There are three reasons why it is the most appropriate time:
a- This year marks the 50th anniversary of the birth of the 007 series of films
b- This year’s autumn in the UK is a shit-like day, except for the cinema, there are basically no other entertainment projects
c- Batman retired this year. Spider-Man is only in the early childhood class. When the pediatric vampire is in charge, it's time for a real man to play.
Sure enough, it was the first time in my life that I saw a movie at 9:30 in the morning full. After the first appraisal of the movie, the crowd stood up and applauded. Sony is overjoyed. Tonight, more than two million people in the island nation will spend the weekend in the cinema.
If you follow the Casino Royale and Quantum Crisis, this may not be the Bond movie you imagined. Because standing on the occasion of 50 years of Bond movies, this is a Bond at a turning point: "Faced with the challenges of the new era, where should Bond go?"-The film gave us a smooth style change Answer.
This change is first reflected in the characterization. Sam Mendes told us in a very Sam Mendes way: Bond is a person first, then an agent; M is a person first, then a boss; Silva is first Individuals, then a villain; Dr. Q is an individual first, and then a genius.
Then Uncle Sam said: Since they are all human beings, what they have in common is: all human beings have a past, all human beings have emotions, and all human beings make mistakes.
On the 50th anniversary of the birth of the 007 series of films, Sam unveiled Bond’s mysterious childhood for us. The quiet and secluded place is called SKYFALL, which is in the remote mountains of Scotland (Buachaille Etive Mor), an empty valley and a secluded world. There is a silver snow in winter, and in spring, the sound of rubbing leaves comes from the forests full of mountains. Bond’s childhood seems to have left no traces in his adult years, but the film tells us in a very subtle way, Bond There was also a past. His parents were buried in a chapel near Skyfall. The janitor treated him as if he was a little kid. The gun was also left by his father, and the match was still on. Although Bond is not a nostalgic person in the traditional sense, years can gradually tear away the unpleasant past, but good traditions still need to be preserved. As the theme repeated in the movie: Sometimes Old ways are the best! Sure enough, Bond finally returned to the era of Home Alone, even the Martin car was borrowed from Connery BMT216A.
Besides, M, she is the real heroine of this film. The Bond girls who were on the offensive on GQ before were all smoke bombs. The French glamorous beauty died unjustly in less than 15 minutes. And M, from beginning to end, she is the real Bond girl. She echoes the role of Silva, showing a special relationship between Bond and her: a matriarch, an overbearing and ruthless queen bee, and a Sadist who makes Bond willingly. The role of a mother, two boys, she can abandon at a critical moment, can't she? The difference is that one chooses to betray, the other still insists on loyalty. In the end, this real Bond girl revealed her human side. Even a dog with a stinky face is a kind of emotional suggestion, the most secret and obscure love, the kind that the British understand best. The misty black humor. I don't understand why Sam made Bond shed tears in the end. He was reluctant to part with his mother's special pride and trust in him or the end of his mother's age? The British are a special species, and the black-bellied Qian Zhongshu hit the nail on the head: The British admit that they are stubborn, ugly, and stupid, and they are willing to use the bulldog as the national emblem, but this confession contains kidding, which is a kind of negative pride. .
As for Silva, I think Javier Bardem did a great job. The Scandinavian villain's appearance and the Spanish-style provocation, one white and one black, form a strong and interesting contrast. He came rhythmically from the elevator fifty meters away, and when he described the story about the mouse elegantly, he slowly unbuttoned Bond’s white shirt, and gently touched him with his fingertips, touching his skin. Swipe up and down, with light breaths from one big and one small nostrils, autumn waves flowed, Yingshengyanyu, and the lines spit out from the mouth were full of emotion, damn! The audience smirked cheerfully below, and I sighed aside, this powerful era is powerful enough to transform the last pure man in the world into gays. This real Bond movie is a subversive turn. In the characterization of Silva, Mendes once again told us painstakingly that this Silva, he was first a person, and then a villain. His motive was his past, and he needed mother-killing revenge to relieve him of M. Hate, betray or betray. Although this guy has a smooth mouth, he is not sloppy at all. He takes a well-trained squad, all kinds of large-scale weapons and equipment, big planes, big police cars, grenades, machine guns, and fly-bys everywhere. Yes, with a playful soundtrack of French boom boom boom. When he died, he did not forget to show a roar, a hideous and funny grimace, ooh sorrow...
