A Bond that get's it done, and well

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2014)

Casino Royale is a Bond which really puts not just the entire franchise into a new place and direction, but also brings us the actual character of James Bond, changing and becoming something we have never seen before. With an in depth crime thriller and really what can only be said is a special agents film to be used as a template for success, Royale succeeds in bringing us the viewer a fantastic story and probably the best Bond film of all time, maybe. I felt it was firmly very good, and here below is why so.
The story is very interesting, it doesn't mind backing off the massive stunts and fights in parts, but then when they do come they are done so well it just serves to make this even more suspenseful. It has a plot we rarely see also and with a villain to match that, Casino Royale really brings us a fresh plot and it is hard to find much wrong with most of the film. One last thing on the story is that is breathes suspense as said, knowing what will happen next is hard and any moment can throw Bond or others into unpredictable moments.
Daniel Craig in his first outing as Bond is great, he maybe doesn't quite have the feel of Bond all the way through but that is what is so good, he took a risk in making a Bond different and it definitely pays off in a great way. Eva Green as the Bond girls is good too, she also brings a new type of Bond girl and they have a great chemistry that is really good to see from a franchise accused of sexism in it's past. I personally would have liked to have seen more of M in this Bond, it doesn't harm it but I think any Bond fan likes the some of the lines she can deliver.
The script is pretty tight, it doesn't seem to stray at any time and is probably the strongest script Bond has ever produced, brings a surprisingly dramatic depth to the movie. Director Martin Campbell(director of Bond's Goldeneye) is good in this role here and brings consistency along with him from his previous Bond outing, again we find new life in Bond with him too. As I alluded too the stunts are amazing, the best we have seen ever and to be fair this movie, they aren't long sequences, they don't try hard to fit them in but my gosh do they work, spot on.
I guess the only critical point would have to be the air that, well this isn't stereotypically a Bond movie, it does lack the music we so often get from Bond and anyone wanting a nostalgic look back on Bond is never going to get this from this movie. I guess it could also be said that Bond doesn't fit the Bond type(Craig has bulging arms and light hair), but I think the roughness reminds me of Connery and his not so save attitude at times but then when the women came, he was ready, as is Craig.
Bond film fans should absolutely love this, if you watched Die Another Day before this too then even more so, it is a massive step up in Bond history, and one we kind of haven't seen since Goldfinger. It has a lot of good action and as said twice now stunts, those who enjoy that will also like this film as it can just as quietly dramatic as it can be loud but also with a tinge of drama running through it's historic veins.
Overall it is Firmly a Very Good movie, I always think and want Bond to get better with every new movie but I tell you, if any top Casino Royale they well have to be Great because this is one Bond that knows how to get it done. Just watch it with ease and of course watch Daniel Craig in his first go at this, he shouldn't disappoint anybody and of course in any person is a fan of a good looking physique, well Daniel Craig coming out the sea may just excite you.