___________________________________________________________________ "THREE MEASURES OF GORDON'S, ONE OF VODKA, HALF A MEASURE OF KINA LILLET, SHAKE IT OVER ICE THEN ADD A THIN SLICE OF LEMON PEEL." - THE VESPER MARTINI. "BOND-JAMES BOND." BY MARTIN CAMPBELL STARRING: DANIEL CRAIG, EVA GREEN, MADS MIKKELSEN, JUDI DENCH, JEFFREY WRIGHT, GIANCARLO GIANNINI AND CATERINA MURINO. I'd personally recommend Casino Royale as its fun, exciting and there's changes in it. Firstly, the villian Le Chiffre, does not earn for global domination as did villians in all otherBond movies. Secondly, I guess Daniel Craig's Bond is more raw and fragile. A more human bond to expect in this film.We see Bond tortured when Le Chiffre goes bonkers and hits his vital manhood with a carpet beater (ouchies!), and he literally bleeds from his wounds, unlike previous Bonds, who were more slick presumably because of the help of gadgets and Q, the gadget-loving guy played by John Cleese. This is a classic Bond, the first one Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond wrote about. You will realise that the lack of gadgets in this movie (except for the heart-saving one) is noticeable too. CASINO ROYALE, the 21st James Bond adventure in the most successful franchise in film history, stars Daniel Craig in his debut as 007 and is based on Ian Fleming's first novel to feature the ultimate secret agent, which was published in 1953. CASINO ROYALE traces the early career of James Bond. His first "007" mission leads him to Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), banker to the world's terrorists. In order to stop him and bring down the terrorist network, Bond must beat Le Chiffre in a high-stakes poker game at Casino Royale. Bond is initially annoyed when a beautiful Treasury official, Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), is assigned to deliver his stake for the game and watch over the government's money. But as Bond and Vesper survive a series of lethal attacks by Le Chiffre and his henchmen, a mutual attraction develops, leading them both into further danger and events that will shape Bond's life forever. Albert R. Broccoli's EON Productions presents Daniel Craig as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in CASINO ROYALE. With a screenplay by Neal Purvis & Robert Wade and Oscar winner Paul Haggis, the film was directed by Martin Campbell and produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Brocoli. A United Kingdom-Czech Republic-German-USA Co-Production, CASINO ROYALE was produced under the combined banners of Metro-Goldwin-Mayer Pictures and Columbia Pictures with filming in Prague and Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic and on New Providence and Paradise Island in the Bahamas. Filming also took place at Lake Como and Venice in Italy before returning to the U.K. Back in the U.K, the production filmed at Dunsfold Airport in Surrey, Buckinghamshire's Black Park and on the legenary 007 stage at Pinewood Studios. British actor Daniel Craig is introduced in the role of James Bond in CASINO ROYALE, supported by a strong international cast. Dame Judi Dench returns as M, the Head of the British Secret Service. Vesper Lynd, the first woman who James Bond truly falls in love, is played by French actress Eva Green, and Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen takes the role of Le Chiffre, international money launderer and Bond's rival in the high-stakes poker game at the heart of the film. American actor Jeffrey Wright plays Felix Leiter, Bond's ally in the CIA, and distinguished Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini takes the role of Mathis, his MI6 contact. Caterina Murino, also Italian, plays Solange, the beautiful but unhappy wife of one of Le Chiffre's associates, who succumbs to Bond's charms too. Featured in the film is the new Aston Martin DBS, (in a special color, Casino Ice, not available until 2007) alongside with the Bond favorite Aston Martin DB5. And finally, Bond reveals the recipe for his favorite martini, " The Vesper". _________________________________________________________________________________________________