Last night was our once every month or two date night (yay!!) and we had this one planned in advance since it was opening weekend for the latest installment in the James Bond series (we love 007...I even bought the hubs the entire collection for Christmas one year and each time a new one comes out on video, I add to that collection).
I love Daniel Craig as James Bond. When he was first announced as the latest Bond....I wasn't thrilled (and at that time, I didn't know who the heck he even was). Not a fan of blonde men and it just didn't seem fitting that James Bond would be a blonde. However, I saw Casino Royale and instant fan of Daniel Craig as James Bond. In my opinion, he kinda took away that cheesiness factor that always seemed to be a small part of the whole James Bond franchise. A tougher 007. Not so much about banging as many chicks as possible. I loved LOVED Casino Royale. Quantum of Solace wasn't bad either...but the action in the one was nearly enough to leave a person exhausted. Skyfall, however...
I've thought about this over the last 24 hours. It was...okay. But it wasn't what I would consider to be a great James Bond movie. Some element was missing...can't exactly put my finger on it...but something was just not right. Many of the reviews I saw, or the headlines of those reviews at least said this was the best Bond movie ever. Um...not in my opinion. It was very far removed from typical Bond save for the over the top Bond villain (Javier Bardiem...dude was extremely creeptastic). Maybe if it was packaged as something other than a 007 movie I might have liked it more...or just not have bothered. I don't want to give away the ending, but we were disappointed...saddened even. New characters...and new faces for familiar characters were introduced. Some a breath of fresh air...others? A little on the snaggle tooth side.
I'm curious to see what the next one will be like a few years from now. I'm assuming that it will likely be Daniel Craig's last turn at Bond since he is getting too old for the role.
On a side note...we saw the movie in a Rave Extreme theater. Apparently it is supposed to be comparable to IMAX. Had we not go there so late (awesome dinner before hand that led to us getting to the theater right before show time) and sat further back (we were right in front) it would probably have been worth the few extra bucks for the tickets. But as it was, seat backs were directly in our view of the screen and that was rather annoying. And with a screen that huge, and sitting that close up...kind of a pain in the ass. A lot of the scenes in the movie were dark so that when daylight or a fire appeared on the screen, it was nearly blinding. Not so good.
I love Daniel Craig as James Bond. When he was first announced as the latest Bond....I wasn't thrilled (and at that time, I didn't know who the heck he even was). Not a fan of blonde men and it just didn't seem fitting that James Bond would be a blonde. However, I saw Casino Royale and instant fan of Daniel Craig as James Bond. In my opinion, he kinda took away that cheesiness factor that always seemed to be a small part of the whole James Bond franchise. A tougher 007. Not so much about banging as many chicks as possible. I loved LOVED Casino Royale. Quantum of Solace wasn't bad either...but the action in the one was nearly enough to leave a person exhausted. Skyfall, however...
I've thought about this over the last 24 hours. It was...okay. But it wasn't what I would consider to be a great James Bond movie. Some element was missing...can't exactly put my finger on it...but something was just not right. Many of the reviews I saw, or the headlines of those reviews at least said this was the best Bond movie ever. Um...not in my opinion. It was very far removed from typical Bond save for the over the top Bond villain (Javier Bardiem...dude was extremely creeptastic). Maybe if it was packaged as something other than a 007 movie I might have liked it more...or just not have bothered. I don't want to give away the ending, but we were disappointed...saddened even. New characters...and new faces for familiar characters were introduced. Some a breath of fresh air...others? A little on the snaggle tooth side.
I'm curious to see what the next one will be like a few years from now. I'm assuming that it will likely be Daniel Craig's last turn at Bond since he is getting too old for the role.
On a side note...we saw the movie in a Rave Extreme theater. Apparently it is supposed to be comparable to IMAX. Had we not go there so late (awesome dinner before hand that led to us getting to the theater right before show time) and sat further back (we were right in front) it would probably have been worth the few extra bucks for the tickets. But as it was, seat backs were directly in our view of the screen and that was rather annoying. And with a screen that huge, and sitting that close up...kind of a pain in the ass. A lot of the scenes in the movie were dark so that when daylight or a fire appeared on the screen, it was nearly blinding. Not so good.
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