Bond is Back: Casino Royale

Okay, I will have to admit - I don't really get to see that many movies. A lot of them just don't seem that interesting to me. Even less seem interesting to my wife, and I don't like to go alone. And she really doesn't like Sci-Fi.

Luckily, we do both like a good spy/action flick. There have been so many complaints about the choices made for the new James Bond movie, that I decided I really wanted to see it. Of course, the complaints were made before anyone had actually seen the film. Now that it is out, all I can say to the naysayers: HA! The new Bond dude rocks.

I like the new direction of the Bond films. For one: less cheesy unnecessary sexual escapades and one-liners. All of Bonds, umm, "relationships" got tiring and unoriginal after the first few films. At least in this film they get more realistic. I won't spoil anything, but the first girl that Bond runs into would have turned out differently in previous films. And most of his quips got so predictable.

Also, you've got to love this: Bond can make real mistakes in this one. That just rocks.

Of course, the cool gadgets are somewhat missing - but you have to realize that these just had to go to make Bond more realistic. It's hard to believe a film were the hero just always happens to have the tools to deal specifically with the problems that he finds himself in every time. Also, the film is more violent than past Bonds. So, due to that and the fact that the sexuality is not totally gone means that this is not a film for everyone.

So, what about all the complaints that Craig doesn't look like Bond? Tsk, tsk, silly fanboys. He totally nails the Bond that this re-boot is trying to create. The new Bond is dead serious about his license to kill. The new Bond can kill you with his cool gaze. The new bond actually looks like he exercises. Brosnan was the perfection of the original movie Bond that Connery started. Craig is the perfection of a new Bond in a post-Bourne Identity movie world.