Casino Royale is the much needed reboot to the Bond series that has been needed since GoldenAnne. Pierce Brosnan's last romps became a little old. Especially when you have Madonna in a Bond film. That's when you know you need to give up or take a new direction. Casino Royale is a new direction.
Starting off with Daniel Craig. You may remember him from Steven Spielberg's Munich or the British movie Layer Cake which I have never seen. He is a talented actor and as far as Bond, he beats Brosnan. He is more cool, reckless and shows some emotion too. He is also smarter and faster than the other Bonds who were constantly pulling the underwear out of their cracks while chasing bad guys.
The new Bond gets the shit kicked out of him too. He bleeds, gets bruises and gets tortured while naked. Most of the other Bonds miraculously were unharmed in intense fights. Not Craig. He takes all the beating and makes the series somewhat more realistic. Another prop to this Bond is its lack of CGI. I remember only a few shots that were CGI unlike Die Another Day where everything was filmed in front of a blue screen. Even Madonna's boobs were enlarged using CGI in that film. I applaud Ian Flemings people for not using as much CGI and making Bond more realistic.
Another thing I like about this Bond is he doesn't waist time when killing the bad guys. He simply shoots and they are dead. You usually see hesitation or a gay flashback but not this time. He is the real deal.
Eva Green, seen fully naked in The Dreamers plays a worthy Bond girl as well. She is nice too look at, smells nice and has some acting talent.
I wont give much of the story away but I will tell you I called most of Bonds hands in Poker before they showed the cards. The poker game at the center of the movie is pretty interesting and if I could play like Bond, I could of cleaned up the table in Wegas two weeks ago. Anyway, I give this Bond 3.25 stars out of 4. The only drawbacks were the slow parts toward the end.
Bond: "Damn it Stuboy! I told you to stop gambling after you spent $40. I told you not to buy in again. You better listen to me or I will beat!"
Stuboy (off screen right): "Hea."
Bond: "Oh Shit...Know I know why M told me not to eat Taco Bell and go swimming in the ocean. Excuse me guy with the camera. Do you know where the nearest toilet is?"
Vesper: "Come on now James. It will be a smashing story if you just stay here and soil yourself."
