Just saw the midnight release of Skyfall
It was really well done.
Go see it.
Spoilers
At times it didn't feel like you were watching a Bond film. They didn't even bring out the main theme until the last 30 minutes which was great. It was a tad slow at parts, which I am not complaining about, Mendes in the past has done pretty talk-heavy dramas so it was a little expected.
Not seeing Bardem for the first hour and a half had me a little worried that he would have a limited role, that his character would not be developed enough. The scene between him and M in the glass prison cell squashed all that. That was one of my favourite parts.
I don't want to focus on it too much as usually I put too much stock into the photography of a movie, but wow. Roger Deakins fucking killed this one. The lighting was amazing, from the blazing sky at night during the last sequence to the numerous silhouettes and perfectly symmetrical frames. From a cinematography stand point its my favourite of the year, even more so than The Master and Looper.
I really hope its not Daniel Craigs last Bond film as I read today. The death of M really sets up the franchise going forward, new Q, new M, and he's a great Bond, one of the best. And seriously how sick is Ralph Fiennes, early on I was so stoked to see he would be in the film.
I'm seeing it again this week