EVERYTHING I wanted it to be! (Spoiler? Light References to Specifics)

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 2012)

Are you kidding me?! I can only think that those giving this a terrible review are not true James Bond fans. Because if you're a true Bond buff, this movie is every single thing that a James Bond movie is and should be. It was the very best of the old school with the very best of the new. Right from the start you are sucked in by that fantastic retro intro. Perfect song, classic graphics style - I had goose bumps.
Get outta town with your poking holes in the plot. It's a James Bond movie! When have they ever been superbly tight stories? No one asks how Quarrel was able to cut 3 bamboo reeds THAT quickly in Dr. No, or how Dr. No looks right at James while he's wearing that radioactive gear and somehow doesn't notice he's not a Chinese-worker - they just remember that James defeats the baddie with far-flung fabulous dramatics every. single. time! The same applies to Skyfall. The point is not to wonder how James survives after falling into a ginormous waterfall (post gunshot) or why the importance of the chip with Agent names falls a bit by the wayside. The point is: James Bond is THE most bad ass mofo that ever there was and in Skyfall, we see him as the epitome of what Bond should be.
Cinematically, this film had my heart aching - in a very good way. The scene on top of the building in Beijing was jaw-droppingly retro and so so well done. All of the scenes were classic Bond style - The Komodo dragons?! The train fight?! The Boat in Macau?! Bond's childhood home?! MONEYPENNY!! THE ASTON MARTIN (the whole audience audibly sighed when he opened that door). On and on - every single minute had me riveted and I knew the moment it was over that it is my favorite Bond to date. I can't wait to see it again!