"0-0-0-07."

Graduating in the year 2007 makes high school a little more interesting, yet at the same time, much more annoying. The "0-0-0-07" chant can be heard at various Munster High School formal dances, sporting events, and just by seniors being, well, seniors. It even comprised the Homecoming theme.

Needless to say, 007 wore me out before I even viewed the latest movie installment.

Throughout the school year I have had thoughts such as, "If I hear that one more time I will have to rip off my ears." Extreme, I realize, but the chant never fails to get inside my brain and remain there for hours.

While watching TV, doing homework and eating dinner, the anything-but-pleasant phrase accompanies me. So, yet again, I had a personal bias of distaste toward the movie before renting it.

In this 007 flick, we meet James Bond before he holds a license to kill. Less experienced, yet no less dangerous, he quickly receives "00" status and is sent to Madagascar and the Bahamas. Eventually, his mission lands him in Montenegro where he faces Le Chiffre, a financier to some terrorizing, literally, clientele.

With the weight of the world on his shoulders, Bond gives it his all in a life or death, cut-throat game of poker. Yes, the fate of the world lies in a good hand -- meaning both the cards and Bond's own trusty limb. And what does 007 himself learn from this most eventful mission? Trust no one.

Sure, Bond movies are classics. There's no denying that, but it's hard for someone like me to understand how and why. Guns and violence don't fit my description of brilliant and unbeatable, but to each his own. My one unbiased suggestion is that one must possess mass amounts of patience to watch the nearly two-and-a-half hour run. Movies these days seem to give the people their money's worth with time and not content.

If someone could only express to them that they've got it all wrong, the rental world would be an entirely new place.

The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer. Melissa Kirincic is a senior at Munster High School.

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"Casino Royale"

Grade: C

Starring: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright

Synopsis: Entertaining for those interested in having a license to kill, but too long.