Skyfall - More Like Pitfall

Rating: 3/10 (17 November 2012)

Look I totally get the idea of bringing Bond into the 21st Century,making him more pensive, thoughtful & sensitive. But surely that doesn't mean you have to forget about a plot,plausibility & originality. Some have labelled this as the Best Bond movie ever. What were they watching. The movie opened with a fast paced chase scene which although pacey & frenetic to watch had nothing original about it. 2 men fighting on top of a Train, avoiding tunnels & grappling like lovers designed to keep each other on the train when surely the best thing to do is throw em off it. Its old pap & then add in some stupid plausibility about having a fully operational jcb with keys in the ignition to be used to rip a carriage off. Then when the movie decides to give you the plot going forward about some list of agents the baddies have. Soon as that plot is introduced it is then forgotten midway & turns into a story about revenge. Then through out the movie there are some shots of Bond & even the Bond girl stood with legs wide open so obviously shot to make them look cool, because nobody stands like that unless there posing for a camera shot, so obvious it made me laugh. By the way the Bond girl might has well have not existed, it was bizarre how Bond manages to bed her after one meeting in bar. Older Bond movies although painted Bond as a womaniser at least built some plot in that appeared believable for Bond to bed his girl. Seriously this Bond girl may well have not been in this movie thats how insignificant she is. Then the rest of the film is littered with so much plot holes & gaffs they are too many to go through. When the film looked interesting for a bit midway, it suddenly dawned on me why, it was blatantly copying a plot from The Dark Knight. Then the climax & this should say it all. An old codger, M & Bond carry out a Home Alone trap in a cottage in Scotland to lure the baddies. Epic or what??? Seriously devoid of originality, plot, action & laughable plot leaps it beggars belief. Avoid at all costs, I wish I had.