A terrific 'modern' Bond. A long way from 'best ever' though.

Rating: 7/10 (28 October 2012)

OK, no detailed plot dissection here. Yes of course there are holes, but sit back and drink it in.
It is a proper Bond movie, it has the visuals, it has the action and it does have the girls, but all in a post Casino Royale style.
Strong storyline and three dimensional characters. Javier Bardem's Silva is very close to being a 'classic' Bond Villain, if only the scriptwriters had thought a little bigger.
And there it is. For those of us brought up on Bond in the 60's and 70's, the current fashion of 'grittier, more realistic, Bourne-esque' films will never completely satisfy us.
Bond lost it's way really from the later Moore films ( though I personally think the two Dalton's are criminally underrated), but I still don't quite understand why the gadgets and volcano- dwelling villains with their eyes in World domination have been discarded.
Bardem's portrayal of Silva is excellent; twisted, super intelligent and ruthless, but seemingly all he wants is a spot of personal revenge. Fine, but being the instigator of World War 3 is surely a little more exciting?
Christopher Nolan made the perfect modern Bond movie with 'The Dark Knight Rises' and I for one would love to see him get a crack at a Bond sometime soon.
But I digress. Skyfall is streets ahead of Quantum of Solace, probably not as good as Casino Royale, but is a decent addition to the modern era franchise. Well worth seeing.