"Far up! Far out! Far more! James Bond 007 is back!"
Last weekend I went with my own family to see Skyfall. For my son (who is eight) it was his first Bond movie in a cinema. I enjoyed it and I know he enjoyed it too - I wonder if he will remember it as long!
The movie is currently scoring 8.2 on IMDB, which puts it a little ahead of "Casin Royale" at 7.9 and substantially ahead of Quantum of Solace at 6.7. It is scoring a very impressive 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The answer to the question of why it is beating Daniel Craig's two previous outings is probably two words: Sam Mendes.
The new movie is also a huge box office hit - with £37.2m in its opening week it is now the biggest seven day gross of all time at the UK box office.
The things I probably liked most about it are:
1) It looks like a Bond movie (they have managed to distinguish it from Bourne and Mission Impossible movies)
2) The many references to previous Bond movies to please the aficionado
My rating: 8/10
Here is a nice still from early in the movie:
