The franchise was using the same people, but the results were very, very different. By adding Forster to the helm of the movie, the landscape of James Bond may now be forever changed. Forster was the first dramatic director to be brought on board to direct on a Bond movie. Instead of picking up any other dramatic vehicle for his next movie, he chose Bond — a franchise normally known for its action.
Quantum of Solace did well at the box-office, but it was somewhat of a disaster. The crew was left without a writer, so what could they do? Could they just make up stuff on the spot and try to wing it? Although Quantum of Solace was a hit at the box office for the first few weeks , it killed a lot of the excitement that Casino Royale commanded.
Mendes, like Forster, was a dramatic director. These elements sounds like they would make a great Bond film, right? The initial teaser trailer shows a burned out Bond being given a word-association test and a sampling of some of Roger Deakins fantastic cinematography set to heavy percussion.
When the movie was released, it seems that we had all been wrong: Sam Mendes directed one of the best Bond films of all time. The movie was dramatic, introspective, and suspenseful. Audiences and critics loved Skufall , and many championed the movie as a turning point for a new era of the Bond franchise. Tone: It is established early on in Skyfall that this is going to be a dramatic, suspenseful, serious movie.
It also aims to capture the same realism that made Casino Royale so promising: Bond was a flawed character, and he was capable of making mistakes. However, the movie is woefully inconsistent with how it treats its serious tone. For example, early in the movie, Bond rips the back off of a train car, and he runs and jumps inside the moving car as the entire back is sheared off, barely making it, of course.
What does he immediately do? He adjusts his cufflinks. Sure, this looks really cool in action, but is it realistic? The Bond that Skyfall thinks it is portraying is a serious, headstrong guy that uses his wits and muscle to overcome. Adjusting his cufflinks after narrowly pulling off a stunt like that belongs in the Roger Moore canon, at best. Also, Bond springboards off the back of an angry Komodo dragon in a later escapade. You read that right. Comedian James Adomian has an 8-minute long bit about ridiculous gay villains in movies.
Over and over again. All that Silva is missing is a fluffy cat to stroke while he chews scenery and spouts out his plans. When looking at his plans as a whole, the lengths that Silva goes through strains any credulity for a James Bond villain. Now, Bond villains are often ridiculous see Christophen Walken in A View to a Kill , but this movie is supposed to be serious and realistic, right? Of course, all of this can be substituted with the following words: he owns a secret, island headquarters.
For example, the Bond franchise callbacks are completely groan-worthy. Again, it feels as if everyone stops and gives a giant wink. You see — you, the audience — you get the joke!
The movie feels way too proud of itself for drawing these connections back to the old Bond franchise. These moments intentionally take the audience out of the narrative. Plot: Skyfall is completely and utterly filled with plot holes. Silva is a mastermind that can apparently do everything.
Silva is a man of simple needs though, all he wants to do is kill M. Should be easy enough for a certified genius, right? As this happens, he will blow up her office. Not to kill her, of course which is his master plan , but to shake her up and move MI-6 underground into the sewers.
Bond comes out of retirement, goes to Shanghai, kills people, falls in love, springboards off the back of a komodo dragon, and picks up the trail to this mysterious asshole that is causing so much trouble in England.
Turns out Silva planned on Bond picking up the trail and finding him. The folks at MI-6 would obviously bring Silva right to M rather than torture the shit out of him or kill him. Turns out, this was all a really complicated way for Silva to see M again. He wanted to see her and speak with her one last time before he killed her.
Back to the point: Silva wanted to be captured. Good thing, because the sewers are nicely connected to the subway systems too. How does he get out of British-spy-jail, anyways? He has some kind of device that is super, ultra, hacker-elite encrypted. Luckily Q can figure out the encryption process, because it sets off some magic signal that allows Silva to escape through the sewers.
So, anyways, Bond is giving chase to Silva, and he almost catches up to him. Luckily, Silva is clever, and he changes into the uniform of a policeman, and with Bond off the trail, he picks the nearest door to escape to. However, Silva planned on Bond to almost lose his scent, only to actually find the right door that he escaped through in a crowded subway platform.
How do we know? He had explosives set. Keep in mind, for him to set explosives, this would all have to be done before Silva even escaped British-spy-jail, so he knew that Bond or someone would give him chase all the way to this point even though it looked like Silva fortuitously chose that door because he had the chance. The lengths that Silva goes through to do all this is mindboggling.
If he wanted to get rid of M, he had the explosives set up in her office. If he wanted to get rid of M after he spoke to her, he could have set up his encrypted device to contain an explosive. Skyfall , to my delight, took this literally at one point, giving us a villain Javier Bardem who employs killer komodo dragons. Bond makes jokes about those and other things throughout the film, giving the piece an altogether lighter mood.
Skyfall opens with a doozy of an action sequence, another hallmark of the series. The sequence ends on a dour note, however, with Bond shot and left for dead.
They arrive in the usual form, with the Adele song accompanied by silhouettes of girls and guns. Best Bond Movie in the Franchise! Parent Written by ctjbush November 25, Thumbs up for Bond, James Bond This is another high-action, fast-paced James Bond movie that the spy's fans will really enjoy.
This is much better than Quantum Solace and on par with Casino Royale, which was a good Bond thriller. Just don't arrive late for Skyfall, since the first 10 minutes are a fantastic roller-coaster. Parent Written by Moral Parent November 23, Beware of sexual content Warning: This reviewer is way off on age appropriateness with regard to sexual content. James Bond is definitely for more mature audiences.
This title contains: Sexy stuff. Adult Written by Shivom Oza November 21, In the film, Agent returns to protect the MI6 head, M, from one of her adversaries. The screenplay of the film is immensely engaging. Daniel Craig has delivered his best performance as James Bond, while Judi Dench, whose character M is way more significant than it has been in the other films of recent times, does a brilliant job.
Javier Bardem cuts across as one of the most menacing Bond villains. The opening chase sequence, shot in Turkey, pulls up the curtains for an entertaining two hours ahead. The film, albeit more of an action-thriller rather than a typical Bond affair, is a refreshing take on James Bond films and will certainly be liked by audiences all over. MI6, meanwhile, gets attacked by a terrorist organization. The security systems of the organization get hacked and an explosion at the offices kills a number of employees.
Bond, who has been using death to take a break from his usual services, returns to London to get back on duty. What Bond thought would end up as a short-lived romantic liaison, turns out to be his own abduction. The war is pretty much declared as Silva, playing the eccentric villain, can go to any extent to get M, and now his newfound foe, Bond. The screenplay of the film deserves a lot of accolades. The film revolves around M, Bond and Silva, and it stays that way. Bardem is a maverick, who hides the horrors of his past behind his fake smile.
He cuts across as an excellent villain in the film. Although, you look at him as the antagonist, your heart does go out to him when you learn about his painful past. The character of Raoul Silva stays with you long after the film gets over.
Daniel Craig gives, by far, his best performance as Agent Although he opts to stay as understated as he was in the previous two films, the character has notched up some wit and upped the action quotient as well. Judi Dench, with a remarkably long role in the film, does a fine job. The visuals are augmented, thanks to brilliant cinematography Roger Deakins and production designs Dennis Gassner. The film has its thrills, here and there.
The finale, although not as spectacular as the beginning, has a big, big twist. Watch the film to find out. Shivom Oza. Parent Written by Aspi November 21, Adult Written by christian November 18, Possibly the best out of the 3 sequels. Skyfall is another great, very well acted, action packed thrill ride with surprising twists. The violence can be intense at times, but there's some blood and that's about it no gore or anything related to that matter.
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