Fifty Years in the Making

     This past weekend I was finally able to see the newest installment of James Bond, and I have to say in my humble and slightly bias opinion is was the best Bond movie to date.  In this movie for the first time Bond is forced to question M as her past comes back to haunt her when someone from her past launches a cyber attack on MI6.  This movie also celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Bond franchise  and they did not disappoint.  not only did this movie give us beautifully incorporated flashes of the past, but it also showed us a new side to Bond that has never been seen before.

Danial Craig and Judi Dench both returned as Bond and M respectively, and this time they were joined by an amazing cast including Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Berence Marlohe, Ben Whishaw, and last but sertenly not least Javier Bardem.  Taking over the reiengs of directer was Sam Mendes who did an absolutely fantastic job.
     Right off the bat it was obvious that this movie was going to be very different that any other Bond movie that we have ever seen before, in the first few minutes we see a tension in the relationship between Bond and M, when Bond is forced to leave a friend to die for the good of the mission.  With this one moment we get to see a realism to this world of Bond that we have never seen before in that one moment at least for me it hit me that for the first time in all of these cool action shoot outs people really get hurt and die, so it was really brought to a real level.  Keeping with that theme we then see Bond himself injured, and for the first time ever we see him as a real person that can get hurt, and maybe even die. Then throughout the rest of the movie we see a Bond that has been broken down and he is really spending the rest of the film trying to live up to the legend that he is, but he just can't, on both an emotional level and a physical level.  Craig did an amazing job pulling off this really complicated role of both a strong double O agent as well as a man who knows he is aging and losing his edge, and ultimately falling to an extremely dark place.
     I cannot say enough good things about this movie go out and see it even if you have never in your life ever wanted to see a James Bond movie.  This is a beautifully shot film, with all sorts of deep and meaningful character relationships, and of course all the cool James Bonds stuff.  I also would like to point out that this is a truly touching film with a great ending and I can't wait for the next one.