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NOV 27, 2012


‘Skyfall’ FILM
‘Skyfall’

If every generation gets the James Bond it deserves, we’re in the running for the greatest generation. Skyfall improves on the excellence of Daniel Craig’s Bond debut in Casino Royale—let’s all agree to ignore Quantum of Solace as an outlier—by making it personal. Bond is rattled by a brilliant madman (Javier Bardem, as unsettling in his own way here as he was in No Country for Old Men) who’s trying to bring 007’s spy agency crashing down. Casino Royale was Batman Begins for James Bond, and this is his The Dark Knight. (See Movie Times: thestranger.com/film) by Paul Constant

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Karlheinz Arschbomber 1
Saw it here in Hamburg, Germany. It was a well-made film, almost devoid of stupid tech-gimmicks. Lots of loving references to London, so if you have an attachment to that city, you will like the film.

My only criticism is that the Bad Guy is terrible. Really something out of a Marvel Comic. Otherwise, the film is entertaining and worth seeing.
Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arschbombe on November 27, 2012 at 11:13 AM · Report
MacCrocodile 2
A good movie, despite the insistence on old-fogeyism throughout. "Sometimes, the old ways are best" and "old-fashioned" popped up too conspicuously too many times in the dialogue, I almost expected James Bond to demonstrate the superiority of reading paper books over e-readers and tut-tut about "kids these days and their rap music". Baby Boomers are aging away, and they're taking their cultural icons with them. Bah! Humbug!

All that aside, I still loved this movie. For some reason. It was pretty.
Posted by MacCrocodile http://maccrocodile.com/ on November 27, 2012 at 11:19 AM · Report
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Just... this. In spades.
http://videosift.com/video/When-the-Henc…
Posted by bareboards on November 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM · Report
Kathy Fennessy 4
Only Bond to make me cry. Nice work, Mendes!
Posted by Kathy Fennessy http://kathleencfennessy.blogspot.com/ on November 27, 2012 at 12:12 PM · Report
McGee 5
@2 You are wrong and reading your own prejudice into the film. The goddamn central theme is about how the modern battle with enemies has to be fought with a cooperation of the old ways and the new. The reason why this Bond flick is probably one of the top 5, or maybe top 3, movies in the franchise is that it manages to be utterly classic and totally current at the same time.
Posted by McGee on November 27, 2012 at 12:41 PM · Report
danewood 6
@1

Wait, wait... You're criticizing a 007 movie for having an over-the-top, eccentric villain?
Posted by danewood on November 27, 2012 at 12:51 PM · Report
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@6 - I thought Silva was the best thing about the movie! So completely camp and over-the-top that he was an absolute delight. A perfect Bond villain.
Posted by sanguisuga on November 27, 2012 at 1:53 PM · Report
danewood 8
@ 7 Agreed absolutely. A Bond movie isn't a Bond movie if it's villain isn't camp.
Posted by danewood on November 27, 2012 at 3:20 PM · Report
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GAY IS EVIL
Posted by thinmoustache on November 28, 2012 at 9:01 AM · Report

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