A martini requires good gin. Cheap gin may be fine for drinks that are heavily mixed with other elements, but a martini is mostly gin—there’s no where for it to hide. Thankfully, good gin can be had even on a fairly tight budget.
It’s not Beef Eater or Bombay Sapphire, but this one is really good: Burnette’s. It’s about $11 for a one liter bottle. There are gins that are about $8 per liter, but they just don’t do the trick. Burnette’s is great, and it won’t bankrupt your funds.
Gordon’s is also good, and just a few dollars more—around $14, and it has two royal seals (the Queen's and the Queen Mother's).
With these gins you'll be making some wonderful martinis. Don't forget vermouth--Martini & Rossi is great, and blessedly, vermouth lasts a long time (1-3 drops, tops, per martini).
Oh, as for olives: if you put in black olives instead of green you've made a "Buckeye," which is great if you live in Ohio. Add a cocktail onion instead of olives and you've got yourself a Gibson.
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