Monday, November 12, 2012

Skyfall



















Fifty years and still running, the contemporary epic myth of 007 continues. James Bond, the Achilles of the here, the now and the recent past: from JFK to Barack Obama and way on down the road.

Skyfall is the best so far of the the Daniel Craig era Bond films. Beyond a large budget, Skyfall has many assets propelling it forward. Director Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road). Craig as Bond. Javier Bardem. Judi Dench. Ralph Fiennes. Naomie Harris. Bérénice Lim Marlohe. Albert Finney. Istanbul. Shanghai. Macau. London. Scotland. Title song by Adele. Traditional Bond theme saluting back to the Sean Connery era. Clone of the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger (1964/1965), which I first saw as a little kid at the New York World's Fair. Oh, yes. What's not to dig?
    










Today's Rune: Defense.

4 comments:

the walking man said...

I must not be human. I never saw a Bond fil i particularly cared for.

Charles Gramlich said...

I will definitely see it. I liked him in Quantum of solace. Craig seems close to the Bond that was in the books.

pattinase (abbott) said...

My favorite Bond picture. He seemed like a real man for once.

jodi said...

Erik, I can't believe how they 'uglied' up my darling Javier! Sigh...