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Skyfall

Wendell Adkins said:
Did some Epic test shots for Roger a few weeks ago. The man leaves nothing to chance, trust me.
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Hi Wendell,

Would consider elaborating a little bit more about this? How where the tests conducted? What did you shoot exactly, in what conditions, what were the results? And the most important, what did he think?

Hope I`m not being inconvenient...

Thanks!
 
Likewise I think the plot had too many plotholes for me to like the film. However Deakins masterfull work is a whole other story. His use of light still amazes me. But there was one thing I had troubles with, with the cinematography. Some action scenes felt akward to me in some way. If you would freezeframe the picture it would look great, but as part of an action sequense it didn't have quite the flow to make the action move seamlessly along. It's difficult to explain and maybe it was just me. But how much experience does Roger Deakins have with action scenes?
 
I thought it was good, a more personal bond, a bond, put in the hard choice of choosing to serve when abandoned and persuing a shadow of himself.
I hated Quantum of solace, worst editing I've seen, I liked Casino Royal, but I really liked Skyfall.

I'm not a fan of keeping the bond-series being "bond", I think it's a relic that never changes and I like Skyfall for being a new wind in the series.
 
I thought Skyfall was excellent. I liked the more personal approach, colour themes, design and as most people have said the Lighting and Cinematography were excellent. I wasn't so keen on the Alexa signature and would have preferred a crisper image but I don't think any one can criticise the execution of the film as a piece of work.
 
sorry, the action scenes were solid but nothing amazing.... for that budget i expect great camera and lights....script was terrible....sometimes the whole thing looked cheap....that island/ruin thing? the actual skyfall? by far the worst bond ever....made me want to watch ANY bond from the 70 or 80s again, just to see what can be done on a much smaller budget....i don't get why all these new blockbuster/action movies have to be so predictable and shallow....
watched Argo last night....solid movie but i guess compared to all the other stuff it is a masterpiece....
 
paul schefz said:
sorry, the action scenes were solid but nothing amazing.... for that budget i expect great camera and lights....script was terrible....sometimes the whole thing looked cheap....that island/ruin thing? the actual skyfall? by far the worst bond ever....made me want to watch ANY bond from the 70 or 80s again, just to see what can be done on a much smaller budget....i don't get why all these new blockbuster/action movies have to be so predictable and shallow....
watched Argo last night....solid movie but i guess compared to all the other stuff it is a masterpiece....
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At last ! It is good not to feeling myself alone.
 
Sometimes, some things doesn't have to be big and explosive to be good. From some in here I feel that what was lacking was a big action finale, but it had a big action finale... within the characters, something I value more then action, even in action films.
 
Having not seen the film but having read this thread, it strikes me how subjective film making truly is. There is no absolute right and wrong. Looking forward to seeing it and the only thing I know at this point is I will agree with about half of the people posting here.
 
Bob Gruen said:
*SPOILER ALERT* Who was the guy assassinated across from the glass room? Why would Bond assume the woman in the other room was in on the asasination? Shouldn't he have had some kind of conversation or additional surveillance to confirm it?

The story was just weak...
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I didn't love the movie like I had hoped. Was it the most captivating or enthralling? That's subjective. But it still made perfect sense, so I'm guessing you may have forgotten parts, probably only having seen it the one time. Guy in the glass room? Just the target for the hitman, not important except for the fact that it locked the assassin down to a time and a place for Bond to track him down, thanks to intel from CIA. Bond assumed the woman was in on the assassination? Well, when a guy gets his brains blown out in front of you, and you're not in on it, I imagine you'd be running away screaming, or curled up in a ball in shock. Not waiting around in the same room like it was planned, and then staring out the window to the assassin when it sounds/looks like something is going on at the office building across the way. And then her being at the same casino where the chip in the assassin's brief case led him, him cashing it in, and then her walking up to him saying she was wondering who would cash the chip in...the chip that was in the assassin's briefcase....typically leads the viewer to suspect she knows what's up. He wasn't tracking her, he was following the other clues.
 
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