Bond ... James Bond

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I don't see how those are compatible. The opening chase scene was fun, but was completely impossible and ridiculous. It was like a chase scene from a Terminator movie.

Free running stunts. I'm not sure how much of it was camera tricks, but I know that the dude in the first serious action sequence is famous for doing those kinds of runs and jumps. He was in either a jeans or tennis shoe commercial where he his cohorts jump off a building by vaulting from fire escape to fire escape. His physicality is impressive and I felt the visual effects were seamless with the live action. So as far as contemporary action films go, I stand by my earlier statement that it's the most believable looking action I've seen in a good long while. It beats the pants off of Tom Cruise jumping from one skyscraper to the next in MI3.

Here's some info I found on this kind of stunt work:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastien_Foucan (this is the dude form the film)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZiaCU7TGSU

He's also featured in a recent Madonna commercial, I think.