Skyfall

I know 我很 out, 而家先講 Skyfall.

其實我是在戲院看的呀，雖然是遲了很多，遲到差點找不到戲院的時候才看，但真的很愛這片喲！

Skyfall 已經成為我我最喜愛的 bond movie 喇！

一直對 bond movie 都沒特別喜愛，雖然也沒特別討厭，就是覺得一看無妨，不看也沒錯過什麼的感覺喇。Pierce Brosnan is _the_ Bond that I know of since I know that Bond is. He’s ok, but I don’t really care much about it. I would watch it if it’s shown on TV and if there’s nothing else to do but I don’t have any particular desire to watch those movies.

To me, Bond is more of an ideal in my brain without any particular images attached to it. To me, Bond is cool, with cool gadgets. And good looking. And chill. Doesn’t really do much fighting.

That’s why when I first saw Casino Royale (my 1st Bond movie in the theatre), I didn’t really like it much cos it’s not what I was expecting. No gadgets, too much hands-on fighting. And I really don’t see why all the people raved about Daniel Craig emerging out of the water, topless.

Also saw Quantum in theatre. It’s ok but again, doesn’t excite me much. Only went bcos someone else wanted to go.

Actually made the extra effort to go see Skyfall. When I finally managed to go, it’s almost 落畫, only a few theatres in my area were still showing it. Heard good things about it. Went in with quite an expectation and to my surprise, it didn’t disappoint me.

Loved the way how they mixed the new and the old stuff – tech and old school gadgets. And the subtle but not too subtle humor. Also liked the plot that there’s no saving the world and nuclear bomb kind of bad guy. Just an insane psycho seeking personal revenge (frankly, I’m quite tired of all these saving-the-world-from-nuclear/bio-weapon and zombie-taking-over-the-world plots).

And I could finally put a face to the vague, imagined Bond in my head. I thought Daniel Craig did a very good job this time. Admittedly, there were a few scenes that the way he stands were too pretentious, almost like Andy Lau standing on the roof in 無間道, for the sake of looking all cool and stuff. But surprisingly, this time, 我好buy喎. Maybe I’m just a sucker of pretentious guy. haha…

Anyway, I’m loving Daniel Craig recently because of Skyfall. Altho I’m still not a big fan of his topless scene in Casino Royale. Maybe I have to watch it again. Maybe I will change my opinion this time.

Liked the theme song a lot as well. Thought it fits the mood and the theme of the movie very well. But whether it deserves an Oscar, compared to the other competitors, 我有少少保留.