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JAMES BOND gets shot. MI6 is attacked. Spies are unmasked. The government is embarrassed and blames M. She is targeted by a former spy. Bond returns to hunt the evil mastermind. He needs all his skills, and a journey into his past, to survive.
SKYFALL - THE PAST HAUNTS US trims the endless jabs at Bond and M for their long service. It removes the implausible Tube derailment, and tightens the final battle.
SKYFALL celebrates James Bond's 50th anniversary in this 23rd movie in the series. Enjoy the nods to previous adventures, with the original Aston Martin, a classic over-the-top villain, and the return of Moneypenny.
SKYFALL CHANGE LIST:
- First edit is at 38'23", cut lines Tanner: "I didn't know Bond passed the tests." M: "He didn't".
- Cut Q's joke about exploding pen. Not a bad joke, but the delivery made it another swipe at Bond being (from) the past. Now Q remains silent in sombre agreement with Bond's bleak comment.
- Three short trims in the Shanghai skyscaper while Bond is stalking / watching the assassin. For pacing.
- Trim M watching the video disclosing the first 5 spies. To make her look less weak.
- During shaving, cut Bond: "What part's that?" and Eve's ageist retort: "Old dog new tricks".
- During Silva's monologue at Bond: cut mention of Bond's "unresolved childhood trauma". I realize this may seem counter-intuitive with my chosen sub-title, but it feels redundant to have both the sub-title and Silva's comment. And there's no need to double down on Bond's incompetence (if he's not too old, he still can't do the job because of his unresolved past), because by the end of the movie he proves yet again that nobody does it better.
- When M approaches Silva's cell, cut the bits that show the frosted window becoming clear, then frosted again. Pointless and I didn't like the look of it.
- Many trims to Q's hacking of Silva's laptop. Cut the opening of all the floor hatches. Those were illogical and only served the implausible plot point that Silva's door would have opened simultaneously. Instead I prefer to think that Silva had help from the inside, e.g. one of the police officers who help him a few scenes later. Also cut some shots that showed Q's screen filled with gobbledygook.
- Small trims to the Government hearing, to make the Minister less of a caricature and reduce her ageist attacks on M.
- Cut the lame joke from Silva's guard "Going somewhere?"
- Cut Q's exposition that Silva meant to be captured, that it was "years in the planning". It breaks my suspension of disbelief! And it's unneccesary. It's more plausible to assume that Silva has moles in MI5 and/or the police who swung into action to free their boss (in reaction to, not anticipation of, his capture).
- Several cuts during the subway chase. The main one is the removal of Silva derailing a tube for the sole purpose of almost killing Bond. Was his almost apprehension in that exact location also years in the planning?! Again, it breaks my suspension of disbelief. Cut Q's "That's vexing", a bizarre comment in that moment. Small trim to Silva walking down stairs, for pacing. Rearrange the scene on the tube platform, for pacing.
- Small trim to M quoting poetry, to make her sound stronger.
- At Skyfall mansion, cut Kincaide's "sometimes the old ways are the best." Enough with the past vs present references already! We get it. Don't remind us of the plot so often.
- Trim the A-Team scene of our heroes building their traps. For pacing and to try to keep the finale feeling like a Bond movie instead of just another action flick.
- Merged the two attack waves: Silva's helicopter arrives together with his foot soldiers. Their attack is accompanied by the helicopter playing BOOM BOOM by The Animals until Silva disembarks. This required a major reshuffle of the scenes and audio. Adding more of the song and background helicopter noise in 6-channel audio is frustrating! Some shots made brighter, respectively darker, to fit their new place in the dusk timeline.
- To underscore that Silva's evil master plan is breaking down, M now gets shot after he instructs his goons not to touch her. Soon after, his helicopter goes up in flames. Small trims for pacing, to reduce the hollywood-size explosion of the helicopter and mansion, and to remove M looking insecure.
- No changes in the last 13 minutes of the story.
