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Bond hits the scene
To succeed, a James Bond movie must traffic in equal parts sophistication and pure preposterousness, a winking willingness not to take itself too seriously, but with peerless writing, acting and production values. All of those elements are on hand in "Skyfall."
At the outset, Bond (Daniel Craig) is in Istanbul, pursuing a bad guy through bazaars and over rooftops in a ludicrous motorcycle chase. That episode will send Bond into something of an existential spiral, bringing him alongside Jason Bourne and other au courant secret agents as people who are fighting not just shadowy forces of mass destruction but also their inner demons.
When Bond flies into action after a self-imposed hiatus, he's an Oedipal wreck, bleary-eyed, out of shape and visibly aging. The not-so-sub-subtext of "Skyfall" is the ongoing dialogue between past and future, whether it's youth vs. age, computers vs. analog, or point-and-click terrorism vs. old-school geopolitics.
The DVD (Sony, $30) includes a four-part making-of documentary, while the Blu-ray ($40) adds eight more segments and commentary.
Washington Post
Colin Covert says: "Skyfall" is a mixed bag. Some of it is terrific. And some of it is spectacular.
Also out Tuesday
Movies: "Bully," "Dangerous Liaisons," "Jedi Junkies," "The Kid With a Bike," "The Man With the Iron Fists," "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," "Robot & Frank," "The Sessions," "Silent Hill: Revelation."
