Skyfall

ATTN:  MOVIE SPOILERS INCLUDED

Skyfall

November 17, 2012

4.5 out of 5 bags of popcorn for the overall movie

4.5 out of 5 boxes of milk duds for my own personal entertainment

My Suggestion:  Theatre

The gist:  Bond is back and this time his mission comes close to costing him the ultimate price, his life.  When his associate takes a shot at their enemy and hits Bond instead he is believed dead.  When M16 and M herself are attacked Bond feels obliged to return to the job to help save the agency and M’s life.  Through his search to find the attacker he meets the villain, Silva, an ex-agent with a personal vendetta against M.  Things become personal and Bond goes on a one man mission to save M’s life before it is too late.

My take:

I absolutely loved this film; it was one of the best Bond movies I have ever seen.  It was on the same level as Casino Royale with the fast paced story line and it also played homage to the older Bond flicks.  My favorite part of the movie was the villain, Silva, he was truly evil!  The acting was wonderful and Daniel Craig outdid himself as the tough, no nonsense 007.  Javier Bardem who plays Silva is incredible.  He is scary and a MONSTER.  There is no one better to play a mad man then him.  I enjoyed the new Q who is played by the young Ben Whishaw and Ralph Fiennes has a great role and I have a feeling we will be seeing more of him in the future Bond films.  The new Bond girls were great, but the true female star of the show was of course Judi Dench.  She brings a hardness to her character that few others could deliver.

There were many tongue in cheek references to vintage Bond films which I enjoyed thoroughly.  (think shaken not stirred, Bond…..James Bond and Astin Martin’s) The car he drives in the last part of the movie is amazing as is Skyfall (don’t want to give too much away so I won’t say exactly what that is.) 

My only complaint about the film is that it was just TOO LONG!!  I love a great action flick but why do so many of them have to be 2 ½ hours long.  There were several scenes that could have been cut to bring the film to the 2 hour mark.  It is a must see for Bond fans and action junkies alike.