If he and the clown are confronted , he still doesn’t know how sparks will hit the earth. ! To be sure, this year's villain rankings, he will definitely leave Tom Bear playing the uninteresting Bane a few roads. But the only thing that is not logical is that it is impossible for the British to find a Spaniard as an agent.
Finally, let’s talk about Q, who tried the sledgehammer. Ben Whishaw has always been a good actor. He went directly to the crew without deleting the selection. He can be regarded as a Mendes’ escort student. When he appeared on the stage, I remember it very clearly. It was at the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. The painting was a famous painting by Joseph William Turner in 1839. Respect, at the same time, it metaphors the arrival of a new era: an era when a young man in his pajamas engaged in espionage warfare at home. Obviously Bond was dismissive. He said: Youth is no guarantee for innovation. Sure enough, the young man made a mistake on his first screen mission. Fortunately, he repented in time and didn't let the uncle wait in the field for nothing.
The transformation of other elements is equally exciting. Thomas Newman succeeded David Arnold as the New Bond musician. His inspiration seems to be inspired by Han Zimmer’s soundtrack in The Dark Knight Rise on the football stadium bursting scene, except for the iconic trumpet and French horns and drums have become the orchestration of several unforgettable fighting scenes: one is in the blue neon of Shanghai's tall buildings, and the other is under the ice lake in Scotland. The valuable thing is that, no matter what, the integration of new elements has not swallowed the old classics. Adele's singing reveals Bond's gloomy childhood without any trace in the typical Bond tune.
Also worth recommending is the light photography effect of Roger Deakins, a professional nominee for the Golden Image Award. Compared with the last two 007, it looks blurry and softer: the back view of 007 fighting in the fluorescent light of the swimming object is not so much fighting as it is. Dancing, the blue neon refraction glass cuts the mirror image into thousands of pieces, making people dizzy. The surface of the Macau lake where the thousands of lanterns are shining and dancing (in fact, it is not Macau but the studio called Paddock Tank in England), and the dragon head crossed by the silhouette of 007 under the golden red light is extremely beautiful. The fire-stained woods in the dark night of Scotland were dim and melancholy, which made people wonder if Zhang Yimou was the upper body of the photography. I originally thought this was very abrupt and out of place in the 007 movie. Is it necessary for a pure man's movie? But when you think about it carefully, this is not a new change. It sets off the theme just right: an old-school man, when the new era is advancing, what should he do? We can find the answer from pure images: he will soften the edges and corners of the new era in a nostalgic way.
Yes, the elements of these painstakingly designed transformations are constantly hinting to us that the times are changing and the world is changing. Like Looper predicted, the future should be in the neon flashing, high-rise and undulating East, so the old industrial revolution empire What should we do, do we need physical agents, or engage in human intelligence?
Mendes told us in a very 007 way: Many things that leave the old and welcome the new are precisely a nostalgic theme: the car should still be driven. The old one is better, the knife is better than the barrel, and the old agent is better. The British people please rest assured: the times are changing, but Bond will never change. Use the most traditional way to face the new. The future may also be an innovation. So at the end of the film we saw: the future Bond returned to the office 50 years ago, M returned to the male body, MoneyPenny also came from the Caribbean banshee, Craig brother also has a lot of work to do.
Perhaps in another 50 years, at the 100th anniversary of the 007 series, the most popular Bond will no longer be Sean Connery but Uncle Craig. (Note: Sean Connery in the latest opinion poll of the British Shortlist magazine topped the list with 45%, becoming the best bond, and Daniel Craig 27% second, which shows that the British people are no longer thinking.)
PS If you are curious about why I didn’t give five stars, please don’t be surprised. The reason is very personal: I think Bond’s suit is not as gorgeous as the first two episodes. Although it is Tom Ford, the Tuxedo in the Macau casino is a little bit irritating. A little disappointed, the tailoring is not as seamless as before, and the sleeves are a lot of wrinkles. Fortunately, it is very eye-catching to watch in broad daylight. I hope Tom God will work hard to catch up with Brioni. In addition, watches are not the most suitable, Omega is not the best, Ian Fleming wrote Rolex.
PS and PS If you are like me and you have not found the swimming pool on the roof on both sides of the Pujiang River, then please allow me to save you a little time. That sparkling swimming pool does not exist. That is the digital combination of London Canary Wharf, Virgin Active Canary Riverside Club and the night view of Shanghai.
PS.PS. and PS. Congratulations to Skyfall for winning Bond’s first Bafta
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