An Honest Review...Please Read if You Are Rational

Rating: 8/10 (10 November 2012)

No Critical Spoilers or Plot descriptions Here, so Don't Worry.
Firstly, let's get one thing straight...To judge Bond films against the backdrop of other movies is preposterous.
All franchise films can only be seen against their predecessors.
In this respect, Skyfall is the best bond since For Your Eyes Only.
I don't understand such abjectly poor reviews on this board, however IMDb is the domain of idiots and losers.
Skyfall stands as a bond unique to the franchise in that it avoids the implausibility of 'Grandpa' Bond Roger Moore, the camp of the Brosnan days and the banal drudge of the Dalton films.
Skyfall is a more thorough and sensible film than Casino Royale and Rolling Stone put this film in the TOP 5 of the franchise.
I agree.
It's not the best one, but far, far from the worst. That would still have to be A View To A Kill, in which one waits for Moore to reveal his Depends under-support whilst undressing.
Javier Bardem is delightful. Craig puts in his best Bond.
Bérénice Marlohe is incredible and has more character and emotion in her face than %90 of actresses out there presently.
The only shame is we don't get to see her very long in the scope of the film.
THE CINEMATOGRAPHY IS INCREDIBLE.
No one on the message boards probably has any consideration or understanding of cinematography and probably are so CG'd out (Michael Bey can rot!) they probably complain when their Christmas family photos don't have a robot in them.
The only complaint I have is that the film could have been a little longer actually, and we could have seen more of Bardem and Marlohe.
The plot is tight enough and the action well-paced and dispersed throughout.
I love Ralph Fiennes and the Mendes does a nice job of putting in some subtle, and some not- so-subtle internal references to the franchise's legacy.
Skyfall is a good film. Period.