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| Genre | Action & Adventure |
| Format | Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, Widescreen, Digital_copy |
| Contributor | Javier Bardem, Sam Mendes, Albert Finney, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes, Berenice Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, Daniel Craig See more |
| Language | English |
| Runtime | 2 hours and 23 minutes |
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Daniel Craig is back as James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.
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For longtime viewers of the James Bond films, one of the larger pleasures of the series--aside from the eternally awesome jetpacks and ejector seats--has been watching it adapt itself to the times, scooting its unflappable central character past the Cold War to the Disco Age to beyond the Millennium seemingly without breaking a sweat. Skyfall, Daniel Craig's third turn in the tux, lands itself firmly in the utmost tier of the franchise, delivering the expected goods as well as a rather unusual vein of introspection. Celebrating the 50th year of Bond's existence, it continues cultivating the gritty, back-to-basics vibe of Casino Royale, while also slowly letting some of the more fancifully escapist elements in through the filters. Kicking off with a humdinger of a car/bike/train chase in Istanbul, the plot finds an aging 007 on uneasy footing, struggling to get back in the game while his boss M (a magnificent Judi Dench) is marked for death by a mysterious assassin. As Bond draws closer to his target (Javier Bardem, having an absolute blast), he uncovers some details that draw uncomfortably close to his own origins. Director Sam Mendes, an Oscar winner for American Beauty, ably brings his game to the blockbuster level, keeping the globe-hopping narrative moving at a swift pace while also allowing plenty of room for the cast (including newcomers Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris) to do their thing. For all of the talent assembled on both sides of the camera, however, Skyfall's true MVP proves to be director of photography Roger Deakins, who gives an astonishingly ravishing look to the proceedings, culminating in a battle in a Shanghai skyscraper that may very well be the best fight scene the series has ever had. By the time of the surprisingly moving finale, set in a location far, far away from the standard Evil Lair, Mendes and Craig and Co. have reminded the viewer of exactly what these films can do. Where it ends is a perfect beginning. Extras on the disc include a wry and informative director's track, a more laid-back commentary from the producers and production designer, and an exhaustively detailed look behind the scenes. If you want to learn more about Bardem's wig, that information is available. --Andrew Wright
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- Aspect Ratio : 2.40:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.6 x 5.4 x 6.7 inches; 0.32 Ounces
- Item model number : MGMV128541BR
- Director : Sam Mendes
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Color, Widescreen, Digital_copy
- Run time : 2 hours and 23 minutes
- Release date : February 12, 2013
- Actors : Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris
- Dubbed: : French, Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish, Bambara
- Studio : Twentieth Century Fox
- ASIN : B007REV4YI
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #13,838 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #475 in Mystery & Thrillers (Movies & TV)
- #1,608 in Action & Adventure Blu-ray Discs
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Daniel Craig would not have been my choice for Bond. Thank goodness it wasn't my choice to make. Craig was superb here, as were the supporting cast. There was no mugging for the camera, gratuitous sex, ridiculous bad guys, or moronic action sequences. All the traditional Bond aspects were here, but they were played straight. No Matt Helm caricature, faux sentimentality, or contrived chase scenes ruined this picture.
Directing, lighting, editing, casting, stunts, and cinematography were all excellent. If you are a fan of a sensible, hard-nosed, professional, and subtly witty Bond, this may be the movie for you
A second thing perplexing about me... One of the things I detest about "Hollywood" and "TV" is the fairly broad obsession with "morbid curiosity." I have never understood how humans have a capacity for it, and it seems far more common than what I have ever been comfortable with, making finding good films and shows difficult to find. It seems most that have violent elements are entirely too macabre -- far more macabre than what is necessary to tell the story. Part of what I have liked about the 007 franchise is that even though violence is inherent to the genre, there isn’t a heavy focus on being graphical about it. I find films that get graphic in the portrayals very disturbing, and I have always found that a very disturbing element of humanity that ever since I in college I read Friedrich Nietzsche's famous words, "... if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you." (As one translation to English reads.) I always think of that every time when I think of Hollywood productions or TV shows.) as well as the Don Henley's "Dirty Laundry" and basically all of the work of Hobbs. It seems these figures point to this rather dark disturbing nature that can easily consume a culture. I don't like spending much time thinking in a "Lord of the Flies"/Judas Iscariot/Beyond Good and Evil (though yes that's complicated)/Hobbesian vintage point though I understand the relevance and importance of the elements all of these works explore, but the power of "morbid curiosity" and ability to completely disconnect oneself from empathy and sympathy has always been disturbing to me though certainly to the brave men on the beaches of Normandy it becomes clear how the monsters that can live within can wreak havoc on large scales.
