Bond Rebooted

I am a little late to the party I know but allow me to join the chorus proclaiming "Casino Royale" a good movie and the 007 franchise officially resuscitated. I was pleased by its many BAFTA award nominations (though BAFTA sounds more like a treaty to me than a film award) including one for Daniel Craig, the first given to any actor for playing Bond. Though he wasn't my first choice (since my man Ioan Gruffud didn't suit I was in the Clive Owen camp myself) Craig made a great Bond. I like my Bond dark (and I'm not speaking of hair color, that's unimportant) and quip free. We're never going to see a Bond exactly like the Fleming books-he would be far crueler and less worldly than movie audiences would tolerate, but if they keep going in this vein they'll be true to the spirit of the books at least.

Also:

-Colorblind casting for the Felix Leiter role? Interesting. I was wondering why Jefferey Wright's name was so far up in the credits.

-One wrinkle in the flap regarding Craig's casting was that he (supposably) didn't know how to drive a stick shift. What?! He's an actor people-he only has to act like he can. Does Julia Roberts have to be able to spin a web out of her butt in order to be the voice of Charlotte? Come on.

-Does Chris Cornell gain or lose indie street cred points for doing a Bond theme? I'm confused by the math on that one.

-One small flaw, M should always wear pants no matter how tropical the climate. As I have blogged before Judi Dench kicks ass but M should not have cankles.