Time for Craig to get out while there's still applause.

Rating: 4/10 (27 November 2012)

After looking at the rave reviews I seriously wonder if I saw the same movie. This isn't all that good. Maybe critics are just relieved that it's easier to follow than QoS.
Poor Craig has landed the role of a lifetime but has once again been told to play Bond as a thug (sorry blunt instrument)jumping from fight sequence to fight sequence. Am the only one tired of motorcycle chases through crowds and fights on tops of trains?
I don't blame Craig at all. He isn't writing the script and he's just an actor being paid to do a job. I think it's clear he's not happy in the role and if reports of him wanting out are accurate (admittedly dated before the big box office of this movie)then I don't blame him at all.
The only acting he gets to do is when he's getting close ups and breathing deeply to show... some sort of emotional depth?
My other big problem with Skyfall is 'M'. Although I agree that Dame Judi Dench is a great actress I have always felt that she has been horribly written. The character always felt forced and tried too hard to show she was strong and ruthless but to me it always looked contrived and silly.
In reality she wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes as head of MI6. As well as routinely insulting, undermining and threatening her most loyal agent in every movie, she has also presided over MI6 HQ being blown up twice, got herself kidnapped, risked funding terrorism in Casino Royale,failing to get Le Chiffre, not knowing MI6 had been thoroughly penetrated by Quantum and risking her life in the field instead of staying at her desk in London and checking stuff!
For me the best part of the movie was when Mallory played by Ralph Fiennes (real James Bond fans will know who Mallory is) has the conversation with her that should have happened many movies ago!
In my opinion 'M' shouldn't be a character at all in the Bond universe. The characters should be 1) Bond 2) Main villain 3) Bond girl.
Unfortunately Skyfall is pretty much about 'M' (who shouldn't be a character but has been given one)and her relationship with Bond (who should be given a character but hasn't got one).
We have a villain in the form of Javier Bardem who seems to have drawn inspiration from Christmas Panto and the Joker in the Dark Knight. I guess they needed someone to light up the dullness and the nihilism of the reboot Bond.
Some have compared Skyfall to the 'The Dark Knight Rises' which I can see but Bond has always taken things from other movies. What does bother me is how they even stole whole lines from TDKR such as 'There's a storm coming'. It's not even subtle.
To say I found Skyfall disappointing is an understatement. Bond is not a character, 'M' shouldn't have been given a movie to herself and Javier Bardem looks like he's just happy to collect his paycheck and return to real acting in another movie.
At the moment this movie is getting great reviews but I think that time will not be so kind to this movie.