In the book version, he plays baccarat and a huge portion of the dialogue in the novel is an explanation of the rules and strategy of baccarat. Like in most James Bond movies and books, the card game of choice for Bond is baccarat (if you want more info on baccarat, check out our getting started with baccarat primer post). It’s actually the first of 11 books that Fleming wrote for the 007 series.

The movie is based on the novel by Ian Fleming. So anyway, I had seen the flick at the movie theaters, loved it, so I rented it. It shows Bond getting his first kills as a ’00’ (double 0) agent and his “unsmoothness” which is weird as he’s such a smooth dude in the later novels. Think of it like a prequel, which it is, to the entire 007 franchise. Blu-Ray makes the movie look damn amazing). If you haven’t seen this movie yet and you’re a James Bond fan, you have got to get your ass to Blockbuster, Netflix, or Hollywood Video and get your hands on this rental (you can pick it up widescreen, fullscreen, or Blu-Ray.

So I rented Casino Royale, the new James Bond 007 movie.

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