SKYFALL (2012) - Blu-ray Review
SKYFALL is the 23rd Bond film of the franchise and celebrates its 50th Anniversary with Sam Mendes directing a specially-made film for the Anniversary.
To cut straight to the point, SKYFALL is brilliant. Although there are plot elements that don't make complete sense, its not a flaw as such. What's here is really good, and these flaws can't be easily avoided if you want to have an action film with an actually interesting plot other than bad guys fighting good guys. Daniel Craig is really good as Bond and manages to capture some interesting aspects of the character, and going back to Skyfall and meeting Kincade is such an unpredictable and fascinating aspect of the film that it holds your attention span for the next half hour of the movie. Judi Dench is great as M, Ben Whishaw is good as Q, Rory Kinnear does a great but underrated performance as Tanner, Albert Finney has a charming presence as Kincade and Ralph Fiennes manages to get an interesting character through Mallory. The Bond girls, however, have little to work with in the film, as there is no banter between them and Craig and their characters aren't original and strongly developed. They stay the same throughout the movie, compared to Bond and M. Oh, and who could forget the best performance of the entire film of Javier Bardem as Silva. He is spine-chilling to watch and is so natural that the character is practically believable.
The direction by Sam Mendes is spectacular, as is the lighting, special FX, script, score, visual FX, acting and the locations and sets. There is not a single frame wasted in the entire movie, making it a piece of art just to look at. I'm glad that Sam Mendes and co. are back for the next Bond film, set to hit cinemas in 2015.
Overall, this movie deserves a 10/10.
The extras on the Blu-ray are very good as well. The Shooting Bond features are the only proper extras that you will probably watch, but they are very interesting. The feature on the car, however, is boring and gives off little to no information about it. Why couldn't we have had more of a background for the car, like what it can actually do and what it did in its previous film? The others are great though, and Sam Mendes provides a great insight for any aspiring director.
There is also a soundtrack promotional spot, a premier video, theatrical trailers and several commentary tracks. These are interesting features if you are interested in them, although the film itself promotes the soundtrack enough for me.
Overall, the extras deserve a 9/10.
This is a recommended buy if you have a big telly and a Blu-ray player as it all looks spectacular on there, and there are more extras on the Blu-ray disc than the DVD. 19/20 - or 9.5/10
To cut straight to the point, SKYFALL is brilliant. Although there are plot elements that don't make complete sense, its not a flaw as such. What's here is really good, and these flaws can't be easily avoided if you want to have an action film with an actually interesting plot other than bad guys fighting good guys. Daniel Craig is really good as Bond and manages to capture some interesting aspects of the character, and going back to Skyfall and meeting Kincade is such an unpredictable and fascinating aspect of the film that it holds your attention span for the next half hour of the movie. Judi Dench is great as M, Ben Whishaw is good as Q, Rory Kinnear does a great but underrated performance as Tanner, Albert Finney has a charming presence as Kincade and Ralph Fiennes manages to get an interesting character through Mallory. The Bond girls, however, have little to work with in the film, as there is no banter between them and Craig and their characters aren't original and strongly developed. They stay the same throughout the movie, compared to Bond and M. Oh, and who could forget the best performance of the entire film of Javier Bardem as Silva. He is spine-chilling to watch and is so natural that the character is practically believable.
The direction by Sam Mendes is spectacular, as is the lighting, special FX, script, score, visual FX, acting and the locations and sets. There is not a single frame wasted in the entire movie, making it a piece of art just to look at. I'm glad that Sam Mendes and co. are back for the next Bond film, set to hit cinemas in 2015.
Overall, this movie deserves a 10/10.
The extras on the Blu-ray are very good as well. The Shooting Bond features are the only proper extras that you will probably watch, but they are very interesting. The feature on the car, however, is boring and gives off little to no information about it. Why couldn't we have had more of a background for the car, like what it can actually do and what it did in its previous film? The others are great though, and Sam Mendes provides a great insight for any aspiring director.
There is also a soundtrack promotional spot, a premier video, theatrical trailers and several commentary tracks. These are interesting features if you are interested in them, although the film itself promotes the soundtrack enough for me.
Overall, the extras deserve a 9/10.
This is a recommended buy if you have a big telly and a Blu-ray player as it all looks spectacular on there, and there are more extras on the Blu-ray disc than the DVD. 19/20 - or 9.5/10
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