This is the best James Bond movie I've seen ... and I've seen them all.

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2006)

Until now, I have always touted Sean Connery as the best James Bond ... no more. Daniel Craig brings something needed to the role ... a sense of reality.
At the beginning of the show, Bond is involved in what I would describe as the most exciting foot chase I have ever seen. This movie chronicles how James Bond became 007. There are really no outlandish gadgets in the movie; everything comes across a "possible".
One of the things that makes this Bond believable is that he is not pristine throughout the movie; he's cut up, bruised, and tortured. Though the original Casino Royale book would have taken place decades earlier, this movie initiates the series in the current day. It even incorporates the current "Texas Holdem" fad into the plot. Bond's famous coolness and aloofness is explained very well in this movie. From now on, you will never watch a 007 movie with the same eyes.