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Until now, I have always touted Sean Connery as the best James Bond ... no more. Daniel Craig brings something needed to the role ... a sense of reality.

At the beginning of the show, Bond is involved in what I would describe as the most exciting foot chase I have ever seen. This movie chronicles how James Bond became 007. There are really no outlandish gadgets in the movie; everything comes across a "possible".

One of the things that makes this Bond believable is that he is not pristine throughout the movie; he's cut up, bruised, and tortured. Though the original Casino Royale book would have taken place decades earlier, this movie initiates the series in the current day. It even incorporates the current "Texas Holdem" fad into the plot. Bond's famous coolness and aloofness is explained very well in this movie. From now on, you will never watch a 007 movie with the same eyes.

Mel Gibson portrays as accurately as is possible the last hours in the life of Jesus the Christ. The movie was not created for its shock value...although it is shocking. If anything, it didn't go far enough in portraying the suffering of Christ...that might have been too much for many to bear. After all the Bible says that Christ was beaten beyond recognition.

Jim Caviezel does a wonderful job portraying Jesus. There are a few flashbacks to events earlier in Jesus' life. Whether it was the intended purpose or not, these flashbacks almost serve as a relief from the more gruesome parts of the movie.

You can read the biography and see the complete plot...there were no surprises. The movie was simply a visual depiction of the basis of the Christian faith. I can't imagine anyone leaving this movie without being emotionally affected.

My wife always said that the "slasher" movies like Friday 13th didn't scare her near as much as the more plausible movies like "Psycho". This movie has a somewhat believable plot...and therefore can have you feeling a little tense.

Matthew McConaughey plays a character who is turning himself in to FBI Agent Wesley Doyle (played by Powers Boothe) for a series of murders committed from childhood. His father (played by Bill Paxton) believed that God showed him "evil" people and that he was directed to kill them. In carrying out this mission, the father enlisted his two sons, though one of the sons (Adam) didn't believe in what his father was doing. McConaughey tells Doyle the whole story, then leads him to the secret burial ground.

The movie takes an unexpected turn at the end.