Read Casino Royale - will help you enjoy

Rating: 6/10 (7 December 2006)

although outdated, the book is a very good read. and a fair insight into why this Bond is different to the Connery/Moore/Brosnan bond.
The first half is a bit slow and moody, but the second half of CR is superb.
Set against the backdrop of the casino (in glorious Montenegro) the relationship between Bond and the main female actress (Vesper) is beautifully constructed.
This is a much tougher Bond, very few gadgets (one really saves his life) and a Bond, just like the book, who isn't sure about his "hired gun" status as a new "00".
The opening kill (one of the 2 required to get a "00") is gritty and unlike the sauve Bond kills you may be familiar with.
Worth watching, but not always the glamour of previous Bonds.