Casino Royale

When Daniel Craig got picked last year to be James Bond, a lot of people called him James "Blond." Which I thought was kinda dumb. I mean he's not that blonde. And it's not his defining feature. But the man was a great, great, great Bond.

"Casino Royale" starts differently than most Bond films by intercutting two black and white scenes of his first two killings that made him a Double O. The main titles are a little weird; it was an ok concept that should have worked better. And then the movie begins and we are given one of the most exciting chases in a Bond movie that is--amazingly--all on foot. It's crazy how well it works.

Good scenes throughout the film. Eva Green is a classic and wonderful Bond Girl. Everything really just works. The pacing is a little off toward the end, but that can be overlooked. It's a pretty rocking moving. Big thumbs up for Daniel Craig and Casino Royale as well as one of the best deliveries of "Bond, James Bond."