The Best Bond film by far!!

Rating: 8/10 (23 December 2018)

Having putting off watching this for so long, I can't stress enough how impressed I am with this installment in the James Bond franchise. Daniel Craig lends a humanity to the character no other actor has been able to do. The wittiness of notably Sean Connery and Roger Moore made way for a much more serious approach to the character. (Note that Connery and Moore were very good being witty and I'm not criticizing them. I just enjoyed the seriousness more).
This is an incredibly classy action thriller with great cinematography. The film has some impressive action scenes, and great dialogue, too. Yes, there are the cliches of fleeing on the rooftops and fighting on a moving train, but this film takes it a few notches higher). I did find the film's running time unnecessarily long with some scenes dragging the film down. Cutting some of these scenes would drastically have improved the pacing. The film features some amazingly stunning visuals not seen before in any Bond film.
Javier Bardem was exceptionally good as the antagonist, probably the most charming and different Bond villain yet. It was quite refreshing , actually. Judi Dench was very good as always, and Daniel Craig is just so damn SEXY it was an utter delight watching him. Daniel has a great body and they find perfect excuses to utilize this. I'm certainly not complaining.
The last half of the film was almost too good to be a James Bond film. It was filled with more depth and emotion than any previous (Bond) film, and was actually quite suspenseful. The visuals during the Skyfall raid scenes are STUNNING!!! This is by far the best and most enjoyable 007 film yet! The film bears none of the trademarks of the previous films - Bond didn't even have a Martini!!
'Skyfall' won 2 Oscars, with another 65 wins and further 120 nominations, which I believe to be the most awarded James Bond film ever. Well done, Sam Mendes!!