- Added FE opening and closing logo.
video: 1920x800 MKV
audio: 5.1 AC3
subtitles: English
runtime: 134 minutes (original 143 minutes)
SKYFALL - THE PAST HAUNTS US trims the endless jabs at Bond and M for their long service. It removes the implausible Tube derailment, and tightens the final battle.
SKYFALL celebrates James Bond's 50th anniversary in this 23rd movie in the series. Enjoy the nods to previous adventures, with the original Aston Martin, a classic over-the-top villain, and the return of Moneypenny.
SKYFALL CHANGE LIST:
- First edit is at 38'23", cut lines Tanner: "I didn't know Bond passed the tests." M: "He didn't".
- Cut Q's joke about exploding pen. Not a bad joke, but the delivery made it another swipe at Bond being (from) the past. Now Q remains silent in sombre agreement with Bond's bleak comment.
- Three short trims in the Shanghai skyscaper while Bond is stalking / watching the assassin. For pacing.
- Trim M watching the video disclosing the first 5 spies. To make her look less weak.
- During shaving, cut Bond: "What part's that?" and Eve's ageist retort: "Old dog new tricks".
- During Silva's monologue at Bond: cut mention of Bond's "unresolved childhood trauma". I realize this may seem counter-intuitive with my chosen sub-title, but it feels redundant to have both the sub-title and Silva's comment. And there's no need to double down on Bond's incompetence (if he's not too old, he still can't do the job because of his unresolved past), because by the end of the movie he proves yet again that nobody does it better.
- When M approaches Silva's cell, cut the bits that show the frosted window becoming clear, then frosted again. Pointless and I didn't like the look of it.
- Many trims to Q's hacking of Silva's laptop. Cut the opening of all the floor hatches. Those were illogical and only served the implausible plot point that Silva's door would have opened simultaneously. Instead I prefer to think that Silva had help from the inside, e.g. one of the police officers who help him a few scenes later. Also cut some shots that showed Q's screen filled with gobbledygook.
- Small trims to the Government hearing, to make the Minister less of a caricature and reduce her ageist attacks on M.
- Cut the lame joke from Silva's guard "Going somewhere?"
- Cut Q's exposition that Silva meant to be captured, that it was "years in the planning". It breaks my suspension of disbelief! And it's unneccesary. It's more plausible to assume that Silva has moles in MI5 and/or the police who swung into action to free their boss (in reaction to, not anticipation of, his capture).
- Several cuts during the subway chase. The main one is the removal of Silva derailing a tube for the sole purpose of almost killing Bond. Was his almost apprehension in that exact location also years in the planning?! Again, it breaks my suspension of disbelief. Cut Q's "That's vexing", a bizarre comment in that moment. Small trim to Silva walking down stairs, for pacing. Rearrange the scene on the tube platform, for pacing.
- Small trim to M quoting poetry, to make her sound stronger.
- At Skyfall mansion, cut Kincaide's "sometimes the old ways are the best." Enough with the past vs present references already! We get it. Don't remind us of the plot so often.
- Trim the A-Team scene of our heroes building their traps. For pacing and to try to keep the finale feeling like a Bond movie instead of just another action flick.
- Merged the two attack waves: Silva's helicopter arrives together with his foot soldiers. Their attack is accompanied by the helicopter playing BOOM BOOM by The Animals until Silva disembarks. This required a major reshuffle of the scenes and audio. Adding more of the song and background helicopter noise in 6-channel audio is frustrating! Some shots made brighter, respectively darker, to fit their new place in the dusk timeline.
- To underscore that Silva's evil master plan is breaking down, M now gets shot after he instructs his goons not to touch her. Soon after, his helicopter goes up in flames. Small trims for pacing, to reduce the hollywood-size explosion of the helicopter and mansion, and to remove M looking insecure.
- No changes in the last 13 minutes of the story.
- Added FE opening and closing logo.
video: 1920x800 MKV
audio: 5.1 AC3
subtitles: English
runtime: 134 minutes (original 143 minutes)
