SKYFALL

This post has taken me far too long to get to, I saw this opening weekend with my wife and cousins in Utah and I’m finally getting around to writing about it.

Megan Urick calls it “Gripping!”

Dianne Dahlin says it’s “Exhilarating!”

Skyfall is the best Bond yet!  And Daniel Craig is easily one of the better, if not the best, James Bond of them all.  As a young kid I grew up with Pierce Brosnan as Bond, and once my brothers and I got a little older we watched the older Bond’s, with Roger Moore and Sean Connery.  But ever since Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, I’ve thought that Craig made the best Bond.  But as outstanding as Craig is, the real star of Skyfall has to be Javier Bardem.  He plays the best Bond villain ever (Silva), and easily the most creepy/eerie.  In probably one of the best scenes in the film, Bardem meets Craig for the first time on a deserted island and presents himself in the most eerie, uncomfortable manner.  He is a powerful and commanding leader, yet exudes one vulnerability: himself.  As the story unfolds you see how he is absolutely driven to beat Bond and exact himself with his once-leader, M.  The cast of Skyfall is well put together and the acting is better than in any other Bond film; especially on the part of these three: Javier Bardem as Silva, Daniel Craig as James Bond, and Ben Whishaw as Q.