Casino Royale

On Saturday James, Roz, Becky, Dave and I went to Exeter’s new Wagamama for lunch, I had the yaki soba, before going to see the new James Bond film Casino Royale at the Picture House.

Casino Royale, published in 1953, was the first in the series of Bond books by author Ian Flemming. The film stars Daniel Craig who takes over from previous Bond, Pierce Brosnan.

It took me a while to recognise him as Bond but once that was out the way the film became very enjoyable. I wasn’t sure if he would make a good Bond however by the end of the film I was fully convinced.

The film was less based on action and explosions and more on Bond’s interaction with the other charactors. However I am still upset about what they did to the brand new Aston Martin.

My overall impression was that this has reenergised the otherwise flagging Bond brand and should set the scene for future Bond films.

In the evening Roz and Becky cooked a fantastic roast chicken. Damo and Dave B came round for dinner and then we played many rounds of Scrabble ending with ‘rude word’ Scrabble at two in the morning.