Skyfall

[lightofdaye]

So I finally took a day off today and went to see this latest James Bond 007 flick. And... I guess I have mixed feelings. There's not much I can point to and say this was bad. And there was lots of action and some fun dry humour here and there.

But it still seems a little... off tonally. It's not like classic James Bond but its not like Craig's previous two outings either. They've dropped the Quantum arc sadly. And have a new villain who more focused on attacking MI6 directly rather than a take over the world bid.

It seemed a little slow in places but some more classic Bond Elements are creeping back in as well. And there are references in the film to 'old ways being the best' and given the final scene... well no spoilers but there's a real sense that they might want to get rid of this gritty real stuff they did for CR and go back to classic late connery/moore stuff.

So well, I'll be interested in what the new film is like

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[lightofdaye]

You know. I sort of want to say I do. Because I really liked Casino Royale. But Quantum Of Solace and Skyfall seem less awesome to me.

And aside for CR and QoS the other Bond I got on dvd is Tommorrow Never Dies; Brosnan's second outing which truth be told is rather silly.

I think its far to say its not really gritty=good, silly=bad for me. its just good films = good. Bad ones = bad.

Also it depends how often i watched them and if I know what I'm getting into. I really disliked [i]Die Another Day[/i] on first viewing. But on second viewing knowing how silly it is I can just relax and enjoy it.

[lightofdaye]

Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies mainly.

I remember liking License to Kill as well but its been ages since I've seen it. Same for most of the older bond films. I've seen most of them but on telly years ago now.

[luna-plath.livejournal.com]

I saw Skyfall recently as well. I actually really liked this one, but maybe my standards have been lowered because of QoS. I disliked the second Daniel-Craig-as-Bond film, mostly because of the storyline. I remember it being all over the place and not enjoying it as much.

I guess I liked Skyfall because it showed what James Bond as a character would be like in a modern setting. It was interesting to see what they did with MI6, because our CIA is pretty different.

[lightofdaye]

Ha ha. Like that lowered standards comment.

Interesting idea about the CIA. They're not that often portrayed in films, at least not as the good guy as far as I recall. They tend to go with the FBI or a fully fictional intelligence agency. Though obviously James Bond's mi6 is far from authentic.

[luna-plath.livejournal.com]

I think it's easier to portray the FBI in a film because they aren't as secretive. In general, the public knows more about them. It would be almost impossible to portray the CIA in a film and not show them as the bad guys because of what they actually do. You would have a hard time getting an audience to sympathize with a character who topples foreign governments and tortures people for information, so no CIA movies. Well, except for that one movie, The Good Shepard, but it's not set in modern times.

[lightofdaye]

I guess so. But that's were artistic license comes in to play. :D

[luna-plath.livejournal.com]

"artistic license" hahaha. That's a good way to put it.