Skyfall = Great Entertainment

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2012)

To edit the standard formula in a rather radical way may not be very welcomed by the Bond purists but for me it worked very well. The film is superbly directed by Sam Mendes. The cinematography is fantastic (only for this it's worth to watch the film) and the story well beyond the most Bond movies in the last 30 years. Especially to give a little bit of an inside view into Bonds own history was a really great idea. The cast performance was absolutely outstanding. Besides the main Characters Judy Dench, Daniel Craig and Javier Bardem my favorite was Albert Finney – only with his presence he almost stole the show from everybody else. I didn't miss the gadgets but loved to see the DB5 in action again. What I enjoyed most were the many little reminiscences to 50 years Bond movie history and to setup the movie more like a drama rather then a thriller. And still there are plenty of thrilling moments as well as a couple of brilliant small and very funny dialogs in the film. Overall this movie holds the one promise where many recent mega-productions fail – to be top level movie entertainment (in all parts and aspects).