Skyfall short review.

[amanuensis1]

I saw Skyfall over the weekend; surprisingly, though it was an engaging film, and I would certainly say it's a good action film, I didn't really like it. I love Bond films; I go into them to watch Bond thwart nuclear countdowns and save the world and pull out cool gadgets and be all kinds of smooth. And to see the latest Bond Girl and how she measures up. A Bond film where he's lost his mojo and where M has as much screentime as Bond does? It's interesting, but it's not what I go to see. I won't say more than that outside of a cut; discussion invited in the comments.

I love Daniel Craig's stoic Bond, and Judi Dench is always brilliant, but I walked out of Skyfall with a craving to watch Moonraker again. Sigh.

Comments

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

your thoughts are almost word for word what justin and i said as we walked after seeing it. add in 'my skull is seven times too small for my brain' and 'yeah, next time i say the word IMAX please just kick me in the balls'.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

I've found a few people who said similar things; the reviewer in the San Francisco Chronicle was gratifying, saying (paraphrasing) "It's good, but another one like this could kill the franchise. One is enough. Stoppit."

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

justin said that he'd read that the idea is to 'reboot the concept'. to which i still say 'um what? you can't REBOOT james bond.'

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Well, they did reboot him in Casino Royale, but, yanno, THAT'S ENOUGH. You DIDDIT already, get on with the Bond we want to see!

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

*flails in the direction of last comment made* WHERE ARE MY CAR CHASES AND OKAY YES HE'S A MANWHORE BUT COME ON I WANT HIM BEATING PEOPLE UP AND STUFF. (insert something intelligent there, i'm exhausted and my body keeps wandering off to paint the bloody stairwell edging against my will.)

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

AND NUCLEAR COUNTDOWNS.

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

DON'T FORGET THE EXTENSIVE 'THIS IS WHY I AM A VILLAIN AND LET ME TELL YOU AT GREAT LENGTH HOW I AM GOING TO KILL YOU AND WHATEVER WHORE YOU WERE WITH WHOM I HAVE ALREADY FUCKED OR INTEND TO LATER WHILE THIS COUNTDOWN WILL GO ON FOR FAR LONGER THAN IT REALLY DOES.'

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

And don't forget the dramatic escape capsule/submarine pod/thingy! I love those.

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

really! it isn't a bond movie without those. or the infinite gizmos that bond gets at the beginning of every mission which all irritate him and turn out to be useful.

[lunarennui.livejournal.com]

actually, as per 'casino royale', you can. it's just really not fun.