James Bond In Skyfall - - - Part 12

[FilmNerdJamie]

One liners, I found the overall scruffiness of the character to be rather silly and trite, and the character immediately got people thinking/talking about Connery...which I would've preferred they had avoided.

The narrative needed a character to help show M and us as an audience a different side of Bond. To elaborate on Vesper's break-down of him in Casino Royale. That alone explained it all. They took it a step further here.

They have that scene of M asking Bond about how old he was when his parents were killed. "You know the answer. You read it in the report." Kincaid is there to tell us that. Give us an idea of how someone could turn into a cold-blooded, emotionless killing machine.

And most people didn't think about Connery. Again, that's just a BS "factoid" Eon is spreading. I've seen Skyfall three times and spoken to numerous who saw it too. Only one person (and he's a big film nerd/buddy, like me, who follows this stuff) commented on the Connery claim. Nobody else.

 

[Bruce Malone]

I use to feel the same, but after watching it again during my marathon, I think the impeding awfulness elevates the first part of the film more then it deserves. It is definitely better, but I don't find it particularly good.

You could be partially right. The rep of DAD is so bad i think we're to assume from the gun barrel scene we're supposed to be gagging. So it could be a case of very lowered expectations.

However i still hold the 1st 3rd of DAD didn't seem much worst than GoldenEye to me.

 

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