Review of Casino Royale (2006) by Rena T — 22 Apr 2015

"Casino Royale" is part of the incredibly large Jame Bond--007--franchise, serving as a vehicle for Daniel Craig to take the wheel on the driver's seat. Is it any good? Other than the fact that I bought my copy for 2 bucks, oh, absolutely! Granted, I haven't seen many of the James bond films, but "Casino Royale" does what it sets out to do.

Whether it's to establish Craig's Bond for later installments or feed off the success of the previous entries--no matter how you look at it,"Casino Royale" works. It's full of great action, suspense, and sly humor; Craig might not look like fits the role of James Bond on the surface.

But let me tell you, when the iconic theme starts playing near the end, and Craig says that one famous line. That's it, he's proved himself, and all doubt is erased. It's interesting because after I watched "Skyfall"--back when the hype around it was at its height and having never had seen Craig act as 007--I had a bit of trouble identifying with him as the character.

And, had I seen "Casino Royale" when it was out in theaters, my opinion of the Craig-era Bond movies might have been different. I know, for a fact, that I didn't like "Quantum of Solace" that much despite its wickedly awesome title [and 'Quantum' is a short movie compared to 'Casino' and 'Sky.

']. So now I kind of want to revisit "Skyfall" before the upcoming "Spectre" is on the big screen.