![]() ![]() If Skyfall has a significant flaw it might well be that this proves a difficult setpiece to follow. Skyfall's pre-title chase, as Bond frantically tries to retrieve a stolen hard drive containing the identities of all of MI6's secret agents, is a real corker. Even Bond himself changes though Skyfall happily sticks with Daniel Craig's impossible zombie handsomeness and dangerously erotic icy blues.įive mandatory goodies and Daniel Craig's sexual pull AFTER THE JUMP. Unlike most modern franchises, the Bond series favors stand-alone storylines with only the five-pronged Bond template uniting them. The 23rd official Bond film delivers… and not just the five mandatory goodies no Bond film is complete without: Action (Particularly the Opening Setpiece), Theme Song, International Villain, 007 Himself and the Bond Girl. ![]() So you'd think at this point that the actual film would be an afterthought. We've been inundated with Bond Mania for months now. The Cubby Broccoli estate, which controls the adventures of the super spy, was pulling no stops for the 50th anniversary installment of the granddaddy of film franchises. ![]() Skyfall arrived on US screens Friday with such multiplex flattening hype that you'd be forgiven for thinking the title literal. This review was originally published in my column at Towleroad ![]()
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