Saw Casino Royale...

...and I'd say it's worth seeing. It reminds me a lot of Goldeneye, the first Bond movie with Pierce Brosnan, and my personal favorite. As with Goldeneye, Casino Royale completely reworks the Bond franchise from the ground up, adopting a more gritty tone than the ones before. Daniel Craig makes a good Bond, and the rest of the cast (especially Judi Dench) is strong. The movie loses some momentum near the end to the romance subplot, and there is unintentional comedy galore (also associated with the romance subplot). That said, Casino Royale lays a good foundation for future movies, and I look forward to seeing the next one...

My favorite movies this year:

1) Prairie Home Companion (Best experience I've had at a movie in awhile)
2) Snakes on a Plane (Everything I expected - the quintessential enjoyably watchable bad movie)
3) Superman Returns (Reminded me of the ones that came out when I was a kid)
4) The Prestige (A great revenge drama about magicians)
5) The Departed (Well acted and directed)

My least favorite movie this year:

Borat - Though some parts were funny, I felt uncomfortable with most of the humor. Sacha Baron Cohen's style of ambush comedy relies on exploitation and provokation to achieve its effect, and if you rely on jokes about poor Romanian villagers being rapists and making love to dogs while they stand by with no idea about what you are saying, there's a good chance you aren't that funny. I know most critics love the movie - I simply disagree with them.

Movie I can't believe I'll probably see: Rocky Balboa

That's all for now...