Skyfall. An image of Daniel Craig falling from the sky. That's my initial thought when I saw the advertisement of the movie. Can't blame it on me though, in the previous movies James Bond always have a scene where he either falls down with the help of a parachute, a rope, or what ever it is, he will just fly down and that's it. Mission accomplished.
The first scene shows James Bond on a mission in Istanbul, looking for a man who killed his fellow agent. Thus beginning the chasing game between Bond and the other man, from the normal routes, up on the roof riding motorcycles, and playing Bob the builder on a train. How cool is that. Then the climax came when his fellow lady agent was asked to shoot the other man while both of them were fighting up on the train. M , the head of M 16 asked her to take a shot, and you all might guessed it, Mr Bond won the first prize of the jackpot! He was shot and he was " skyfalling" till he fell into a river, or sea.... Then, the song Skyfall began to play..... Very creepy...... We all thought that he was dead, but common sense will tell us that James Bond will not die.... that early in the story, right??
James Bond soon returned to London upon watching the news of London getting attacked by some unknown " individual". Apparently, his injuries during the last mission in Istanbul took a hold of him, that he failed his test to be an agent...... Double blow.......... But M lied to him, and sent him to Shanghai to find the real man behind all these things. She herself was facing some hard time personally.
( Wait, why am I telling the whole story out now??)
To cut the long story shot, that person wanted to kill M and James Bond , being James Bond had to protect her. Yes, even bringing her all the way to Scotland, and voila Skyfall-- his house! It was at Skyfall that the final battle between the bad guy and James Bond occur. Sadly, it was also the place where M died...........
( I hope you have watched the movie, didn't mean to provide any spoilers here)
Overall, I find Skyfall very entertaining. I like the fact that it is not only chasing bad guys, going after Bond girls but it also deals with human emotions and family ties. We get to know about James Bond's sad past and his love-hate relationship with M ( played by Judi Dench brilliantly ). Well, who doesn't like a guy who wins against evil, all the time????
There is one thing that I dislike about the movie though.... The occasional not so pleasant language / words used during the dialogues...
Rating : 9/10
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