Skyfall...

On Sunday, I went to see Skyfall with Pim, Sue, and maaseru.

Though I have always been a James Bond fan in principle, I haven't always liked the James Bond movies. The Roger Moore ones made me cringe, because I thought they were making fun of the genre. And because Moore managed to make Bond seem smarmy.

And now, and now...

Okay, first confession: I love Daniel Craig as Bond. So I am predisposed to like his movies regardless of content.

But then the opening sequence was catchy. And we get scenes in the Middle East... I'm watching and thinking, "Cool..." and then, whammo, "I know that street corner! That's just around the corner from the Bazaar! That's Istanbul!" And since I feel a close proprietary love of Istanbul these days, I was pretty much a goner from that moment.



I think I'd have loved Skyfall anyway. So much to love. And so many surprises. Over and over, I thought I knew what was going to happen, and I was wrong - they dodged the cliches and the easy plotting.

And though I'm not much of a lover of chase scenes, this had some of the best I've seen. The roofs of Istanbul. You really can't top that. And so I can gush over more details, I'd better put this under a cut ( for spoilers... )

I can't think of anything about that movie that I didn't like, but that might be because I am still in a euphoria of infatuation with it. When I see it again, I may find flaws. Maybe.

But I wouldn't bet on it.