Thanks, Aerynne. I inserted a mild spoiler warning in your comment, just because I too thought the foreshadowing and reveal of what "Skyfall" meant was very nicely handled, and don't want to spoil it for anyone else. (If only they'd done as good a job explaining what the hell "Quantum of Solace" meant…)

I also want to second your girlfriend's enthusiastic endorcement of Daniel Craig, in any state of attire. He DOES look good!

I never liked Martinis, so I'll take your word for it. But if shaking it makes the drink cloudy, wouldn't that make it more difficult to see through it as you drink, and therefore more difficult to spot the assassin pointing a deadly poisoned blowgun at you from across the bar? Poor planning on James's part either way, I think.

A snob like Bond would certainly know that, so either he cares less about presentation and just doesn't trust the bartenders to stir the drink cold enough, or what, he's just being perverse.

Note also that a vodka martini is a really horrible drink unless you serve it cold enough that you can't actually taste it. We all laughed when we saw Pierce Brosnan drinking Smirnoff shots in "Tomorrow Never Dies," but that's pretty much what he's been drinking in the movies for years.