6/25/15
I had a better experience with Skyfall than remembered. The beginning was great, we got some classic Bond scenes.... and then it turned to drama halfway through. As I have iterated before, I do not need the Oscar villain, nor the Oscar villain Oscar entrance.... I would rather have 100% James Bond MI:6 espionage and terrorist tracking, etc., without a Hollywood villain to distract from the Character Himself, who is now becoming a distinguished object of affection for me in film. I now have essentially all of the Daniel Craig movies under my belt, fully watched, experienced and analyzed, and my love for the character has grown in great strides. The only positive news for the "Skyfall" business in this film and the evil brother business in the next is that we are able to see the boy in Bond, the child he once was and how that has evolved into the best secret agent in the world. This was a good experience for me. Getting a peek into his childhood was terrific... it was quite dark and beautiful, I think.
I call Skyfall decent, and praise its exposure of his backstory. This was an emotional piece for me. The rest of it involves some good classic material and a lot that can be disposed of, including, I'm pretty certain, Javier Bardem.
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