Watched the film of the moment with Sheena last night at the new Odeon Cinema in Chatham. The place itself is cleaner but not sure it is worth the extra expense of the 2 other multi-screens near-by but hey…

Casino Royale is a good movie. The film has made a brave attempt – and I’m not going to give any of the plot away – to give definition to the character of Bond. Bond is given his ’00’ status at the start of this film which then goes on to give background to the future life and practice of Bond. It’s using that theory (correct in my view) that our behaviour is determined by our experiences, actions and corresponding consequences of our past. Debbie spoke about this in the cross cultural training at CMS and used this PS2 advert as an illustration.

The film is strangely minimilist in approach – no continual background music that we have become used too in Bond movies, no mass of gadgets although this is contrasted by the use of 2 Aston Martins – I wonder if this is a sub-conscious attempt by the producers to apologise for using the BMW in previous films when we all know only the Aston Martin will do! The ad says: ‘An Aston Martin combines three important elements: power, beauty and soul. Aston Martins are truly special – they always have been and always will be’. 007 just has the power and beauty.

Great film – go watch!