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An indictment of James Bond

I finally got around to seeing Skyfall today. It only took me three years. Look, I'm notoriously bad about not watching movies when they're new. I've managed to mostly keep up with comic book movies as they come out, but a large part of that is because it's impossible to avoid spoilers for me. I managed to avoid the ending of Skyfall for THREE YEARS, and yes, I was VERY surprised to see Judi Dench die. Dench was the only thing about the reboot I didn't question how it related to the originals; we were told Casino Royale was a hard reboot, and I bought it. Judi Dench playing M wasn't THAT big a deal. I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role.

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