Bond is a Lover and a Sophisticated Intellectual Fighter

Rating: 4/10 (19 December 2006)

I would like to say this is one of the best bond ever but that would be far from the truth. This bond is too much of a gentleman and takes his job far too seriously. James Bond should be a chemical engineer, super geek, built like Dolph Lungren, who is taught the art of etiquette, seduction and espionage to represent and secure the secret interests of his government; what this movie delivers though is a psychotic patriot with deep emotional disorders.
The action sequences are not sophisticated; this film reminded me more of the Borne Identity series. Their are like 0 babes in this film. I wanted the opening sequence to be bond ravishing some European beauties on the biggest yacht ever seen, along with several hot vixens sucking on his toes, only to be interrupted on his hedonistic vacation with call to duty.
This bond is trying too hard and he's so unattractive as Bond; seriously, Daniel Craig is not pretty enough for this roll; his body is definitely GQ, but his face is just normal; Bond should always look like Ken or at least a trend setter for men's above normal attractiveness. If they wanted a more tough Bond then they should've went with Karl Urban; If I was casting director on this film He'd definitely be my first choice; what a waste of talent.
What I liked about this film was its running time. I love long movies. You can't really be submerged into a film unless it's able to preoccupy all of your attention for x amount of time. Casino Royale took its time in setting up and delivering it's story which was kind of interesting, though the main villain wasn't scary enough.
The cinematography was beautiful in this film; I could watch it over and over again due to it's visual appealing vivid colors and ultra cool film angles. Though the technology in this film looked like some video game; they could've at least contrived some nano particle device to make bond invisible or something new and over the top.
after watching this movie I wanted to see it again due to the hardcore feel of the action and the intensity of Daniel Craig's acting; he does kind of grow on you. Over all this bond is not one I'll own when its released on DVD. Martin Campbell has gotten a lot better though.