Casino Royale

I went and saw Casino Royale on Sunday. At first, I totally rejected Daniel Craig as the new James Bond because he's blonde (James Blonde? Ahahaha...) and James Bond's always had brown hair. The more I saw the trailers, however, the more he and the movie grew on me - I love action flicks afterall - and I finally went to see it. I really liked Craig in Layer Cake so I thought this one couldn't be too bad, eh? Yeah, it wasn't bad at all. I really liked the film and Craig surpassed my expectations, bringing a colder, grittier Bond - along with a massive ego! - to the big screen. Of course it helped that he's really built, too. Mm mmm.

There were several scenes in the film that took me completely by surprise: one was the shower scene (It's not sexual you gutter-mind!) in which Vesper Lynde's huddled under the spray, still in full evening dress, in shock after helping Bond fight off baddies and witnessing death. He sits down next to her, also in his tuxedo but sans jacket, and holds and comforts her. Awww... Made my heart melt, it did. My favourite bit of the film was what Bond said to Lynd towards the end of the film: "Whatever is left of me - whatever I am - is yours." Double awwww...

Another one was Bond's first driving scene. It's a Ford! A Ford. Where's the Aston Martin?! Ahahaha. The Ford got replaced soon after, of course, by a gorgeous Aston Martin and all was right with the world once again. :)