter I truly liked (other than David Hedison in Live and Let Die & Licence to Kill) he was pretty entertaining for all the screen time he gets. Wright would return as Leiter in Quantum of Solace, making him to be the first actor to play Leiter 2 films back-to-back. He is almost identical to the Leiter in the novel. Rene Mathis, who seems like he could be a true friend in real life is a pretty interesting character. Again like Leiter he is played almost the same way as he is in the novel except in the films he is a double agent. Giancarlo Giannini plays him excellent and what makes him a great character is how he is calm no matter what situation he is in. It is a tie between them but if I count Le Chiffre it would go to the film. 3. Changes between the two. Credit goes to: thatwasnotinthebook.com. Bold = Book The story takes place in the 1950's. It is 2006. Le Chiffre is the money manager for SMERSH, a Soviet counterintelligence agency . He is a private banker for international terrorists. One is an unnamed organization that is later revealed to be QUANTUM. M is a man. M is a woman. Bond plays Baccarat against Le Chiffre. They play texas hold em poker. The game takes place at the Royale-Les-Eaux casino in northern France. It is the Casino Royale in Montenegro. That is only one page of the differences so check out the website to find the others. The victory goes to Casino Royale (2006) for it having more scenes to it and having more events. The winner of the first Book vs Film goes to Casino Royale (2006 Film) starring Daniel Craig. Novel: 8/10 (Trivia: The Novel in North America was originally You Asked For It) Film: 9.5/10 (Trivia: It was the first Bond film since Licence to Kill to have adapted anything from Ian Fleming's work)

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth Volume 1

Yesterday I went to my book store and recieved a book I ordered, the title of the book is Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations Volume 1. Now I'm going to review it. Case 1: Turnabout Costume One time, I reviewed a fan-translation of this comic and my review is just the same as it was last time. Case 2: Turnabout Last Number When Edgeworth and Gumshoe go to a Farewell Consort for a fictional band Bird Wing, when a murder happens! Miles Edgeworth finds himself in the middle of another investigation! Who did it? When did they do it? HOW did they do it? Overall this was one of the best AA Mangas yet, but it does fall in some departments: It is missing it's comedy that PW:AA Manga had and even the AAI:ME Game had. But young AA readers beware, there is more gore and mild language but I still enjoy it and am looking forward to the next 3 Volumes. Art: Kazuo Maekawa did a great job on making this manga's art style simliar to the games! 10/10 Writing: Kenji Kuroda tries to mak the wrting similar to Takumi's and Yamazaki's writing in the series and for the most part it works. The ony problem is that the cases are solved fast by Edgeworth and sometimes the readers can't catch up to him but for the most part it's great. 8/10 9/10

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

7.0/10
This is a decent sequel to a amazing book. But it suffers from many problems
- Slow start
- Disappointing ending to the Games
- The new characters wasn't as compelling as the original tributes
- Character changes in personality. Katniss is easily frustrated. Peeta is angrier. Gale is the same. Haymitch is ...too sober.
But this problems aside Catching Fire is a good sequel but it's a shame that the Games wasn't as compelling as others.

The Hunger Games (Book)

9.5/10
Superb writing from Collins, and one of my favorite books of all time.
Everything is great and all but here are a few problems.
There was a long period n the book where is so slow paced, it's when their in a cave.
.... well actually thats the only problem... well... it's a great book....That's all folks.. and may the odds be ever in your favor!

The Hunger Games

March 23 2012
9.5/10
The main problem with this movie is the changes in the story but I won't tell you them. The acting in the film is great. The music was emotional, heart stopping, and just pure great. I'll summarize the movie:
Every year two tributes from each 12 districts a boy and girl is drawn from a ballot to represent the district in the annual Hunger Games. In the 74th Hunger Games a girl named Primrose Everdeen is drawn out, but her sister Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her place. A boy Peeta Mellark is drawn who has a connection to Katniss but I won't spoil it. Now they must compete against 22 other tributes with only 1 tribute winning.
May the odds be ever in your favor.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 2: Justice For All

Created by Capcom
3/5
The Second Installment in the Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban. Phoenix Wright is back in his....weakest...installment. The cases are out of this world and are really pointless except for Case 4 which is great and suspenseful.

Music: It's really disappointing compared to 1 and 3. Really It sounds a lot like Game Boy music.

Story: Is really good but weak compared to 1 and 3. The 1st one is a little pointless. The 2nd is better but is resolved quickly. It also revealed Franziska Von Karma. The 3rd is the worst case in all of Ace Attorney history involving the circus, and annoying clown jokes. The 4th is one of the greatest case in the AA History with kidnappings and such.

Ace Attorney Justice For All is a great game but not compared to Phoenix Wright and Trials and Tribulations. It's weak story and music is the worst part of the game. But I hope you enjoy it.