"Skyfall" Movie Review

"Skyfall" movie poster.

"Bond's (Daniel Craig) mission is to keep a computer drive that has a list of British agents from being used against them. He chases the man who has it and they have a brawl on top of a train. Eve (Naomie Harris), an agent sent to assist Bond has them in her cross hairs but hesitates to take the shot because she might hit Bond but M (Judi Dench) orders her to take it. She does, and hits Bond who falls into the river and is believed to be dead. A few months later, the British government is upset with MI6 for losing the list; specifically with M. She is told that she'll be allowed to retire but she refuses to leave till the matter is resolved. So she returns to HQ to work on it but as she arrives, there's an explosion. In the meantime, Bond, who is not dead, has been laying low. When he learns of what happened, he returns. And M tasks him with finding the one who has the information. He eventually learns that the man who has it (Javier Bardem), is someone from M's past and who has it in for her." Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com (Link below.)

Directed by Sam Mendes ("Revolutionary Road", "Road to Perdition", "American Beauty") with a screenplay by Neal Purvis ("Quantum of Solace", "Casino Royale"), Robert Wade ("Return to Sender", "Die Another Day"), and John Logan ("The Last Samurai", "The Aviator", "Rango", "Coriolanus") with characters created by Ian Fleming. The screenplay is apparently available here.

Again, I thank SourceFed for its review:

Naomie Harris as "Eve".

That flashlight thing was a problem for me as well.

There is an amazing cast in this film; not only do we have the leads but also: Ben Whishaw as Q, also in "Cloud Atlas", Berenice Marlohe as Severine, Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory, Rory Kinnear as Tanner, M's personal assistant, and Albert Finney as Kincade, who I last saw as a part of "Big Fish".

Javier Bardem as "Silva".

To paraphrase Philip DeFranco: "A man so evil, he turned Javier Bardem's hair blonde."Bardem was an excellent bad guy, even if his reasoning for doing bad guy things wasn't all there. When he was getting frisky with Bond, I kept wanting to laugh; I was thinking, "I can't blame him - have you seen Daniel Craig!" Though many people I know thought the scene was awkward.

The intro was pretty cool with an awesome song that features the crooning voice of Adele and made me feel like I was going through a weird acid trip. I understand that this is the way most, if not all of the Bond films begin. This is the first time I have actually sat through one of these movies. So bare with me.

Berenice Marlohe as "Severine".

I also liked the nods to past Bond films; I understood what and when those moments were happening, but just couldn't place which exact film it was. Oh, Bond movies, how you have shaped cinema forever.

Ben Whishaw as "Q".

I couldn't help but feel a bit chagrined towards critics throughout many of scenes featuring dialogue, because they complained that "The Avengers" was full of quips, yet many are raving that this may be one of the best Bond films to date and all the dialogue was was quips. I don't understand you critic people.

I enjoyed this film and particularly loved the ending and explosions and am actually considering watching more Bond movies. 

I give this movie 4 out of 5 typewriters.

Sources: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF8KcpeOPKc.