how Skyfall is a part of History

Rating: 8/10 (7 November 2012)

With this movie, we literally reach a new step in James Bond's history. This movie is a real turning point not only in the franchise but in cinema too. I'm not saying that this is the best film ever but it's a real interesting point of view.
On of the great thing in the JB franchise is the opening credit: they give an inside, every time, of what will occur in the movie. And these one is quite an history, leaving many questions at the end like what is Skyfall but one certainty: we will learn about really deep about the inside of Bond, and what we will see might be torturous. This actually is a movie with an wonderful actor playing a spy who will at some point have to stop acting, the same for M too. Those two are opening themselves to the audience, and the close-ups, the pause in their dialogues, the way the camera acts around them... reveal so much more about what they can not tell. You have two different times: one before, and one after the opening credit. Before, this is the action Bond, after this is the human Bond. And in that story you can literally see the novels, see the words of Ian Fleming becoming alive. The story is well constructed, might be predictable at some point but the interesting part lays in the characterization of every single one of the character: good or bad, young or aging, male or female, primary or secondary role part... You may pick and admire how this movie constructs himself around actual questions, actual ones : who am i in this owl wild world? what is my purpose? can i evade from my destiny? does even destiny or fate exist? Whatever you decide, choosing to focus on philosophy over action or vice-versa, Skyfall will be the answer. Finally, are we entering in some new era of modern cinema? Like the old golden age, is the cinema not creating itself again? Remember, the glorious period when the cinema was a big entertainment where we could explore the limits of a relatively new form of expression and experiment, but at some point the public concern became a part of the art letting some concern and crepuscular movies take place. I think it is happening again today, redefining and rewriting cinema as a way to question not only the society but ourself as a part of it: we saw it in super heroes (like in the Dark knight, and Dark Knight rises...), dramas (revolutionary road, the kids are alright...) and even comedies or cartoons! we finally are stepping up from the anonymity we hide into... and some like Bond are doing it on the big screen thanks to some really great and human scenarios.