One of the best Bond movies

Rating: 8/10 (1 December 2015)

After I watched Quantum of Solace, I really hoped for a different kind of Bond movie, and it came in the form of Skyfall.
Where Quantum of Solace really focuses on being spectacular, Skyfall returns to the form of older Bond movies. The focus lays more on storytelling, however the producers didn't forget to let some really nice action bits in the film. This is what you already see in the opening scenes of the film with the motorcycle- and car chase. However, there's also a point of criticism: how on earth did Bond survive the gunshot from Eve?
When you look at the rest of the film, it's actually on a really high level. In my opinion the villain (performed by Javier Bardem) and the Bond girl (performed by Bérénice Marlohe) lift this film to great heights. Not to mention Daniel Craig an Judi Dench, who I think also did a very good job.
The villain Raoul Silva is such a great villain. Throughout the film you discover that he actually is a tragic figure, who is on a constant search for himself. On the one hand he shows great anger when fighting Bond. But in the final scene of the film he looks really concerned when he sees M heavily injured. This makes him a man with two faces and also makes it hard to fathom him.
But what I especially like about his film are the final scenes where it all comes together. First of all there's Silva's men entering the Skyfaal mansion. After that the entering of Silva himself by helicopter (also notice the music coming out of the speakers underneath the helicopter, brilliant!). Of course there also are the usual explosions involved. But the last scene is actually an atypical ending for a Bond film. I think this is one of the very few moments we could see emotion from the character James Bond when M dies. It's a shame that Judi Dench got written out of the Bond films though, such a great actress!
If you are looking for a very nice Bond movie, including both great storytelling and great action scenes, this is the one you've been looking for!