Who Was The Best Film Batman?

Firstly this is just my view based on all the live action Batman actors appearing in films. So animated or tv series and old historic Batmans of black and white era are excluded. Mostly my reason for this is because they are vastly different mediums two which the story was told and well they chose good actors to portray this role for that time. So putting them in the same category as the live action film category just didn’t seem fair. Secondly this is just my thoughts on this subject and thus I’m open to more debate on the matter. I am not a big Batman fan, I don’t sit in in the realm of canon law from the comics. Purely looking at this from a film perspective.

So let’s begin to which I am going to go backwards in time. Starting from newest to oldest.

Robert Patterson

After watching The Batman there was two thoughts I had about it. 1. This feels like the logical conclusion for a sequel to the Gotham TV series. 2. Robert Patterson was not a good Bruce Wayne. Which is not necessarily the actors fault. Whilst in the Batsuit I could totally by Patterson as Batman. But then as Bruce Wayne it just felt completely off for his character. it’s almost like we saw the Bruce Wayne from the Gotham TV series grown up and it was also influenced by The Gritty vibe of the Joker movie. And somewhere in this mix, this radically different but early days of Batman just didn’t sit right with me. Like an uncanny valley effect nothing seemed right about this film yet they followed the core idea. All I could say about that film was “it was inspired by” because you could see Gotham, Joker, even Christopher Nolan’s influence in the story telling of Batman. So this felt almost like a fan film or parody and it set the wrong vibe. I think Patterson should of been given more time to prep for this movie as I feel he was given wrong directions for this film. The fact they are making a sequel to this film leaves me feeling “Meh” as I’m just not excited about this franchise of Batman.

Ben Affleck

The problem I have with Ben Afflecks Batman was that it was set in the Justice League World. Batman is complex, his real costume is that of Bruce Wayne and that’s something that’s slightly unhinged about the guy. He is Batman 100% of the time and Bruce Wayne is but a mask he wears when he’s needed for public. Now I like Affleck as an actor and I feel this was such a wasted potential for him. He played somewhat the Iron Man Robert Downey Jr role in the DC Justice League movies and it didn’t work. What we the viewer needed was more context to this Batman and what would of helped this is if Ben Affleck was given the chance to have at least a trilogy of Batman films to develop his character before the Justice League came about. The justice league just lacked chemistry and you didn’t feel any of these characters would ever join together. This is not Afflecks fault, again it was the studios use of the character that kind of betrayed the actor portraying Batman and it also betrays the complexity for Batman for the character being displayed.

Christian Bale

I don’t look at Christopher Nolans Batman Trilogy as one of the greatest trilogies of all time. Batman Begins, Dark Knight was its best two films and suffered badly with its third movie. Nolan wanted to make a conclusion to his trilogy and I feel that this one decision clouded the films ability to tell the story. So Dark Knight Rises kind of sucked because the focus was on story and conclusions and didn’t offer enough fandom moments that made the two films before it iconic. Onto Bale himself, I think Bale portrayed Bruce Wayne and Batman almost to perfection. Just one element was missing that would of been the cherry on top. That was a crazy and humorous side to Bruce. Not in Batman for. But in Bruce form. As I said Bruce is just a mask for Batman as he’s batman 24/7. The only time I felt this to be present was only subtly in Dark Knight but then became non existent in Dark Knight Rises.

George Clooney

Clooney gets too much hate for this role when it wasn’t his fault. Bad script. Bad director, and someone was on LSD at the time when they thought this looks visually good, Batman & Robin film is the product of when too many people interfere with an established order. When you strip away the very terrible movie. Clooney was a perfect choice for this role. He is very similar to Keaton. In fact if Clooney had been in Batman Forever you’d probably be more forgiving of him playing Batman. I’m frustrated with this one because Clooney is a good actor and the fault isn’t him but that of the director.

Val Kilmer

Kilmer is a tricky category because he was the first to take over the role of live action film Batman and he is vastly different to Michael Keaton. Was he good as Bruce Wayne and Batman? Absolutely but if he did Batman and Robin after Batman Forever then I think it wouldnt of been good for him. Batman Forever I think is actually better than people give it credit for. It’s still a continuous story from Tim Burtons Batman era as the script was adapted from Burtons third movie idea. So it was great for this transitional phase because it’s literslly between Burton and Schueler era but it’s just downplayed by the laterd influence. Just didn’t sit right. But Kilmer could of been a good franchise of Batman but it just should of been a completly new universe for it.

