Skyfall

Skyfall

Rating 7 out of 10

It's funny how it works with Bond, James Bond.  There have been several actors play that secret agent man and mostly the one a guy feels attached to is the Bond of his teen years.  For me that was Roger Moore.  He was Mr. Cool for me.  Lots of cool gadgets, fancy cars and beautiful women.  I didn't care for Timothy Dalton one bit.  Pierce Brosnan grew on me.  I know I'm in the minority but I just don't like Daniel Craig as 007.  Sure he has a body that looks to be carved from stone.  He does not seem like Bond to me.  If you are a big Daniel Craig fan feel free to read the rest of my review with a grain of salt or two.

Skyfall starts off in wonderful Bond fashion with an incredible action scene.  The bad guy has killed one of the other agents and ran off with a computer hard drive that has the name of every undercover operative in the world.  It's up to James to track him down and save the day.

The action is for the most part what you'd expect out of a 007 movie.  The bad guy this time is Javier Bardem who was so scary in No Country for Old Men.  Here for some reason they play him as a blond gay villain.  Not sure why they went that direction.

You are reminded several times that these movies are prequels as they have to introduce the characters we grow to know so well (Moneypenny, Q, ect.).

If you liked the last two Bond films with Craig you can be assured you will like this one too.