Casino Royale (Martin Campbell, 2006) -
Great action scenes, some great dialogue, fairly standard plot, but a completely different kind of Bond courtesy of Daniel Craig. And the love story ventures into OHMSS territory, which is the best of things. Pretty great way to resurrect a great franchise. I mean it was the perfect amount of origin story, and the way it opened in B&W was brilliant.
Rating: ****
P.S. Eva Green is stunning.
Corndog, you're awesome.
I concur with everything said above. I need to revisit this some time this week.
The only thing I don't like about it is the poker scenes. Basically just the way they handle the hands that come out, so typical. I don't think poker ever translates well into film, except maybe with Rounders
Yeah, the poker stuff was AWFUL! So bad. They should not have spent even one second explaining how hold 'em works. For people that know the game it was an insult to the intelligence, and for those who didn't know, it was "whatever"... a waste of time.
In all the previous movies he plays baccarat. Nobody knows how to play baccarat. It doesn't matter! Just play, and let the reactions of the players tell the story. Idiotic decision imo.