That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
@@furerorban1488 over the years i got the chance to see all the films where Roger Deakins was involved and there is no doubt he has a great visual perspective in the field of cinematography. Im happy he won the Oscar for "Blade Runner 2049" and "1917", but i really wanted to win for his work in "Skyfall"
This film was beautifully shot. The colours, the lighting are all magnificent and they way differ from each scene creating the atmosphere. Edit: I like the show of frustration by Bond at the end of the fight when the assassin falls. Nice subtle character development, as though Bond's considering M's criticism about killing every lead.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Except that his hands had to be cgi’d in for this scene because of an oversight in production and when patrice set up his rifle it was bolt action but becomes automatic all of a sudden when he fights bond so yeah... this on top of numerous other errors in the film... in terms of editing this film was actually done poorly.
I agree, except I don't think Bond cares that much about what M thinks. He takes pride in his work and is frustrated at having come so close to achieving a difficult mission.
Not to mention Deakins being nominated at the Oscars for both films, winning for the latter too. Mendes had such an A-list team on Skyfall, there’s no surprise it turned out fantastic as it is.
It's incredible when you start thinking minutely about how the shot is conducted. You see a fully framed fight between Bond and Patrice in the dark with only light coming from the giant billboard animations in the background, and a couple times when the sniper rifle goes off to show their faces. The camera slowly moves in during the fight to enclose it in a slowly tightening frame until James gets the upper hand and flips Patrice outside the window, at which point the camera ascends up, rotates over Bond's shoulder, and gives us a full body shot of Bond holding on to Patrice's arm while Patrice is hanging 67 floors from the ground. All in one uninterrupted shot. Really tight Steadicam work and gorgeous cinematography.
My favourite part is 4:14. Bond realises that his cover has been blown and immediately reacts by dodging the bullet . At the same time , Patrice sees Bond's reflection and immediately reacts by shooting the glass. Masterclass acting, cinematography and direction. Incredible movie 👏👏👏.
The part where Patrice looks up but doesn't see Bond because of the light reflecting on the glass is an homage to Mendes previous film Road to Perdition when Danial Craig checks his face in the glass door after killing the family and doesn't see the kid at the bottom of the stairs.
Will never forget the first time i saw this scene it was at the theatres, and I immediately fell in love. The colors were just out of this world and were so stunning
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
The scene preceding this, showing Bond arriving at the building in "Shangahi," was shot at the back of Liverpool Street railway station in London. I was walking across the station platform one night and noticed a glow of yellow light visible up on the plaza. Went to investigate, and found a row of yellow-filtered lights on the ground, set to create the yellow reflection on the underside of the building that's visible behind Craig as he pulls up in the car. I practically wandered through the back of shot.
Honestly this is my favorite Daniel Craig Bond film. As much as I like Casino Royale I had some problems with its plot and third act. Skyfall really showed me that these films can not only be entertaining, but have some really artistic filmmaking at play
I love everything about this. The fact that the fight is quick and short, that it's so fluid, that most of it was done in one shot, that the rifle discharges a few times as they struggle for control of it...everything.
@@gdept88 That, mein Nazi, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Everything about this movie was just perfect in every scene; the atmosphere, the colours, the background score, the cinematography! My favourite bond movie of all time!
I think Patrice simply wasn't much of a list-keeper and would have rather died than to have let the Crown know he forget it in his Honda Del Sol in the below-deck parking lot.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
The filmmaking on display in this one scene is nothing short of perfection. The acting. The cinematography. The pace. The music. All of it is just incredible. I also LOVE how Bond and Patrice are both VERY competent at their jobs. Patrice doesn’t just roll over and die simply because Bond arrives. He gives Bond absolutely everything he could ask for in their brief skirmish. LOVE that. I absolutely HATE when the sidekicks or henchmen are just Bond versions of Stormtroopers who all of a sudden, forget how to fight or defend themselves, simply because the hero of the film arrives. Great stuff.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
@@marksieve7734 Because his hands were CGi, Craig originally used gloves on this scene but then they remembered on post prediction that his gun was meant to have a fingerprint scanner and couldn't fire if he had gloves on.
