005 said:

006/007

008?

MINOR SKYFALL SPOILERS AHEAD

I'm not sure what I think of Skyfall. I like what the movie tried to do, bringing the story a bit closer from all the "bad guy wants to blow up stuff" in other films. But the middle of the movie felt like going through the motions.

Okay, we have to go to a few exotic locations.

Okay, we have to see Bond and a sexy dame talk at a bar.

Okay, we have to think the villain was caught when that was part of his plan the entire time (this is probably the most overused tripe in film today).

The third act saved the movie. Otherwise I would have put it below Quantum of Solace. Silva was an interesting villain, but we barely go to know him, and his motivations felt a little underdeveloped/rushed.

I'm a little biased, though. I'm not a huge Bond fan. I never found the character interesting, but Casino Royale was such a fantastic revelation and reinvention. Skyfall was an enjoyable, but I'm surprised people are liking it more than CR.

Oh, and was it necessary to include Wolf Blitzer in a news scene? That kind of garbage takes me out of a movie. I don't need to see Wolf Blitzer's face to realize that it's a news broadcast on the television in that scene. That's another lame Hollywood trend - "If we put an actual news figure in that scene, people will think it's more real!"

Gah.