We saw Casino Royale today.<\/p>\n

And both my wife and\u00c2\u00a0I liked it. A lot.<\/p>\n

There was<\/strong> some blasphemy\u00c2\u00a0in the movie: At the poker table Bond ordered the wrong cocktail! Instead of his trademark Vodka Martini (shaken, not stirred!), he ordered a Vesper (3 measures of Gordon’s gin, 1 measure of vodka, \u00c2\u00bd measure of Kina Lillet. Shake until ice cold and serve in a deep champagne goblet with a large thin slice of lemon peel. Easy on the fruit).<\/font><\/p>\n

This was probably\u00c2\u00a0in honor of \u00c2\u00a0his leading lady Vesper Lynd.<\/p>\n

But then a little later, when he\u00c2\u00a0does<\/strong> order a Vodka Martini, the bartender actually asks<\/strong> him “Shaken or stirred?”, and Bond frowns and answers — oh horror –: “I don’t care”! (Correction by commenters: He actually said “Do I look like a man who gives a damn?”)<\/font><\/p>\n

I asked my wife if she liked the ‘new’ Bond character and she fanned herself. “YeahHeah<\/strong>“, she said… “He’s\u00c2\u00a0hot hot hot<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0… everything about him is hot<\/strong>!”. (Correction here too: the adjective SMOKING was used: see comments)<\/font><\/p>\n

I must admit, fair is fair, that he, indeed,\u00c2\u00a0does<\/strong> look a bit like me: same blue eyes and he plays a mean hand of Texas Holdem too…<\/p>\n

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