Michael Keaton

So Burton had it right, for its time period as well. He crafted us a Batman that you totally believed in. Something that didn’t happen till Christopher Nolans films. I will only agree with one thing that the studios said which wanted to make toys. batman returns albeit very iconic was too dark. The first movie with Jack Nicholson’s Joker was perfect, then it went full Burton by the sequel and well it was too far away from thr mark. Enough to say, don’t make a third movie. Which is a shame, because Burton should of been allowed to make a trilogy and if he just lightened up a little with Batman Returns we may have seen the third outing. But one thing he did get right was Michael Keaton’s casting as Batman, as Bruce he was distracted and not really present which was good because as I said before Bruce is just a mask, he’s Batman. Batman pretends to be Bruce Wayne in public and Burton portrayed this very accurately on many occasions.

So after my analysis, who was the best Batman actor? It’s a mix of Michael Keaton and Christian Bale they both hit the role almost perfectly and thus no contest they both sit at the top spot.

As for the worst, sorry but Robin Patterson takes that spot.

As for the rest, they was just wasted potential and could of been really good. And not a reflection of the actors that portrayed them.

It’s not a matter of who acted the worst because they all acted well but the problem comes from director and script, if both or one is bad then it’s VERY notiable. So it’s not the actors fault.

What’s your thoughts

Come On Barbie Let’s Go Party

Most would probably think my interests in film are bias to superhero movies. Not true, I look at all genres of films and I love a good comedy.

But I was a bit perplexed by a Barbie Movie. Personally I feel it wasn’t marketed very well. The first I knew of a Barbie movie was when it was released at cinema and went head to head with Oppenheimer.

And there is something incredibly sad about that. See I’ve watched the film but it wasn’t something I was intending to watch. Mostly because it was advertise very well as a comedy. And the themes of the film suggest that this film should be for everyone. So I’m perplexed by they promoted it in such a way to exclude and encourage more people to watch.

Anyway. So what lead to me watching this film. Weirdly YouTube – seeing that Ryan Goslin talk positive about it and then seeing what cast they had in this film. And nearly everyone wanted to be in it. It intrigued me.

So YouTubing some clips from the film and seeing a Stella comedic performance from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling I felt this film needed abit of justice. Thus I went to watch the film.

And yes, it’s good. It’s funny, it has an important message and that message hits everyone. I saw reports that the film had become a piece of woke propaganda but it is simply not that. Instead it explains the problems of the world in a palatable narrative that works well even for story telling.

The whole film is really a piece on Identity and finding out who you are and being comfortable with who people are. Whilst being funny in many many scenes.

This film has a good vibe. And I highly recommend it to people of all.

My only criticism is there needed to be more Allan one of the funnest characters in the movie was sparsely used and should of appeared more but let’s hope for a sequel where him and midge for that matter kind of shine.

I’m short Barbie is a good 2023/24 film to watch for a humourus take of a toy franchise

Films That Was An Influence On Me

I wanted to do something different, I wanted to give you not a top 10 but 10 films that personally changed my life. Here they are.

1. Jurassic Park – This was the very first movie I ever saw at the cinema. Previously the only way I was ever able to watch a new release was a blockbuster video rental. At the time my family couldn’t afford such luxury as going to the cinema but as years went on we was able to see our first film. That was Jurassic Park. Now I was thinking about this, Jurassic Park is such an iconic film. A master class of story telling and imagination. If this had not been my first cinema movie, would I have continued my passion for film? So I credit this movie for being at the birth of my interest in watching films at the cinema.

2. Million Dollar Hotel – it took me nearly 5 years to track down what this film was. It appeared on tv one day in the early 00’s and it was one of those late night, film that’s on in the background as you surfed the early days of the internet. But this film took my attention. I always liked films that was a bit artistic and different and something about this film just stood out. It had so many good cast members. Directed by Mel Gibson, you had Jeremy Davis as the lead who has featured on many tv shows including Lost, Lucifer & Hannibal. It also had Mila Jovovich of resident evil fame, Peter Stomer of Lost World Jurassic Park and prison break – such an iconic film. So how did it change my life. It took me 5 years to track down this film as I forgot the name of it and well I had only remembered fragments of the film. But using the internet and researching about films and trying to track down history, helped me to explore the world of film making. You learn about set designs, trivia production, locations. This film is responsible for me delving deeper into the production of films. Such a great film shame such a low rating.

