rebooted!

Went to see the new James Bond film, Casino Royale, last night. It was very enjoyable and a bit of a departure from recent Bonds (I don't think I actually ever saw an entire Pierce Brosnan one however!) Daniel Craig was very good as Bond, quite a bit grittier than his predecessors. There were a couple of fantastic stunt sequences - the opening 'parkour' scenes were amazing and also the house in Venice was spectacular. Montenegro, where the Casino Royale itself is meant to be, looked strangely picturesque and quite different from when I was there a couple of years ago, but from looking at the credits, it was actually shot in the Czech Republic! Also spotted the hotel where Charlotte and I had stayed in Venice during one scene. Was reading in Wikipedia that the new James Bond is described as a 'reboot' rather than a relaunch - how modern!