The worst Bond film ever :(

Rating: 1/10 (12 March 2007)

Casino Royale is with out a doubt a lemon. You can tell by the lemon sucking look constantly on Daniel Craig's face. :D But seriously the story is a mess and the action, which is good, is too far and in between to make it a good film. I might have forgiven Casino Royale missing all of the trademarks of a good Bond film, that's right it's missing all of them, if the actor would have sold me on his being Bond. This was the first time I didn't believe the actor playing Bond was Bond, and I began my Bond carrier watching Roger Moore at the local Cineplex. Roger is Bond for me in many ways and I believed the actors that came after him, T Dalton and P Brosnan, were Bond before the opening credits. Daniel Craig may be a good actor but a good Bond he is not.
In the end Casino Royal is not Bond film either it was a bad imitation of Jason Bourne and the worst hour of 24. There is nothing made this film stand out, the "love of Bond's life", vesper Lynn, was unconvincing there was no connection, no conviction behind any of their moments. If you want to see Bond in love watch On Her Majesty's Secret Service, G Lazenby and Diana Rigg are great together and believable as a couple.
My biggest problem with Daniel Craig is he can't connect with the leading ladies. It is impossible to be Bond and be a miss with the ladies. He does flirt, but for Craig it seem like something of an effort. Craig wanted to make Bond a human being, unfortunately, he's not a human being that's fun or interesting to spend two and a half hours with.
I recommend giving this film a miss and picking up one or two of the previous Bond films on DVD for half the cost.