Skyfall (007) - All the Hype, Destined to Fall

Review:
There were great heap of praises before the movie was releases: I read about tons of reviews on how this latest James Bond movie is the greatest movie in the James Bond franchise, the action scenes are the best there is for an action movie flick and etc. After reading it and also reviewing the trailer, i was all pump up to watch this movie. The trailer shows pretty much about what this latest flick is about - an evil mastermind has personal vendetta against M (Judi Dench) and stated blowing up James Bond's headquarter, MI6 as well as revealing the names of MI6 agents across the world. We are also shown how James Bond (Daniel Craig) has lost his mojo (after a failed mission) and started to pick himself up by going after this evil mastermind, who is reveal as Raoul Silva (Javier Bardem), an ex-MI6 agent. It sounded and looks interesting and the trailer does show a good storyline, great action and a great baddie plus a pretty good reviews from all over the news. So, there i was .... sitting in the theater anticipating what would be the best James Bond i have ever seen. After nearly 2 hours, i couldn't wait to just bolted out from the cinema. Why? The storyline was just so-so, an ex-agent going rogue and taking down his organization. The movie doesn't really have much side story apart from this main agenda. Then, it started to drag and drag and drag. After an hour mark, i started to have a backache. I though that i would be save from the action scenes but how i was so disappointed. The whole action is about 20~30% of the movie and it wasn't that good at all. These action scenes are just your normal Hollywood flick and its kinda boring. I think "Salt" action scenes are much more better and breathtaking. The editing are horrendous as it cut one scenes to another without the continuation and to me, that is really bad. For example, Bond was shot and fell into a deep ravine. Then, another scene shows him having a nice fun time with a girl. I mean, WTF? At least tell us how Bond was rescued and etc. It was never shown. Fortunately, the whole movie was saved by Javier Bardem's Silva. His first encountered with Bond is is the most memorable scene where both Silva and Bond traded sarcastic jabs with each other. But unfortunately he isn't the most bad baddies there is. In fact, i don't really felt that he is evil and the impact wasn't really there on why MI6 is so threaten by him. Such is the case for the whole movie. It is a forgettable movie after you have come out from the exit door. I personally felt that Casino Royale was Craig's best James Bond movie hands down.

Verdict:

I give this a poor 2 star out of 5.