Genre

The genre of Casino Royale is a hybrid genre containing spy and action, which could be regaurded as a hybrid genre with the mixture of the spy genre and the thriller genre. Right from the start of James Bond, the genre has been a spy thriller with the use of the gadgets and other spy equipment, whereas the action side comes into play with the scenes of gun violence and usual violence.

The movie contains stars specifically the main actor Daniel Craig who has made other movies that have not been specifically related to the spy- action genre. Certain movies which he has starred in have been movies such as Tomb Raider, which was specifically aimed at the action segment of genres, however the other movies which he has done have been more classical movies which are mostly to do with war and they are aimed at the elderly section of the audience.

The main generic conventions of the text would be conventions that are appropriate to the genre of the text such as the gadgets and the vehicles, however in this movie there has been a cut down in the use of gadgets, which could be seen as un-characteristic. In the previous Bond movies there have uses of gadgets such as ejecter seats in the cars or the watch that bond would use would traditionally contain lasers and grapples and things of that nature. You could interpret the lack of gadgets as being okay as this is a remake of the very first bond movie, maybe a remake of a movie where gadgets were not in technology because of the time of the movie.

The characters in Casino Royale are generically determined thorugh their behaviour on screen and their behaviour on screen is what gives them their characteristics in the movie. For example, James bond's generic characteristics are defined by his high tech technology and weapons which assigns him to the spy genre, whereas the villians in the bond movies are all about trying to capture bond and kill him, which assigns them to the action genre out of the two.

Going into a James bond movie the audience will automatically be thinking of spy- action movie and will thik of weapons, violence and gadgets and the movies rather portray that with the conventions of the genre. For example in Casino Royale James bong has a gun conpartment in his car along with a first aid kit of sorts which he uses in the scene when he takes a break from the poker game. There is another sgement of genre that the real followers of the bond series will be expecting and that is comedy. Traditionally, bond is supposed to clever and funny which adds to the entertainment of the film and that is included in the film where he is getting whipped and starts laughing saying "i have an itch do you mind". Comedy will always be apart of james bond and that is carried on in this film.