It’s been four years since we last saw James Bond on screen. Granted, not the longest absence in the Bond series (That would go to the six year gap between Licence to Kill and Goldeneye.), but it certainly feels like an eternity.
However, to celebrate the series’ 50 year anniversary, Bond is back in his 23rd film, Skyfall.
What makes this particular installment more amazing is the level of prestige that this movie carries. Firstly, helming this movie is Academy Award winning director Sam Mendes (who won for 1999’s American Beauty). In addition, the screenplay was written by series regulars Neil Purvis and Robert Wade, as well as John Logan, who helped on the screenplays for Hugo, The Aviator, Sweeney Todd and The Last Samurai. Based on those two elements alone, you know that this movie is going to be great.
Additionally, the cast for this movie is full of actors who are of prestigious quality. Obviously, you’ve got Daniel Craig reprising his role as 007 (one of the best, I might add), and Judi Dench comes back as M. However, this new cast includes French actress Bérénice Marlohe as Sévérine (who, interestingly enough, claims that her portrayal was based on Famke Janssen’s femme fatale Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye); Naomie Harris (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End), playing a field agent named Eve; Javier Bardem as a villain named Silva and Shakespearean actor Ralph Fiennes as someone named Gareth Mallory. In addition, the series will be reintroducing Q with British actor Ben Whishaw, pictured below.
So what makes me think that this movie will be better than any of the others? Firstly, let me say that my personal favorite Bond is Casino Royale (just narrowly beating out Goldfinger). I thought that it was a great reintroduction to a classic character. The follow-up, Quantum of Solace, was a horrible mess of a movie. Hopefully a director like Mendes would have seen the absolutely atrocious Quantum and decided to make the movie a little bit more memorable and much more engaging for the audience. With a cast and a crew like this, what could go wrong? My only hopes are a) that the editing crew from Quantum was fired and b) Daniel Kleinman, famous for doing the opening Bond credits for Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is not Enough, Die Another Day and Casino Royale returns for Skyfall. Because the title credits for Quantum were so awful and unoriginal.
Enough chat, though. Take a look at the trailer for the movie and let me know what you think.
Skyfall is slated to open in November of this year.
Rather Be A Nerd 