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SKYFALL--DVD Release/ON Demand Thread (Possible Spoilers)

Posted on 2/13/13 at 8:15 pm
Posted by LuckySo-n-So
Member since Jul 2005
22124 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 8:15 pm
I'm sure lots of us will be seeing Skyfall for the first time or for the first time since it left theaters.

Let's talk about it here.

First impression is that I wish I would have seen it in the theater.

Dame Judi Dench as M--She's always been a huge bitch. "Take the shot!" "So I gave him up and got 6 agents in return."

Chick in Macau casino: Like a young, Asian Catherine Zeta-Jones (when she was at her peak)--only gorgeous-er(I know that's not a word).

I loved all of the homages to traditional Bond fare: Anonymous henchman, the DB5 with the eject button and machine guns, a shaken martini, etc.

The title sequence was the best since The World is Not Enough (which by the way was the last time there was a decent original song). Adele's "Skyfall" is sublime. I could have used more naked girls dancing in silhouette, but at least there were some.

It was almost as if they were going to wrap the franchise up with a nice bow, but then at the end, we know it's kind of a new beginning.

Like most have said, it's the best Bond I can remember in a LONG time.

I give Skyfall 4.5/5 Internets.
Posted by ellunchboxo
Gtown
Member since Feb 2009
18863 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 8:15 pm to
I have it recorded. Gonna watch Saturday night.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
63751 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 8:20 pm to
It was a very decent Bond movie. But I liked Craig's Casino Royale better.
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
21360 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 8:45 pm to
I did not enjoy the " final fight " in this one as much as i did the others.

I liked it as i do all bond movies but did not live up to what i hoped it to be.
Posted by alabamabuckeye
Member since Jun 2010
22206 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 9:41 pm to
I absolutely loved it. Just picked it up on Blu-Ray today, actually.

I love all the Bond movies, though. I don't even hate QoS (even though it's the worst of the lot).
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 9:44 pm to
quote:

the DB5 with the eject button and machine guns


I thought that nod was a bit to much.
Posted by boom roasted
Member since Sep 2010
28039 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 9:56 pm to
Everything up until the final fight scene was great. Anti-climactic ending.
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
29489 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 10:10 pm to
I was thinking about halfway through about where this one fell in to the chronology of the series. They kept referring to Bond being older, the DB5 with all the bells and whistles Connery had, etc. But the last scene, with Moneypenny and the new M felt like a brand new start. Even the coat rack where bond always throws his hat on the way in to see M.

I loved it. Felt more like a Bond movie, complete with the gun barrel shot at the end. My only issue was the lack of a true Bond girl. 4.5/5.
This post was edited on 2/13/13 at 10:11 pm
Posted by Big Lake
Member since Jul 2011
3844 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 10:13 pm to
Just rewatched it. First time I saw it I thought it was way better than Casino Royale but Royale has a little more rewatchability.
Still like Skyfall a little more.

Best villian in a long long time maybe since Scaramanga. Fiennes will be an awesome M. Judi Dench finally got enough screen time she killed it.

The DB5 was pretty awesome and I must be the only one who liked the final scene. Kinkaid was a badass and yes that was a rifle not a shotgun I inherited one like it from my Grandfather.
Posted by Jwodie
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2009
7223 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 10:14 pm to
Skyfall took us back to Bond's roots that QoS nearly bleached beyond recognition. I loved it and agree with your post. Saw it in theaters and can't wait to see it again on BluRay.
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
20866 posts
Posted on 2/13/13 at 11:12 pm to
Can't wait to see it again.

Great movie but the final fight left a lot to be desired IMO. However, the final scene is badass for those of us who are diehard Bond fans.
Posted by Patrick_Bateman
Member since Jan 2012
17823 posts
Posted on 2/14/13 at 8:28 am to
I may be in the minority, but the whole thing was pretty meh to me.

Not enough Bardem, for one.
This post was edited on 2/14/13 at 8:30 am
Posted by Screamer
Texas
Member since Apr 2012
185 posts
Posted on 2/17/13 at 2:21 pm to
The movie did, however, have a few glitches. For example, after going in the drink from the bridge he is apparently rescued by a chick which we are never introduced to or see again in the plot, or am I wrong? Are we to believe that Silva did such detailed planning that a vehicle pulled up just as he exited the tube after escaping from the glass cell? And what was the deal about the shell fragments that he dug out of his shoulder?

The motorcycle chase was awesome but I suspect it was all shot in front of a greenscreen.
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
20866 posts
Posted on 2/18/13 at 9:45 am to
After re-watching it this weekend, my opinion of the movie dipped slightly. Basically, Silva won. Right? His goal was to kill M and Bond's goal was to save her. Obviously that didn't happen. So now Bond is welcomed back to MI6 after failing the trials and failing to protect the chief of his division. Its not like he foiled some larger plot in the process and M was collateral damage.
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