Skyfall
2012
143 minutes
Rated PG-13
By Brandon Peters
Skyfall switches gears for Daniel Craig’s third dabbling in the role of 007. The film is akin to GoldenEye’s answer to License to Kill if comparing to the series cannon. While not going too far over the top, Skyfall does jump over the limits set by its two predecessors and enters into more familiar and common Bond territory. This is going to be rather brief in terms of what I’ve been writing; Scott has covered a lot of ground I may have covered as I didn’t read his review until after my viewing. And for the most part I agree with all his points. I’d rather not cover the same ground twice (editor's note: there's plenty new to chew on here). I don’t seem to mind the borrowing from other films especially when they are actually enhancing the themes and devices and making stronger renditions of them. One theme not brought up which I felt was more front and center than the revised GoldenEye was trust and learning to deal with trying not to take judgment calls for the greater good personally.
