tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post6710754699790183764..comments2024-02-29T22:56:25.464-05:00Comments on The Post Modern Pulp Blog: Movie Review: Skyfall (2012)Jack Badelairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8162714825014472282.post-3980900740271153312013-03-11T18:23:37.212-04:002013-03-11T18:23:37.212-04:00Jack:
I loved Skyfall. Partly because it's no...Jack:<br /><br />I loved Skyfall. Partly because it's not a "Bond" film. Here's an excerpt from my own review:<br /><br />“Skyfall” is rife with the sentiment that “the old ways are better,” which resonates powerfully with me. I never thought I’d see James Bond wielding an Anderson Wheeler .500 Nitro Express double rifle; FP readers must know how gratifying that is to me. Bond is now, manifestly, a throwback. In a world where the “action” is undertaken by geeks on their laptops in their pajamas (retch!) he’s only needed because sometimes a trigger still has to be pulled. Shotgun-shell IEDs, 19th Century duelling pistols, a double rifle, a hunting knife, a manor house dating back to the 16th Century — it’s all a big “fuck you” to the high-tech world, a sentiment I would never have expected in a Bond film.<br /><br />Excellent point regarding the owner-activated pistol. <br /><br />Enjoy your site very much.<br /><br />Jim Cornelius<br />www.frontierpartisans.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com