Retrospective Reviews- Skyfall (2012)

Rating: 10/10 (2 January 2013)

From Sam Mendes, the Director of 'American Beauty' comes the brilliant, sensational, excellent 'Skyfall.'
PROS: I know that 'Quantum of Solace' was quite a catastrophe of a follow- up to 2006's 'Casino Royale', but I'm telling you, this IS the best Bond ever put to screen. The story is simple, yet powerful and engaging and after each scene you want to know what happens next right up to the end. The story is so good that I can not even include any of it in my review. Let's talk about actors, Daniel Craig is on top form as the suave spy, James Bond, being both a physically imposing Bond, and an emotionally scarred one, too. Craig has invented a Bond we have never seen before, particularly towards the end. Judy Dench as M is brilliant, obviously. She is actually part of the action and story, and it actually makes her the Bond girl as opposed to Naomie Harris' Eve and Berenice Marlohe as Severine. Ralph Fiennes and Ben Whishaw were superb in their respective performances. BUT, the actor AND character that steals the entire show is Javier Bardem's ultra camp terrorist Raoul Silva, he makes me feel so uneasy in several scenes that you forget that he's a fictional character. The action is brilliant, I loved every action set piece in the film, the best I've ever seen.
CONS: None.
Overall... BEST BOND. BEST FILM.
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & John Logan
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney & Judy Dench