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Let the Sky Fall on Bond’s 50th anniversary
Ten years ago we were approaching the release of 007’s 23rd official adventure, marking the 50th anniversary: Skyfall is, in many ways, a complex film. It plays around with the darkness […]
Ten years ago we were approaching the release of 007’s 23rd official adventure, marking the 50th anniversary:
Skyfall is, in many ways, a complex film. It plays around with the darkness of the material while also hinting, often and occasionally less than subtly, that it’s very much in on the joke. It harks back to other movies in the franchise conceptually, doing better with the ideas they played with. It subverts some of the expectations of the audience, both of the film itself and the genre more broadly. It’s beautifully shot.
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