Great reboot but no the greatest movie

Rating: 7/10 (11 November 2015)

This is the perfect example of how to reboot a franchise: Casino Royale has brought Bond to the twenty first century: made it modern and relevant to a new generation of movie goers; in sync with its time and without some of the corny gadgets etc. that old school fans love but just show their age.
The first third of the movie goes back to the beginnings of the characters, effectively reintroduces him, makes him fresh and young while serving great action scenes, cool settings and overall very good pacing.
The second act somewhat loses its way: the at-first-entertaining poker scenes become unnecessarily convoluted -one could even forget why they are playing in the first place- and the love interest is a little forced.
It does get better in the final act: back to the cool action and dramatic pacing.
Overall a great Bond film - but not without its flaws ; like the title character?