Exhilarating; the best Bond movie I've seen in some time

Rating: 10/10 (10 January 2007)

Whoa, what a movie!! Tense chases, spectacular stunts, gadgets galore and beautiful girls. What a return to the James Bond series. I first had some doubt about Daniel Craig playing Bond but as soon as I saw him in the first scene (shot in beautiful black and white) I knew he was the right man for the job. He had the look, the accent and the charm.
In this prequel, James Bond has just been promoted to 007 and has to play in a high-stakes poker game against Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) to prevent him from funding terrorists.
Who knew a poker game could be so exciting???!!! I was on the edge the whole time, it was easily my favourite scene (and the best directed in my opinion). But there were so many exciting, beautifully shot and well-directed scenes. The chase at the start was so well done and extremely suspenseful (and it had some great stunts). Daniel Craig is probably the best Bond after Connery and I hope he does more movies. He delivers those classic one-liners quite well. Eva Green is great as the sexy accomplice and Mads Mikkelsen is a menacing villain.
I haven't had such a good movie going experience in quite some time! 5/5.