3. Short Circuit 2 – this film wouldn’t normally be on a list like this more of a top 10 films I like, but in recent times this film was one of the first films that I personally enjoyed but not realised how the casting of an actor in a controversial role is what makes this film questionable today. But for me, it’s like I didn’t know, I really didn’t know until someone pointed it out. And his is and still is a treasured movie of mine. So why this changed my life is that it gave me a perspective, a view point about what people find offensive or controversial. Even if the films intent was pure it still has something not quite right about it. Now many tv shows with controversial scenes or actions have been removed over the years and I don’t think this is the way forward on this. You can’t just sweep away history because it offends someone now. It happened. And it should serve as a reminder that it did happen and how we can improve for the future. Deleting history is a waste. But alas controversy is a big issue and the question on how to handle it is never straight forward.

4. Fight Club – I don’t agree with the plot of the movie, or the characters actions throughout, but there was something relatable to the main character played by Edward Norton in the film. The internal comments was too real. The writer (chuck palanki) knew very well how to portray inner dialogue. When we watch a film, we see it from the characters perspective but every now and there you can see the parallel to your own life. Fight Club was the first movie that did that for me, I was able to see my mind operate from the weirdest of thoughts wether silly or bizzare and a internal dialogue playing them out. Trying to make sense of them. There has been more films I can relate to, better films at that. But fight club was the first relatable movie.

5. Oceans 11 – take all the elements of James Bond, mix it into a heist movie and add a dash of celebrities. Ocean 11 is a modern mystery film. You never know exactly where to look because how it’s going to end is now how you have been lead to believe. This film introduced to me the idea of clever misdirection writing. When I was younger, I was learning psychology, this lead into hypnotism and then deception which is a tool of the trade for magicians. I became fascinated with this complex series of events that had to occur to make the end effect . Now it’s one thing to be a magician because you have an act practice it till perfect and then present it. But to make a film that most will see only once, include a deceptive nature and make you shocked by the end. Bravo. It wasn’t just about this for this film. It was the style, the use of characters. Basically this film is one of my inspirations for when I write my own stories. Just the richness of multiple characters playing there role in one film and they all play an Important part. That makes for brilliant writing.

6. Scream – a lot of people dislike scream as a horror movie, but as a horror movie that was not its intent or purpose. Wes craven made this film to teach the new generation of classic horror films. Instead of trailing through a tone of old horror films explaining old cliches just watch scream it has them all and explains it to you why there there in the first place. It’s a film that teaches you about how they made classic horror films. Disguised as a horror film. It is a source of reference for me and I use it as a litmus test when I ask people if they liked the movie. If they simply disliked it then they didn’t understand it’s purpose but if they bring up what the movie was about then I know that person has good taste in films. I wish we had more films like this, a somewhat celebration of film history but alas we don’t have this for other genres, maybe someday we will.

7. Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou – I had watched Wes Anderson films before in the past and never really got the artistic view until I saw Life Aquatic. I was already a fan of Bill Murray and I am no stranger to artistic films. But what changed it for me was watching life aquatic it was the beauty of the design of the set. The world, a artistic world that Wes anderson made, there are thousands of directors out there. But only a small few have a design. Like you know a Tim Burton movie because, you know a Kevin smith film because, baz lurhman, Luc Basson, Wes anderson their are simply some directors that have that unique look. I may do a post on this some point in the future. But anyway life aquatic really awoke the notion of style, what is your characteristics. In other words, it gave me the idea of how someone makes something into a brand, there brand.

