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.