Casino Royale (2006)

I had low expectations before the movie so guess what...I liked it. I think it is one of the best Bond movies I've seen. It uses modern techniques and it is very dynamic. The story moves fast, there is plenty of tension right from the beginning, Eva Green (of The Dreamers)is simply bellissima; her falling in love scene almost made me reciprocate. Daniel Craig does a good job at being the new Bond, James Bond. It is interesting to see how (yet again) a 'really' strong man has a marshmallow core. But not too much; the character receives some humane features to be sure - see the shower scene...he might be J. Bond but he got the basic knowledge that in order to warm someone under the shower it just might be useful/helpfull to turn on the hot watter. Most of all I noticed the way the narrative focuses on the main character which directs our attention to what is important in the scene. There is something new about the types of cuts and the mixture of images Martin Campbell organized in Casino Royal. It may be that the lines were not that great, that some things could have been left for us to understand and this makes the whole movie based only on the dynamic; it does not matter what happens (I actually don't remember a lot of the story) but the way things move is well done and at least entertaining. I also have to mention the performances of Mads Mikkelsen as Le Chiffre and Judi Dench as M. In this context the bad guy was quite good moving from one extreme state to the other within a very restricted area, and M was the perfect mom/accomplished business woman/wise person/stern but kind and understanding. Yeap...it's a movie to share with friends.