8. Little Shop Of Horrors – I never thought I’d like a musical. If someone asked me did you like musical films or theatre… I’d think of cats, and hairspray, Jesus Christ super star and phantom of the opera and I’d be like no, musicals are not my genre. Till one day I saw Les Misrable and thought “that’s a well done movie” so why isn’t les misrable the film and not little shop of horrors. Well seeing Les Misrable and finding it enjoyable unlocked a flood of movies I had scene that was musicsl orientated but I just simply dismissed and Litttle Shop of Horrors was the first of that list. Not only had my school put on a performance of this from the 1988 film, I actually played the role of the dentist in the school play. Every time I watch this film it brings back warm memories, plus the wonderful Rick Moranis was in it. But yeah, little shop of horrors, Rocky horror picture show, several Disney cartoon movies like Aladdin or Lion King… I completly dismissed the whole musical element from my life because my mind associated it with films I disliked, and not the films I actually did like.

9. Ghostbusters – pretty iconic film how did this change your life. Well I never got to see this at the cinema especially as my first film was Jurassic park at the cinema. But I have seen this film multiple times. But that’s not the reason this makes this list. It’s more to do with jobs. See at the age of 16 you get a guidance councillor and they ask you want you want to be when your older. I had no clue, no idea. I was smart but no business venture of interest, it’s because I had learnt that if I was to capitalise on one of my hobbies the. I would hate that hobby over time and I didn’t want to lose that love for it. And if I took a job I hated I would be Misrable. So I figured the perfect job for me would be a job that I find easy to do, I can be quiet sociable and it’s not something I necessarily like doing but the money pays well enough to justify doing that job. That’s the bare minimum of the employment I went into, and had done for 18 odd years. But the question that always played on my mind is, what would of been my perfect job. Till one day it hit me, I was watching ghostbusters and I realised. A ghostbuster is my perfect job. But the problem then is this is a fictional job and doesn’t exist. But that was irrelevant because despite realising Ghostbuster was the perfect role for me. It the aspects of the Job, that I liked. It was a role that had gadgets, you work as a team. It has a sense of importance, and it’s very niche. So now I know what I need out of a job that would make me happy. Ghostbusters gave me the elements I needed to understand what kind of job I wanted to do in life. Sadly ghost busting isn’t real but at least I know it’s a job like that which would suit me well.

10. Die Hard – oh come on how can die hard be influential, I thought about this long and hard, I have multiple examples I could use. But die hard is in my top 3 of top films of all time so I thought why not. How die hard and may other films I’ll mentioned in a minute. Influenced my life. Is the art of a perfectly crafted film. There are so few films that are so perfectly crafted that you can watch them again and Again and again over and over and you never get bored of them. This is because there so perfectly crafted you can watch them a million times over and on the million and one times you see something new. Some notable examples are Jaws, The first Matrix Film, Terminatir 2, both Alien and Aliens the ultimate crafted film doesn’t need a sequel but these films are so well crafted you can watch the. Forever and never get bored. My question for you is what we’ll crafted film would you put here?

So there you have it. A bit of a personal journey into my history with theme as I honour some of my Al time classic films,

Bond, James Bond… (Thoughts on the future of the films)

Daniel Craig’s James Bond era came to a close and the question everyone has is (who plays the character next)

But by this point I’ve seen so many fan casting it’s hard to disagree with them. But the trouble with fan casting is that fans will go on the idea of what actor would play a really good bond instead of looking at it from a directors point of view. A director selects the roles of the film based on the script they want to tell and how that character is portrayed basically gives a blue print for the actor they are looking for. So it’s all fine people wanting to say Henry Cavil would be perfect. But he might not be perfect for the bond script that exists.

Another factor is the director gets to pick and nine times out of ten they look at there back catelogue of films and tend to pick actors they worked with before (not always) but it does play a part in casting specific roles. In James Bond there is not just the character of Bond to cast, there is the other characters. M, Q, MoneyPenny and then you have the villains.

So I thought to myself why not cast a film based on a director. So first what director do you pick. And I came up with one that I thing would put 110% focus in a film. Christopher Nolan. His handle on the Batman Trilogy and Nolan’s films I general cries out for him to be the perfect new era James Bond director. Firstly we would be surely gaurenteed his involvement for a trilogy. in Batman he wanted to complete the cycle hence we got a Batman trilogy. Now whether new bond has 3 films or more. I think Christopher Nolan would be heavily linked to all films made even getting up to 5 films with a new bond.

