Having just recently watched Casino Royal (The Daniel Craig version) I was amazed about how much the screenwriters adapted from the book.
Bond is especially chatty in this, which I thought was interesting. This is an introspective Bond, who isn't proud of his license to kill which he was qualified for due to his combative experience during WW2. I'm surprised they never integrated his military background into the movies.
It makes perfect sense that he was a soldier, now that they mention it it makes perfect sense that he would have all of those deadly skills.
Anyway, I'm keeping this short. This is a pretty good first story of the series even if there isn't much action in it. The characterization is great. The last line of the story made it into the movie and it's great!
