James Bond Casino Royale Password Problem....

[Nightstroker]

I watched Casino Royale for the first time on Christmas Eve. When the movie was over, I realized that the story line is a little flawed....or atleast it appears to be. For those of you who have seen the movie, please read this post and let me know if you agree with my point of view. If you have not seen the movie, I suggest you see it because not only is it an excellent movie, but this thread could spoil it for you.

In the movie Casino Royale, Bond participates in a high stake Texas Hold'em poker game with a $10,000,000 buy in.

Before the game begins, a man with a portable computer enters the room and asks each player to enter a password into the computer. At the end of the game, the winner will enter his password into the computer and the funds will automatically be transfered into a bank account of the winners choice.

Bond wins the poker game.

Shortly there after, Bond is kidnapped by the villan who lost the poker game. (He wants his money back!)

The villan takes Bond into a remote underground area and tortures him in an attempt to make Bond give him the password. Bond doesnt give him the password and is rescued by a friend.

Okay....so thats what happens. Now here is my question....

Why does the villan need Bonds password when he has his own password?

Lets assume that Bond didnt have any balls (If you saw the movie you should be laughing right now) and gave up his password. The villan would then have to locate the man with the portable computer and force him to allow the villan to enter his bank account number and Bond's password. Is there any reason why he could not simpley enter HIS password instead of Bond's?

I guess you will have to assume that at the end of the poker game, the man with the portable computer enabled the computer to only accept Bond's password for the money transfer....but then he could just as well over ride that, and enable it to accept the villans password after he has been kidnapped by the villan.

Makes sense....or no?

[Irontomkidd]

The money was sent to an account specified by the player, not all accounts are with the same bank. So the winning player has to enter his password to transfer and access the money in the correct account.

[phaedo]

Of all the far fetched things that show up in Bond films and this is the one that bugs you???

Anyway, I would think that the account that the money will be deposited into is set by the bank, hence the reason it could not be done right there and then, and the guy that comes out to Bond when the password is entered into the computer is merely having the password entered into the computer to make the transfer - the account is set by then so it cannot be changed.

Now that we have that sorted, where do I get me one of those car cloaking devices?

[Irontomkidd]

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[Irontomkidd]

where do I get me one of those car cloaking devices?

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[Nightstroker]

The money was sent to an account specified by the player, not all accounts are with the same bank. So the winning player has to enter his password to transfer and access the money in the correct account.

The money WAS sent? No. The money WILL BE sent to an account specified by the winner. If I remember correctly, when Bond makes the money transfer, he first enters the account number THEN the password....which is a little unrealistic because we all know that a routing number is also necessary for that kind of thing....but for movie purposes we will assume an account number is all that is necessary.

Of all the far fetched things that show up in Bond films and this is the one that bugs you???

Anyway, I would think that the account that the money will be deposited into is set by the bank, hence the reason it could not be done right there and then, and the guy that comes out to Bond when the password is entered into the computer is merely having the password entered into the computer to make the transfer - the account is set by then so it cannot be changed.

Now that we have that sorted, where do I get me one of those car cloaking devices?

The account is set by the winner. That was the instructions given at the beginning of the game. The winner may choose any account to have the money transfered into. Also, If I remember correctly, Bond entered the account number into the computer before the password....implying that any old account number would have worked as long as the password was correct.

And why could it not be changed anyway? What if the winner decided to switch accounts at the last minute? Would that not be possible?

[Samurai]

Now that we have that sorted, where do I get me one of those car cloaking devices?

You can buy them for $10 anywhere

[iceberg1459]

actually at garden where bond typed the password on computer i LOL'D because banker saw the password while bond typing, he didnt try to hide the numpad or something...then banker imidietly walked away and he didnt even give chocolate...i was like "noobs got the 100m$ and walking away with a stupid grin on face,hahaha"

[fakemaster]

Damn of all the things to be confused by in that train wreck.

[Pugwash]

Simple: Digital Escrow.

The thing that should be bugging you is that the password he typed in wasn't Vesper.

[Nightstroker]

Simple: Digital Escrow.

Will you elaborate on that? Why does digital escrow make the villans password worthless....especially since Bond entered his account number first then the password?