Saw Casino Royale last night, and really, really liked it a lot. I'd like to send a big 'ol screw you to all the people who refuse to believe that Daniel Craig could pull off being James Bond, because he came through with flying colors. He's quick, he's tough, he's charming, and he kills in the competant and cold manner I remember from the books. So he's blond, so what? WTF would that make the least bit of difference to how he handles the part? Roger Moore had dark hair and I never was able to buy him as Bond; I mean, the guy obviously couldn't win a fight against a drunken, blindfolded Gary Coleman, much less all the supervillans' thugs that he came up against, and he was smarmy and condescending to boot. Craig is built well enough to be very believably athletic and you can easily buy that he could chase a target through a construction site or climb all over a speeding truck or beat a man to death in stairwell fight. He's as brutal under fire as the literary Bond, while able to clean himself up and look perfectly presentable in a tux when the situation demands. He's cocky, arrogant, and a little out of control at times, which befits the Bond of Casino Royale (who had only just gotten his double 0 rating and is less experienced than the Bond in later books) but still manages to switch between brutality and charm quite believably. He also has serious brass canastas- possibly literally #grins# I'm all for him doing the next few films; I found him completely believable in the part. And it's a good thing that he does the role so well, because the story is more driven by plots and character than it is by pretty locations or dooomsday devices or spiffy gadgets, so you get more of an emphasis on plot. All in all, I enjoyed it immensely.