Runtime:
106 minutes
Directed
by: Marc Foster
Starring:
Daniel Craig, Mathieu Amalric, Olga Kurylenko, Giancarlo Gianni
From:
MGM/Columbia
Yep,
I saw this for the first time in 4 years (as I mentioned the last
time) and at the time I really did not care for the film. It did not
compare to Casino Royale, for sure. I figured I should watch it again
and give it another go even if I understand you don't need to have
this memorized before you check out Skyfall.
The
plot: Despite him saying no, 007 is looking for revenge against those
who killed his lady Vesper Lynd. He finds out more about the
mysterious Quantum organization as he learns about a Eurodouche (the
best term for him) known as Mr. Greene who is buying land in Bolivia
that appears to be worthless. Bond also meets up with a Russian lady
who has an agenda of her own.
Turns
out, my opinion of the movie hasn't changed too much from seeing it
in November of 2008. The biggest thing which hurts it is that there
was the writer's strike which happened right as they turned in the
first draft of this script, so of course they couldn't do further
drafts as they always do to improve it. It really shows. The story I
just don't really care for. The childish feuding between 007 and M,
the story being so slight and not really advancing what was presented
in Casino Royale, a character being named Strawberry Fields but she's
only ID'ed in the film was “Fields”, she wears a trenchcoat for a
few minutes as if she was a flasher, her death is a lame version of
one of the most famous deaths in the entire Bond franchise... yet on
rewatch I thought the first half of the film wasn't that bad, despite the problems and Mr. Greene being a limp and weak villain. But in
the second half-when they get to Bolivia-there's just so much stupid
it disintegrates like that plane Bond and Camille jump from and they
open a parachute 100 feet from the ground but they end up uninjured
when they should have been killed instantly... and let's not even
talk of the finale with the luxury hotel being built in the middle of
nowhere in the desert. That was really bad all around. But, it turns
out that the now-famous Stana Katic is the girl in the final scene
where Bond gets revenge on a certain guy.
Then,
there's the action scenes. There are cool things done, but it's hard
to make out as it was filmed with the “hip” and “cool” style
of it being both shaky-cam and way too quick editing, making it
really hard to enjoy and watch. I really hope that trend dies soon.
It ruined things here.
So,
with the crap story and the badly filmed action scenes, the movie
still isn't any good in 2012. And speaking of no good, the opening
credits song from Jack White and Alicia Keys... I've never thought
that Jack White was any good and he did not change my opinion of him
with that garbage tune. Thankfully Skyfall sounds much better. I'll
be back Sunday night to talk about that motion picture.
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