With that said. Question is, who would Nolan pick for Bond?

So this is going off the base of his previous films. I’m sure he would have some new actors in the list but there would probably be a lot of returning so I’m only going to fan cast over Nolan’s previous films.

Let’s start with the main guy, James Bond.

For me this was an easy pick, you could say Christian Bale but Bale is kind of too old to be bond now especially now that whoever plays bond is going to be bond for multiple years. So basing this on a requirement for a younger actor and one that can embody this role my Nolan pick for James Bond is Tom Hardy. Yeah I know the picture above probably gave it away. But Tom Hardy has multiple times been a fan casting, having worked with Nolan before in inception and Dark Knight Rises this actor has range. But just look at that those roles he played. In Inception he was a quintessential British character and in dark night rises he played a guy who didn’t mind throw in a few punches to get the job done. Merge those two characters together you have James Bond.

But I don’t want to linger on just this character what’s more interesting is casting the rest of James Bond. So let’s start with The 00 agency

M – for the pick of James Bonds boss I figured James D’arcy could play this role. In the Daniel Craig era we had two M’s originally the Dame Judy Dench M and The Ralph Fines M and looking at the latter and how much it reminded me of this senior gentleman like role that we saw from fines was what we saw back in the Sean Connery era. So James D’arcy would fit this role perfectly.

Q – old or new? There has been several Q’s but las much as I liked Ben as a younger Q in Craig’s era. There was something more homely with the aged tech guy that had spent his life around gadgets and building the latest new technology. For this Michael Caine would be perfect and let’s look at the logic of this. He was Alfred in dark knight, he wasn’t just the butler, he helped Bruce Wayne build his Batman including gadgets. Albeit the tech came from the character of lucious fox, Michael Caines Alfred had the enthusiasm to help this be assembled and that is the quality that makes me see him as Q.

MoneyPenny – now I figure instead of having her behind the desk was better utilised by having MoneyPenny more active in the Craig era really refreshed the character. This is something I think should be continued. And for this Anne Hathaway would be perfect to portray. She has been in multiple Nolan films from Catwoman to Intersteller she would be perfect to keep bond on his toes watching how he spends the money.

I’m also going to include another character more newer as only really in the Craig era of bond but the character of C – a somewhat second in command to M that kind of manages the operation of the office. For this role I thought a somewhat likeable character who isn’t a field agent but has just that little bit more higher rank than bond that would annoy bond with red tape. For this Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be perfect to play. Managing the agency and putting bond through testing on behalf of M would give audiance a bit of warmth and humour in more slower parts of the movie.

So now it brings me to the villains and this is difficult because unless you have a script there is no villains and if your looking at past iconic villains well I think we should avoid that because he had that in Craig’s run. We don’t need a new Blofeld – that being said Christopher Waltz was perfect in that role so why try and replicate that. Instead new characters new stories that ain’t tied to previous novels.

As no script it’s hard to predict what the villains would be. But all we have is Nolan and at least a trilogy of bond films so based on actors from previous Nolan films I have four actor that could easily be the villains of the trilogy of new films.

First on my list is Cillian Murphy – he’s played both villian and heroes in Nolan’s film and I think he would be perfect for the first villian for James band Tom hardy to face off with. I like parallels having cillian Murphy play the villian to James Bond Tom hardy kind of makes me think of a flip of a coin. Take the show Peaky Blinders where Cillian Murphy was the central lead character and Tom Hardy played a somewhat villian to Cillians character. The role reversal for James Bond would be like a reunion in an alternate reality. And I think that would be fun. Not only that Cillian makes perfect villains, kind of like Mads Mikklesln character in casino Royale

In a sequel or two my next picks are John David Washington, Robert Patterson and maybe even Harry Styles. Imagine if you will a celebration of Nolan actors as a group of villains working together but have separate roles. Like how you had spectre connecting everything – having multiple villains bond going against in the sequel would be interesting chase and these actors together would make that perfect mix of actors.

