Directed by Sam Mendes
Produced by Michael G. Wilson, Barbara Broccoli
Screenplay by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
Based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming
Starring: Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Lim Marlohe, Albert Finney, Judi Dench
Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Roger Deakins
Edited by Stuart Baird, Kate Baird
Production company: Eon Productions
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures
Release date: 26 October 2012 (United Kingdom)
Running time: 143 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, United States
Budget: $150–200 million
Box office: $1,109 million
"Skyfall" is an action adventure thriller film directed by Sam Mendes and written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis, based on "James Bond" by Ian Fleming. It's the twenty-third installment of the "James Bond" film series which follows Secret Agent James Bond whose loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her.
Cast
- Daniel Craig as James Bond
- Judi Dench as M
- Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva (born Tiago Rodriguez)
- Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory
- Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny
- Bérénice Lim Marlohe as Séverine
- Albert Finney as Kincade
- Ben Whishaw as Q
- Rory Kinnear as Bill Tanner
- Ola Rapace as Patrice
Even more action scenes, splendid men and gorgeous women - I was looking for all those and I got it. Moreover, the story became darker than it had been earlier in Craig's epoch: death was everywhere even near Bond himself, enemies seemed more dangerous, events looked more unpredictable.... But like a good English film "Skyfall" may be considered to be a little slow moving... Or too slow opening; however, it isn't a disadvantage - just a feature.
Advantages
- Music
- Daniel Craig as James Bond
- Judi Dench as M
- Javier Bardem as Raoul Silva (born Tiago Rodriguez)
- Ralph Fiennes as Gareth Mallory
- Naomie Harris as Eve Moneypenny
- Ben Whishaw as Q
- Special effects
- The style
- Opening credits
Disadvantages
- Too pretentious
"Strangenesses"
- Seems like James Bond is absolutely immortal
Clue Moments
- Bond is shot
- Breached servers
- Examinations of Bond
- Raoul Silva
- Patrice
- Séverine's death
- Silva's laptop
- Bond's home
- M's funeral
Soundtracks
- Thomas Newman - Grand Bazaar, Istanbul
- Thomas Newman - Voluntary Retirement
- Thomas Newman - New Digs
- Thomas Newman - Severine
- Thomas Newman - Brave New World
- Thomas Newman - Shanghai Drive
- Thomas Newman - Jellyfish
- Thomas Newman - Silhouette
- Thomas Newman - Modigliani
- Thomas Newman - Day Wasted
- Thomas Newman - Quartermaster
- Thomas Newman - Someone Usually Dies
- Thomas Newman - Komodo Dragon
- Thomas Newman - The Bloody Shot
- Thomas Newman - Enjoying Death
- Thomas Newman - The Chimera
- Thomas Newman - Close Shave
- Thomas Newman - Health & Safety
- Thomas Newman - Granborough Road
- Thomas Newman - Tennyson
- Thomas Newman - Enquiry
- Thomas Newman - Breadcrumbs
- Thomas Newman - Skyfall
- Thomas Newman - Kill Them First
- Thomas Newman - Welcome To Scotland
- Thomas Newman - She's Mine
- Thomas Newman - The Moors
- Thomas Newman - Deep Water
- Thomas Newman - Mother
- Thomas Newman - Adrenaline
- Thomas Newman - Old Dog, New Tricks
- Thomas Newman - Quatermaster
Quotations
* * *
Q: It always makes me feel a bit melancholy. Grand old war ship. being ignominiously haunted away to scrap... The inevitability of time, don't you think? What do you see?James Bond: A bloody big ship. Excuse me.
Q: 007. I'm your new Quartermaster.
James Bond: You must be joking.
Q: Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
James Bond: Because you still have spots.
Q: My complexion is hardly relevant.
James Bond: Your competence is.
Q: Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
James Bond: And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
Q: Well, I'll hazard I can do more damage on my laptop sitting in my pajamas before my first cup of Earl Grey than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond: Oh, so why do you need me?
Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond: Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pajamas. Q.
Q: 007.
* * *
[Bond stares at the porcelain bulldog statue on M's desk]James Bond: The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives.
M: Your interior decorating tips have always been appreciated, 007.
* * *
Q: I'm guessing this is not official.James Bond: Not even remotely.
Q: So much for my promising career in espionage.
* * *
Q: Good luck out there in the field... And please return the equipment in one piece.
* * *
M: Regret is not part of our profession.Raoul Silva: They kept me for five months in a room with no air. They tortured me, and I protected your secrets. I protected you. But they made me suffer. And suffer. And suffer. Until I realized, it was you who betrayed me. You betrayed me. So, I had only one thing left. My cyanide capsule in my back left molar. You remember, right? So, I broke the tooth and bit into the capsule. It... burned all my insides, but I didn't die. Life clung to me like a disease. And then I understood why I had survived. I needed to look in your eyes one last time.
* * *
Raoul Silva: Do you see what comes of all this running around, Mr. Bond? All this jumping and fighting, it's exhausting! Relax. You need to relax... Ah well, mother's calling. I will give her a good-bye kiss for you.
* * *
James Bond: Not enough excitement in Istanbul?Eve: I've been reassigned. Temporary suspension from field work.
James Bond: Really?
Eve: Mmm. Something to do with killing 007.
James Bond: Well, you gave it your best shot.
Eve: That was hardly my best shot.
James Bond: I'm not sure I could survive your best.
Eve: I doubt you'll get the chance.
* * *
Raoul Silva: You caught me... Now, here's your prize. The latest thing from my local toy store. It's called... radio.
* * *
M: I suppose it's too late to make a run for it?James Bond: Well, I'm game if you are.
* * *
Kincade: So who is it we're supposed to be fighting?James Bond: No "we" in it. Kincaide. This is not your fight.
Kincade: Try and stop me, you jumped-up little shit.
* * *
James Bond: [after a scene with heavy shooting] Are you hurt?M: Only my pride is hurt.
* * *
James Bond: A storm's coming.
* * *
Raoul Silva: Think on your sins.
* * *
Raoul Silva: England... Mi6... so old-fashioned!
* * *
James Bond: Everyone needs a hobby...Raoul Silva: So what's yours?
James Bond: Resurrection.
* * *
Raoul Silva: She sent you after me, knowing you're not ready, knowing you would likely die. Mommy was very bad.
* * *
Gareth Mallory: Three months ago, you lost the drive containing the identity of every agent embedded in terrorist organizations across the globe.
* * *
You may see the trailer here.
Plot: 9/10
Entertainment: 9/10
Acting: 8/10
Originality: 7/10
Music and Sound: 9/10
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