Yeah, there is even a very clear bolt action assembly on multiple shots. I was initially going to say that it's possible that it was only racked manually so that the shell wasn't ejected, giving away his position, but it is very clearly only a bolt action weapon.
This is easily one of my favourite fight scenes in any movie I've ever seen simply because it completely disregards all the tropes of fight scenes: Bad camera angles, fast editing, a lack of suspense where it should be, etc. How Roger Deakins didn't win Best Cinematography for this movie is completely beyond my comprehension.
I love it for being short and intense. Few punches and kicks, some grappling, i think Craig fight scenes will hold up well many years later, which cannot be said about many fights from the older movies.
@@yooooo8600 no, to be exact that trope is annoying due to lack of clarity. Here, with silhouettes on the foreground and bright neon harsh light on its background you can actually follow the fight properly. A great creative decision to set the mood in my opinion
Let's take a moment to give the Assassin Patrice for his professionalism. He's not over-the-top or flamboyant, just a Hired Gun paid to do his job and die silently without tears.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.@@UnicornPizza
I met Barbara Broccoli once while working in a restaurant in London. Only put one plus one makes two when she asked for the bill. I looked at the name on the credit card and it suddenly hit me. Aren't you connected with James Bond franchise I said, she confirmed so. that was back in 1998 I believe. Needless to say, I had no idea that one day I would end up somehow in a Bond movie as my first name would be used on a villain character. Never mind that it is only a detail after all anybody wants to in it one way or the other. Merci Miss Barbara.
my parents loved this scene not just for its suspense but in its look and presentation. my dad is a connery guy and my mom is a big roger moore fan but this is the film where they said yes to daniel craig.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Strange that there are no CCTVs anywhere in such a high rise. Every time Bond makes a kill, it is clean. Same with the car chases too, he bangs his car multiple times into various objects but the airbags do not deploy. All the state of the art gadgets work barring the airbags!
I like this scene as much as the next person. But if the assassin was clever enough to let go of the gun at 4:22, he'd win himself a hefty pay, a nice lay and a happy life ever after under the auspices of the best criminal mind alive.
James fails to stop the assassin and fails to get the info from him. Later he fails to save the girl he just saw across the window from dying and finally fails to save his boss M from being murdered. Great job James.
One of my favorite Bond action scenes. I don't remember the context well enough - why does he let this assassination take place? Is the victim just some random bad guy?
This elevator is spectacular special 007🤢🥺💛 James Bond is a great actor performing stunts unseen and unheard of never been done before Dynamically excellence
Behind the Scenes fact. It was cold for Craig so he wore leather gloves. But the writers remembered the gun was meant to scan his palm print to fire it. So they had to CGI Craig's bare hands over the gun. No joke
From what I read, it wasn't cold, he simply had bought the gloves whilst on a little shopping sortie, liked them and thought they fit Bond's character, so he asked Mendes if he could wear them in the scene.
