It's great spy cinema !

Rating: Null/10 (21 December 2012)

*Spoiler/plot- Skyfall, 2012. An ultra-sensitive computer hard-drive containing the names and places of every deep cover 'mole' of NATO embedded in many major terrorist groups is stolen. The hard-drive is in the hands of a X-MI6 British bureau chief that has gone crazy with having revenge against MI6 and it's operatives. X-MI6 British bureau chief attacks MI6 and it's leader, "M' and James Bond. Mr Bond is sent in to illuminate the threat and secure the safety of the undercover operative's list.
*Special Stars- Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berenice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw.
*Theme- The next international terrorism is cyber-terrorism, beware and prepare.
*Trivia/location/goofs- This film is very special with it's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise. So there are many landmark elements of this film even when compared with past Bond films. In this film we learn about the Bond family origins; Clan of Bond names created by the production for the plaques and headstones at the chapel and graveyard include James parents; Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix Bond. Filming primarily taking place in England. Additional location shooting was set in Scotland, Turkey and China. Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands replaced Duntrune Castle in Argyll, Scotland as the location for the film's climatic action scenes though some of that was actually filmed at Surrey's Hankley Common in England. In the end, the picture was filmed in five countries: England, Scotland, China, Turkey and Japan. In Japan, just a small amount of filming was done on Hashima Island. Sixth appearance in the official James Bond series of the classic silver-birch the Aston Martin DB5 car. First James Bond film to feature MGM's new 2012 logo. The Bond iconic gun-barrel sequence was re-shot specially for this movie. With this third Daniel Craig Bond movie, Craig has still never appeared in a traditional series gun-barrel sequence shown at the start of the film. However, it was shown after the end credits conclusion. The loudest movie scenes was the London underground tube train crash that occurs when James Bond chases Raoul Silva. Several different locations in the city of London were used as interiors and exteriors for the film, some of which would not normally be accessible for filming. London locations: included Vauxhall Bridge; Millbank; The Old Vic Tunnels; an underground car park on Great Suffolk Street; Trinity Square; the entrance to Broadgate Tower; The Virgin Active Pool in Canary Wharf; Cadogan Square, The National Portrait Gallery; Parliament Square; Tower Hill; the building roof of the Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC); the Smithfield Meat Market; St Bartholomew's Hospital; Charing Cross Underground Station; Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College; Southwark; Whitehall; and London's landmark Trafalgar Square.
*Emotion- This is a spectacularly beautiful and exciting film. The night establishing shots are breath-taking. This film clearly lives-up to and surpasses the high mark that previous Bond films established for decades. This film is a MUST SEE in a theater to get full effect, not just on a small TV monitor. You will lose some of the uniqueness on the small screen. To put the theme of this film's plot in one concise phrase, "passing the torch- from the classic to the new'. In this film you see the 'old guard' actors playing their Bondian characters that they have for many films and this new 50th anniversary film plot establishes new actors to be in those iconic Bondian roles. There is a new Moneypenny, head of "Q" branch and a new MI6 leader "M". The film's villain is truly despicable and creepy, and well acted. Also we see homages to the classic Bond films cleverly embedded in this film and referred to in dialog or visually on screen during scenes, so watch for those. The Bond film franchise is re-charged and ready for 50 more years of excitement and success. God see this film even if you're not a Bond Fan, it's great cinema!