James Bond: Skyfall

[havingascreen]

Saw this today, possibly the only person who thinks it was a painful cheese fest

Way too many cheeseball moments

I don't think it lived up to all the hype! Opening credits brilliant but t[spoiler]he audience knew he wasn't really dead so why bother with the whole dramatic shooting [/spoiler] Fantastic chase with the motorbikes and the sky scraper shot was superb but Q's innovations weren't particularly imaginative and the chief villian's lair [spoiler]was a wrecked old island [/spoiler]just didn't fit in with the glamour that i usually associate with Bond

[spoiler]The torture scene was non-existent, he just gets let out of his handcuffs [/spoiler]

Liked the remote location of the final fight scene but, again, i wanted it to be in a much more glamorous location

6.5/10

[Ms Thrifty]

I saw this today; so far as I know, the first Bond film I'd ever seen. Very entertaining and great value as it was free (Clubcard voucher), though I did think it needn't have been quite so long and that Javier Bardem was simply ridiculous as the villain. But having no others with whom to compare him, I don't know - maybe they always are?

[Doris]

We saw this tonight and there is no way at this being the best ever Bond film.
I enjoyed it however it could have been so much better.
I think Casino Royale is Craig's best and Goldfinger is one of the best.

[The Sparrow]

Sorry forgot to add this:

http://londoncitynights.blogspot.co.uk/ ... s-2nd.html

There's my full thoughts. They went to some dark places in this film, much more serious than any other Bond film I've seen. So James Bond is a rapist now huh? It's an interesting place to go, but I think an honest one considering how he treats women.

Rapist?
Who? When? Where?

[Ms Thrifty]

I did read that the Times had spiked Giles Coren's Skyfall review for saying unpalatable things of this type about Bond, so Cohen's wife had posted it on her website instead.

[LondonCityNights]

Sorry forgot to add this:

http://londoncitynights.blogspot.co.uk/ ... s-2nd.html

There's my full thoughts. They went to some dark places in this film, much more serious than any other Bond film I've seen. So James Bond is a rapist now huh? It's an interesting place to go, but I think an honest one considering how he treats women.

Rapist?
Who? When? Where?

Well:

[spoiler]- He meets Severine and manages to work out almost immediately that she's a former child prostitute. In the same conversation he casually informs her he's killed somebody, and acts like it's not a big deal to him.

- Severine invites him to her boat, and we see her sitting with two empty champagne glasses looking disappointed that Bond hasn't shown up.

- The boat pulls away - Bond must be on the boat by now. Crouching in the darkness he looks through the window and sees her sitting there disappointed with the champagne. Does he make a move now? No he doesn't.

- Sometime later, Severine decides to take a shower. Bond observes her taking her clothes off. Still he does nothing.

- Severine gets into the shower. Bond sneaks up behind her and grabs her. It's arguable at this point that Severine consents due to her reaction, but lets bear in mind two things, a) she is a former prostitute, so if anyone can act like they're happy when they're not, it's her, b) she has recently learned that Bond, a grotesquely over-muscled man is pretty casual about killing people - even if she DID fight back as far as she's concerned he could just snap her neck like a twig.

- We have no way of knowing whether Severine consented, and based on the fact that Bond CHOSE to play peeping tom for an indeterminate amount of time, and chooses to strike at the moment when she's most vulnerable we can deduce that his actions are far from romantic.

- Therefore, James Bond is a rapist.[/spoiler]

This isn't a criticism of the film btw, I think it's entirely consistent with the character of James Bond.

[havingascreen]

We saw this tonight and there is no way at this being the best ever Bond film.
I enjoyed it however it could have been so much better.
I think Casino Royale is Craig's best and Goldfinger is one of the best.

I think that's why i was so disappointed. Even the storyline was nicked off Mission Impossible [spoiler]with the napp list out in the open[/spoiler]. Best Bond is Live and Let Die

[abarthman]

Rapist?
Who? When? Where?

Family Guy called it first!

[psrikrishna]

Watched without much expectation and was quite pleased overall. Particularly liked the tube chase and Scotland. :)

[jamiesd]

Enjoyed it very much after the horrible Quantum of Solace, going back in tomorrow with a friend to see it again.