I'm not a big fan of Bond movies but I must say that I enjoyed Casino Royale (review). Despite the length of the film the movie keeps flowing and doesn't drag and isn't full of long action sequences. The only longish chase in fact is at the start of the film in Madagascar. This scene opens with a cock-style-fight between a cobra and a mongoose an idea I found amusing, even though somebody forgot that there are no Cobras living in Madagascar. Poetical licence granted anyway.

I think Daniel Craig managed to play a great Bond. In this first bond book by Fleming bond is just promoted to a double-0 and his fineness hasn't yet developed to its full glory. I liked the way Craig played his arrogant egocentric character which still managed to melt the bond girls. Actually this time Bond almost built a relationship with Vesper (Eva Green).

The only pity with the bond girls was that there weren't any blonds. You can barely see the face of the only blond in the movie. Catarina Murino then just appears for about 5 minutes and dies and the rest is all Eva Green. I admit I didn’t quite fancy Green from the magazine pictures but in the movie she develops quite a likeable character.

Rating 3.5/5