The name 's Bond...Well Casino Royale is certainly not cut from normal Bond mold. Yep, I decided to put the goats back in the pen for the day and instead cast my eyes on a good matinee. This one gets two thumbs up for a couple of reasons. Firstly since the producers finally realized that they had taken the suave, sophisticated and, let's face it, moribund Bond character as far down the road as Joe Public would let them and still pay to see it at the big screen. When they cast Craig they gave us a chap who the working man can relate too. They gave us a hero in the sense of a real hero: strong yet vulnerable and tortured by his past, and very alone in the world.

Even if you don't normally go to Bond films, but say you enjoyed what Christian Bale did for Batman, then you will not be disappointed with Craig. For to me, what is behind the secret agent, i.e., the history and psychological make-up is a lot more interesting than what he can do as a secret agent. Why does he do what does? Why can he read people so well? Why is his normally sharp judgement blunted by smart and beautiful woman? Why can he love that beautiful woman right after brutally dispatching with an advesary? In short, what makes the man? In a way it is what a lot of people find troubling about classic Greek heros. Agamenon is a hero at Troy, yet he sacrifices his daughter. Odysseus is a hero for saving his wife from the suitors but not without being a reckless and a butcher. Yes, the complex hero is back. Thank you Mr Craig.