A return to the heart of the Bond style

Rating: 8/10 (25 January 2007)

Bond films. I've never been a great fan of them. I loved Dr. No and From Russia With Love, but after that it all went into a steep decline and I can't remember much of the last few I saw the past decade - none of them were impressing. But, I took the risk to go see Casino Royale in the cinema anyway, more by lack of anything else to see than by anything else, but still.
I am glad I did take that risk. For the first time in ages a Bond film is released that is a good nice watch with a lot of fast paced action but nothing too far fetched (although there are a few Mission Impossible like scenes in the beginning of the film). The film isn't completely Bond styled either - Moneypenny and Q aren't there and that feels somewhat strangely. M is there though and Judi Dench plays her with style. Craig does a very convincing bond.
The bulk of the film is chasing around, building tension and trying to throw a mask over the face of the person that is the actual master brain behind it all. It does that pretty well and with that it stays fun to watch until the very end of it.
8 out of 10 bad hands at a poker game