Casino Royale
Being an avid admirer of the opulence surrounding Casino’s, the probabilities and risk from a set of cards and James Bond, I decided it would be most worthwhile to watch the action thriller, Casino Royale.
Like the majortiy, I was very eager to see how Daniel Craig would fit into the bow-tie, tuxedo and shoes of James Bond. Immediately, the audience saw Bond at his devastating best with poise, coolness and death-defying destruction. The first scene was set in Prague, with James being very early in his career as a 007. After tracing down the enemy in his high-storey department, it looked as though Bond would have an early death when the villain pulled out a gun from the drawer and fired two shots aimed towards James’ head. Yet, out of sheer cunningness, Bond had previously removed the bullets, so only an empty gun was fired. Daniel Craig then spoke his first words as Bond with purpose, coldness and dark humour that one would expect before dispatching of his target.
The film moved towards Uganda, and the main villain, Le Chiffre (played by Mads Mikkelsen). Le Chiffre had a fairly menacing appearance, through his glass eye and an abnormal blood inducing tear duct. The beginnings of the plot unravelled, and without giving too much away, Le Chiffre was an international organiser of terrorism who was loaned vast sums of money to undertake his terror.
Unsurprisingly, the film centred at Casino Royale, and by this time the complex relationship between Vesper Lynd (played by Eva Green) and Bond had developed wonderfully in a slow yet progressive manner. Daniel Craig really managed to make Bond far more realistic and edgy with elements of vulnerability and weakness. Pleasingly, Daniel Craig also managed to keep the panache of Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan.
As the film developed, one could truly identify with Bond. Despite a few shocking twists followed by even more surprises, the film was relatively simple to follow to the end. To conclude, there were less out of this world gadgets and events that can alienate the audience and far greater attention towards realism and tension that I certainly welcomed. Daniel Craig has a superb future as James Bond and will certainly be a favourite James Bond amongst fans worldwide.