Casino Royale (2006)

Awesome. As a twentysomething with little to no appreciation of the Connery or Moore films, I think this is the best Bond film ever made. Also, I like Timothy Dalton! Anyway, the slow pacing and understated tone seemed to catch a lot of the audience offguard, but I appreciated the somewhat unorthodox and sprawling plot, which one would expect from a '50s spy novel.

Man, it was so great to see gorgeous establishing crane shots with NO music telling you to be awed by the locale. There were movies like this all the time in the '60s-'70s...now, though, the languid aspect of Casino Royale makes it seem like an art/action film.

My cinematic experience was made even more brilliant by the two 11-year-olds sitting behind me, who were separated from their chaperone due to the theater filling up. Without anyone to tell them to be quiet, they dispensed such disruptive nuggets of wisdom as "I bet she's touching his penis!" and laughing (only half inappropriately) at the more swooningly romantic moments.