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It's exactly how I felt when I first saw SF: I walked out of the theater disappointed, but at the same time, I waited four years for a new Bond film and saw all the amazing reviews for it, so I felt...compelled? forced?...to like it, I suppose. Saw it a few more times, watched it on blu-ray a few times, but it's just not my favorite. The plot holes, the inconsistency of the characters, the story, the action sequences, some of the forced comedy, these are the things that don't sit well with me and put it way below the beautiful entries of CR and QoS. It has its moments, but most of those lie with cool shots, great lines, outfits, and the cinematography; things that should be appreciated after the aforementioned key elements that make up the film.
I think your right about that. :)>-
Skyfall is still one of the best Bond films, in my opinion. Casino Royale is, too. QOS is not. I do enjoy Skyfall as much now as I first did.
Me too, I enjoy it as much as the first time I saw it, some people just don't like the fact it was so successful and can't understand it's reception because they don't like it. It's success winds people up, it's getting the same treatment as The Dark Knight did when the dust settled and for me that films stands up pretty well despite it's plot holes.
I've seen this SF plot holes comments so much it's getting tiring, practically all the series has plot holes, blockbusters full stop are riddled with them, it's not some new concept that Skyfall invented, the way you hear people banging on it about here you'd think SF had the worse pot holes in history of film.
Yes the DC era is grittier and set in a more real world but when all said and done it's a bloody James Bond film and last thing we want is too much reality, they are supposed to be escapist fun aren't they?
I'll take the plot holes over crow barring in cliches for the sake of it like they did previous other era's of the series.
Personally I came out SF buzzing. I loved it then and, although I see some of the narrative flaws more now, I still think its WELL ACTED, exciting, well shot and even funny.
Worse, once I heard the "home alone" moniker used to describe the showdown in the empty Skyfall stately pile I've never been able to shake this from my mind when I watch it! I actually don't have any issues with DC or Adele's part in it all but the find-a-way-to-send-off-M-with-a-bang plot just doesn't do it for me. If anything, both Bond and Q failed miserably in their jobs this outing and their evidence of grave fallibility (incompetence?) just doesn't fit well into a Bond story.
At the multiplex screening the first time out, just at the end scene with Silva holding a gun to M's head, a noise I believed was the empty chamber being 'shot' into M, gave me an interesting twist only to realise it was a member of the audience nearby buggering about. That would've given an interesting spin on Silva's motivations. To be frank maybe it did happen but on subsequent viewings I haven't been that bothered to check!!
Casino Royale is a much better Craig outing; maybe the only way for DC is downwards as for me, Skyfall is only an average Bond sorry.
DUMB is when you are riding a fake CG wave or watching a pigeon double-taking.
I don't think odd, questionable choices like that are simple nit-picking. Both of those decisions didn't make sense and seem out of character for characters who almost always seemed so certain that they know what they're doing.
"I find this business of equipping you in the field...on the run as it were...highly irregular"
What made him soften up to Bond by LTK? :))
0K, what exactly is it what is so ridiculous about Ms' actions? When she goes in the field to join Electra her motivations are quite conceivable, since she is so emotional attached because of the things,that happened in the past. This is not comparable to all the dumbness that leads to SFs ' showdown, especially since she had her bodyguards with her in TWINE and no real reason to suspect what was coming. SF on the other hand ....
Q never cared for Bond. Since GF his attitude toward Bond is that he considered the field operatives to be coddled children in the Mi6 stable. He seemed to be put off by Bonds snobbery and his lack of regard for the gadgets he worked so hard to perfect. On more than one occasion, Roger Moore's Bond seemed to go out of his way to irritate the old gent.
By LTK maybe age had softened Q.
I dunno....
The only time I saw M in the field and sort of bought it was LTK.
I wouldn't say snobbery, more Bond's blatant disrespect.
What does LTK have to do with anything? We're talking about SF.
Like I said, I find SF not a waste of my time. I enjoy the film despite the plot holes and ludicrous parts (or Bond's invicibility this is what taints the film for me) but lets sit back and enjoy the ride.
It is when a film insults my intelligence (jump the shark, or nuke the fridge, or whatever you call it) when I shut down.
And lots of Bond films do just that. No, we are not overlooking the flaws in LTK, DAF, GF etc we're just talking SF here.
M said it herself! To many peole is dying because of her, that's why Bond takes her to Skyfall. Calvin Dyson says in one of his vids that even if she had stayed in London with some bodyguards, Silva would still find a way to kill them all.
Well, MR is my favourite and SF is my second favourite so maybe I'm all for the "silly" ones! Do you really think that SF is silly?! :-O
Pretty much. ;;)
Well, I'm in shock... ;)
However, it remains one of my favorites.
There isn't going to be a film that every single person rates highly.
That's true... :)>-