Skyfall

Our 23rd Bond film (I think) re-unites Daniel Craig with Judi Dench and bring in Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem, and a few other newcomers to the party. Craig is an aging, but still badass and effective Bond who is getting to the point where his field work/age is being questioned, just like Dench's M character. The plot is an unknown man with unknown associates steal the hard drive containing Britain's secret agents undercover in various terrorist organizations. Bardem is away for too long in this film, but dominates his time on screen. Craig and Dench are excellent, pretty standard though. This film delves into Bond's childhood more than any previous Bond I've seen. It's much darker and almost void of the cheeky Bond humor except a few playful exchanges to Naomie Harris' Eve character and Q. It's similar to the other Craig Bond films, strong in action and intensity. I was a big fan. It's hard to talk about it very much without dropping mad spoilers, so I'm done. Bottom Line: 8.3 out of 10. High marks, but Bardem is sensational and the rest of the cast keeps up. Really unique story, good song by Adele, beautiful random women, it's a strong showing.