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Three scenes that were visually mesmerizing were in Shanghai, Macau, and in the final scenes in Scotland with (SPOILER)the burning house in the nighttime landscape
I have to agree. This movie was very visually appealing and fun to watch. I also enjoyed the fighting scene with Bond and the mercenary inside the building.
I think that fight was one of my favourite bits from the film - it looked really cool.

Overall, I really enjoyed Skyfall. I had deliberately tried to keep myself in the dark about a lot of the plot points. All I'd really heard was that it was really good. On a rather more literal basis, I'd also heard Adele's song, which I actually think was top drawer too. Overall it was tussling with Casino Royale for the best Bond of the past 25 years for me. Whether or not it was better than Casino Royale, I don't think I'm quite ready to decide.

Much of what follows is spoiler-y, so I'll just tag the whole thing.

(SPOILER)It was a great film. The locations were great - I particularly liked all the scenes in London. The bit with the tube train was great, as was the enquiry scenes. One of the things I've quite liked about the more recent Bond films have been this sense that MI6 have had to account for their actions, and that M has been under pressure from the politicians. The death of M was actually something I thought was good, but also rather sad. I really liked Judi Dench in the role, and she's been one of my favourite Bond characters pretty much since Goldeneye. It was pretty obvious she was going to go, if only for the fact they wouldn't have cast Ralph Fiennes in such a small part otherwise.

The film was visually spectacular. I've already touched on the scene that Proto mentioned, but also the island where Silva was hiding, and the destruction of Skyfall were pretty cool. Like Manus, I really liked the inclusion of the DB5 which was a nice twist. The acting was good, the action scenes were believable and overall the film was paced well. Daniel Craig, I think, is a really great Bond. Part of me will always picture Roger Moore as Bond, because they were the films I grew up with on Saturday afternoon on ITV, but Craig really is a great Bond.

I'd actually quite like to see it again, actually.