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Is Skyfall losing its gloss and appeal ?
I've noticed lately on here that SF is getting more and more negative comments from members,whereas QOS is suddenly on the rise and CR is as popular as ever after 8 years.
Has SF,now over a year later,lost its appeal ?
Will it start to slip down members Bond film lists ?
Why,if you think this is so,do you think this is happening ?
I must admit,when i updated my list lately,i was surprised to see SF only at #8,when i thought i would place it higher.
Comments, peeps ?
Has SF,now over a year later,lost its appeal ?
Will it start to slip down members Bond film lists ?
Why,if you think this is so,do you think this is happening ?
I must admit,when i updated my list lately,i was surprised to see SF only at #8,when i thought i would place it higher.
Comments, peeps ?
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I don't mean to seem to want to squelch you; I just think we already have this ongoing thread for this reason.
For me, no it has not lost any luster. It is outstanding.
But,as i say,feel free to squelch,stamp or whatever.
Carry on, chaps ... :)>-
But I remember many critics and film-goers mentioning that the level of freshness that CR brought was more down to earth and original compared to SF. That's not to say SF lacked being bold. The Scottish Highlands scenery and the sighing between Bond and M as they knew what was coming about is breathtakingly memorable. I also admire the fact that Bond doesn't end the film with the Bond woman like Connery always did. I don't think it's redundant if the DC's next films carry forth like this because it gives great reason to stop wondering what happened to the previous Bond woman and why he isn't in the next film. It would still be good to see Camille's doing fine though. She and Bond were quite stirred and shaken up by what they went through.
Where do you have the 3 films on your rankings list ?
The amount of people that were claiming it to be the best Bond film was startling and when i actually saw it i thought,wow this is good stuff,but then i thought of FRWL and CR for example and realised it wasnt quite up to their standard.
Again,for me,i think the lack of a good score throughout didnt help SF.
CR had a fantastic score and this helps a film immensely .
Nope.
People on message boards tend to be more vocal than others.
As far as quality goes though, it's still as good as it was 16 months ago, which leaves it at 8/10 for me.
Yeah, like nearly every other film can.
Agreed. Almost every other Bond film bar QOS stands on its own feet without any need for watching the previous film.
It was hardly generic. The Brosnan films were far more generic than Skyfall as they followed the traditional Bond formula, which Skyfall did not. And no, we didn't need a background on Bond, but the series hadn't done that before and I thought it was pretty cool and well done.
Even QOS was clever in that it had close links to CR and Vesper but that was more underlying than being the main plot,which was a totally new story involving Greene and Quantum,so i think even QOS would get away with being shown on its own as well as CR and SF.
It's still in my top ten but I don't rate it as high as I did when I first saw it. This is because once the wow factor had worn off I started noticing plot holes. I know I should be able to suspend my disbelief but after Craig and co banging on about how great the script was I did expect a more coherent story. Still a brilliant film though, definitely my favourite Craig film.
It'll be interesting to see the fans opinions of it in ten years time.
There are plenty of plot holes in it, but you can say that for other Bond films.
I'm betting that most people on this board are in their 20s-50s and are familiar with all of the Bond films. For younger audiences though, the millennials, Daniel Craig IS James Bond and Skyfall will likely be remembered as one of the highlights in the series.
But other Bond films weren't hailed as Oscar worthy masterpieces.
With Mendes and his pretentious attitude I expect we have not emptied the poisoned chalice. But if Craig is happy..........
CR (except Camille was better cast than Vesper with her acting and backstory)
QoS
SF
Thats what im feeling as well,i think its going to be hard for him to top CR.
The problem is: we already got a reboot and now this director who holds lots of fanboyish sentiment has allowed his desire to reboot again after such little time, and trying to bring back old elements which have been done too often. It was not bold, the villain while played charmingly well was too arrogant at times and had it all made for him easily, the humor was shoved-in. That's not DC's natural style but his fear that he alienated some. In reality it doesn't help.