Skyfall

Ever since I saw the first James Bond film on TV with Sean Connery in it I have hated James Bond. I took an immediate dislike to the character's slapping the massage woman on the bottom and shortly afterwards being responsible for the woman who was killed by being painted gold. Due to the hideous character's sexism I went through life avoiding Bond wherever possible although I had inexplicably managed to see Moonraker a couple of times.

Things took a downturn when I lived with a Bond fan who insisted on getting the films on DVD and making me watch them. It did nothing for my liking of the character. I still have all the DVDs up to Casino Royale but I refused to see Quantum of Solace/Silence (whatever, do I care?) when I had the choice of doing so.

So it comes as a bit of a surprise that I decided to see Skyfall, and even more surprising that I actually liked it! It doesn't change my views on the earlier Bond films but I can see that this one was different.

I don't care what Bond fans may say but the only way I can accept James Bond is that the name is a code name (just like M and Q) and is transferred to different individuals (just like M and Q). Either that, or James Bond is a Time Lord. (And there is some support for that in Timothy Dalton's appearence in Dr Who).