Finally the final Villain the last movie villain, they should have someone who really tests bond. And I think the best way they could do that is have someone who was once a 00 agent and who would be perfect for that. Christian Bale. Bale usually is a lead hero but of recent times he’s done more villainous roles like in Thor love and thunder. But I also think it would be a fitting end and again another Parallel to dark knight rises with the roles filmed Batman vs Bane to Tom Hardy Bond vs Christian Bales Villian

So what do you think? Do you agree with this fan cast? Do you have your own take based on a different director and actors. Leave a comment with your answers

Skyfall Review

One of the most anticipated movies of this year for me was Skyfall. Today i saw it, and well here is my review.

First off this is just the review portion of my Skyfall coverage, there will be a second blog involving an debate discussion about some of the finer points of Skyfall.

Ok so how do i start a review about one of the most anticipated movies of this year. The hype, it had alot to live up to. There was alot of haters for Quantum Of Solice, i didnt hate the film i just found it not memorable, it seem to continue on that Casino Royale vibe but Quantum Of Solice had no memorable characters, it just basically felt like angry pissed of bond suddnely got evenmore pissed off because he found a water horder. But Skyfall is a different type of movie.

See when Daniel Craig took on the mental of Bond, they reinvented it, from my point of view it felt like a new franchise. Casino Royale was an amazing film. Skyfall follows as a close second but as much as i liked alot of the things i saw in Skyfall, i kind of felt alot of it was spoilt in parts.

Skyfall – visually stunning all the way through, the sets were amazing and never boring. Very well detailed and i dont know if people noticed but the film went through several colour filters, like mostly red in that casino, orange during the end of the movie, a green/blue in the new HQ – very cleaver. This film and its rare that i say this, its one of the first films that has felt very british in a long time.

The way i see this movie is like its the inbetween from the Daniel Craig Bond Trilogy to Sean Connery’s bond series of films. its like they did the uturn away from the new style of bond films and went back to the 007 shhhhhaken not stured connery bond. In someways i felt nostalgic it was heading that way but in the same time i felt like where they evolved the bond franchise into what we saw in the previous films, they were going back to the old style to please fans and it really wasnt required. I found that they used too many jokes and although they where used in Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solice, it was always used sparingly where as Skyfall is the only bond film im gonna have to say is got to be classed as Action-Thriller-Comedy. There were also alot of elements in this film that found me reminiciant of the old bond movies, it very much felt like they were paying homage to the old James Bond Films more than tying up a trilogy.

The thing i didnt like was the lucidity of the trilogy. Casino Royale lead into Quantum Of Solice, you would think Skyfall would of bridge that gap to but no it was more of a stand alone film. In somewheres i see Skyfall like The Dark Knight Rises… set 8 years later when the hero is now a mess from his original self. Actually there was many elements of the Batman Begins Trilogy that i found in this movie, The main Villian was like The Joker from The Dark Knight, the whole epic nature of the film was like The Dark Knight Rises, Bond was like Bruce from The Dark Knight Rises. People died, new people were introduced it was very unique.

It wouldnt be fair to talk about character unless i go through them one by one.

so…

Here we go…

M

Despite being the only link between the pierce brosin bond and daniel craig bond. Really craigs bond is the prequel – this is introductory level of bond. Without giving spoilers away, M is really looking her age and i think that really plays into the factor of this movie. Old, tired and made a few mistakes in life, Dame Judi Dench played the character of M really well over the years and this was her defining moment as M. This is the only movie i have seen M play a more of an Action role than her previous behind the counter role she had played in the previous movie. M is complex and has a past that she would sooner forget. The result of her past was the creation of this movies Villian.

Q

A brilliant performance by Ben Whishaw, he isnt trying to be the younger version of the Q we remember from the other movies, He was a unique Q. He also reminded me alot of someone i used to go to college with many years ago. God i feel old, anyway Q had alot to live up to because even though Q was just really an extended cameo role in the previous films. Skyfall showcases Q and puts him to action. A young genius that can read script and likes the modern age of gadgets… even if they were simplistic gadgets. You kind of felt that in Skyfall they wanted to cement the future of the franchise by giving you the cast back, M, Q, Moneypenny, Bond… the core elements of the bond franchise. Not only have they done Q well, they made him memorable for his characteristics.

