[Casino Royale]《新鐵金剛智破皇家賭場》

What a shame to a movie lover who goes to the cinema so infrequently. For some reasons, I get far less often to go movies. From another aspect, there are fewer must-watch movies produced these few years. Today I got my nerves up and paid a visit to the cinema alone to Casino Royale. I am much a James Bond fan in heart, and do not wanna miss movies from this decades lasting series.

Casion Royale is also codenamed as "James Bond 21" because its the 21st James Bond movie. Daniel Craig was named after Pierce Brosnan. This casting have become a hot topic in the community questioning the qualification for this Bond. After enjoying the 2 hours full of story plots, I would say Daniel Craig did the job right. He's not impressive nor stardom at the moment as James Bond, but he shows no flaws at the same time. I would expect a better appearance and performance from him in the next Bond movie.

Returning to the movie, the stunts and the directorship are all excellent. The free-runner scene at the beginning of the movie is particularly impressive. A typical demostration of high pressure without use of computer graphics. The love plot line and the several fatal threats make Bond a real human, with flesh and heart but not gadgets. The plot of poker tournament in private casino is intriguing, and which well explains the ability of observe and comprehension. Worth to mention, Eve Green the Bond girl plays an outstanding role. She demostrates good charm with cold-outside-but-warm-inside, which good enough to set James Bond up with the bitter threat at the end.

Thank Martin Campell, the director, to bring us this brand new James Bond movie, good weaving of plotlines and excellent camera shooting. I would recommend Casino Royale even if you are not a hardcore Bond fan.