His plan would have been to do the most realistic/logical thing to do in this situation: that is, nothing. No, really. He could've simply grabbed a chair and waited for him to get back down to the lobby. Remember, Bond wasn't there to stop him from carrying out the assassination (which he didn't even attempt to do in the movie anyway), he was simply there to question Patrice about the list/his employer, then terminate him (to avenge Ronson). Come to think of it, waiting for him in the lobby might've even made his life incredibly easier, because then Patrice wouldn't have fallen to his death without telling him about Silva, thus potentially sparing him from going through the whole Macau casino adventure. But let's say for some god-forsaken reason, he HAD to follow him up there: 99% of the elevators I've encountered in life have a display indicating which floor the elevator is on. That's right James, you didn't have to go full monke and struggle while dead hanging from a pull up bar (which is for some reason conveniently built under this elevator), cleverly mirroring the previous training scene where you struggled during chin ups at MI6. All you had to do is read the damn display, then grab another elevator up. And even IF this particular elevator in this uber-modern corporate skyscraper, for some reason didn't have such a display: You'll notice that when Patrice steps out of the elevator, the elevator stays at his floor, so I guess Bond could have just used his eyes and counted the floors up to the elevator to know which one to select, then grab another elevator to get there... all possible thanks to that building's "open elevator shaft" design. Moral of the story? You'll find that Bond, the villains, and the entirety of MI6 are all actually retarded when you analyze their decisions from a realistic point of view. Every single thing in these movies is decided with only one thing in mind: entertainment value and pleasing aesthetics. And as a member of the audience, I'm sure you'll agree that we're all glad Patrice wasn't facing the other way... because damn me if the Shanghai and Macau sequences aren't some of the best scenes in this movie :)
@@CosmicTeapotI swear I thought exactly that the first time I saw this movie in cinema and I was like 13 at that time… That stunt was the most unnecessary thing I’ve seen in a Bond movie. Maybe not waiting for him at the Lobby, but definitely seeing the floor he went on and going with another elevator. This way he doesn’t even blow his cover. Also I never understood why he didn’t simply shoot Patrice in the leg or something, why did he had to go and fight him?? Jeez, you’d think Bond learned from his mistakes in Casino Royale but I guess not. Great movie though but some very stupid decisions made by Bond
Ah the movies make killing look so easy and simple and clean. I think his brains would be all over that painting which currently looks in pristine condition.
@@Vicky_Heyes That's not how it works. Threading on the suppressor would have to have a corresponding thread on the barrel of which there was none. Nice try though.
I’m guessing - they needed a third party to do it cos they had appearances to keep up and couldn’t be implicated by shooting a high profile person while in the room with them?? 🤷🏾♂️
Plausible deniability when the victim's associates inquire about his death. That's what I came up with after multiple viewings, anyway. I doubt anyone would think that on first viewing. Truth is, it's just makes for a cool James Bond-ish scene.
Quite a few comments on Sir Roger Deakins brilliant cinematography and I'm certainly in agreement, yet there is no mention (unless I've missed something) of the fight between 007 and Patrice. The "Taurus Awards" were created specifically for those in the industry that employs Stunt Performances and Ensembles in various categories: one of them is Ms Nicki Berwick, who choreographed the scene here and that alone shows teamwork, dedication and skill - no wonder the series has lasted so long!.
The score for this film - this scene in particular - is epic.
@Dan Ellard,
What is a score?
@@glowblank17 a movie soundtrack
@@glowblank17 aaq
And the cinematography as well. Best looking Bond film to date imo
Although he could have pulled patrice up and then interrogate him tactfully and respectfully of course.
The cinematography of this scene is just mesmerizing. Amazing job.
Roger Deakins, GOAT.
I love the end where Severine is just staring him down.
The cinematography of this fight scene is just amazing and phenomenon
And the whole scene is boring and drags on. Cinematography only goes so far.
great skyscraper
The gun shots in the dark and lighting up their faces makes for the most memorable fight in Skyfall and 007, for me.
The most visually striking of the Bond films. It helps to have one of the greatest living cinematographers working for you.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
I was blown with the cinematography of this scene.
Roger Deakins! A great DP.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
@@furerorban1488 over the years i got the chance to see all the films where Roger Deakins was involved and there is no doubt he has a great visual perspective in the field of cinematography.
Im happy he won the Oscar for "Blade Runner 2049" and "1917", but i really wanted to win for his work in "Skyfall"
This film was beautifully shot. The colours, the lighting are all magnificent and they way differ from each scene creating the atmosphere.
Edit: I like the show of frustration by Bond at the end of the fight when the assassin falls. Nice subtle character development, as though Bond's considering M's criticism about killing every lead.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Except that his hands had to be cgi’d in for this scene because of an oversight in production and when patrice set up his rifle it was bolt action but becomes automatic all of a sudden when he fights bond so yeah... this on top of numerous other errors in the film... in terms of editing this film was actually done poorly.
Yes not killing every lead but also not being in good enough shape to hold him long enough to answer some questions
Kuta baccha 😡
I agree, except I don't think Bond cares that much about what M thinks. He takes pride in his work and is frustrated at having come so close to achieving a difficult mission.
