Casino Royale follows the formula of Batman Begins. Im pretty sure ppl who liked BB will also like CR. While both movies portray the beginning of their characters, they actually go as far as making them "mere human" as they can. No aura here folks. You want to see some superheroes or charming agents go look someplace else. Batman Begins will show you a man in a costum of a bat. It's down right to this point that the film bothers to explain how every little gadget actually works. No tricks here, we dont want to see Wayne suddenly wearing a black outfit flying around. No sir, you have to explain how everything works, we dont want no fantasies here. This new Bond can really kick your ass, things are simple- he's so human and such a badass....but is that what Bond supposed to be? ppl got tired of that charming looking fella and they want someone more human to relate to. These movies who deal with beginnings are the excellent way to get the Bond and Batman franchise out of the mud they were in, and thats wonderful, the question is how far its going to work when the movies will get back to the point where their heroes are heroes not for being so "human" but for being that tiresome superhero/ charming agent we've seen before. Or maybe we dont need that anymore. Dont sell us that "aura", its out of fashion.

Both movies were fun to watch. BTW.