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I've come around greatly on appreciating and enjoying Skyfall, but the plotholes are in no way, shape or form overplayed, whatever exactly that means. I don't know how they could be. The plotholes are perhaps the singular most glaring problem with the film and far more in-your-face than just about any other Bond. Still, the film has phenomenal cinematography, a unique style and vibe, and standout scenes and sequences that all help to elevate it.
And yes, that's the case even with the foster brother idea.
I’ve heard this argument a couple times but I just can’t agree. SF is still very traditional Bond in most ways. You have Bond’s aging and M’s past coming back to haunt her, but most of SF is still classic Bond. The title song, the PTS, the memorable villain, epic action, and the humor was also very Bondian.
With the term Scooby Gang, it's beyond expressing displeasure. It's also a tool to mine displeasure from folks who have no problem with what they're calling a "Scooby Gang" (but are already worn out on hearing that term leveled). Again, very sensitive here to how the home office will interact with OO7 next time around.
Thought this was interesting as it was rumoured Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller have written a song they want to submit as the Title Song for Bond25. Maybe he knows something. Probably not though.
EDIT: Nevermind. Went inside the tweet.
I'd say there are a few more things that are unconventional about it. One is that there is no real main Bond girl in the film, there are only two secondary ones. For me, this is perhaps the most radical departure from tradition. Also, there is the whole subplot about the relevance of spies today, tied to British history and the UK's place in the world, something that isn't explicitly dealt with in other Bond films. You mentioned Bond's aging and M's past, but there is also Bond's own past and the relationship between Bond and M, as a means of analyzing how loyalty and "love of country" has to be cultivated among spies only for them to be swiftly sacrificed if the circumstances demand it. But what it boils down to is that these themes are treated with enough depth that the film no longer feels like its primary purpose is to entertain, but rather to convey a series of messages. It's less of a traditional blockbuster and more of an art film. Not even Quantum of Solace, the second most artsy film in the series, reaches Skyfall's degree of artsiness, even though both do reflect higher artistic aspirations through their visuals (one primarily in the opera scene, the other in the jellyfish scene). And last but not least, one has to mention the fact the villain attacks Bond's lair instead of Bond attacking the villain's lair, a reversal of a classic Bond trope, which leads into an ending that's meant to be ultimately uplifting but in the face of great loss and suffering. We've had dramatic endings before in Bond but they've always been mostly about Bond; in Skyfall, everything he and M go through is meant to be tied to the history of their country.
On the surface Skyfall appears to be a traditional Bond film, and it has plenty of traditional Bond elements, but deep down it feels like a strange mixture of past and present, of reality and Bondian fantasy.
I don't deny it has its artsy, not-so-Bondy elements, but still not to the point where it's any less of a Bond film IMO. Not having a main Bond girl is probably the most unconventional aspect - I agree that's pretty different. Something like Bond's lair getting attacked instead is a unique and welcome change which helps avoids a common trope. I still think the film is as much a blockbuster as it is an art film; it has no shortage of action, and I never once felt like I wasn't watching a modern classic Bond film. You bring up good points about the film but I still maintain it feels just as much like a Bond/blockbuster film as it does a drama/art film.
I also am one of those who really thought Vesper shouldn’t have died, but that’s how it was in the novel, so there was nothing they could’ve done about keeping her alive. The romantic in me still wants her alive, however, and secretly protected by Bond just like the way Ethan Hunt has protected his wife after the unseen events of faking her death in the fourth film. It’s just that she was too good a character to have died. And that’s mainly because of Eva making the character absolutely lovable.
no.. they don't need to pull a card from the deck of daytime soap opera cliches... it would make the film QOS, and Bond's evolution through that movie completely pointless (i've had this same problem with the Fast&Furious franchise, when they killed off Letty - but then decided to bring her back - completely stupid)..
Vesper finally revealed as the true the author of all Bond's pain?
Congratulations for surpassing brothergate's imbecility which I thought was a record that would stand for millennia.
And Gustav wonders why his petition to allow fans to throw in their two cents was derided?
How about Vesper is actually Irma Bunt and has been shagging Blofeld all along?
Yup I'm done - peace out everyone :(
Just made it 10x worse. Cannot be unseen