Casino Royale is best bod movie ever, and Craig is the best bond

Rating: 10/10 (17 February 2011)

After over a year of intense media interest, magazine scrutiny and arduous production, Casino Royale -- the 21st James Bond movie -- opens this Friday. The Martin Campbell-directed film, based on Ian Fleming's first Bond novel, is nothing short of an amazing accomplishment. After decades of bloat and self-parody, the franchise has been revitalized. Casino Royale makes 007 cool, relevant and real again.
The heart of Casino Royale -- both the novel and the film -- is the love story between Bond and Vesper. Thankfully, the filmmakers have pulled it off with class and heart. But the point of Fleming's story was always about how Bond -- after suffering at the hands of Le Chiffre and then facing even greater pain later -- realizes his place in the world and that he must go after the threat behind the threat. In other words, James Bond literally and figuratively gets his balls back, and that testicular fortitude is exactly what this 44-year-old franchise has needed for many years now. action without cgi, ultimate acting and style its simply raw, good to have you back bond