No dumb blondes, but intelligent brunettes, for Bond this time !

Rating: 9/10 (19 December 2006)

There is a saying, the one who is lucky in cards, isn't lucky in love ! And so the Bond who finally wins his card game, loses his lady love, as she succumbs to choking in water. Though she has cheated on him for money, due to pressures, Bond tries his level best to save her, but the lovely lady loses her life, in a very tragic way, locked behind the iron doors of the damn elevator, after the building crumbles like a pack of cards ! Daniel Craig is incredible, whether in a hot chase, or in the casino, or in delicately handled intimate scenes. Eva looks beautiful and has acted her role with character. Only wish, her hair styles should have been handled more competently, and her lip paint was not so goddy ! The villain ,with his trademark tic, is coldly cruel, specially in the torture scenes . Lady M is o.k., but got too many lines to speak, half of which, go overboard ! The director has succeeded in making this film, with a mind boggling speed, and the editing job is just superb ! This Bond, though may not be conventionally handsome, like the others, Roger Moore, or Pierce Brosnon, reminds of Connery, with that fold on his cheek, and the same masculine charm, and rugged features.
Worth Watching, for every thing one expects from a Bond movie !