{"id":11369,"date":"2012-11-12T16:22:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-12T21:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/movie-blog\/2012\/11\/skyfall.html"},"modified":"2018-06-29T09:27:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T13:27:42","slug":"skyfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/movie-blog\/2012\/11\/skyfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Skyfall"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh my goodness, you guys. This, the 23rd installment. This, the 50th anniversary edition. This one completes the recent reboot of the James Bond franchise. It’s a good one!<\/p>\n

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Daniel Craig’s Bond has been one of my favorites. And let’s get this out of the way right now: I think all the Bonds are uniquely good — except Tim Dalton — but some had the fortune of being in better movies than others. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service<\/em> is my favorite of the Bond films. And regardless of what you may think of those opinions, empirically I am a Bond connoisseur. Anyone who has known me for more than five minutes has heard my “I wrote a paper on James Bond in college” story.<\/div>\n
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Ahem. Getting back to the topic at hand. Daniel Craig, originally a controversial choice, has brought the toughness back to Bond. Not to mention the bad-boy sex appeal. His turn continues in Skyfall<\/em>, his third as the suavest spy in the universe.<\/div>\n
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From the main title credits we know we’re in for a treat. Skyfall<\/em>‘s full of clues about the past — James’ past and M’s as well. He must defend M and the Service from an old enemy. Skyfall<\/i>‘s also full of references to past films. There are so many references it’s possible to lose count. For a connoisseur like me, there are subtleties in certain quick lines of dialog or camera angles. For the rest of the audience, well…everybody recognizes the classic DB-5 from Goldfinger<\/i>. It serves as the symbol of the reboot. James gets to use its gadgets one last time, and then we have to say goodbye.<\/div>\n
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If you like action, you won’t be disappointed, but I was struck by the sheer amount of story that’s packed into this new film. You might think that the parcours segment at the start of Casino Royale<\/i> is more adrenalin-inducing than the motorcycle chase in Skyfall<\/i>, but it’s still pretty impressive. If you like high-end, even highbrow actors, there’s no shortage here either. Dame Judi Dench returns as M, and is fabulous as ever. We’re treated to Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men<\/i>) as a downright Blofeld-esque villain, Ralph Fiennes as a scheming bureaucrat (or is he?), and Ben Whishaw (The Hour<\/i>) as the new Q. If you find yourself scanning for continuity problems, you’ll be disappointed.<\/div>\n
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In the end, I have two small quibbles with this film. Albert Finney is fabulous — how could he not be — but a ghillie should sound Scottish. And finally, Sam Mendes goes a little over the top — even for a Bond film — with some of the sets and camera work. But it’s just a very little, and all-in-all, it’s beautifully directed. When the audience claps at the end, you know you’ve done well.<\/div>\n
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Skyfall <\/i>made almost $90MM in its opening weekend, and it’s easy to see why.<\/div>\n
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I just can’t wait to see it again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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