Moneypenny

Now i was really confused by this character. Becaus she was a field agent and when they marketed the film they basically indicated she was Moneypenny from the begining but it wasnt brought up in the film until the end. I know this sounds like a bit of a spoiler but come on – anyone who read anything about this bond film and i actively avoided reading about this film so i could enjoy it. But it was avoidable that the character of Eva was Moneypenny. So not calling her that until the very end when she introduces her self like it was some big reveal – im guessing it was either a marketing mistake or just a rewrite of the script. Anyway Moneypenny’s character is a field agent to begin with but ultimately ends up being a human based communication service (because telephones seem to be obseleted in this bond world) ear pieces and mics in your cufflinks is the future. What i didnt get with Moneypenny was what exactly was she supposed to bring to the story other than to move a story along. She has a major part to play at the begining but then she just turns up every now and then like a cat you fed milk to once and now it wont stop coming to your house. They should of done more with her, they should of gave her a proper reason to why she stayed behind the desk and didnt become a field agent like in the old bond movies. But never mind.

Sévérine

Disappointing…! now this isnt about the actress who played the character or how she portrayed the character – infact i felt it was well performed and found character really interesting… for the whole 20 minutes she was on screen. Now she becomes the new Bond girl but within the 20 minutes of screen time she had skyscraper, casino, boat and island… thats about it, i thought her character had promise but she just became an extended cameo pitty but then i felt Javier Bardem’d silva the main villian of the movie would of overshadowed her if they extended her role more anyway. This brings me to…

Silva

Javier Bardem nailed this character in one – memorable, amazing and something that has been missing in bond villians for a while… Creepy! this character was The Joker from The Dark Knight, a propper villian but like with most stories he once was a hero but turned villian when he was betrayed. Something about this character just basically screamed he was a homage of many bond villians, like that blofelt, scaramanga and even Jaws. When he took his teeth out at one point and his face dropped did anyone else think “OMG thats jaws” but i felt there was many villians of the past parodied in this film. anyway Javier Bardem brought us an amazing performance with this character. In someways and i dont know how they would do this but i would like to see him return at some point. If it was possible.

Which brings me to

BOND, JAMES BOND!

James Bond, Daniel Craig basically just watched The Dark Knight Rises, over and over again, he was essentially Bruce Wayne broken to begin with, reinvented by the end. I was never too keen on Daniel Craig being bond, he just didnt feel like a Bond. But Skyfall really showed him live out the bond iconic stuff well, the NON subtle hints to the old bond movies – like the austin martin, the skyfall bond manor. Always wondered how someone can run in slip-on shoes and a suit… i ran for the bus in my work gear and nearly fell in front of the bus because shoes have no grip… climbing on top of a trian and runing around the place – just wouldnt happen in real life. But maybe Q made him some all purpose slip on shoes or something.

Id also like to make mention of two more characters Tanner and Mallory – Tanner actually played an interesting sidekick role to M that reminded me of Agent Coulson from Avengers Move Marvel fame. Not giving any spoilers away but i could see him being part of the iconic Group of Q, Moneypenny, M and Bond… Tanner… Then there is Mallory – Played by Ralph Finnes – i had alot of reservations when i heard he was going to be in this movie. Bond is a very british series of films and putting someone like Ralph “Im Voldermort” Fines in the movie just felt like there would be to much of a comparison to the movie The Avengers??? do people remember that, Sean Connery, Ralph Fines and Uma Therman. maybe his casting was a node to Sean Connery in avengers movie. But anyway even though Ralph was in the film, i was actually quite surprised by his performance and really he will hold the series together in the future films.

Moving away from the cast i need to mention the music of Bond. Basically all the classic bond themes and songs are back, from the Adele intro an iconic opening screen to the dum de de de dum dum dum noise that came from the bond iconic franchise. This felt like the Ultimate Bond film.

But this film had flaws, What happened to Mr.White from Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solice, who was there employers… there is alot of unresolved stuff from those two movies and Skyfall stands alone.

So there we have it, My Bond review – this movie was a brilliant stand alone film but really they need to conclude the Casino Royale and Quantum Of Solice storylines. I heard that the next two bond films will be a back to back film.

Also i managed to get the last VIP seating ticket for my cinema, i have never seen a film so popular on a sunday at a really awkward time to go see it.

i really cant wait for when bond comes back…! for a franchise we almost lost due to the recession and the studio almost closing down. Skyfall saved it.

I give this movie 5 stars out of 5