Bond is possibly a gay boi in this. The "intimate moment" is just awkward and I can't believe Bond would respond like that. I cringed. He implies that he might have had sex before with other men? WUT!?! Moneypenny is black? Q is a young hipster? Skyfall isn't a mission or plot organization? So disappointed. It's like they turn everything that's great about Bond on it's head to reflect the times. They even make fun of the cliches and then show them. I mean I know Bond changes with the times, but the times suck! Great way to depict the character for his 50th anniversary.
The Nolan similarities/sensibilities are definitely there, especially the cinematography (which is probably the only good thing about it). Silvia is a gay version of the Joker, cop disguise, getting caught and "being ahead and all". The island looks like ****ing Inception! The story is boring. Bond retired, doesn't remember how to be Bond, sucks at being Bond. The Bond Rises.
Best Bond yet? **** THIS MOVIE!
Not even mad. Just a bit shocked actually. I guess the director wasn't lying. Jokes on me!
Get out of here, Skyfall was great. STFU.
Bond ain't gay, and neither was Silvia (well, I dunno, maybe). He was just trying to make Bond uncomfortable and Bond brushed it off with his usual charm (like in Casino Royale when he was getting his balls bruised).
The film talks about change but it also clings to tradition. James Bond exemplifies the old and is still very much the same Bond he was 50 years. If anything, Skyfall celebrates Bond's 50 years on screen in a fresh new way. They don't make fun of the old Bond films, they embrace it. The subtle and not so subtle homages to the other 007 films were brilliant. From "For her eyes only" to literally showing shaken not stirred. Also, let's not forget the return of the Aston Martin.
Don't feed into all the nonsensical Nolan Batman comparisons, this celebrates Bond, period. Silvia is a typical Bond villain, Bond is Bond, the plot revolves around spies and the secret service just like all the previous Bond installments. If anything, Nolan was inspired by Bond, not vice versa. I also saw more Mission Impossible, The Fugitive and Home Alone influences than anything else. It was a Bond film, period.
Forget about that though. Back to Bond. The opening almost made me weep with nostalgia with Adele's "Skyfall" theme, just like most of the other Bond intros. The song and animation was brilliant. They never once betrayed the character of Bond. In Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, Bond was too grim and serious, in this, the quips are back and Bond is just as good as his predecessors. He's suave AND lethal. The back and forth with Q, the little there was, was just a brilliant as the back and forth with the old Q. The action scenes were terrific and the cinematography was beautiful. It wasn't boring like most of the other "supposed" great cinematography in other films. Right away I noticed different principles and elements of design. Symmetry (when M is looking out the window and the rain and also the flag covered caskets of the deceased agents) and brilliant color (especially in Shanghai with those colorful advertisements in the highrise) . You could tell they tried to use as many exotic locations as possible, and they pretty much cover everything a movie goer would want to see in a film. The action is there, the sex, the humor, the guns, the scenery, the drama. Skyfall was great. Much better than that boring turd, Quantum of Solace.
This feels like a celebration of Bond while also keeping it fresh and new, the end is a testament to this.
Seeing the new M and Moneypenny with Bond taking on a new mission is just as cool as it was with Connery, or Brosnan or any of the other Bonds. Great film. Great Bond, James Bond.
