4. Its Very Bond-ish
What the producers may have missed in the reflective glory of Casino Royale is that people loved a Bond who now didnt come with his clichés, his terrible jokes, his lame one-liners and the predictable endings, which the audience had become tired with. The producers didnt seem to care much about anything in Quantum of Solace but appeared to care even less about maintaining new Bonds image in Skyfall, in which the character returned with his usual assorted blend of clichés, terrible jokes, lame one-liners and a predictable ending. From the very first image where the Bond music strikes a chord for a silhouette appearing, my heart sank into despair as it became obvious that this was to be a Bond film created as an extended homage to the proliferated and inflated image of the character. At some points even Austin Powers looked less clichéd. This film drums in so many lines about The old ways being the best, which is an incredibly flawed theory when it comes to the progression of a character who looked to be entering a modern era, but has instead regressed into the familiar stereotype that made Bond such a laughable figure. Saying the old ways are the best is like saying that a vinyl player is the best way to listen to the new Lady Gaga album, or that a SNES is the best system for playing Black Ops 2. The old ways are not the best and to stay approachable in an adapting cinema world of edgier, darker action heroes Bond needs to forget what it was and be something new. Do you agree? Share your thoughts on Skyfall below.