Today on my Birthday I watched Skyfall for the first time *SPOILERS*
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Craig is the first Bond that I am older than (by eight years), and today watching Skyfall I have a pretty emotional review of it.
I feel OLD.
The Fleming Bond is dead & buried. The classic cinema Bond has faded away.
Time to make way for the Bond of the 21st Century, I guess.
Skyfall was a mish-mash of old & new, ticking boxes along the way, creating new backstory, the Bond theme was injected at points (like occasional flu shots) and some welcome wit surfaced at moments, but overall it struck me as merely a better version of a Bourne movie, and while that's saying a lot, it left me wanting a Dalton, Brosnan, Connery or even Moore flick. I'm so torn; half of me thinks this could eventually be a top fiver once I accept it (like I did CR & QOS)- and the other half thinks it's a bottom fiver now & forever. It was amazingly well made, but I feel sort of slapped in the face. Kind of the inverse but equal reaction I had to DAD, if that makes any sense.
And it has nothing to do with M's death, that was an expected thing, and I knew Severine was gonna buy it (hated it anyway; she was discarded like trash- even Mathis got a few final words of sorts)...
And BTW, did Daniel HAVE to have a military crew cut? It just made his ageing show so much more acutely!
The score was serviceable, but in a Bond movie that translates to: sucks.
And NOW? Craig's too old to do Bond in his prime. That window is gone.
Not my best Birthday ever...
I must put on TLD to regain homeostasis. -{
I feel OLD.
The Fleming Bond is dead & buried. The classic cinema Bond has faded away.
Time to make way for the Bond of the 21st Century, I guess.
Skyfall was a mish-mash of old & new, ticking boxes along the way, creating new backstory, the Bond theme was injected at points (like occasional flu shots) and some welcome wit surfaced at moments, but overall it struck me as merely a better version of a Bourne movie, and while that's saying a lot, it left me wanting a Dalton, Brosnan, Connery or even Moore flick. I'm so torn; half of me thinks this could eventually be a top fiver once I accept it (like I did CR & QOS)- and the other half thinks it's a bottom fiver now & forever. It was amazingly well made, but I feel sort of slapped in the face. Kind of the inverse but equal reaction I had to DAD, if that makes any sense.
And it has nothing to do with M's death, that was an expected thing, and I knew Severine was gonna buy it (hated it anyway; she was discarded like trash- even Mathis got a few final words of sorts)...
And BTW, did Daniel HAVE to have a military crew cut? It just made his ageing show so much more acutely!
The score was serviceable, but in a Bond movie that translates to: sucks.
And NOW? Craig's too old to do Bond in his prime. That window is gone.
Not my best Birthday ever...
I must put on TLD to regain homeostasis. -{
Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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Secondly, my personal first impression was that Skyfall wasn't that bad. Of course seeing as I've watched it only once, I'll be waiting to get it on DVD (no Blu-Ray for me, I have the rest on DVD anyhow) to make any further judgement on it.
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I'm 18 and first off, I love the classic Bonds. Roger Moore is my favorite.
The first two DC films never grew on me. CR is a great film, but as Bond... I don't know. I was very disappointed with the lack of a proper gunbarrel in his films. Quantum was just a mess. I've seen it four times, however I'm starting to enjoy it more. But, like I said, to me it's not a classic Bond film.
Skyfall, on the other hand, was a step in the right direction. Bond started wearing suits opposed to polo shirts. The MI-6 crew is back. The characters are memorable. The cinematography is outstanding.
There's something very promising about Skyfall.... I think Craig has established himself as 007 and with the way Skyfall ended, good things are yet to come, regardless of his age.
At the midnight premiere, my buddies and I loved the film! And this is the same generation that feeds off of high-action, fast-paced material. But Skyfall wasn't all that; there was more character development than we've seen in awhile and that's what my friends acknowledged.
Bond is heading back to a good place, and after seeing Skyfall, I can say I'm relieved.
By the way, was Skyfall a birthday present?
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Like the great Desmond Llewelyn (Q) said:
"You must keep fantasy with Bond, and not only fantasy, but pure relaxation, enjoyment. What you see on the screen is something that you don't have in this world today. You can just sit back and enjoy it."
It seems though, without John Barry, or David Arnold, Bond movies are diminished severely for me. I might have bought SF better with Barry riffs....
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Happy Birthday !
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I think SF is a Pierce Brosnan movie starring Daniel Craig. Just as NSNA is a Roger Moore movie starring Sean Connery.
The clips on telly for the BluRay make it look great to me, but that's all. It does have a big scale, and scope, but it's too generic in that it's like The Dark Knight or something, I can't really believe in it. I do like your line about how the Bond theme is injected like 'flu shots'!
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Plus, a lot of stuff was sort of tossed in; a movie that long surely could have filled us in on some more. Like how he survived the fall... who was that girl he was making love to... how did he get back home... why is Silva allowed to keep removable dentures while in solitary (they should have taken that bit out of the scene...)?
And Severine... she's a sex worker, so he jumps in her shower to what? Give her something new? That seemed even more wrong than the similar situation in TMWTGG, except that SHE came to HIM there. And both girls were shot dead!!!
In fact, a great deal seems to have been lifted from that film IMO. ?:)
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Happy Birthday. I think that I like it more than you did, but share a lot of your issues/concerns.
I am particularly worried that they have painted themselves into a corner and it will be difficult to accept 24 as Bond in his prime. Also agree that the hair was a terrible choice. Maybe it's all part of a plan, a longer and cut and darker shade for 24 might offset some of the obvious ageing. However my main fear is more back story...
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I too feel a little 'sad' that the current Bond looks and acts worlds apart from what Bond should look and act like.(Don't get me wrong, I like Daniel, he's a good and nice guy and in some 'angles' his Bond works, but this is only in 5% of the time)
I'm longing for the Bond of yesteryear a little these days. (in fact, i bought GoldenEye on Blue Ray along with Skyfall yesterday, just to get back to a little familiarity after watching Skyfall).
The movie itself is very good, with shout-outs to Connery-era Bond and one HUGE shout-out to Moore-era Bond (you know which scene!).
I most absolutely disagree that this is a Pierce Brosnan Bond movie though, Quantum of Solace was it instead, in my opinion. No, this is a different animal altogether, with some parts Bond, other parts Rambo. Craig does take the price for most tough and battle worthy Bond.
Except this isn't enough for some of us fans. Bond HAS to be a sophisticated and suave fellah along with mean and deadly. As good as Daniel is, he doesnt or isnt allowed to be this great combination of a character.
Perhaps he knows he doesn't look the part so therefore he reasons 'screw it' and doesnt bother to try.
Anyways, true, as Predator stated, happy we should be Bond is still around , but here's hoping that 'Classic' Bond re-appears some time soon.
There are nice bits in SF and it means well.
One added line with Q in the gallery: "And we're not going to be pimping your leisure vehicles any more either..." would have nipped all the criticism about the Aston reappearing with the guns, too.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
where have you been ? lol
but happy birthday to you all the same
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Next time you're in Scotland, can I buy you a drink? -{
(did I sound like Connery there?)
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Nah, been there. The next Bond film is the most exciting one!
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