Day 365: Skyfall

Directed By- Sam Mendes

Writer(s)- Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan; Based on "James Bond" By Ian Fleming

Starring- Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw,Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench

Run Time- 2 hr. 25 min.

Critics Review- "Skyfall does not reach the emotional depths of 2006's Casino Royale, but it features jaw-dropping cinematography and set design, and some of the most exciting action scenes of the entire series."- Eric Melin "Scene-Stealers.com" 

Rotten Tomatoes Rating- Critics- 92% [CERTIFIED FRESH] Audience- 88%

Out of a possible 5 stars- 4 1/2 stars

[WARNING CONTAINS MAJOR/MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD]

My Review-

In his third time around as Bond, Daniel Craig does a way better job this time around than he did in Quantum of Solace which has to be out of the three he has done so far my least favorite. However this time with Skyfall I believe like a lot of other people, that this may be the best James Bond movie ever made during its 50 year period. It may be the best of the series, because of many things; some being the story line was really good, some one from M's past to haunt her and make her pay for her past sins, is a good way to send Bond back into the field. It has a badass villain played by Javier Bardem and we all remember how he was the last time he played the bad guy, he was just playing creepy, here he was just cool and smooth. His role as Raoul Javier, has got to be the best Bond villain ever as well, maybe topping the villain from Casino Royale, who I thought was pretty badass. One thing I also think works for all the Bond movies is the theme song to go with it and I think this time around Adele's song called "Skyfall" was SO much better than Jack White and Alicia Keys them for the last movie, this one seemed to go with the movie a lot more, and I am or listening to it as I right this review (dont judge me). This movie also had some really great scenery and like the critic above said the cinematography was just down right awesome, with some shots being really great then the last shot or topping other amazing shots as the movie progressed. What also made this Bond better than others, was that he was a broken Bond, he was not his normal self for some parts of the movie and it took him a while to get back in the feel of the work he was doing, this was something we did not normally see in previous Bond films. I think that different side of Bond made him a little more vulnerable as a character even though he has lost all emotional feelings for people. Also really enjoyed how they reintroduced Q in the film even though he had a small part, it seemed like besides M he was the only other person who would get tired of Bond's shit and kind of put him in his place. I was really surprised to see Albert Finney in the movie, it was sort of weird to see him in the movie, but he was a good character and was able to put a fight in the film as well by helping Bond. What also I liked about this one which made it way better than Quantum of Solace, was that the action scenes were just so damn amazing and well shot and were also really memorable than past Bond films, and I do not think or they possibly will top them in the next Bond films. One thing that kind of sucked is that this was Judi Dench's last time playing M and the role has been taken up by Ralph Fiennes, even though I do like him as an actor, I think and hope he will do a great job in the next film. I am looking for to seeing Daniel Craig as Bond for the next two films and see who they chose next I do hope it is who they have in mind, and if they chose who they say they want, and I thin Idris Elba will do a really great job. I can see this movie getting nominated for Best Cinematography, and hopefully a few others, since it deserves those nominations.