{"id":526,"date":"2014-07-26T10:44:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-26T14:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=526"},"modified":"2026-09-12T10:45:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T14:45:53","slug":"skyfall-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=526","title":{"rendered":"Skyfall-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skyfall-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Sam Mendes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Daniel Craig<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #136<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 26, 2014<\/p>\n

Grade: B+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Skyfall is the latest (and twenty-third) installment in the decades-long-running James Bond franchise (1962’s Dr. No was the first one), and this one receives major kudos from me.<\/p>\n

When you look back at all the Bond films, they have had to adjust to keep up with the times, and Skyfall does it very successfully.<\/p>\n

In addition, Skyfall brings a good, old-fashioned, compelling story to the table.<\/p>\n

A former agent, Raoul Silva, beautifully portrayed by Javier Bardem, launches an attack on MI6, driven by a personal vendetta against M, played by Judi Dench.<\/p>\n

Bardem delivers a complex, powerful villain who isn’t overly cartoonish.<\/p>\n

He appears crazy!<\/p>\n

James Bond, of course, must come to the rescue and save the day.<\/p>\n

The story finally gives M. a chance to shine as the main plot revolves around her. The relationship between M. and Raoul is interesting and layered with history, which makes for a compelling story.<\/p>\n

As with Bond films, the film uses exotic locales. This time we get Shanghai, London, Scotland, and Macau.<\/p>\n

James Bond’s past is also explored- he grew up in Scotland. The Bond family estate is a major backdrop for the action.<\/p>\n

The reintroduction of two famous Bond characters- Moneypenny and Q is like a breath of fresh air added to the franchise, although I was not crazy about the casting choice of Q.<\/p>\n

Also, one minor flaw with this film is that there is no clear “Bond girl” to root for.<\/p>\n

Skyfall (2012) provides a successful return to its Bond roots and will hopefully allow the Bond franchise to continue for many films to come.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations: 2 wins-<\/strong>Best Original Score, Best Original Song “Skyfall” (won)<\/strong>, Best Sound Editing (won)<\/strong>, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Skyfall-2012 Director Sam Mendes Starring Daniel Craig Scott’s Review #136 Reviewed July 26, 2014 Grade: B+ Skyfall is the latest (and twenty-third) installment in the decades-long-running James Bond franchise (1962’s Dr. No was the first one), and this one receives major kudos from me. When you look back at all the Bond films, they have … Continue reading Skyfall-2012<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11605,26,11606],"tags":[879,5321,12637,3659,12035,2612,690,2286,1819,2114],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-action","category-bondfilms","category-spy","tag-albert-finney","tag-ben-whishaw","tag-berenice-marlohe","tag-daniel-craig","tag-helen-mccrory","tag-javier-bardem","tag-judi-dench","tag-naomie-harris","tag-ralph-fiennes","tag-sam-mendes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24438,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/24438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}