Daniel Craig is cut out for this

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2006)

I have read up on many reviews on Casino Royale, Well all i would like to all the reviews is that first please go and watch every James Bond movie made then compare Daniel Craig to the rest. Its easy to watch one movie and say oh well he is not as good as that, to be honest I will only listen to a critic who has spent time, money and some pleasurable hours watching james bond. All said and done I respect everyone's views and I am
sure if they had something nice or bad to say they probably have their reasons. Well enough of an introduction here is the most important question that everyone wants answered, Is Daniel Craig fit to be James Bond? YES! There is not doubt about it, he has the skill, the accent (The best so far) and foremost the caliber to pull it off. One look at Casino Royale and you know that Daniel Craig is going to be the most brutal James Bond yet. The movie starts with Daniel Craig receiving his double 'o' status by executing a rogue intelligence agent, with two kills under his belt (The first being the rogue agents contact), one look and you know that Daniel Craig has lived up to the role, Casino Royale is the story of how James Bond becomes what he does, a calculated killer who trusts no one. Daniel Craig has done full justice to the role he has been handed, he makes mistakes, learns from his mistakes and moves on.
Eva Green has done a brilliant job as Vesper Lynd the representative of HM Treasury, (Her Majesty's if you are wondering what the HM stands for). Her role in Kingdom of Heaven was what made me take notice and I feel she has surpassed herself in her current role. Kudos!. The movie's plot is brilliant and I like the way the director has stuck to the book as much as possible extrapolating to fit the current day's scenario. Daniel Craig however has actually done something that is not easy to portray, he as withing a span of 2 hours shown how a normal gun for hire type of person becomes a double 'o' agent. As a scene in the movie transpires you see what has happened.
M: "You don't trust anyone do you James?" James Bond: "No" M: "Then you have learn't your lesson.."
From a person who tell Vesper Lynd that he loves her and wants to spend the rest of his life with her sailing the oceans, to a person who says "The b***h is dead" in the end. One can truly see how brutal the world around a secret agent can get, if Ian Fleming were to choose a movie that has done full justice to his books, he will go for this one no doubt.
Back to Daniel Craig, he has pulled of the action sequences like no other James Bond ever has, not even Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan, he is beat up, tortured, poisoned and there is no doubt that Casino Royale is probably the first movie that has shown James Bond being battered so much. So yes Daniel Craig has pulled it off no doubt, however if there is one thing that would like to mention here is that theme song of the movie has to be the most pathetic yet, I hated it and it could have been much better. The scene where James Bond is actually getting his privates pounded on by a rope is perhaps a true reflection on how well double agents handle adversity. The dialogue of the movie is no doubt from the same scene.
James Bond: "I have an itch down there, do you mind?" Le Chiffere, proceeds to pound James Bond's privates with a the rope James Bond (Laughing):: "Now I can tell the whole world you scratched my b**ls"
Now that is what I call pissing someone off.
So to round up, should you watch this movie? Oh yes! and once again, Daniel Craig is cut out for this. As always no revealing the plot.