Worth waiting for

Rating: 10/10 (28 November 2006)

Firstly this isn't your typical Bond movie,their are no gadgets,no Q,no Moneypenny,not many Bond girls and not many corny one liners,but that isn't to say that Casino Royale isn't worth watching,because it is.I think Bond films have come to the point where they have needed a change,as most of the recent Bond films have become so similar to previous ones, and the gadgets,well i think we have seen them all now. Casino Royale is much more intense and gritty compared to previous Bond films,after seeing this instalment the rest now seem very light hearted and more like family films.Casino Royale is much more violent the fight scenes are a lot more realistic and the pain looks real.Daniel Craig is great as Bond his character is much more complex than the previous ones, likable sometimes unlikeable at other times,he is a much more rounded character,intense,emotional,cold,vulnerable and unpredictable,he shows all these traits in one character,i don't think any of the other Bond actors could have portrayed him the same way or not as good.Bond here seems much more like a real person for instance in one scene where he has had a big fight on the stairs,he goes to his bathroom to wash the blood off his face,he then with shaking hands pours himself a strong drink,you don't normally see Bond act like this ,yet it was these sort of details which made Casino Royale more interesting,he seemed more human and more believable.I know there are die hard fans out there who don't like the way the new Bond is portrayed,but then these films have to appeal to an up and coming modern audience who may not have been interested in the old Bonds but will be interested in Bond films as of now.