Skyfall…-
cranked out by now 50 year old – Bond franchise… Seems it is desperately trying
to re-invent itself, trying to stay relevant, trying to remain successful.
To
me this is like the best Daniel James Bond Craig show, and one of the top 007
acts. Right from the word Go. Opening sequence in Istanbul is great to watch.
The
moment of pride, in a puerile sense, is when we see Bond driving Indian cars….
I mean Jaguars and Land Rovers…. don’t they belong to Indian owners…!
The
climax is biggest un-Bond-esque. No high tech wars, no adrenalising chases. But
pure grit. It almost seemed climax fight in 'Ramgadh' of a 'Thakur' surrounded
by 'gundés'.
In
a social sense also, Bond is re-inventing. The villain has gone gay, hitting at
Bond. Great act put by Javier Bardem.
Adele's
title song, and the title show. Thumbs up.
However,
the producers do seem to run out of yarn to spin… the story keeps developing
sideways, backways etc. The movie goes a bit slower (not boring, but, at all).
Bond girls are much subdued and seems scarce. There is hardly any vodka martini
– shaken or not.
Lastly,
looking at Shanghai… there is again this feeling, bad at that, how we as a
country is just getting left behind. At one time we used to see lots of America
and all that West and used to dream. Now we see lot of China, and dreaming
continues. For all that fabulous infrastructure…..
Cheers,
Cheers,
mg
PS: All views are personal.
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