I recently saw the most recent James Bond movie, Skyfall, and I thought it was fantastic. I may have some bias because I am a big fan of the Daniel Craig Bond movies. But besides that, I thought it was great. I thought the plot was very intriguing. James Bond is getting old and people don't think he still has it in him to be a 007 agent. It also brings in the fact that M, played by Judi Dench, has some past ghosts that come back to haunt her. Throughout the movie, we also find out who James Bond really is and how his past has affected him. The villain Silva is played by Javier Bardem and he did terrific. Javier Bardem portrayed his character as a psychopath which he did really well. I truly believed that he was insane. It reminded me of his character in No Country For Old Men.
The Daniel Craig Bond movies is one of my favorite series, except Quantam of Solace. Casino Royale, in my opinion, was the best Bond movie, until now. Director Sam Mendes portrayed his vision of a Bond movie very well. He is best known for American Beauty and this is a drastic change, but he did it well.
Now I touch on the technical side of the movie. I thought the camera work was very interesting. Nowadays, we see a lot of action scenes in movies very shaky because the cinematographer want's to make it seem "real." It's refreshing to see a movie where the camera is still and you can see every move. This is different from the other Bond films. The lighting and the color of certain scenes such as when Bond is in China, it reminded me of Mission Impossible. The lights had a very high contrast. I liked it. But throughout the movie it had a dark theme, because it wanted you to feel how Bond felt. There were a lot of extreme long shots to show all of the scenery. Overall I thought this was the best Bond Film I have seen. I give it a 4.5 out of 5.
Good job, Dan. I definitely agree that it was back on par with Casino Royale. Jordan and I had some interesting things to say on his blog. Check it out and comment. Good work here, maybe a little more discussion of the story and any criticisms you have of it.
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I agree with your review, I thought it was a fun movie. I'm not the biggest Bond fan, but I do love action movies, and I thought it was cool how you mentioned that the camera stayed still during shots. One of my pet peeves in action movies is when the camera's flying all over the place and you can't tell what's going on. It's funny how some standard film techniques are actually rare nowadays.
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