One of the better Bond films.

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2006)

Had the opportunity to see 007 in action yesterday afternoon and we were very pleased. Daniel Craig proved to be a good Bond.
Casino Royale as done by EON Productions was excellent. They stayed fairly close to the book (although I haven't read it in a long, long time). I thought it was interesting that the card game played was Texas Hold'em instead of Baccarat; as in the book, but I guess that a lot more people could relate to poker.
I also thought they did a good job showing how Bond became Bond through the course of the movie. The women were hot (as usual) and the villain Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen) was excellent.
I also thought they did a great job on the opening credits, which had a very 60's kind of feel to it.
And a great job of tidying the loose ends of: "Bond, James Bond," "shaken not stirred" and the Monty Norman; Bond theme to the entire genre.
Overall, I have to give the film a big thumbs up.