The best James Bond movie ever

Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2006)

I was skeptical when Daniel Craig was cast as James Bond. I have always been a bigger fan of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels than the movies, and I hardly thought the quiet, long-haired blonde Craig would do Casino Royale justice. Boy, was I wrong. While the movie has been updated from the era in which the book was set, the character and the premise stays true to Ian Fleming's literary creation, the only film which in my opinion has carried it off. Daniel Craig makes the role his own, with a depth and realism that no other actor, not even Sir Sean Connery, has managed to accomplish. I have been the premiere of every James Bond movie since Goldeneye in 1995, and let me say that Casino Royale marked the first time I have ever witnessed a standing ovation at the end of a Bond flick. Go see this movie, whether you liked the other James Bond movies or not, because frankly, Casino Royale blows them out of the water.