As far as the "reboot" is concerned, I rather liked 'Casino Royale' but fell asleep during 'Quantum of Solace'. At the time, I chalked it up to exhaustion as I was working the graveyard shift and had been awake for a rather lengthy period of time. As it turns out, it had a similar effect on people even if they had gotten a good night's sleep.
I had heard generally good things about the third entry, 'Skyfall' but hadn't built up a lot of personal hype for it.
As it turns out, it is a rather entertaining movie. It gives James Bond something of a character arc (which is rare) as he deals with his old age and puts some personal demons to bed.
It's a little weird that Craig's Bond is already being labelled a dinosaur of sorts seeing as he was supposed to be a rookie agent just a couple of movies ago. It works really well, though.
As is often the case, it is the villain that steals the show. Javier Bardem turns in a great performance as the bad guy and he's really fun to watch.
From what I've read, the writers modeled him after Ledger's Joker. It isn't a direct rip off, but there are some nods, specifically a part where Silva (Bardem) lets himself get captured only to escape later.
One of the criticisms I've read is that the movie does sort of turn into "The Dark Knight" for a while as Bond is constantly two steps behind his adversary. Honestly, I didn't mind it. There are certainly worse movies to emulate and this did a good job of keeping the tension throughout.
The movie has also been compared to 'Home Alone' as one sequence shows Bond and a few other characters booby trapping his house to defend themselves from oncoming enemies. I'm not going to lie, that thought popped into my head too. It is just one scene though, so I don't think it's a major strike against the film.
The big problem for me was projection. A lot of the actors seem like they're mumbling their lines. It makes them hard to understand when they're conversing. It gets better by the second half, but it was a problem. It makes it harder to get invested, but even going by broad strokes, you shouldn't have a problem knowing what they're going on about.
While the movie isn't as action heavy as other Bond films, the action that was there was well done. The fights were incredibly well choreographed and you don't even have to put up with the quick cut shaky cam that has been setting fight sequences back for a few years now.
I really recommend this movie. Even if you're not crazy about Bond films, this one is rather entertaining. I found it to be quite a bit of fun.
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