Skyfall

After 50 years of Bond the super spy returns in Skyfall, a dazzling explosive film directed by Sam Mendes which sees 007 try to overcome his most difficult challenge yet in typical Bond fashion. Unlike the previous Bond film (Quantum of Solace)  Skyfall stays grounded with a superb plot different from any Bond film that has come before giving a more sensitive side to Bond. However it is Judi Dench after playing her character M for the seventh time which has the biggest part to play in the film becoming the Bond girl to end all Bond girls.

The movie kick starts with a epic chase in the streets of Istanbul with Bond and Eve (Noami Harris) trying to locate the stolen hard drive containing  the names of all MI6 undercover agents. After Bonds near death experience the movie shows him to be less of a super spy but  much older and more damaged both physically and mentally. With M being targeted by a mysterious cyber terrorist Bond is quickly rushed back into action to track him down. Which enters Silva (Javier Bardem) a powerful ex MI6 agent with a personal vendetta against M making him extremely dangerous. Silva is portrayed in the movie to be Bonds alter-ego after being M's right hand man for many years he finds out how worthless he is towards M, he quickly becomes the most challenging villain Bond has ever had to face.

The plot for the movie sees Bond go back to basics like the earlier bond films in the franchise which proves how iconic Bond is and why the franchise has been so successful in the 50 years of 007. Skyfall also used elements of old Bond films by having the Aston martin DB5 from Goldfinger making a guest appearance. The famous 007 soundtrack also crops up throughout the movie showing that Bond will always be some of the most successful movies in history with the greatest music.
 Skyfall was also very successful on release becoming the seventh top grossing film of all time which isn't a bad record for the 23rd Bond film.

   



   

Full Metal Jacket

Stanley Kunbrick's Full metal jacket focuses on the harsh realaties of the Vietnam war and the experiences of new Marine recruits. The film is classed as a anti-war film giving the view of how a persons mentality is changed by War and what effects it has on someones choices. The film is very realistic showing the fatality of War.

The main antagonist is Private joker and shows him going through Marine training to becoming a fully qualififed Marine in the Vietnam War. The first part of the movie sees Private Joker and the other new recruits beginning training, the first scene of the movie shows this brilliantly by having the new recruits hair shaved off. This adds the effect that the recruits are losing their identies and becoming another marine. These training scenes shows the main struggles of the marines and how the army changes them into killers.

Once the movie gets to Vietnam it shows how low the morale is between US troops. Kunbrick also focuses on how loss of friends plays a big part in War, this also adds to the anti-war vibe he is trying to portray. However the movie did get very repetitive in the fighting scenes with a lot of explosions with no direction to them,which slowed the movie down.

I believe that Full Metal Jacket is worth a watch but  gets very repetitive with the first part of the movie (the training scene) being the best part of the movie before most of the plot is lost.