I liked the poker, but it madly confused me, being so unlike any poker I had ever played that I had no idea if Bond or evil villian was likely to win at any point. But it was funny how they managed to make a bunch of people sitting around a table not doing very much seem vitally interesting.

I really liked the Bond girl and was sad to see her die. She was really smashing and competant in a way that I can imagine someone who doesn't do this for a living being without being professional and cold about the whole thing.

I am planning on dragging someone else to see it by simply pointing out how little Bond wears in some of the scenes. Maybe I should point them to pictures? (Though I think Daniel Craig doesn't actually look as interesting in photos as he does on screen; he's not really terribly good looking in pictures but has amazing charisma on screen that makes me ignore much of that.)