This scene has such a blade runner vibe and I love it
LED lighting and flashing plus the low light ambience really give that feel I love it
funny enough, this could be Roger Deakins' audition for his work in BR2077.
Roger Deakins did this and Blade Runner 2049. 😉
Not to mention Deakins being nominated at the Oscars for both films, winning for the latter too. Mendes had such an A-list team on Skyfall, there’s no surprise it turned out fantastic as it is.
I remember when Blade Runner 2049 got announced and Roger Deakins was reportedly involved - instantly remembered this scene and got excited.
For everyone who hated the editing in Quantum of Solace, 4:24 this is the antidote. A fight shown in one take.
Totally Agree ,Quantum had a terrible edition work, the action looks real, but you cannot see what happened and it was so frustrating.
It's incredible when you start thinking minutely about how the shot is conducted.
You see a fully framed fight between Bond and Patrice in the dark with only light coming from the giant billboard animations in the background, and a couple times when the sniper rifle goes off to show their faces. The camera slowly moves in during the fight to enclose it in a slowly tightening frame until James gets the upper hand and flips Patrice outside the window, at which point the camera ascends up, rotates over Bond's shoulder, and gives us a full body shot of Bond holding on to Patrice's arm while Patrice is hanging 67 floors from the ground. All in one uninterrupted shot. Really tight Steadicam work and gorgeous cinematography.
A great rendition from QOS terrible editing.
I just realized something - some of the old Bond movies in the 70s and 80s had longer takes in fight scenes
@@JULIOSTEVEN, one wonders how such foolish decisions are possible.
Action scenes no one is able to follow. Must have been a stupid fashion.
My favourite part is 4:14. Bond realises that his cover has been blown and immediately reacts by dodging the bullet . At the same time , Patrice sees Bond's reflection and immediately reacts by shooting the glass.
Masterclass acting, cinematography and direction. Incredible movie 👏👏👏.
The part where Patrice looks up but doesn't see Bond because of the light reflecting on the glass is an homage to Mendes previous film Road to Perdition when Danial Craig checks his face in the glass door after killing the family and doesn't see the kid at the bottom of the stairs.
@@tigqc That's an amazing find. I had no idea. Thank you.
P.S. I am being completely honest. No sarcasm.
Sam Mendes bro
How is that possible that i didn't saw that ?! Thanks !!
@@tigqc never knew Road to Perdition was Sam Mendes, been thinking about that film recently which is also fantastic
Roger Deakins' cinematography is just incredible.
A master
Will never forget the first time i saw this scene it was at the theatres, and I immediately fell in love. The colors were just out of this world and were so stunning
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
The scene preceding this, showing Bond arriving at the building in "Shangahi," was shot at the back of Liverpool Street railway station in London. I was walking across the station platform one night and noticed a glow of yellow light visible up on the plaza. Went to investigate, and found a row of yellow-filtered lights on the ground, set to create the yellow reflection on the underside of the building that's visible behind Craig as he pulls up in the car. I practically wandered through the back of shot.
Thats amazing!
Get lost with your advice.
@@coolbreeze9713 WHY?
Honestly this is my favorite Daniel Craig Bond film. As much as I like Casino Royale I had some problems with its plot and third act. Skyfall really showed me that these films can not only be entertaining, but have some really artistic filmmaking at play
We can thank Sam Mendes. He hit it out of the park in directing this scene.
@@marksieve7734, true and then does this same mendes a terrible sequel.
@@jpgrumbach8562 it wasnt terrible
@@jpgrumbach8562 spectre wasn’t terrible. Stop exaggerating!
There was no problem with casino royale.
I love everything about this. The fact that the fight is quick and short, that it's so fluid, that most of it was done in one shot, that the rifle discharges a few times as they struggle for control of it...everything.
The only light, aside from the LED billboard and room across the way, are the muzzle flashes.
@@gdept88 That, mein Nazi, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Except they messed up. When he put the rifle together it was a bolt action. When they started fighting it magically became a semi auto
Everything about this movie was just perfect in every scene; the atmosphere, the colours, the background score, the cinematography! My favourite bond movie of all time!