As such, I like the focus on the heroism in the 007 franchise without embellishment with blood and gore. To this day, it still retains a lot of the old school "bang, bang, bang", move along, and not some focus on gore. It focuses on whit and heroism and toughness. While it does present a seemingly cold and callus nature as we commonly see played out between M (Mission Head) and 007, I like that the films make clear even if subtle the love and the bond and respect between them while communicating they have to be tough to do what they do. I also like that the 007 franchise brings humor, but not black humor, into the action and excitement. For this reason, the 007 franchise is truly the only action/adventure franchise I like, and I have liked it all my life whether bond was portrayed by Connery, Moore, Bronson, Dalton, Daniel Craig or good ole what’s-his-name. At first when I saw Daniel Craig in Casino Royale, it seemed a tougher transition to me than the transition from Connery, Moore or Dalton, but by the end of the film, I realized he was really good, and I always loved Q (Quarter master) so I hated to see the old Q go. It was hard to let him go. He was such a likable fun old man though this new young kid has done well. And for the M we have known and loved for so many years, well... that brings me to another interesting point. I rarely watch movies. I rarely have time for them, and they rarely entertain, but when I do finally have a couple of hours to spare for a movie, I do usually like to make sure I catch up on any Bond film I may have missed. The only ones I saw out of sequence were Spectre and Skyfall. Since I saw Spectre first, I feared I was in for a heart wrenching moment in Skyfall, and I was right. I grew to love Judi Dench in the previous 6. I hadn't seen news of her departing the franchise so I just suspected that since she wasn't M in Spectre, it is possible she didn't merely retire or get forced into retirement, and sadly it wasn't retirement. She played the role so well, and her stern but respectful and loving and smart and witty character was played so well by her. I also see this is where Penny Money entered the franchise. She does very well. She kicks butt in the opening of the film.
The movie starts strong as Bond films do. It doesn't keep you waiting for action. There is never a dull moment. Yes... Bond films do still have oh... a tad of unrealism to them such as heroes surviving impossible hits and impossible odds, but it is action packed and honors a bit of the old school tradition of the movies where Bruce lee or Chuck Norris might kick the butts of an Army of men all by themselves without ever focusing on graphic portrayal of the human suffering inherent to conflict, just as with old "bang, bang" shoot 'em up Westerns, but at the same time, it isn't the low fidelity of Godzilla (though even given the low fidelity of Godzilla, I do understand how and why that movie is special to a culture). These movies (even if metaphorically in Godzilla) represent the real struggles for peace, but I like that it shows the tremendous commitment people make to seek peace and keep peace while not belaboring the terror or horrors, and instead showing more the Roosevelt spirit of pushing on and working together while also trying to find occasional humor even in the midst of it all. I see this as somewhat of a key element in these portrayals as if to say the sense of humor even if slight is a key part to staying sane and not going crazy as the antagonist often do in the films.
I look forward to the long awaited released of No Time to Die. I imagine it will be hard to see whomever comes next now that it has been announced that Daniel Craig is retiring from the franchise.
I do almost sort of like the Mission Impossible franchise, but Cruise comes off as a prick and he doesn't have any of the whit that the bonds have, and sadly, I couldn’t even make it through a single Bourne film. Sorry Matt Damon. I mean you seem like a great guy, but you just don't make a great entertainer, and I have difficulty seeing you as a tough guy... though honestly, it was difficult to see Sean Connery as a tough guy but his whit made up for his lack of toughness.
Interestingly... what I have seen of the Kingsman franchise I have enjoyed too so it does appear I am partial to Brits when it comes to entertainment. I know little of the Kingsman but accidentally saw one of the movies around 20 years ago and was very intrigued. I may need to dive into this franchise and see more of it.)
In summary, it is fun. It is action packed. It doesn't haven't anything to repulsive or too not suitable for families. It does have Komodo dragons like one of the bond films had a shark tank, and I may be overlooking a few that had slightly disturbing elements, but they are brief and are not graphic thankfully. There is one small gripe I have with this one bond film. It is so small I will not take away a star for it. I do not like in films when there are long dark scenes. I feel it is "Hollywood" being lazy. Though I watched all of the Prates of the Caribbean movies, I didn't like any of them, and if it were for Johnny Depp's humor and Kiera Knightley's beauty, there'd been no way I could have watched them. Almost the entire Pirates movies were dark. It seems the producer are being lazy so they cannot think or bother with how to portray or shoot the action and just instead provide a few sound bites to make their way through those parts. This bond film has about 15 to 20 minutes in extreme darkness that you can hardly see what is even happening and just have to listen to what it going on. It is still taking me a bit to warm up to Ralph Fiennes but partly because he was intentionally an ambiguous character at first in the franchise, leaving us unsure whose side he was on, or at least me... Whereas I always liked Judi even with her sternness.
