One of my favorite parts of the movie was the opening credits that began rolling a short way into the movie as the theme song was cued up. Adele's voice pours over you as she begins to tell the story. Images, graphics and shadows cross the screen. The moody retro song perfectly sets the tone.
Daniel Craig has taken ownership of this Bond. Craig's 007 is hurt, and mad, and this makes him probably the most dangerous Bond ever. He's not pretty, or even classically handsome in the sense that previous Bonds were. However, his charm and cockiness allow him to deliver his lines without seeming cheesy, or worse tongue in cheek about it. Probably the most interesting thing about this Bond is his vulnerability. He knows he's getting ...gasp...older. Women are still his weakness. Booze is becoming a problem. Some of his coping mechanisms are no longer working. And yet at the end of the movie he still has a job to do.
Some buzz has been created by Javier Bardem's villain, Silva. Silva is a psychopath who is out to destroy M at any cost to property or life. Some people wonder if the interrogation scene between Bond and Silva has homoerotic overtones. It's more like a mind game, or a test. James Bond's comeback line is destined to become a classic and made everyone in the theatre crack up in laughter, thus relieving the tension, sexual or otherwise. By the end of the film we all understand that Silva is a damaged person, and he may have been trying to reach out quite literally and bond with Bond.
In the beginning we think Skyfall must be a code name for a mission, perhaps a past one that went bad. As the movie progresses we learn that it is a physical place, one that has much significance to Bond. By the end we realize that Skyfall is a state of mind.
by Preston Sinclair
Internet Movie Database
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