I think Patrice simply wasn't much of a list-keeper and would have rather died than to have let the Crown know he forget it in his Honda Del Sol in the below-deck parking lot.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Best looking Bond film.
For me its Moonraker with its fantastic locations, awesome miniature work and amazing filmsets and great visual effects!
@@barthotuber6429 yeah but moonraker action scenes don't even come close to this
@@caribbaviator7058 OHMSS and The Spy Who Loved Me are the best shot films of the classic Bond era imo
I love this scene, watch it in the dark. Roger Deakins, you are brilliant.
The filmmaking on display in this one scene is nothing short of perfection. The acting. The cinematography. The pace. The music. All of it is just incredible.
I also LOVE how Bond and Patrice are both VERY competent at their jobs. Patrice doesn’t just roll over and die simply because Bond arrives. He gives Bond absolutely everything he could ask for in their brief skirmish. LOVE that. I absolutely HATE when the sidekicks or henchmen are just Bond versions of Stormtroopers who all of a sudden, forget how to fight or defend themselves, simply because the hero of the film arrives. Great stuff.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
"Who are you working for" classic scene the camera work on this scene is amazing. And the score probably the best from a bond, fight scene.
Patrice probably thought he could still catch the elevator on the way down.
@@alexanderwalle3568 That's right ✅️
When Patrice was working on the rifle, it was bolt-action, but during his fight with Bond, it fires automatically.
Yes I was wondering about that. Bond wasn't wearing gloves either until he's holding on to Patrice just before he falls to his death.
@@marksieve7734 Because his hands were CGi, Craig originally used gloves on this scene but then they remembered on post prediction that his gun was meant to have a fingerprint scanner and couldn't fire if he had gloves on.
Yeah, there is even a very clear bolt action assembly on multiple shots. I was initially going to say that it's possible that it was only racked manually so that the shell wasn't ejected, giving away his position, but it is very clearly only a bolt action weapon.
@@marksieve7734 clearly Bond put his gloves on after they opened the window, as he wouldn't want M finding out he caught a cold. 👵🏻
@@siempra78 🤣🤣
At 5:00
Patrice: for England James?
Bond: No...... for me!!
*Drops patrice*
I was blown with the cinematography of this scene.
buffoon
Золотой глаз)
Or maybe, this. 👉 "Happy Trails, Hans."
Die Hard (1988)
someone shows up to the office the next day and is like "what in the fuck!?
Also, Chinese police really don't like Westerners embarked on property destruction rampages, and they have video everywhere so they'll know whodunit.
This is easily one of my favourite fight scenes in any movie I've ever seen simply because it completely disregards all the tropes of fight scenes: Bad camera angles, fast editing, a lack of suspense where it should be, etc. How Roger Deakins didn't win Best Cinematography for this movie is completely beyond my comprehension.
I love it for being short and intense. Few punches and kicks, some grappling, i think Craig fight scenes will hold up well many years later, which cannot be said about many fights from the older movies.
@@Endru85x The best part, in my opinion, is that you don't know who's who until the shot closes in. I really wish that more movies would do that.
lol what one of the biggest tropes in fight scenes is how dark they almost always are, and this scene is set in pitch black
@@yooooo8600 no, to be exact that trope is annoying due to lack of clarity. Here, with silhouettes on the foreground and bright neon harsh light on its background you can actually follow the fight properly. A great creative decision to set the mood in my opinion
Totally agree about your comments regarding Roger Deakins. Total genius.
The background score of the scene increases the intensity of it
Kudos to the music director 😍😍
Let's take a moment to give the Assassin Patrice for his professionalism. He's not over-the-top or flamboyant, just a Hired Gun paid to do his job and die silently without tears.
Love your comment, you’re absolute true about that!
I've always believed Patrice should have lasted longer in the movie - he's too good to just die in the first quarter!
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.@@UnicornPizza
Skyfall is the best bond movie along Casino Royale
What about licence to kill
Skyfall was Daniel Craig's best bond movie but casino and quantum were not great man.