The narrative is simple. 007 simply has a gun and a radio... no jetpacks, no exploding pens, no invisible cars. The villain isn't out to take over the world, he just wants to kill Bond's boss. The locations are as exotic and bleak as any in the franchise. The women are compelling and someone shakes Bond's martini "perfect." The car is an Aston Martin (OK, it still has machine guns behind the headlights and an ejector seat.)
Visually, this 4K version makes my Vizio flat screen come alive with that three dimensional depth that high def movies can deliver.
The sound goes well beyond what my current AV equipment can deliver (latest generation of Marantz AV receiver, Panasonic 4K player, Golden Ear speakers across the front, with 600 watt subwoofers and folded ribbon tweeters.) But what sound! You can clearly hear the difference among Bond's gunshots and those of the good guys and the bad guys... I never realized that difference from the DVD and Blu Ray versions of this film that I have in my library.) Rainfall is distinct from surf, explosions and crashing tube carriages shake the walls and my couch, Adele's voice rings out like she's playing a live gig at my house.
Makes me want to complete the upgrade to my AV system. Great movie, great 4K disc.
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その試みは明らかに成功した。
メインストーリーは、敵地で置き去りにされた事で見捨てられたとMを逆恨みする、かつての敏腕ダブルオーエージェントのシルヴァの復讐からMを守るボンドの活躍と至ってシンプルだ。
にも関わらずに面白いのだ。悪役に2007年「ノー・カントリー」で殺し屋役を怪演してアカデミー助演男優賞に輝いたハビエル・バルデムの存在感を筆頭に、Mも、Qも、マニー・ペニーも人間性とスパイ活動への信念や価値観がしっかりと掘り込まれている。
特にジュディ・デンチ演じるMの007への信頼と拘りは、いつの時代になっても“闇の中で悪と闘う戦士”が必要であるこの世の真理を説く。衛星&通信監視システムのエシュロンが幅を効かせても、最後はスパイの“個”の力だと。だからこそスパイ自身の忠誠心は極めて重要で、諸刃となる裏切りは組織には死活問題だ。
そこにジェームズ・ボンドとは何者なのか?が鮮明に浮かび上がるから本作の演出は面白い。
レイフ・ファインズ演じる情報国防委員長やナオミ・ハリス演じる新米スパイが果たす伏線などは、身震いするほど決まっている。
社会派らしいサム・メンデス監督は、人や社会への造詣が深いので、アクション・シーンだけ観れば普通でもキチンと傑作になるのだ。冒頭シーンだけでもジェームズ・ボンドと言う底知れぬダークナイトを徹底的に掘り下げたい本作の意図と、その切れ味が尋常でないと解るだろう。
地味に見えて内実は過激、クールに見せて本当は熱い悲哀に満ちたダニエル・クレイグの007を堪能できる、カジノ・ロワイヤルに匹敵するボンドの原点を描いた会心の傑作です。
In many ways the film is a journey into the past, starting out as an epic globe-trotting adventure before scaling down to Bond's childhood Scottish roots and finally bringing the series full circle with Moneypenny back in the same blue dress she wore in Dr No and M no longer in a hi-tech office but the old wood-panelled one with the same padded door and the same naval painting on the wall from the Bernard Lee days, rewinding the series to the Connery era. If hats were still in fashion, Craig would have made his entrance throwing his onto the hat stand. It's a deliciously understated scene that goes uncommented on - thankfully the film never feels the need to knowingly wink at the audience - that will have Bond fans of old feeling like a puppy dog with two tails. And the new faces as the old regulars (Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw) may be very different from their predecessors, but they fit very nicely with this new/old Bond.
Unfortunately, on the minor debit side Logan has always had a bit of a problem with his villains. He can do plot or milieu or character, but he can't really pull off any combination of the three with his bad guys, and while this is a bit of an improvement he does fall back on the tried and trusted. In Gladiator he offered a mad lisping Emperor with a chip on his shoulder betraying the people who put him in a position of trust to pursue a vendetta with a brother figure. In Star Trek: Nemesis he offered a petulant lisping mastermind with a chip on his shoulder betraying the people who put him in a position of trust to pursue a vendetta with a father figure. In Skyfall he offers us a devious lisping mastermind with a chip on his shoulder betraying the people who put him in a position of trust to pursue a vendetta with a mother figure. All he needs now is someone with a lisp pursuing a vendetta with a sister figure and he'll have the full set of immediate family adversaries.
