Skyfall

Amanda and I went to see Skyfall tonight.

It was awesome.

I had my doubts for a little bit in the beginning, but it turned into a great movie and was worthy of Daniel Craig's other Bond outings.

The Good

• Gritty, down to earth Bond again -- Daniel Craig and the filmmakers of the last three James Bond movies have nailed this.
• Interesting plot with M as the target rather than Bond or someone/something else.
• Q and his throwaway line about what Bond expected from him -- awesome reference to Goldeneye.
• Judy Dench as M going from dismissing Bond as a Cold War relic in Goldeneye to being (essentially) dismissed as one herself.
• The ending.  My inner fanboy said the following:  "OMG, SQUEEEEEEEEE!"

The Bad

• Could they have possibly shown more of Daniel Craig topless?  To be fair, I think this appeared very high in Amanda's list of the good points.

Oh, before I wrap this up, was anyone else reminded of some of Skyrim's landscapes during the scenes in Scotland?  Or is that just because Skyrim is on my mind?

Movies in our Near Future

Date for tomorrow:  the movies.  Amanda and I have been excited for Wreck-It Ralph ever since we saw the first trailer.  So we're hoping to go see it tomorrow.  Then we'll be following it up in a week or so with Skyfall, the new James Bond movie.

So I predict movie awesomeness in our future!