Bond Revived!

Rating: 10/10 (25 November 2006)

I came out of the theater saying 'Wow!' I haven't seen many James Bond films, but this is the first Bond film that I have been truly impressed with. The film is realistic; there are few gadgets and the Astron Martin doesn't have anything special such as being invisible. What really makes this film one of the best Bond films is the man who plays Bond himself: Daniel Craig. Though many people really doubted him, he was very convincing as Bond, and he makes this Bond is so much more human than the past Bonds that you can actually feel what he's going through throughout the movie. The romance story between James Bond and Vesper Lynd was a unique change to the typical Bond romances as well. I enjoyed their verbal sparring in the beginning and they didn't fall in love too quickly like most movie couples do; Craig and Eva Green had wonderful chemistry. It was heart-wrenching to watch how they were parted in the end. The villain, Le Chiffre, wonderfully portrayed by Mads Mikkelsen, was truly an eerie character, especially with one of his eyes tearing blood. And of course, the action scenes were extremely fast paced and thrilling, especially the chase through the construction site and the Venetian building scene.
Overall a truly wonderful movie!