On the plus side, this villain is intelligent and actually has a masterplan instead of just talking about one, even if it is one that at times suggests he's a bit of a fan of The Dark Knight, and he's played by a much better actor, though that is something of a double-edged sword. Despite being given a great build up - the slight physical trembling and almost-disguised weakening of the voice Severine gets even thinking about him is a wonderfully underplayed appetiser - he's a rather thin character, leaving Javier Bardem trying too hard to make a memorable impression with the kind of quirks that great actors who are persuaded to make more commercial fodder than they're at home in throw into the mix to keep themselves from getting bored (think Brando on his off days).
It's a bit of a letdown considering what Bardem is capable of, but for some reason every time an Oscar winning actor who can do menace gets a sniff of a Bond villain they dye their hair blonde and camp it up. Thankfully he doesn't go the full John Inman, but the film is strong enough not to need the theatricality or the absurdly bit of obvious CGI thrown in to his Hannibal Lector scene. While he doesn't ruin the film, I think the performance is why the film hasn't grabbed my affections the way Quantum did even though they improved the problem areas from that: I found Mathieu Almaric a far more intriguing villain because he wasn't playing the villain, he was playing the good guy (or at least ecologically aware businessman), and his scheme less reliant on an almost supernatural ability to predict the good guys' every move years in advance. And while I liked the exploration of M's ruthlessness, her departure didn't have the same impact as that of Mathis in Quantum.
While it's pleasing to have Stuart Baird, quite possibly the greatest editor of action scenes alive today, back in the editing suite after the often misjudged editing in Quantum it's a shame that composer David Arnold was replaced with Thomas Newman, who astonishingly became the first in the series' history to be nominated for best score despite a truly anonymous temp track-style score with no personality, themes or development (although it works much better on the film than as an album where it's derivative general shapelessness is much more exposed).
Curiously the Blu-ray exaggerates what were many of the niggles about Roger Deakins' lazily overvalued cinematography (you do get the impression that had the identical images been created by a cinematographer who wasn't a name it would have attracted little attention), with many scenes like the Board of Inquiry or London street scenes suffering from the lack of depth, slightly bleached look and waxy loss of detail that are among the most commonplace drawbacks when you don't shoot on film. It's strange that Deakins got a free pass on this one when the move from film to digital has had such inconsistent results both in terms of quality and creativity: it's a mixture of a few strikingly good looking scenes (the Chris Doyle/Blade Runnerish fight against a neon background) and a lot of very drab or visually clichéd ones (seriously, that relentlessly dreary rainy London look has been done to death for years by television) while there are some real problems with focus and colour balance in the opening to the Macau casino scene and parts of the siege suffer badly from digital's ongoing inability to handle shadows and low light levels very well. It's a long way from his best work, and to claim, as some have done, that it's the best looking Bond film is doing a great disservice to the work of Freddie Young and Ted Moore on earlier, much better looking films. It doesn't help that there's some very noticeable edge enhancement in places - the doorframe to M's office and his picture frames look like a straining rope or teeming with termites from one frame to the next.
Yet while its flaws keep it from reaching the heights of Casino Royale, there's so much to enjoy and so much it gets right and strikes such a good balance between exciting action scenes and a real look at what makes Bond Bond that it's still a worthy addition to the franchise - not top tier, but certainly no middling effort either.
The extras package looks substantial - two audio commentaries, some 15 featurettes and trailer - but at times there's more puff than substance.
So theres lots of subtle and not so subtle winks to the past 50 years in this film.
Shame they destroyed the DB5 but then again they did in its first outing as well - Goldfinger,
I suppose the argument will always rage as to who plays the best Bond, for most it will always be Connery he was after all the first (on the big screen anyway) and therefore has that distinct advantage. But for me Daniel Craig brings a true hard grit no nonscence portrayal to Bond much the way Fleming actually wrote the character.
My one disappointment with Skyfall like some other reviewers have said is the anti-climax at the end an unseen Bond throws a knife into Silva's back surely he (Silva) deserved a better ending than that.
Best of all though as the credits role BOND WILL RETURN
Viewing Suggestion:
A mate or two with similar taste in films, a bottle of good red, a large bowl of peanuts.
It's Bond, with all that one would expect. Very sad to see teh DB5 (or model of this) being destroyed, STUPID having Bond drinking BEER and then out of the bottle - product placement!!!! For goodness sake, he is a sophisticated English spy who is renowned for his taste in Champers, beautiful women and Dry Martinis. None of which, in this film, we were treated to.




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