Casino Royale

Not really one for reviews but I'd like to say a little bit about Casino Royale which my good homie Dave and I went to see today.

First of all, I thought I was going to hate this film, being a fan of old school Bond (it doesn't bother me that someone who has the resources to lauch rockets from a hollowed out volcano blackmails the international community for 1 million dollars). This was not the case, while the film itself wasn't amazing it was good and seems to have created a valid new direction for the franchise.

Second, I thought Daniel Craig would be a pathetic Bond (although LayerCake was one of my favourite films of recent years), this fear also turned out to be unfounded as within about 3 minutes he had me believing he was the man himself.

My only criticism of the film was that there was no real climax at the end and the whole resolution to the plot seems a little forced, although this film is apparently close to the book (which I haven't read but which is on its way from Internetland).

All in all Casino Royale is a well made film that managed to satisfy me as someone who loves Bond.

On another note, the soundtrack and incidental music is amazing - the title song (written and sung/wailed by Chris Cornell) is a bag of wank.