Skyfall - A YGP review

Skyfall, the new James Bond flick, really kicked ass. I'm a pretty big Bond fan. I don't know if I've actually seen all of them... but thanks to all the 007 marathons on TV over the years it is definitely possible. If I've missed any it is probably some old Connery ones. And I think I saw the Lazenby Bond just once. I grew up with Roger Moore as my Bond, and yes, I know... he wasn't the best. But I liked his tongue-in-cheek quality. I was never a big Connery Bond fan... it was all terribly serious. And so many of the Bond films are just shitty towards women. Let's just say I was more than thrilled when Michelle Yeoh showed up as a Bond Girl... still one of the best Bond Girls of all time.

But onto Skyfall...

Bond and his Aston Martin

1. Not only have the Bond Girls graduated to Bond Women... there was far, far more eye candy for the ladies than for the men. There was almost no nudity of women... but Daniel Craig was shirtless a bunch of times... and damn... just damn. That is one fine man. And I mean that in the most feminine point of view kind of way. You see... it's not that he has some pretty face. It's his entire demeanor. It's the way he carries himself... whether walking across a room or kicking someone's ass.

2. Dude on dude action! Okay... not really... but there is a strange flirtation from the villain. This may have been kind of sexy if Javier Bardem wasn't reminding me of that dude from SNL (I'm good enough, and doggonit people like me)... Stuart Smalley I think. Really, Javier can be a very sexy man... but this look was not quite as bad, but almost, as the "No Country for Old Men" look from a few years back.

3. Old School Bond... this movie really does combine some of the old school feel of Bond with a new era. It doesn't take itself as seriously as Casino Royale (in an attempt to be more Bourne like), but it still feels new and fresh while paying homage to the history of Bond.

4. I won't say much more... I don't want to give any real spoilers here. But if you like Bond I'm not sure how you won't like this movie. :)