Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, and Judi Dench
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Screenplay by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan
007 is back! What more can I say?
James Bond has a thing about resurrection. He is very good at it. After faking his own death again, he's back at MI6, the British intelligence agency, looking for M to give him another assignment. This assignment involves M's past coming back and haunting her, and will test Bond's loyalty to her. Can he still take out the threat?
It's always debated who plays a better James Bond. It's a debate I cannot participate in very much because I have not seen all of the 007 movies, and there are a lot of them, so I guess I have some catching up to do. But I can say, that Daniel Craig plays Bond exceptionally well.
But I don't think Craig delivers the strongest performance in this film. That prize goes to Javier Bardem. His role as Silva, the villain of the film, is a very well thought out role. Some of the ways that Silva attracts Bond to come find him are similar to the tricks the Joker might play on the people of Gotham City in The Dark Knight. This makes for an incredibly entertaining villain. Bardem delivers a truly excellent performance, one worthy of a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
While the story is very intricate and will keep you interested, it will probably lose you for the last twenty minutes or so of the film. It is a consistently paced story until then. There are a lot of sequences toward the end that seem like good scenes for the final battle, but aren't really the final battle. This is the biggest flaw of the film. The end of the film is just too drawn out and could have easily been shorter.
Skyfall is a very well put together film and done very much in the style of the other 007 films. Until such a time in which it is released, I shall await the the next 007 film. I give Skyfall a B+.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Screenplay by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, and John Logan
007 is back! What more can I say?
James Bond has a thing about resurrection. He is very good at it. After faking his own death again, he's back at MI6, the British intelligence agency, looking for M to give him another assignment. This assignment involves M's past coming back and haunting her, and will test Bond's loyalty to her. Can he still take out the threat?
It's always debated who plays a better James Bond. It's a debate I cannot participate in very much because I have not seen all of the 007 movies, and there are a lot of them, so I guess I have some catching up to do. But I can say, that Daniel Craig plays Bond exceptionally well.
But I don't think Craig delivers the strongest performance in this film. That prize goes to Javier Bardem. His role as Silva, the villain of the film, is a very well thought out role. Some of the ways that Silva attracts Bond to come find him are similar to the tricks the Joker might play on the people of Gotham City in The Dark Knight. This makes for an incredibly entertaining villain. Bardem delivers a truly excellent performance, one worthy of a nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
While the story is very intricate and will keep you interested, it will probably lose you for the last twenty minutes or so of the film. It is a consistently paced story until then. There are a lot of sequences toward the end that seem like good scenes for the final battle, but aren't really the final battle. This is the biggest flaw of the film. The end of the film is just too drawn out and could have easily been shorter.
Skyfall is a very well put together film and done very much in the style of the other 007 films. Until such a time in which it is released, I shall await the the next 007 film. I give Skyfall a B+.
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