The angel is in the details..

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2012)

This is the first time in years that I review a movie on IMDb. The only reason why is that in all the reviews I have seen no/little attention has been paid to the things I noticed in Skyfall apart from the spectacular action scenes etc. When I first saw Daniel Craig as Bond I wasn't sure whether I liked him or not. I now know that I believe he's the best Bond, after Sean Connery. I like this Bond so much because he's rough around the edges. He's 'more human, but never humane', as I read somewhere.
I loved Skyfall. I loved how this movie shows that MI6 is still relevant in the 21st Century. I loved how both Bond and M kept up appearances (being tough) until the very, very end, where finally both M and Bond broke just a little bit. I loved how the movie suggested that Ms. Moneypenny and Bond made love, but it was never shown! Same as in the old movies: always temptation, but never... I loved how the Bond girl got killed because Bond couldn't aim properly (at the same time I was flabbergasted by how he didn't seem to care at all. How the movie didn't seem to care that he hadn't been able to save her, even though he had basically promised to). I loved how 'the old ways' (the Aston Martin, the radio, the eject button) proved relevant in our high-tech era. I loved the comment Bond made after The Bad Guy came on to him. I loved Adele's song. I loved the lights, the feeling that the scene in Shanghai gave me during the fight with the sniper. I loved how subtle the Heineken commercial ended up being (did anyone notice the 843845 Vaio laptops in the movie, I wonder how much théy paid!) and I especially loved how they did put the Martini tradition in the movie after all (the girl in Macau who is shaking a drink for Bond... shaking, not stirring... without the words ever being mentioned). Like the title of my post: the angel, not the devil, is in the details of this movie. This movie was such an incredible gift. It was a true celebration of 50 years Bond, with elements from past, present and glimpses into the future.
Apart from that, the plot is great, the scenery breathtaking, the action scenes are as Bond as it gets, Judi Dench's performance is.. just Judi. I loved this movie so much more than I expected. 007 is so very much alive. To my own surprise, I just realized I want to watch it again. For someone like me, who watches 100-150 a year in cinema, that's rather rare. ;)