David Niven was great in Casino Royale!
Mark Cresswell old school rules
Goldfinger , From Russia etc
The cyberpunk vibes are just magnificent, and it’s also a 2012 film. Love it
I met Barbara Broccoli once while working in a restaurant in London. Only put one plus one makes two when she asked for the bill. I looked at the name on the credit card and it suddenly hit me. Aren't you connected with James Bond franchise I said, she confirmed so. that was back in 1998 I believe. Needless to say, I had no idea that one day I would end up somehow in a Bond movie as my first name would be used on a villain character. Never mind that it is only a detail after all anybody wants to in it one way or the other. Merci Miss Barbara.
That's awesome. Makes me wanna wait abroad, no one special has some into my previous restaurants in Berkeley. Maybe if I worked in SF, LA, or Glasgow.
my parents loved this scene not just for its suspense but in its look and presentation. my dad is a connery guy and my mom is a big roger moore fan but this is the film where they said yes to daniel craig.
...hope they don't fight like those guys...
But your mom's pregnant with my child.
Roger Moore would have missed the murder as he changed into his gi for some hand-to-hand.
That, my friend, is the magic of Roger Deakins at work. He also did the cinematography for 1984, Shawshank Redemption, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, A Beautiful Mind, Oh Brother Where Art Thou, No Country For Old Men, The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford, True Grit, Rango, Blade Runner 2049, and 1917. I honestly don't think there's a person in Hollywood better at making a scene look beautiful than him.
Every NPC Guard "hey you, get down from there... I'm not warning you again... Where did he go?"
Most favourite fight scene..
Which has amazing camera work and BGM👌💝
Beautiful cinematography
Skyfall wouldnt be skyfall without sir roger deakens
"Happy trails, Hans!" - Die Hard. (1988).
5:02
Bond: "Yippee-Ki-Yay"
this is such a beautiful movie. the music, the color, the story, the acting... I like the whole cinematography.
4:25 007 at it's finest, this was very well done
Roger Deakins for the win 👍🏽
This scene is excellent. It encompasses the profession in which Bond works in. Very, very dangerous indeed.
D~discrete wasthe zoo sA
4:23 - 4:28 this was the coolest fight scene that there is in the entire franchise change my mind.
The cinematography is so incredible. I don't know how Deakins didn't win the Oscar that year.
Strange that there are no CCTVs anywhere in such a high rise. Every time Bond makes a kill, it is clean. Same with the car chases too, he bangs his car multiple times into various objects but the airbags do not deploy. All the state of the art gadgets work barring the airbags!
What are CCTVs?
@@Carcosahead cameras
Pretty sure airbags only deploy when there's sudden deceleration
@@bananian and a collision too.
@@bananian nope, when there is an impact.
As the elevator rises, the force of gravity pulling James down increases. The grip strength he needed just to hang on was immense.
I like this scene as much as the next person.
But if the assassin was clever enough to let go of the gun at 4:22, he'd win himself a hefty pay, a nice lay and a happy life ever after under the auspices of the best criminal mind alive.
AND GIVE UP HIS IDENTITY?
Film pazzesco ed epico!! Uno dei migliori Bond in assoluto!! 💣😍
To me this is the most iconic scene of Daniel Craig's entire bond filmography.
James fails to stop the assassin and fails to get the info from him. Later he fails to save the girl he just saw across the window from dying and finally fails to save his boss M from being murdered. Great job James.
If you get a hit in baseball three times out of ten, you are considered a very good hitter average wise. You still fail the other seven times.
Par for the course with MI6 in real life, they're useful, but only to the World's elites.
@@adespade119 What "elites"?
He didnt even try to stop the assassin, he only failed capturing him alive
I really like the lighting in these scenes, art with unusual lighting are always a 10/10
One of my favorite action sequences ever filmed. Pure magic.
From 5:10 to 5:29 that bgm 😍😍uffff. it was just a demo of the 'shower scene' after this scene the Whole Masterpiece Was The Deadliest. Dead 😍😍😍😍😍
One of my favorite Bond action scenes. I don't remember the context well enough - why does he let this assassination take place? Is the victim just some random bad guy?
