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Rating: 10/10 (19 November 2006)

Daniel Craig is by far the best yet. Having seen Daniel's performances in Layer Cake and Archangel, to mention just two of his long line of successful performances, I couldn't wait for Casino Royale, and I wasn't disappointed. Craig's Bond is a gritty, confident ( without being arrogant, pompous, brash or big headed ) hard nosed machine with a job to do, and he certainly gets it done !!
This movie isn't for the tech heads, no outrageous impossible gadgets, more believability, lots of action, no silliness, but still with some great one liners and very funny moments. Its hard to believe it has taken 21 films to finally reveal the true James Bond, the Bond that Flemming wrote his books about. Some of the previous 007 films were good, some where not so good, and some were just down right overindulgent fantasy, but Casino Royale is in my opinion, by far the best 007 film yet.
Please don't do a Lazenby on us Daniel, stick around for at least a few more Bonds. Cannot wait for the next one ! Truly superb.