Skyfall is the latest James Bond adventure. Unlike most earlier Bond films, the modern day Bond is less a super hero, and more a real person with aches and pains, and everyday emotional scares.
This episode is as good as any other, but without a grand villainous feat, and without lots of exciting gadgets. Instead the focus is to do MI-6 harm and to kill M. We are still handed plenty of action, but a more modern day action than the traditional over-the-top Bond style. And it appears to be a milestone sequel with the introduction of several new actors playing the key roles.
It’s a good Bond tale, but I miss the super hero bond with the gadgets. I’m very disappointed to see M being replaced, and I’m quite unimpressed with the the new Q character. Q used to be a charming and funny English gentleman. Q is now a young, weird looking nerd with no personality at all. But the new Money Penny has a certain flair, and she reminds me of some of the early Bond women – I like her.
Now that it appears we will no longer have any original Bond film actors, the Bond movies will never be the same. So let’s hope they will at least keep some of the traditions in future films, things we didn’t see in Skyfall.
8/10
