Back after 5 years of absence, the new chapter of 007 and the question arises spontaneously, we need it?
Skyfall begins with a 'fast-paced chase over the roofs of istanbul and continues with a hand to hand combat on the cars of a passenger train, then 007's helper e accidentally shoots the protagonist and the plot twists end up here after just one quarter of an hour of film.
After the elaborate titles, while listening to the beautiful song by Adele, the scene is the usual James Bond film, with the difference that bond drink beer, it is a rough patented and its leaders are so mired in the global crisis that they can not to provide technical support futuristic compared to the times we live.
Returning to a judgment purely technical level, the direction is great for a action movie, not surprisingly Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins have done their work, the actors are able to do all the part that is given without any defect and Javier Bardem again shows the great talent that distinguishes him, but the film does not affect, let cool and sometimes bored.
The psychological depth of the characters is just a fake artifice, then return to 'action and if it were not for the figure of Bardem there would be repeated a Quantum of Solace, directed with a more majestic.
I dare say that James Bond is dead and buried for years and the blame does not fall to me about Daniel Craig, a character with more appeal to Timothy Dalton and Roger Moore, but the problem lies in the new Hollywood, the movies about superheroes, the of disaster films, in which you try to force you to create depth to the characters two-dimensional characters who are heroes or men out of the ordinary, trying to humanize without complete transformation and leaving it in half, looking for a film "blockbuster" but with intentions authorship.
The film is sometimes fiction, and in some cases, one should leave this.
Extra ADELE - Skyfall
This song is incredible. Throughout his duration is felt a slight tremor that freezes your breath and crushes the time. The piano, with gentle touch, at first, gives differents emotion, the input of other instruments gives sostance to the theme song, and the song itself fits with the film: a slow start turns in a continuation breathtaking and engaging based on revenge. All ends with a skyfall, a scotland old house...
Hi Michele,
ReplyDeleteMay I wish you a happy New Year for 2013!!
This is a nice, pacey review and you start off with a really strong opening paragraph. You just need to add a verb there, e.g. "Back.....is the new chapter .... and the question arises - "Do we need it?"
- Not sure if the apostrophe got there by mistake (a 'fast-paced chase)??
- Maybe "... over the roof-tops of Istanbul (it's a name so needs a capital letter).
- I think hand-to-hand combat works better as an uncountable noun so no "a", and maybe continue "on the roof of a passenger train (full stop)." (I know this is repeating the word "roof" but does actually link the two ideas together so I think it works here.
- We don't tend to use the word "protagonist" in this way so better "the hero".
- "plot twists" doesn't quite work here so maybe something like "convolutions of the plot"?
- "just (a) quarter-of-an-hour into the film.
- "After the elaborate titles and while we listen to the beautiful title-song by Adele, the scene moves to that of a typical James Bond film, with the difference that this Bond drinks beer.
- Don't quite understand what you want to say by "it is rough patented"??
- ...mired in the idea of a global crisis that they cannot seem to come up with any gadgets or technical wizzardry that is in any way ahead of the times in which we already live.
- Returning to the task of judging the film purely on its technical merits, the direction is great for an action movie, .... the actors cannot be faulted for their ability to play their roles and Javier .....but the film does not captivate its audience, leaving them cold and sometimes bored.
Will have to stop for now but will continue tomorrow.
Best wishes.
Hi again Michele,
ReplyDeleteProfuse apologies for it being rather longer than the one day I promised! Here is the rest of my comment.
Full stop after "fake artifice". Then it returns to action ..................figure of Bardem it would simply be a repeat of Quantum of Solace but directed a little more majestically. (What actually do you mean by majestically here?)
"I dare say" doesn't work. Maybe "The fact is that Bond has been dead and buried for years and for me the blame does not lie with Daniel Craig, a character with more appeal than ...
the disaster films (no of)
...try to force yourself to add depth to the two-dimensional characters....
trying to humanize them without completely transforming them.
What does the section "leaving it in half" to "authorship" mean? I don't quite understand.
....one should leave it as this.
Throughout its duration you feel a slight shiver .....
I would actually swap the verbs around i.e. crushes your breath and freezes time.
The piano, with its gentle touch, at first causes different emotions and then the input of the other instruments adds substance...
turns into a continually breathtaking and engaging story/drama based on revenge.
a Scotland old house doesn't work grammatically. Unfortunately I haven't seen the film yet so I'm not sure how it ends so can't suggest an improvement. What exactly do you mean - an old Scottish house?
Lots of good content here and you have certainly tried to put across a sense of the feel of the film. Well done.