I am a huge James Bond fan and have been since I was old enough to figure out that pretty women made me tingle(I got that feeling when I found my older brother's stack of Playboys under his mattress at about 6). Sean Connery was always the epitome of cool. He now has someone to take his place. Sean and Roger were suave and debonair. Daniel Craig will kill you with his hands. I loved this movie. I got back to St. Louis just in time to have my power go out, so I went to a movie, not just any movie, but maybe the best movie I have seen in a long time. "Casino Royale" was actually the first James Bond book and this one sets up how and why he became a "007". It sets it up in back and white and then "BAM", it's non stop action for the next two thirds of the movie, the last third drags just a bit and you wonder where the story is going. Then, it hits you over the head again. Great villian, excrutiating torture scene in the middle and a "Bond" girl (who really wasn't), who is beautiful. I am not a "movie critic" worrying about the texture or lighting or any of that stuff, but my three big questions are...was it entertaining, did I enjoy the film, and did time go by fast while I was watching it? The answers to these questions are a resounding "YES"!!! Mr. Craig is now my second favorite Bond and I am eagerly awaiting the next one to see if he can out Bond Sean Connery. He's already close.
Four and a half stars out of five.
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Just saw this tonight and I am in lust. My son with the Bond Girls, me with Mr. Craig.
I wanna be a Bond Girl when I grow up ;-)
Just saw this tonight and we are in lust. My son with the Bond Girls, me with Mr. Craig.
I wanna be a Bond Girl when I grow up ;-)
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