Bond has no idea who the target is and even if he did, he's not there to stop an assassination, but to interrogate the assassin.
"Tell me, who are you working for?!" Just an email or something, maybe a recommendation, I'm thinking of a career change.
This fight scene = proto-John Wick.
John wick is bad trashkitsch. Typical reeves: bad choice.
@@jpgrumbach8562 Surprisingly, I think Reeves fit the role of Wick quite well.
I remember when I saw this scene for the very first time, I instantly thought it was one of the most beautiful scene ever made in a movie
This elevator is spectacular special 007🤢🥺💛 James Bond is a great actor performing stunts unseen and unheard of never been done before Dynamically excellence
Behind the Scenes fact. It was cold for Craig so he wore leather gloves. But the writers remembered the gun was meant to scan his palm print to fire it. So they had to CGI Craig's bare hands over the gun. No joke
From what I read, it wasn't cold, he simply had bought the gloves whilst on a little shopping sortie, liked them and thought they fit Bond's character, so he asked Mendes if he could wear them in the scene.
What would his plan have been if Patrice was standing facing the other way in the elevator lmao
😂😂
His plan would have been to do the most realistic/logical thing to do in this situation: that is, nothing. No, really. He could've simply grabbed a chair and waited for him to get back down to the lobby. Remember, Bond wasn't there to stop him from carrying out the assassination (which he didn't even attempt to do in the movie anyway), he was simply there to question Patrice about the list/his employer, then terminate him (to avenge Ronson). Come to think of it, waiting for him in the lobby might've even made his life incredibly easier, because then Patrice wouldn't have fallen to his death without telling him about Silva, thus potentially sparing him from going through the whole Macau casino adventure.
But let's say for some god-forsaken reason, he HAD to follow him up there: 99% of the elevators I've encountered in life have a display indicating which floor the elevator is on. That's right James, you didn't have to go full monke and struggle while dead hanging from a pull up bar (which is for some reason conveniently built under this elevator), cleverly mirroring the previous training scene where you struggled during chin ups at MI6. All you had to do is read the damn display, then grab another elevator up.
And even IF this particular elevator in this uber-modern corporate skyscraper, for some reason didn't have such a display: You'll notice that when Patrice steps out of the elevator, the elevator stays at his floor, so I guess Bond could have just used his eyes and counted the floors up to the elevator to know which one to select, then grab another elevator to get there... all possible thanks to that building's "open elevator shaft" design.
Moral of the story? You'll find that Bond, the villains, and the entirety of MI6 are all actually retarded when you analyze their decisions from a realistic point of view. Every single thing in these movies is decided with only one thing in mind: entertainment value and pleasing aesthetics. And as a member of the audience, I'm sure you'll agree that we're all glad Patrice wasn't facing the other way... because damn me if the Shanghai and Macau sequences aren't some of the best scenes in this movie :)
Patrice also knew he would never go to hell for anything he did; all he had to get past was the sudden stop at the bottom.
@@CosmicTeapotI swear I thought exactly that the first time I saw this movie in cinema and I was like 13 at that time… That stunt was the most unnecessary thing I’ve seen in a Bond movie. Maybe not waiting for him at the Lobby, but definitely seeing the floor he went on and going with another elevator. This way he doesn’t even blow his cover. Also I never understood why he didn’t simply shoot Patrice in the leg or something, why did he had to go and fight him?? Jeez, you’d think Bond learned from his mistakes in Casino Royale but I guess not. Great movie though but some very stupid decisions made by Bond
Best scene of the movie. Roger Deakins is so awesome!
This is some of cinematographer Roger Deakins best work. Huge fan of his skills.
Skyfall and Casino Royal are the best Bond movies of Daniel Craig
007 & SKUKLLCANDY💀 Crusher Series 🎧 Headphone are just perfect 👌 between the scoring and sound 🔊. It's a 'blowout'!!
daniel's bond and bond movies were for me the best and skyfall is probably my favorite
This is one of my favorite Bond scenes
I love this whole movie, but this part is just the best of the best. My favourite
The best Bond movie ever!!
