Skyfall - 8/10
If I'm being honest I'll have to say that Daniel Craig as Bond has never sat well with me for whatever the reasons. While Casino Royale was a good movie, QoS was more explosions than anything else and the issues that this movie had in being made I was beginning to have reservation about it.
However, any worries that I had where quickly stored away. Craig is brilliant in this film, the script has a perfect mix of action and dialogue. One thing that did strike me was it's visually a great looking film, the silhouetted fight scene to the beautiful grey of the Highlands of Scotland the cinematographery is stunning. The film towed the line perfectly between the 'Classic Bond' with his witty one liners but bleeds seeminglessly into 'Bourne Bond', a man who has a back story which is often not touched on in the movies. Because of this, it feels as if Skyfall has been influenced by the likes of Nolan's Batman films and the Bourne series. Skyfall holds it's own well and generally excited to see where they go with this now.
All this leads me nicely onto Javier Bardem, who has to be the best villain so far. He carries a real sense of threat and intimidation, you always fear that he can destroy anything he wants to, with a simple click of a finger. The final meeting between the 2 protagonists is a tense, thrilling ride yet keeps the charming humour which made Bond what it was back in the 60's/70's & 80's.
Can't wait till the next one, and I hope that Craig remains as Bond for a while yet and that Sam Mendes is given free regin to go on with it.....please.