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Rating: 10/10 (26 November 2006)

The best James Bond film since Goldfinger. Im not a big Bond guy but I really enjoyed the original 3. Dr.No, From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. But I must say this was absolutely the best Bond film I've seen in a long time. The story was superb. Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Connery, and its actually realistic.
Written first by Paul Haggis. This script is excellent. Right from the beginning when we see the two kills that promote Bond to 00 status i though wow finally a good opening sequence for a Bond film. It also contains some inside jokes or taking shots at the previous films like all the cliché moments. When Bond goes to order a Vodka Martini the bartender asks "How do you want it".I heard somebody in the audience go "Shaken not s.." but before he could finish Bond responds "Does it look like I give a damn". Everybody was laughing at that idiot. And when Bond is captured by the main villain the villain enters Bonds holding cell while hes strapped to a bottomless chair, naked and the villain says "Its not that complicated to torture a man" I felt that referenced to the other films which deal in lasers,timers and sharp objects. Instead Le Chiffre prefers the rug beater. I will say no further except it must have been painful.
I was surprised to see people petitioning Daniel Craig a great British actor who's been in greats such as "Layer Cake" and "Enduring Love". I think after Bond fans saw Royale they probably realized what some actors are capable of. He is simply the best since Connery. His performance was marvelous especially when he says his one liners or Bond-ish phrases he doesn't over do it like all the other Bonds except Connery. He is simply speaking like Bond as a human being would speak and not saying with a stupid grin thinking "What I just said was clever". Hopefully Craig being the great actor that he is and this film is going to do wonders for his career can do at least two more Bond films.
The only reason i cant watch the Roger Moore Bond films and anything after that was because they were simply ridiculous. The plots were terrible. Acting very campy and the dialogue is cliché. People already know what hes going to say before he speaks. The villains diabolical plots or schemes are far fetched, impossible and silly. However this is about an accountant for terrorists who needs money to pay off a terrorist organization due to a failed attack on a proto type of a plane. Bonds mission is to clean him out of all his money and take him in to MI6 as witness against these organizations. Very simple. Not too many twists. No diabolical plot. Just an excellent spy film. For those reading WATCH CASINO ROYALE!!THIS COULD BE THE BEST POPCORN MOVIE/BOND FILM OUT THERE.IN CRAIG WE TRUST!!! don_logan