Ah the movies make killing look so easy and simple and clean. I think his brains would be all over that painting which currently looks in pristine condition.
Cinematography is immaculate
Me: I'm going to elevator. You coming or not?
Banan Alice: 0:16
0:37 impressive that he screwed off a supressor from an unthreaded barrel. This guy is good!
The threading was attached to the suppressor and screwed into the gun.
even more impressive his gun started as a bolt action rifle and suddenly turned out to be a semi-auto one, lol
@@Vicky_Heyes That's not how it works. Threading on the suppressor would have to have a corresponding thread on the barrel of which there was none. Nice try though.
He also knew that no one in a city of millions would ever notice him in an elevator holding a gun with a big-ass barrel like it was nothing.
The one guy who doesn't turn around when he gets on an elevator
It's because the exit on his floor is straight ahead, walking straight through the elevator in this building.
He was also probably preoccupied with his upcoming mission.
Epico movie!! I love this scene!!🔥
Skyfall is the best best best movie ever
All the Craig films are
I prefer never say never again
@John Wayne Did you say, Tenet
@John Wayne You are talking to me, here and now
One of the best fight scenes with the best guns in one of my favourite and best liked movies.
Modigliani. These crooks have taste in art.
Saw this in IMAX best fun I ever had.🇬🇧🇺🇸
Damn the thing I really like about this scene is how it gets you on edge where you might slip from all of the shattered glass on the ground
That painting was quite mind blowing
Do you know who´s the artist? Modigliani....
The theme, the fight, the vibe, the assassination screams cyberpunk in my mind lol
Roger Deakins, salute to this man
Deakins shot this movie, if youre wondering why this scene and movie in general is so gorgeous
Skyfall is one the best Bond movies ever made
The bond series are entertaining especially the action sequences since 1980.
One of the best scenes in movie history
Great scene, but it's a ridiculously complicated way to kill someone everyone in the room knew was going to die.
The art lover's focus would have also been longer had they revealed John Wayne Gacy's "Dwarf Baseball."
The best action movie!
Yes this scenes are so wonderful, so classic, mesmering.
Questo film è un capolavoro!🖤♥️💣🇮🇹
So it's just a building with empty space and glass panels?
Is it me or does that guy look exactly like eden hazard?😂
This is how you film a fight scene Hollywood !!!
1:12 One wrong slip and Bond would've fallen to his death.
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Guess Who is behind this cinematography....yes Sir Roger deakins
4:56 Patrice just wanted Bond's glove
If everyone in that room was involved in the killing, why did they need a sniper?
I’m guessing - they needed a third party to do it cos they had appearances to keep up and couldn’t be implicated by shooting a high profile person while in the room with them?? 🤷🏾♂️
Plausible deniability when the victim's associates inquire about his death. That's what I came up with after multiple viewings, anyway. I doubt anyone would think that on first viewing.
Truth is, it's just makes for a cool James Bond-ish scene.
4:24 I feel like making the Shang-Chi fight was inspired by this movie.
@4:38-4:39 Me when I see a big ass roach.
Quite a few comments on Sir Roger Deakins brilliant cinematography and I'm certainly in agreement, yet there is no mention (unless I've missed something) of the fight between 007 and Patrice.
The "Taurus Awards" were created specifically for those in the industry that employs Stunt Performances and Ensembles in various categories: one of them is Ms Nicki Berwick, who choreographed the scene here and that alone shows teamwork, dedication and skill - no wonder the series has lasted so long!.
Ikr, amazing how all these things come together
Skyfall is my #2 Bond movie of all time, and Roger Deakins is a good reason for that. what he does 4:25 onwards is nothing short of magic
Whats #1
@@Lumarooo Casino Royale
THIS MOVIE IS LEGEND!!♥️
The scene is so dark, I remember that in the cinema room, it was impossible to see anything.
Imagine holding onto that elevator in real life :O
Amazing film!!