feels very artificial and constructed

Rating: 5/10 (5 November 2012)

Finally I have seen the movie to see what the fuzz is all about. But this Bond adventure left me disappointed, here are the reasons: 1. The "super hacker and PC geek" is really getting annoying and is slowly taking first place as a lazy story vehicle from "the prophecy told us so". Explode something with hacking a computer? yeah, sure... I am not sure that my mom would buy this and she has problems watching a DVD.
2. Nearly everything in this movie feels like the director or writer wants it to go there and does not feel organic or in a natural flow. For example, why should Bond use a house in a very open area for a fight when he is outnumbered? Just because he was born there? There was no advantage for him picking that building, with the exception of the "secret passage".
3. There is no real Bond - girl in this movie. Every woman in this feels really tagged on. There is no real chemistry between Bond and his sexual partners in this movie.
4. I could not follow the decisions of the characters. "Take the shot" - scene for example: Chances for Bond to retrieve the hard drive was quite high, especially considering Bonds reputation. Shooting a moving/fighting target on a moving train from that far away really only makes your chance bigger if you really make sure that you kill the target and that would mean that she must kill Bond, too. So why did M order the shot and why did the girl not shoot multiple times so that she can make sure to retrieve the hard drive?
5. Unbelievable developments, like, did anyone really understand why Bond cannot hit anything in the mid of the movie, but near the end he takes masterful shots with an old rifle? I don't want to go too much into detail and nitpick everything. I believe that this movie might be quite cool for some people. But for me, a natural flow, believable characters and decisions are what makes a good movie. "Skyfall" was an entertaining movie, but not a great one.