Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Enjoying "SkyFall" and Fifty Years of James Bond!

"Skyfall" was released on October 26, 2012 to much fanfare in the United Kingdom (& other countries - Singapore, India, Russia, etc.). Within the first 2 weekends of its worldwide release, the movie made close to $100 million. With the movie's release in the United States on 11-9-2012, the movie is close to passing $600 million worldwide. In the U.S. alone, the movie grossed $88 million in its first weekend. In addition to starring Daniel Craig as "James Bond", the movie has other actors like Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Albert Finney and Javier Bardem. Bardem plays the villian that was a former MI6 agent, but he betrays "M" and the rest of the British intelligence agency. The Bond girls are Naomie Harris (Eve "Moneypenny") and Bernice Marlohe ("Severine"). The movie is set in Istanbul (Turkey), London, (England), Macau, and other famous cities. For RSG, seeing "Skyfall" made him realize that it was the best Bond movie of Daniel's Craig three tries as "007." Academy Award Winning Director, Sam Mendes, was the man behind the camera for this epic film. Daniel Craig is signed on for two more movies. This information means he will be back for the 24th & 25th Bond films. Finally, this year is the 50th anniversary of Ian Fleming's creation. The first Bond Movie, "Dr. No", was released in 1962 starring Sean Connery as "007." Long Live Sean Connery, and Roger Moore (the favorite bond in RSG's eyes)!

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