Ah, James
Bond, an icon of action, suspense and damsels in distress, and to be honest,
despite my film preferences, 007 was never really something I grew attached to
like I have with superheroes. But my curiosity piqued with Skyfall. Due to not
booking a ticket online, I never saw it in the Cinema, but I was quick to get a
DVD copy.
Production
involved in this film looks quite complicated. MGM, the producers of the films
was undergoing financial troubles and the project, which had started just after
the release of Quantum of Solice, was suspended. During the suspension, the
original writer of the story, Peter Morgan departed leaving Neal Purvis, Robert
Wade and John Logan to finish it off. In fact filming didn’t begin until
November 2011.
These delays
didn’t hamper the success of the film. Made over a billion dollars world-wide, the highest of any Bond film, on your average blockbuster budget ($150-200m) and getting praised by most
critics. However, I stand by this as a Guilty Pleasure because despite all
this, the story has some pretty big flaws.
Before I
begin the review, I will say this. I have not watched any other of Daniel
Craig’s Bond movies, in fact this is the only Bond movie I’ve watched unless
it’s a few bits I’ve seen on television. I am not reviewing this as a 50th
Anniversary for Bond, I’m watching it as a movie and it will stand or fall on
its own merits. With that out of the
way, let’s take a look.
