Skyfall

After watching 50 years worth of Bond films, I do still think this is the best one of them all. Now, mind you, that may be because this was the first I saw in theaters and actually had the mindset of "i want to see this Bond film" & actually paid attention to what the story of it was. Any others I saw prior to this one, I was just "watching action happening lol I think one of the aspects that makes me love this entry so much is "elite spy vs. elite spy". And while one might be able to make the argument that SPECTRE has tons of elite spies working for them, to me it's not the same as "007 vs. 006", "Ethan Hunt vs. Ambrose", or even Bond (here) vs. Silva (a former secret agent who worked for M). These more specific one on one face-off vendettas feel more personal & engaging to me, rather than the secret agent taking on a whole organization, or a random rogue villain. Also, is M's real name revealed in this? Bond's old butler calls her "Emma", but I assume that's likely because he misheard her moniker. But I believe Silva says an M name as well, but I just can't make out exactly what he says... it would make sense that he calls her by her full name though because he no longer cares for moniker "rules" now that he doesn't work for her. I also love the similar storylines of these 2 agents. One who was "betrayed" (though we find out later it was indeed for good reason) by his employer, and the other who's dealing with feelings that he may have been betrayed as well, just not to the extent of wanting her dead. "The duality of man" if you will. Fantastic stuff, really. Tbh, the only thing I wish this did differently is put the "Bond shoots at the screen" thing at the beginning of the film again. It's been a while since I've seen the other 2 Bond films, so I have no idea if they put that classic scene back at the beginning or not, but if they don't, then that (I think) is the only problem the with Craig films, collectively (individually.... that's another story lol).