Let the skyfall over me!!

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Let me start by giving yet another applause for the James Bond franchise. Despite what others may think, I have always enjoyed the over the top explosion and bangs in James Bond movies, no matter how superficial they may be. Those that were presented in skyfall is by no means different for me. Anyway, I don't often write movie review in my blog (or anything else for that matter, this blog is practically stranded) and doesn't really understand how to make one. In order not to be redundant with everything else in the world wide web, I decide not to focus on the story itself, but about the impression I get from watching skyfall. Let's all hope that it wouldn't be too kinky. =P

I'll just start from the beginning. I came to the theater expecting an awesomely sexy Daniel Craig in a suit. I didn't get that impression at the fight scene Bond had with Patrice at the beginning. Instead, Craig looked a bit flabby and worn (in a lame way). And I wondered whether this condition will stick with Bond throughout the movie. This thought, frankly, is rather depressing. It even lingers the first time he strips in the movie. But, thank goodness, after he decided to went back from the dead, his charm gradually increased up to the level worthy of a James Bond, although not so much as it was in Casino Royale or Quantum of Solace.

Anyway, the core of this story is wrapped around M's past. No, apparently she was not a stripper. The stolen hard drive does not contain her old sex tape. This is Judy Dench, for God's sake. Creating such past for her would be borderline blasphemy. Apparently one of the ex-00-s (a very handsome one, if I might add) thought that she has wronged him by giving him away to the authorities. In my opinion, he's just showing obvious symptoms of acute Oedipal complex and a bit satiric because he's no longer Mamma's golden child.

What else, what else? Oh! This movie can easily be one of the best bond movie ever, simply because its cast of characters. Everyone played their part nicely, except maybe for Severine. I didn't really get a sexy aura from her. But maybe that's just me. Hey, at least they didn't name her like they named Xenia Onatopp. By putting Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, and Javier Bardem in one scene, the creative team of Skyfall took a sinfully correct decision. Plus they were all in tailored suit. Plus they had their British accent. What more can a girl wish for? \(^o^)/

I love how Bardem plays a sadistic flamboyant antagonist on this movie. As so many other girls out there who have seen the screenshots of Skyfall, I wondered whether the people involved in the making of this movie were crazy for bleaching Javier Bardem's hair like that. Why ruin perfection? That just doesn't make sense. Well, after watching the movie, it turns out that they may not be as crazy as I thought they were. Au contraire, even with lame blonde hair, Bardem's sex appeal still seeps through. If he is in his usual appearance, I'm afraid that he will be too magnetic (as usual) and it will be too damn hard for the audience to notice James Bond who supposed to take center stage. Except maybe if Benicio del Torro was playing the Bond.

It seems that all Bond movie agrees with a Backstreet Boys' song: "Boys will be Boys." Even when you're as maturely charming as James Bond, nothing hurts you more than having your favorite toy wrecked by a bully. In this case, Bond's Aston Martin DB5. Even when Silva has already bombed the MI6, killed his little girlie in cold blood, and create such havoc in London town, it was only when Silva blew his Aston that Bond put his 'now we mean business' face. Which, in a way, is kinda cute. As Pierce Brosnan mentioned in Goldeneye, "Standard operating procedure. Boys with toys."

Anyway, I love this movie because so many knives were involved. I love knives. I think that it was one of the best weapons ever. And only a handful of things are sexier than a girl holding a cut-throat razor against a man's carotid artery. Oh, by the way, I find Bond most 'interesting' when he performed a surgery on himself in order to retrieve the shrapnel from his wound with a very cool looking knife.

Now, for the things I was not particularly amused by. My heart broke when at the first scene Bond crushed the VW New Beetle lineup. I didn't enjoy that scene. It was just too painful. Second, I always thought that James Bond was a code name, because how else can we explain his high mature-charm survivability from the era of John Barry all the way to Adelle? That's just scientifically impossible. But the movie successfully ruined my imagination by showing a tombstone of James' parents. Now I have no explanation for the scientific deviance. Third, why on earth were there Komodos? Weren't they supposed to be protected in a wildlife sanctuary somewhere? I wonder if it was illegal. Can somebody enlighten me on this issue? And last, although many people love it, I don't particularly enjoy this wave of humanization Hollywood made our childhood heroes gone through. I prefer my heroes to be flawless, thank you. There, I've said it.

Well, that's that. In conclusion I will say that this is a good Bond movie and highly recommends people to watch this movie. The cast is unbelievable, the storyline is slightly different from the other Bond movie, and it is packed will all the usual elements that makes a Bond movie. Now, I shall close this review with my all time favorite Bond soundtrack. Please enjoy. Do ignore the fact that the video is lamely outdated and just focus on the outrageously handsome John Taylor.