A Bond for Adults

Rating: 9/10 (15 August 2007)

Casino Royale shows us what Bond can be when filmmakers don't pander to the lowest common dominator of the viewing public.
This is a serious story, and thankfully gone in this film are the stupid, insulting bimbos, (Miss Goodnight) the loony gadgets (disappearing "stealth" cars), the insipid villains, (Drax, Jaws) and best of all a mugging, joking, wisecracking Bond (thank you Mr. Moore for nearly killing the whole thing off).
The films sticks fairly close to the novel, and Craig's image hits just the right note as a Bond who at some level is very much bothered not by what he has to do, but the awareness of what it might do to him.
Refreshing too is the fact that the film treats its audience as adults rather than a collection of overgrown children, though judging from some of the trite reviews here, this adult version of Bond is lost on some.
Looking forward to the next entry in the series.