Skyfall

[CDK]

An amazing return for the DC version of 007, I can't say enough about it, great Bond film and it is very hard for me to pick between Skyfall and Casino Royale as to which one is better. DC owns this role, all due respect to Sir Sean but man it's hard for me to imagine a better Bond, the best actor to play the role and his final scene with M was so real and played so well it just tore me apart.10/10 - Great song as well.

[Crusader]

Hey CDK you're here !

[Plain Old Tele]

Finally saw it, and honestly, I think it's overrated. To me, it felt like it couldn't quite make up its mind to be this dark, brooding Nolanesque movie or a more typical goofy, somewhat unrealistic Bond movie. Some very nice scenes and moments, but also some absurd ones. I don't think much of Bardem's villain and, rather like TDK, his evil plan has moments of real dubiousness.

B-

[Jessie]

I give it a B- I felt technically the movie was great, of course Sam is a really good director. It was very well acted also. The throwback Bond homages were pretty good. My complaint was the screenplay/story. I'm sorry but the "X-Agent coming for Revenge" has been done to death as well as the "Steal the undercover agent list". These plot points again are played out, they could of came up with a better story than that. Javier was clearly under used. He came into the movie about 1 hour 10 minutes in. The Bond Girls were non-resistant. Also how are you going to bring in "Q" but this has to be the most lack of gadgets for a Bond Movie in history. The Ending was very anti-climatic but I did like the whole house scene. But I don't know about that strategy Lock yourself in a house and put "Home Alone" booby traps in it? Also Javiar death was anti climatic. So the movie had more flaws than critics were willing to admit. But it was still solid. Better than Solice, Can't put it over Royale.

This movie clearly went over your head, you didn't see what they were trying to do...

[Hatebox]

Finally saw it, and honestly, I think it's overrated. To me, it felt like it couldn't quite make up its mind to be this dark, brooding Nolanesque movie or a more typical goofy, somewhat unrealistic Bond movie. Some very nice scenes and moments, but also some absurd ones. I don't think much of Bardem's villain and, rather like TDK, his evil plan has moments of real dubiousness.

B-

Huh, thought you'd like it more. One of the things that particularly impressed me was how they juggled the different tones, though admittedly Bardem intentionally getting caught was a little much to swallow post-TDK.

[Plain Old Tele]

Huh, thought you'd like it more. One of the things that particularly impressed me was how they juggled the different tones, though admittedly Bardem intentionally getting caught was a little much to swallow post-TDK.

Whether fair or not, it started to lose me almost immediately, with the conclusion of the train sequence and the scenes that followed. The ID4-ish "hacking" didn't really help the whole realism aspect either. On the plus side, I liked the return to old-school action and the nods to Bond history.

[Michael Gary Scott]

My fav part is when they revealed the aston martin

[Jim Shorts]

You all are missing the bigger picture here! Voldemort has taken over the Ministry!!Cue Noctis.

[Lordmandeep]

To me this is not better then Casion Royale.The film relied on a lot of action scenes and the home alone ending was quite satisfying.

[Gopher]

The action is great, the cinematography is great, and the performances are great. But there's a curious disconnect between when it wants to be Casino Royale and when it wants to be Goldfinger. I like Casino Royale better because it sticks to one tone, and here the sillier stuff of the Bond universe (plot macguffin, villain's evil lair, one liners) sort of undermines the pathos of Bond's struggles. At the end, blowing up Skyfall- his family home- should be an emotional experience for him, no? Instead we get a cheesy one-liner ("I always hated this place") and he runs away. Still, I like it a lot. Even when it apes The Dark Knight and Home Alone.

[CoolioD1]

Everyone says Home Alone but I like saying Straw Dogs... makes it seem much cooler.

[Lordmandeep]

me and my friend were watching this and I said its home Alone part 6...We could not stop laughing!!!

[Noctis]

me and my friend were watching this and I said its home Alone part 6...We could not stop laughing!!!

You're the person that thinks they're hilarious but in reality just turn people red out of embarrassment for you.

[Lordmandeep]

Yes and I am still grinning over how DH2 got its ass handed to it Domestically by THG lol

[Noctis]

Yes and I am still grinning over how DH2 got its ass handed to it Domestically by THG lol

I love that THG beat it. Amazing domestic gross so better luck next time at trying to tick me off.

[Jessie]

You're the person that thinks they're hilarious but in reality just turn people red out of embarrassment for you.

A little uneccessary don't you think?

[Lordmandeep]

Yeah I don't understand why are being like that.It felt like Home Alone a bit...Home Alone was famous for the whole scene with the traps in the house. It felt a bit similar in a funny way...They knew the bad guys are coming and they put traps in the house and all that.

[Jessie]

Yeah I don't understand why are being like that.It felt like Home Alone a bit...Home Alone was famous for the whole scene with the traps in the house. It felt a bit similar in a funny way...They knew the bad guys are coming and they put traps in the house and all that.

Please stop embarrassing yourself.

[Lordmandeep]

I am not embarassing myself, some of you guys are just stuck up snobs sometimes... I don't understand some of you on these forums soemtimes...You guys are sooo boring and lame !!! Its like you watch movies if your going to write an essay about them. Its like you all watch movies in dead silence and by yourselves... When me and my friends watch a movie we usually have a blast, making funny jokes and such. We talk about what we liked and how certain scenes remind of us points of our lives or other movies and such. When I watched Skyfall, the film reminded us of TDK and Home Alone lol.I like to watch a film and have some fun while watching it, smite me...

Edited January 10, 2013 by Lordmandeep

[IndustriousAngel]

BA solid actioner; the best thing was the cinematography - gorgeous. Especially the Shanghai ans Schotland scenes.While Winshaw makes a nice Q, the scenes involving computers, hacking or tracking were too over-the-top or silly, and the small-scale action on Skyfall reminded me a bit too much of McGyver. The medium-scale action scenes and chase scenes were excellent. Bardem's villain was ok but a loonie villain is not exactly Bond's trademark. The Bond girl was offed much too quickly, there would have been an interesting sidestory there.I have to say, Daniel Craig feels really at home in his Bond role and while I'm not too interested in the genre or the franchise, he's perfectly able to carry such a film - the best Bond since early Roger Moore in my opinion. And I liked that they tuned the product placement down. With a billion in tickets alone they shouldn't need any of that shit.