Skyfall: A Review of Daniel Craig Getting His Ass Kicked All Over the World

Bond.  Daniel Craig's James Bond.  My renewed interest in the indestructible super agent/ladies man began with Daniel Craig in Casino Royale.  Then it died off after watching Quantum of Solace.  I was about to give up on 007 once again.  No pressure, Skyfall.

The film begins with Bond chasing a bad guy throughout Istanbul.  If you hate movies that take their time getting to cliché chase scenes, then Skyfall is for you.  This chase has it all; cars racing through busy streets, extensive damage to marketplaces and their fresh produce, transition to a motorcycle chase, motorcycles driving where they're not supposed to, motorcycles skidding out, a motorcycle smashing through a window, and of course, transition to men fighting on top of a moving train.

Exhausting.  Anyways, Bond gets shot off of the racing train by his partner (oops).  He falls a long ways from a railroad bridge into some water, then gets carried over a waterfall, then sinks into the depths and gets sucked into the required trippy James Bond introduction title sequence.  Obviously, he is dead. 

After what seems like an hour of Adele singing the theme song, James Bond is alive and banging girls on a beach somewhere.  We are not bored with the details of how he survived his ordeal.  While he was busy enjoying being dead, some bad man blows up MI6 headquarters and reveals the identities of secret agents on Facebook.  Time for Bond to get back to work.

After more traveling/getting beat up, Bond meets the bad guy.  His name is Raoul Silva and we are immediately made aware of the fact that he is creepy as shit.  He enjoys rat analogies, "bad touching" Bond, and sadistic shooting games endangering innocent women/Scotch.  And he is obsessed with killing M. 

Creeeeeeepy

The final showdown happens at Bond's old family house in Scotland.  Silva and his team are on their way to kill Bond, M, and an old man.  You know what that means... it's time to start a montage scene of gathering weapons and booby trapping the house!

Home defense montage!

     
Final Thoughts: Skyfall saved James Bond for me.  For now at least.  It was fun watching Daniel Craig get his ass kicked for a couple of hours and face off with a quality villain.  Good stuff.

Map of James Bond's 2012 'Ass Kicked In' European/Asian Tour.  Indiana Jones style.

Do they drink beer in this movie?

 

  
Not quite.


Final Beer Score (Out of five beers):