Review of Casino Royale (2006) by Syed A — 21 Sep 2013

After the Pierce Brosnan era of James Bond, the series was rebooted in 2006 with Daniel Craig as the new James Bond and taking away the silliness of the previous James Bond films and making it more realistic.

The film was titled after the first book in the Ian Fleming series which was titled Casino Royale. There was a public outcry from fans of the series about Daniel Craig being cast as James Bond with some people even saying that he was the worst James Bond ever even before the movie came out.

He wasn't well known at the time, but is now famous because of his role. Casino Royale is a masterpiece of film and in my opinion the best movie of 2006 and the best James Bond movie to date. Casino Royale stars Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, and Judi Dench and the film is directed by GoldenEye director Martin Campbell.

I don't want to explain the plot of Casino Royale because it'll take a long time to explain and I don't want to spoil it for anyone who hasn't seen the movie, but the plot is absolutely fantastic for this movie.

It has no plotholes, its very well written,and very dark. Daniel Craig is absolutely incredible as James Bond and is way better than Roger Moore,Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan and is on par with Sean Connery as the best James Bond.

Daniel Craig gives the best performance of his career in this movie and he also did a great job in Quantum of Solace and Skyfall which I'll review later at some point. Eva Green does a great job as the Bond Girl in this movie named Vesper and in my opinion the best Bond Girl in the whole series.

Mads Mikkelsen plays Le Chiffre, the villain in this movie and does a fantastic job playing him. Le Chiffre is also the first James Bond villain to ever appear in the books, but not in the first James Bond movie.

Judi Dench doesn't have a lot of screen time, but she does a good job as M. The action is some of the best ever captured on film. They are very realistic unlike the previous Bond films like Die Another Day which had very over the top action scenes.

Martin Campbell understands action and I hope he does another Bond film in the future. The film is also very intense and riveting. I have never seen poker games more riveting in any movie ever. The film has a great score although the James Bond theme isn't in this movie because this movie is the beginning of James Bond, but the theme is a big part of the James Bond series.

The film is very, very dark and it goes back to the serious tone of the first few James Bond movies like Dr. No and From Russia With Love. The film has a torture scene in it that is very gritty and visceral and I think its one of the best scenes in the movie because of how its filmed and acted.

I forgot to mention that this film is a reboot of the whole James Bond series so no Die Another Day, A View to a Kill, The Man with the Golden Gun like films anymore. Now the question is that if I like this movie more than the previous films like Dr.

No, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger, and GoldenEye and my answer is yes and no. I think that the action scenes in this movie are better than the old ones and the film is very eerie, but I miss the gadgets and the crazy stunts like in the previous films.

I do think that Casino Royale is a film that James Bond fans like me and casual moviegoers will enjoy. I consider Casino Royale to be the best movie of 2006 and one of the best movies of the 2000's and one of the best movies ever made.