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I think the chase on the tube is my favourite action sequence up there with the keelhauling in FVYEO and the cargo net fight in TLD.
I really enjoyed the little details
- the shot of Skyfall Lodge as night falls and the sound of the curlew carries across the night.
- The female minister going beyond her brief and carpeting M. Then having to be pulled back into line by Malory.
- Mallory catching Q and Tanner setting up a trail for Silva to follow ro Scotland.
- The fighting Tameraire. One of my favourite paintings.
- The music as the boat approaches Silvas island
Lots of nice touches. Well done John Logan.
I think it's definetly Craigs best and I think they've refound that middle ground of serious stuff and comedy that I wanted them too. I think the PTS was the best bit of the film.
My only criticisms were the gunbarrel, Severine was underused, Patrice was a forgettable boring henchman and the gadgets were nothing really new.
It's not that I didn't like it (like I said, top 10), it's just that I don't really rewatch films at the cinema. I've never seen a film at the cinema more than twice.
Each to their own. I find it impressive when I read people on here watching it numerous times. I agree though twice is enough for me at the cinema. I've seen Skyfall twice and also saw the previous three Bond films twice at the cinema. I will be getting Skyfall the day it is released on Blu-ray.
So it's done fairly well with me :)
I am impressed when I hear about people seeing it so many times. I can't do that myself, if I know what's coming and I'd seen it not long ago I get bored.
Skyfall had a very sombre tone in the first hour and is an excellent psychological thriller.
I think it is a great James Bond story and very believable, The film was gritty and the audience were transfixed. The audience was quiet apart from a few scenes like the couple at the underground station when Bond jumps on the tube train.
This is a film that stands on it's own and I cannot with any logic compare it to a previous pre-reboot Bond film.
This is a film showing James Bond and the reality of his job as well as consequences.
I went to see it with four people and they all said they think the film was a change in direction and in a positive way too. Gritty and not treating the audience like an idiot is how they described it.
And the ending was very sad with M and I felt true emotion from Bond like in LTK.
I thought Daniel did a great job as Bond and did not make anything too obvious or predictable which some previous Bond films are guilty of.
This is a Bond film which will appeal even to people who do not like Bond based on the past films.
How would you rate Skyfall?
10 out of 10 36.1%
9 out of 10 29.7%
8 out of 10 18.6%
7 out of 10 6.6%
0 out of 10 2.7%
6 out of 10 2.5%
5 out of 10 1.7%
4 out of 10 0.8%
1 out of 10 0.6%
3 out of 10 0.5%
2 out of 10 0.3%
Regardless, Skyfall was everything and more I wanted after this 4 year wait.
I think Skyfall is the kind of film we will keep finding details for years, I'm eagerly awaiting the DVD release.
In a way I also feel the same.
Very interesting statistics (but sum is not 100% for some reason). Took the liberty of showing the somewhat smashing results in 2 graphs:
And with all the cash it's taking world wide, all I can add is bring on Bond 24, hopefully in 2014.
paced (although it wasn't over burdened with action sequences like some Bonds), exciting, funny and well acted. I wasn't keen on the overly busy credit titles but I can live with that.
I hope that doesn't make me a sheep, but if it does, then,erm baaaaaaa.
That was funny, I'm glad to be part of the same herd.
There was nothing tacky about SF and it was not entertaining in the mindless sense. You had to think all the way through and the film maintained it's sombre tone throughout. It did not sacrifice it's structure for the sake of a good joke.
What I liked about it is you once again see that Bond's work is filled with tragedy and how the character does not find it easy or gain easy recognition for his effort. It shows how cold his work is like when he has to leave a dying agent on M's orders knowing he will die as a result.
I felt Craig played Bond very matter of factly. It was very contextual to the plot and the overall story.
This is a film that would have been hated in 1995. This is a completely new style Bond film, and not the Bond we knew in the pre-re boot era. This threw the audience in the deep end rather than a shallow pool pretending to be deep.
SF took itself very seriously and never let go at any point to throw away what it built up. It did not lose nerve at any point or hold the audience by the hand.
Considering this is a film where M dies, you can feel her story and slow demise throughout. This is also the most politically charged Bond film especially the enquiry of M by committee. I thought that was a clever touch and added a different spice to the world of Bond.
I also notice that how people die is more realistic and you feel the loss of life. Seeing people lying in a pool of blood is so well shown. And contrary to what I have heard, the villain is not set up to be likeable. I did not see any similarity between him and the Joker like some do. Why would Xavier Bardem copy Heath Ledger when he did not pay attention to what other Bond villains did to not influence his performance?
This is why the payoff is so good at the end. Are you really going to like the man responsible for M's death and humiliation? The man who almost destroyed Bond's career through his actions?