Sunday, November 11, 2012

Skyfall - Doesn't Bond with the Series



Bond, James Bond! This one liner name by itself would make one watch any James Bond movie. James Bond movies don't just have a story, it has stunning visuals, great action, good and a believable plot and on top of all that , it has a CLASS!
Skyfall is about a data chip that has been stolen from the MI6 ( the British Secret Service HQ). This chip has information about all the top secret operatives around the world working. Daniel Craig goes after the person who steals the Chip, course of this action he's shot by another operative by accident and he is proclaimed dead. He then returns back after being saved by a women whom he's seen to have some intimate moments in the dark ( 5 secs max ). Also he's seen drinking some cheap liquor in the Turkey region. Following the loss of the chip the person who stole it bombs the MI6 HQ and thereby sending messages to Agents M ( Judi Dench ). James Bond after hearing about the event comes back to London where he's put back into service after some tests. Meanwhile Judi Dench is asked to resign due to her incapability to save the secretive chip, the new head of the secret service isn't impressed with James Bond.

He's then sent to Shangai from where he rendezvous with Javier Bardem the actor who shook as all with an  extraordinary performance in "No country for Old men". It happens that he was an old operative for the Secret Service and is extracting vengeance for being let go by Agent M during his operation in China.

What was the real motive and how James Bond handles the situation is the core for the movie Skyfall.

The screen play seems very sloppy especially in the second half of the movie, nobody cares about the missing chips and its contents. It doesn't clearly state the purpose of the whole movie until almost the end of the movie. Action scenes in the movie seem long and made me feel as when they would end. The movie had silence in many parts of the movie something that's not an usual in Bond movies. But where they had the background music playing it was good.

The movie lacked any style, it did not have any women whom Bond usually romances with, no BMWs or Aston Martins, no spy gadget  and to top it all no clear espionage missions. If the producers wanted to replace their key actors they didn't have to make a complete movie for that. They could've just made a few scenes showing the retirement of their staff.

I would say a 200 million Dollar budget just wasted. The only way the franchise would make money is by making people watch it for the first time for the Bond name it has earned in its past.

I would give this a 4.5 /10 for its action and music , nothing more than that!