I went to the movies last night with a friend and saw Skyfall the latest instalment in the James Bond movies.
I think both of us thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I personally enjoyed it because it had a little bit more depth to it then some of the other more recent ones.
Without giving too much away - in this instalment James Bond actually looks like he dies at the very beginning of the movie while fighting with the villain on top of an express train trying to retrieve a computer chip which names all the MI6 agents around the world. Bond fails to retrieve the disk when he falls off the train and into water and the disk and names on the disk are revealed, which contributes to a number of undercover MI6 agents' deaths. Upon hearing this news Bond resurfaces in some third world looking country as a drunk womanising gambler - in other words his usual self.
Unfortunately, the movie doesn't cover exactly how he survives his fall off the train bridge down several hundred meters into icy cold water and then an equally tall waterfall, but needless to say he does. The movie also doesn't show where he got shot, because for those who remember this, he was initially shot by the bad guy in the shoulder and the movie keeps showing how this wound aches, but makes no reference to the wound which propels him off the train and into the water????
The general gist of the movie; however is that M is the target of the bad guy, who is hell bent on revenge. I am not going to reveal who and why as this would give away the exciting parts of the movie. Following a ministerial hearing, Bond is sent out by M to find the villain and stop him.
The focus in this movie is very much on doing things the good old fashioned way and how the modern and new ways are not always the best ways.
This movie is about M, her history and the impact of her decisions and her strange, almost mother/son relationship with Bond.
Daniel Craig portrays Bond very well.
I think this movie has just the right amount of action, unlike Casino Royale, which I felt was just way too much action and not enough depth to the story.
The Bond series was originally created by Ian Fleming in 1964. The entire collection of books can be purchased from the Book Depository.
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