Casino Royale

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1. Daniel Craig is hot.

2. I *love* that they let Bond get rough and rugged and not quite so prissy. That he gets sweaty and dirty and all beat up. *yum* I like that they tried hard to leave some of the many Bond conventions behind - which makes sense since I suppose it was meant to be proto Bond in many ways.


3. I liked Eva Green in Kingdom of Heaven and I liked her in Casino Royale, but I'm not sure I bought the romance 100%. I was maybe 80% there. And it wasn't their performances, they were very good, and I totally bought his protectiveness of her - just not the love part so much - I think the chemistry was just a hair off.

4. My friends and I had a hard time not calling her Princess Vespa.

5. I predicted she was going to die (granted, it wasn't a big leap in logic *g*) and my other friend predicted she would betray him. We where happy to both be right. hee.

6. All the Montenegro scenes were shot in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, where I spent several days this summer. I squeaked, I was so excited. I walked all over that town (it's not big), and recognized every single exterior shot (except for the car chase, which was not shot there). The opening view of the colonnade, my hotel was right across the street! Wheee! And the Casino Royale hotel is the big fancy Grandhotel Pupp (pronounced "poop". *tee hee*)

7. I now want to watch all the Bond films and the only thing that's stopping me is that Daniel Craig is not in them. I've actually never seen any of the Sean Connery ones.

8. I loved all the poker scenes and was thrilled I knew enough about poker to follow what was going on. The hands they were being dealt were slightly outrageous (it's rare to get four of a kind!), but not totally unrealistic. I could predict many of the reveals. yay!

9. I want to try that drink he asked for during the poker scenes.

10. I'm not sure what's hotter: Bond in the La Perla swim trunks, Bond bruised and bloodied and *naked*, or Bond in a tux. I'm really quite flummoxed. I may have to watch it again, just to decide.

ETA: Hello!. Killa says he's not girly. Maybe. Maybe not. :D Girly or no, he crosses all sexual orientations, I think.