Review of Skyfall (2012) by Charliebrown8 — 14 Jun 2020

Watching "Skyfall" again last night I’m left with the same horrible taste in my mouth like first time around, stemming from the disgusting scene in which the Chinese sex slave Bond girl is murdered by the villain while Bond callously quips "what a waste of good scotch".

Despite being awfully bad storytelling in itself (Bonds kills all the goons and captures the villain within 30 seconds after the murder, meaning he could have easily prevented it), how is such a scene a thing in the 21st century, and why wasn't that already a bigger controversy in 2012? It might be somewhat amusing re-watching Sean Connery dragging a masseuse against her protest into the shower as an (albeit still painful) artefact of his time.

But how are we allowing a supposedly modern Bond be imagined the way Skyfall does? This scene singlehandedly ruined the movie for me. I give a point for the great visuals, but that’s it.