Don't Believe The Hype

Rating: 1/10 (6 November 2012)

This is by far the worst Bond movie of all time. Unlike the rest of the world I enjoyed QoS. The car chase, fight scene in Haiti, the boat chase, aircraft scene and the amazing fight scene in Siena, Italy. The editing ruined the film and the villain could have been better. As for Casino Royale it was an OK film, great opening but some scenes went on far too long such as the card game, airport chase where somehow the brakes fail but the tanker still stops (silly) and the Vienna scene. Now back to Skyfall,this movie is a huge let down and it seems that old friends from previous movies such as Road of Perdition have come together to earn millions and make a stupid film which with a few jokes could have easily been Johnny English 3. The opening scene is boring and too long, why is Naomi Harris even in that scene? She is annoying and the way she says the word "shot" is irritating. Sam Mendes blows up the DB5 so that it cannot be featured in future Bond movies which is a shame, unless it gets restored but will never be the same. The Shanghai scene is pointless. This movie had the same budget as the new Total Recall movie which has a good cast list, amazing stunts, epic CGI and a better script. So where did all the money in Skyfall go? The villain looks like the Batman Joker and the Tube blow up scene is just so stupid, how did he even know that Bond would stop at that exact spot? Javier Bardem with that awful blond hair gets in and out of cars and the Home Alone ending seemed to go on forever, I'm not sure if M died of her wound or boredom, this could have been a better movie with a better script and a director that wasn't trying to turn Bond into The Dark Knight. Soundtrack was dull too. Still not sure if Adele was singing about Bond or her pregnancy, the song and lyrics feel as if it was done during a lunch break. The film looks and feels cheap. Dr No remains the best Bond movie ever with The Spy Who Loved Me a close second. The old Bond films where a villain lives in a volcano and builds space shuttles was more convincing and more believable than this rubbish and that is saying something! I can understand there being no gadgets as Bond himself IS the gadget but it would have been nice to see some tech rather than a gun that has Audi R8 headlamps. Best part of the movie was the Macau casino dialogue scene with Severine, dark and twisted. Would have been nice if the new M at the very end of the movie asked Bond to escort The Queen to the London Olympics and bond replies "I'll do my best". But the people who made this movie have no sense of what Bond is about or movie making imagination. I've seen better wedding videos than this very dull movie.