[Sometimes, the old way is best]

Marques 2022-03-20 09:01:11

The beauties of the Xiangche, the surprise props, the flowers and the grass, the suave, show off everywhere. The labels that used to be affixed to 007 are nowhere to be seen here. Daniel Craig’s Bond has got rid of the glamour and surrealism, and looks more like a real person. He will be ashamed, he will be out of breath, and he will be old. Like that old razor, in the Internet era where a single computer can destroy MI6, 007 seems to be out of date.


It seems so. You see, Bond has no strength to grab the elevator bottom frame and almost fell, his shooting hand trembles, pull-ups and he collapses to the ground. "Small," the boss also ridiculed him, "I wear pajamas at home for a day is worth doing it yourself for a year." Not only that, the so-called high-tech equipment is actually just a radio transmitter, "That's it, do you want a bomb pen?" Even the car is left over by the predecessor.


However, this is the most shabby 007 in history, abandoning the glitz and dazzling of the past, returning home, returning to the original place, relying on old shotguns, homemade bombs, gas tanks and daggers to get the helicopter and submachine gun. As the film says, "Sometimes, the old way is still the best."


Such a return to the basics is a good intention. It tells us that the core of 007's spirit is not the bucket of popcorn held in the hand when watching movies, nor is it BMW, Aston Martin, Omega and Martini, it is not a Bond girl, it is not Dr. Q’s equipment, and it is not a playboy. It’s the poem that M read at the hearing, which is tenacity, bravery, loyalty, indomitable, wisdom and patriotism, these emotions that transcend the changes of the times and are never out of date!


007's spiritual core remains unchanged, 007 will never be outdated.

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Extended Reading
  • Martin 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    The characters are full of personalities, the inner conflict is intense, and the theme is refined extremely clearly. There is no dazzling high-tech equipment, heartless visual stimulation, the whole film is simplified and returned to the classics. People's action movies can now be shot with such a high artistic quality, "not bad money" really can't save Chinese movies!

  • America 2021-10-20 18:59:14

    Sure enough, as Javier Baden said in the interview, he is the real Bond girl! No wonder the other actresses have so few scenes. I thought Fiennes was nothing but a corollary. Later I learned that it was to connect the past and the next. The cat geek is also cute, the photography is praised, the opening action scene is super handsome, returning to the old-school 007 narrative, the classic car fights unarmed. Very interesting, but the details are not rigorous enough, but it is indeed entertaining, four stars.

Skyfall quotes

  • M: I fucked this up, didn't I?

    James Bond: No. You did your job.

  • James Bond: [about getting shot] In your defense, a moving target is harder to hit.

    Eve: Then you'd better keep moving.