A huge anticipation....a big disappointment..

Rating: 2/10 (6 September 2007)

I didn't make it to the cinema so I waited and purchased the DVD instead. Now I wished that i had not been so stupid to fall into the marketing hype..
**Warning: Spoiler ahead**
First things first... Craig is not Bond. I doubt it if he will ever be. He is lacking charm, charisma and not to mention the typical good-looking Bond look. Is this the man that supposed to carry the tag "The men want to be him and the women want to be with him"? Oh Please.... this is the only Bond that I don't ever want to be with. Ever! What a total miscast. Enter Casino Royale - Bond is brutal, rude, arrogant and vain with no brain!! Not the classic smooth, sophisticated, suave, magnetic playboy Bond that I loved and grew up with. At one point I felt sorry for Daniel Craig. He tried so hard to make his impersonation of Bond believable but I just don't buy it. He is just not very delightful to watch. If he were going to stay then it would be an ultimate kill for all women to fantasize over Bond...
The plot is weak and silly. No excitement at all. I fell asleep halfway through and have to drag myself the next day to finish it. Even the stunts and actions were boring and I felt tired with Bond chasing and kicking the bad guy. The poker games were unimpressive, unexciting.. no respect whatsoever to the title Casino Royale The villains have equally no brain either. Bond easily found out 'eclipse' through villain's cellphones registry. Unbelievable...An absolute insult to intelligence.
The love scenes between the two lovebirds were zero in chemistry. With the non-existence romance between the two I find it an utter idiocy when Bond wanted to resign for this girl. Even worse when he later realized that he was actually conned all the way through. Duh???? This is not Bond!! As a secret agent Bond would be too slick and smart to figure that out right? Nope, not this Bond..
Not worth a single cent. With a dumb movie like this not only Craig but no other actors to play Bond can do justice to it. Watch it yourself and we can all experience the disappointment...