Obit (Skyfall)

[Perdogg]

Below the fold is my review of Skyfall. There are no spoilers.

[supremedoctrine]

LOL!
But it does conjure up the real possibility of
FREE REPUBLIC: THE MOVIE.
a SPECIAL FUNDRAISER WOULD BE NEEDED TO FUND IT THOUGH.

[Wingy]

As usual Perdogg, your posts are well thought out and most of all, make quite a bit of sense. My wife and I saw Skyfall this week, and we generally enjoyed it. The plot had holes big enough to drive a large truck through, and I hated that the pre-title chase scene is unsuccessful. I preferred a winning opening sequence. I days of yore, Bond would have a jetpack to beat the traffic and be waiting for the bad guy long before he caught the train.

That aside, I have to say that Craig is a better Bond then his immediate predecessors. The new Q is as you described, but he had his moments. The new M is more of a question mark. I didn't mind the ending as I knew that suspended disbelief is necessary baggage with a Bond film of late.

Not 5 stars by any stretch, but a light 4 is not out of the question.

[trebb]

It's entertainment for cryin' out loud. I have the full series of original Bond movies on DVD and I can tell you, that once the sheer novelty wore off, most of them are pretty corny with one-liners and other comedic interludes. The new series is a bit more on the serious side, but still just entertainment with no deep-meaning that requires philosophical studies done to try to decide on the value. I like entertainment of the action/adventure/zombie/science-fiction sort and even enjoyed Skyfall. If someone wants to try to pretend there needs to be some really "sophisticated" components to a Bond movie, they should petition to have the folks who supply Cannes with such tripe to make a Bond film...

[vetvetdoug]

I liked “Skyfall”. I didn't expect much and I was entertained. End of critique.

[Usagi_yo]

Yea it’s certainly not your Bond of the 60’s 70’s, but I didn’t dislike it.

Daniel Craig as Bond plays a raw character. I thought his loyalty to M (Judy Dench) was a bit overplayed since the Bond reboot and in particular the last two Bond movies.

I did like how it backfilled some trivial things, like Miss Money Penny and ‘shaken’ martini.

I liked the portrayal of the Villain. He had background and a resolution about him. AS wacked out as Christopher Walken.

I don’t see why the music is such a hit though, no bond theme song is as memorable to me as Paul McCartney’s and ‘Live and Let Die’.

I ranks #2 as my favorite Bonds. Sean Connery #1 of course, followed closely by a tie for Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan for 3rd, then Dalton and in very last place George Lazenby.

Bond women? Loved them all except for Grace Jones.

[livius]

Free Republic.com has it all...Who needs James Bond adventure/sexy/exotic movies any more?

LOL! You have a point. I was commenting to a friend the other day that if somebody tried to pitch a story with the "plotline" of Benghazi-Gate, it would be dismissed as too preposterous. Especially the part with the Siamese-necked twins...

[fabian]

No Sean Connery...no bond!

[Son-Joshua]

It wouldn’t have seemed that a plot like this was feasible until 2008.

[Blackirish]

I thought this version was the closest yet to Ian Flemings Bond. In the books he wasn’t a camped up super stud like Shaun Connery. He was a hard drinking,2 pack a day amphetamine abusing killer. In one of the stories he had to be dried out before being sent out. That was all candy coated until it was touched on in Skyfall. I think Daniel. Craig’s portrayal of Bond is by far the most loyal to Ian Flemings intent. Skyfall is the best Bond movie ever.

[DManA]

The only thing less original than a Bond movie is a criticism of a Bond movie.

[Chode]

but looked a LOT like him...

[Jeff Vader]

I agree, it sounds too far fetched

[max americana]

“That’s it. If you are looking for anything more, anything deeper, then why are you bothering to see a Bond movie at all?”

*****

I AGREE. I’m not one of those deep thinker, beret-wearing film snob who studies every facet of a movie. It’s a BOND movie....Bond shags chicks, Bond saves the world. If you want an Oscar ho-hum movie, try some deep garbage like Babel by Pitt.

[max americana]

I have the entire collection and the hottest broads I recently watched was Goodnight in Man with the Golden Gun and those circus chicks from Octopussy.

“Sean Connery #1 of course, followed closely by a tie for Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan for 3rd”

Same here. Moore gets a lot of abuse but I prefer him over Brosnan. Brosnan, I couldn’t stand.

[CodeToad]

Dead on. It is called entertainment, yet, some people treat it as serious as real life. Nerds.

[Erasmus]

Ah, the ever-lovely Ursula Undress.

[bert]

Perhaps you missed the point. Perhaps the current Bond accurately portrays an agent of a cliched agency with best days decades ago.

[grey_whiskers]

Or, as the Mad Magazine spoof of the movie called her, Ursula Undress.

My favorite bond girl is Maud Adams

followed by Ursula, followed by Gemma Arterton

with a hat tip to Daliah Lavi

Cheers!

[Rebelbase]

I recall being about 4 years old when Goldfinger cam out and playing with my 10 year old brother’s DB-4 Corgi car, complete with the rolling license plate and rear armor shield.

[Rebelbase]