Its a new BOND, new BOND Film, really...

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2007)

Undoubtedly Daniel didn't look as suave & sexy as Pierce or Sean as BOND, and it was expected that he may fail the 007 stature. However that really didn't happen. He managed to fit the role & make it as real as possible. Daniel does not looks like previous Bonds, neither that techy not as savvy. But he looks brutal, he looks hard, he looks raw & he looks REAL.
Movie has a fair storyline telling how James Bond, 007 came into existence. How he became the BOND he is known as. And all of it has been portrayed nicely. A slick storyline has been well presented and executed.
Its story of a man who has been unexpectedly & untimely promoted to the stature of a double 'O' (007) agent. He wants to do a lot & has his own ways of doing things. He's sent to play a game of card where millions are on stake, so as to defeat & capture Le Chiffre & Terrorist Funding Organizations. Vesper is his associate or financial adviser. He looses the money & then wins the game unexpectedly. For this he is captured & tortured to get the money back. Bond is as hard & strong so he never looses it until he is rescued. Till this time he has lost his heart to Vesper & wants to be settled with her. He transfers the money to the account stated by Vesper which is not the Govt account but actually he has been cheated by Vesper. She conned him & takes all his money to his boyfriend. Bond finds the cheats kills them. Also he kills his feelings, his love and becomes JAMES BOND 007! A few scenes, like the chase sequence or the climax look magnificent, and so does the movie. Eva Green is as beautiful & gracious in the role of Vesper. Mads Mikkelsen also looks okay as the Le Chiffre (Gulshan Grover could have been a fair choice too).
At the end movie really belongs to Daniel Craig & he is the real star of the movie (he had to be of course). He has portrayed Bond in a new color which looks different but great (would have loved to see Hrithik Roshan as the BOND too, he really rocks). Its a different but great Bond Film. Seems Bond may see a new light with his new ventures with Daniel.
ALL THE BEST!!!