The best of the Bond movies in my opinion. Daniel Craig brings a refreshing new take to the character of James Bond, and is more "human". He doesn't get everything right, things go wrong for him and he suffers because of them which makes it a character people can now connect with.

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Excellent new Bond adventure. Best Bond since Connery. Heart stopping action throughout. Am looking forward to some more.

Love the comedy by this name, hated the recent remake

Love the cars in it.

I won't watch this one...this guy isn't James Bond and never will be !!!

Bond James Bond... Daniel Craig is right up there with Sean Connery & Roger Moore.

awsome movie

Not so much the movie was bad...I just can't get into James Bond movies.

The recent flick is adequate with the new Bond. The old Casino Royale of about thirty five years ago wasn't that good.

I found myself very entertained with this action packed film. I much prefer Sean Connery though.

I've just never been that big on Bond movies in general. They're all relatively entertaining, but nothing that special.

I loved it. I thought this movie really envigorated the James Bond series.

A great Bond film. Cars, gadgets, women, and action...the requisites for a 007 film never change, yet they keep managing to come back strong.

I whole-heartedly agree that Daniel Craig is the 2nd-best Bond ever, Connery being the best. This film was terrific and was helped by the absence of some shticks that marred even the Connery films. First, there wasn't one single supposedly funny, but to me unfunny, throw-away aside uttered by Bond as he killed someone, etc. Even Connery had to suffer through those (which I don't recall being in the books, and I read them all, but 30 years ago). I always thought they were cheap and not befitting Bond. IMHO the whole series degenerated from attempts to "lighten up" Bond into a near-comedian, starting with the goofy Roger Moore films. I preferred Bond as a serious, menacing character. Connery did that best, and Craig, while not necessarily menacing, definitely was serious and more believable. Not the suave always-in-control Bond, but rougher, a bit dangerous and unpredictable. Second, as others have noted, there were none of the hi-tech gimmicks. In sum, they played this straight and returned the series back to the basics. I hope Craig returns, with the same great writing.

I'm with Alpepper on all his points, except the knock on the first Casino Royale comedy. That old flick was a classic send-up of James Bond. Admittedly, I don't think anyone tales Bond too seriously, but the comedy was great and what a cast! The latest Casino Royale as really quite good. Excellent story really made it. That opening chase scene was one of the better I have ever seen - even given that I saw it on an airplane screen from a fairly great distance.

Of all the Ian Fleming Bond novels (the only ones that count), Casino Royale was always my favorite.  Surprisingly a feature movie of the novel was never made until 53 years after the fact (The Peter Sellers monstrosity of the 1960s does not count).  Casino Royale did not disappoint .  Nor did Daniel Craig, who I would rank as the second best Bond portrayer (Sean Connery will always be #1).  The movie stayed quite faithful to the book.  The only major change was changing the high-stakes card game from Baccarat (who even plays baccarat anymore) to Texas Hold'em.  The Hold'em hands were a bit far-fetched (Rounders features the best depiction of the tension involved in high-stakes poker), but served its purpose well.  The action scenes were creative and compelling.  My one gripe is the portrayal of Vesper Lynd.  She is much more compelling and racier in the Fleming novel.  I also thought the actress portraying her was a bit mousy, and the romantic interludes before the final climatic scene was a bit tepid.  But Casino Royale delivered the goods and was a much-needed reinvogoration of the Bond genre, which seemed like it was on its way out.

This movie, without the poker scene would've been more like "Transporter", some mindless running around, fighting, blowing things up, and cheap romance scenes.

Good thing this movie was pulled off with still some style left to spare. The series can go on for another sequel if they dared.

Craig is the best Bond since Connery.  Casino Royale is the best Bond since "From Russia with Love".   Craig plays a menancing Bond who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty.  Casino Royale was more gritty than Bond has been in 30 years at least.  The series had gotten really silly since the Roger Moore days; although I enjoyed "Live & Let Die".  It also had the best Bond music score ever.

The new bond certently is good, a little ify sometimes but hes still plays the role well. the movie also had a very good plot and a lot of action, a lot of texas hold em too.

I much prefer the previous James Bonds i.e. Pierce Bronson, Timothy Dalton, & Roger Moore.  This new Bond was to rough and sloppy

great movie Daniel Craig best bond since Connery

Probably the best James Bond yet. Only problem is that James Bond is supposed to be a brunette.

Great movie! Daniel Craig makes a fantastic bond i believe.

A fantastic action movie. The opening chase scene is stunning - possibly the best action sequence that I have ever seen.

Daniel Craig has an edge to him in his portrayal of James Bond - he's rough and physical, and captures a menacing "whatever it takes" aspect that Pierce Brosnan was not equipped to deliver.

Casino Royale was the most enjoyable movie that I've seen in a while.

Easily the best Bond movie since the early Connery films.

Forget the idiotic blonde/black "debate". Craig can flat out act, which is more than most of the guys in this character could do, and unlike all his predecessors except
Connery, he brings a sense of menace and danger to the role.

That, a decent plot, and a general abandonment of the cliched series of "gadgets" makes for the first movie in this franchise worth a second look in nearly 40 years.