Reviews

This, whilst produced by the same people who produced Breaking Bad, doesn't have tense, action and the characters aren't under constant threat. Rectify is more of a character-study than a deep narrative, there isn't a giant mystery or conflict it strives to describe a much more personal experience of the protagonist, and does so wonderfully. It is about how one man deals with life outside of prison walls after serving 19 years within them, he is released with no smooth transition and is literally thrown into a world he doesn't understand. Rectify is about a man who has been left stuck in the past when the world has changed so much without him. The production values, writing and cinematography are all on par with Breaking Bad's extremely high standards.

Is it true that The Sopranos is really that good? Yes, yes yes! This TV show has fantastic directors, writers and actors throughout with many familiar faces appearing over the course of six seasons (technically seven, but never mind). Each episode feels like a film with an excellent take on the traditional New York/New Jersey mafia lifestyle, there's Tony's family and then there's the other 'family'. Characters are fully developed and the programme just feels 'real'. The Sopranos combines dark, gritty drama with fantastically executed black comedy. A show that will make you laugh, cry and have you on the edge of your seat throughout the seasons.

What's good about this film:

Great Directing, Great Cinematography, Great Cast, Great Theme.

What's bad about this film:

Terrible writing with forced-jokes that takes out every inch of seriousness and realism established in Casino Royale. What made the humour so good in Casino Royale was that is was unexpected and minor, but when it came it was fantastic. Skyfall's first 45 minutes is almost entirely comedy and when a serious point in the film occurs, the comedy takes away all emotion from the scene.

Feels like recession Bond (most of the film takes place indoors with extremely limited exotic locations).

The gritty tone of Casino Royale is lost entirely in this film and feels more like one of the Pierce Brosnan/Roger Moore Bond movies.

Bond's 50th anniversary made this film overly nostalgic and re-introduces Q, which from my point of view, was a bad idea and makes the film sillier. The reason Bond was reeboted was because it was becoming very formulaic and a parody of itself, sadly being the 50th anniversary the writers felt the need to re-introduce this awful material to make the film a 'classic' Bond.

Because of the 50th anniversary the Aston Martin DB5 is present, which seems like a good idea, right? Yes but it was executed VERY badly, the DB5 has been given the gadgets from Goldfinger like built in machine guns, this doesn't make ANY sense in the Daniel Craig films as Q doesn't supply cars with guns and it feels like a forced nod to the previous movies.