Casino Royale

It not surprising that when you are conditioned to watch complete crap that when you get something something half-decent it seems to be a godsend. I saw Casino Royale on Thanksgiving day with my cousins and it was the first quality James Bond movie in a long time. Daniel Craig was a perfect Bond for the new direction they are taking the franchise. He was cold hearted and brutal, the way a real assassin would be, but he kept the was still able to deliver witty lines with an enjoyable swagger. It is the first movie I have seen in theaters since X:3 and it was a nice way to come back from a letdown like the X-Men series. The movie felt pretty damn long towards the end and I'm hoping the ending will be explained in the next movie because I didn't get it. 7/10

Speaking of "didn't get it" I also just saw The Prestige with Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale. Another great movie and I won't want to spoil anyhting but if you atually know who Tesla was, they veer into scifi with his character. I took my historical knowledge of him and tried to apply it to the movie which was a huge mistake. Go into it with your mind open. Still an 8/10.