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movie review - Skyfall

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Tokyo, 2012.12.13

I get the gritty tone of the recent Bond films. I do. But the plot of this thing was as strong as a formerly wet and now dry tissue, crinkly and stiff and riddled with holes. And it wasn't fun or engaging in some other way. Devoid of charisma and a challenge to wade through, I think this might be one of the worst Bond movies ever made. Right now, having just been through this thing, I'd rather watch "Thunderball". (shudder)

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

Remove everything that has no relevance to the story. If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there.

—Anton Chekhov