Falling for “Skyfall”
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action
I’ll admit, I’ve never been into the James Bond franchise. But after seeing “Skyfall,” I regret not seeing any of the more than two dozen Bond films. That’s right. This is my first Bond film.
“Skyfall” was so action packed, exciting and thrilling, it honestly got my heart pounding enough to rent a few of the earlier ones from Netflix.
But just because this was first Bond film, it doesn’t mean I’m clueless about 007 either.
I do like how filmmakers over the years have kept the classic styles of the original James Bond films, which date back to 1962. With the barrel of the gun following Bond before he turns and shoots back to the classic saying from Bond when he introduces himself, “Bond, James Bond,” the franchise has stayed true to who James Bond is.
I’m not going to lie. When Craig first said his trademark line, I laughed out loud. And, of course, I couldn’t help but scoff at all the sexy women who pass in and out of the film.
But James Bond had much more to worry about than sexy women.
In “Skyfall,” James Bond (Daniel Craig) is out to save the head of the agency MI6, M (Judi Dunch) from a terrorist group lead by Silva (Javier Bardem) who has personal issues with M. Throughout the film, Bond meets plenty of sources, include sexy women, to help him reach Silva before it’s too late.
Bond runs into many obstacles in his search for Silva, like beefy bodyguards, hand to hand combat with trained snipers and killers, fighting against huge numbers of terrorists with only a handgun, and sexy women. But as any James Bond fan should know, Bond can handle any obstacle because let’s face it, he’s invincible.
For all these obstacles to even come to life, the camera angles and shots should have helped in doing so, and they did. Viewers feel like they are right there in the action, especially the scene on a speeding train in which Bond’s assistant is looking through the scope of a sniper rifle while also being on the other side of the barrel.
The camera angles were a bit shaky, but not to the point that viewers could get sick. Other than that all the shots were well put together, very smoothly and subtle but made it dramatic and fun, it has to be, it’s James Bond.
Now when it comes to the acting, the film’s casting was spot on. Craig is still great as James Bond. He’s got the style, the attitude, and above all, he’s got the class. All the other actors were great, too. They were all believable, very into their characters and really helped in creating who their characters are really suppose to be.
To be a perfect James Bond, one has to stay classy while being chased by bad guys and explosions flying from every angle and above all, look good. Craig did a really good job in doing so. He’s always able to keep the same signature face and style James Bond is known to have throughout his films
I give “Skyfall” a 3.5 out of 4 Grizzly bear claws for it’s fantastic cast and acting abilities, its special effects and camera angles to create thrilling and excited action, and the classics the movie added from previous films of the James Bond series.
I only wish people didn’t set my expectations really high for the film. I was expecting so much from this film that my expectations were unsatisfied. But that’s OK. It was still a great movie, and James Bond still got his glory, dignity, and sexy women.
