While both are more in-depth than some of the other promotional fluff that can pack a DVD, neither of them are particularly enlightening to anyone who was following the at times convoluted production of this movie. With both running just under a half-hour the first, "Becoming Bond" details the road to the 21st official James Bond movie and the second "James Bond: For Real" is an examination of the philsophy behind the 007 team to do as many stunts as possible - for real. What we have on the second disc is two documentaries that originally aired on British television. So, it's bewildering that Sony Pictures should release a 2-disc widescreen edition of the excellent action thriller "Casino Royale" so devoid of truly special special features as to be embarassing. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the advent of the DVD format, and as I have collected DVDs over the past decade the bonus features have gone from the obligatory trailer and brief cast bios of the mid- to late-1990s to the full-blown Ultimate Editions as packed with goodies as humanly imaginable of today. My review of the special features (I was given a seriously low word count for this review since our newspaper covered the theatrical release so extensively)
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