Daniel Craig assumes the role of 007, ironically given his hair color he's a darker, meaner, moodier and considerably violent Bond, more introspectively intelligent than his predecessors who seems to take a silently perverse pleasure in dispatching his opponents. The agent still delivers some good one liners, albeit with a distinctly added dimension of  wicked, deadpan humor than Connery or Moore. Most of his conversation seems to be limited to curt one word answers, perhaps charm school should have been an integral part of his training.

The character now seems to suffer from some sort of inner demons where alcohol is his crutch juxtaposed with the chip he has on his shoulder, rather than a ostensibly suave sophisticted ladies man portrayed previously. Imagine Christian Bale's Batman compared to Adam West's.
The actual movie was okay however my criticism would be that it relied too much on the use of cell phones and GPS's on multiple occasions in numerous key parts of the plot, which became a little too repetitive.
Few fancy gadgets for Bond (unless you count a  high-tech first aid kit in his car) just 21st century communications equipment. He did have some nice cars including the Aston Martin DB5  from a couple of  the Sean Connery movies, obviously a homage to the original Bond, in addition to the latest model DB9.

 The villains could have been more menacing, as in Oddjob or Jaws from some earlier Bond flicks and the Bond girl was just okay ( little skinny and flat chested for me) but who can compare to Ursala Andress in that unforgetable bikini from Dr. No. Unfortunately the Casino Royale plot got rather silly and contrived at the end. An entertaining enough movie but not a classic Bond for me, I give it a 6.5 out of 10.

 I do think Craig has the potential to grow into the role given the right script, he does give some depth to the character and has obviously spent a lot of time in the gym prior to filming, both of which  give added weight to a spy living by his wits with a license to kill.

After a Scot, an Ozzie, an Irishman and a Welshman at last he's an English 007 again, better than the last one to have the role in my opinion, that was Roger Moore 20 years ago .