Feeding Your Bond Obsession

 KOMODO DRAGON - THOMAS NEWMAN

From reading the comments of my recent Thanksgiving post, it seems that I am not the only one who was enraptured with the latest James Bond film, Skyfall (2012), directed by Sam Mendes featuring Daniel Craig. Because I know too little about the specifics of the tailoring and suits in general, I would be hard-pressed to do a fully informative satisfying post on the sartorial choices of the film. In its place, I've collected a series of articles and relevant readings on not just the fashion but the whole film in general that I hope would help satiate your hunger for all things Skyfall and Bond. There will be varying degrees of spoilerage in each article so please read on at your own discretion:

• NYMag review of the film
• Behind the scenes video
• HuffPo's satorial commentary on Bond
• "James Bond gets a six pack"
• The real deserted island in the film
• Bond Girl feature of Bérénice Marlohe
• A Critical Review of the soundtrack
• Examining the bisexual undertones of Bond
• Bond and Sexual Politics on Vanity Fair
• Skyfall Bloopers 

 GQ's impeccable coverage of the style of Bond in the film is only to be expected:

• Q+A with Skyfall costume designer, Jany Temime
• GQ The Stream's Review of the film
• On the Style Evolution of Daniel Craig (cough hehasreallycomealongway cough)
• Red Carpet style of the Bond Premiere
• Interview with the awesome and amazing Javier Bardem. I love me a batshit crazy villain à la Joker from TDK and I'm so glad Bardem went full on cray.
• Q+A with Ben Whitshaw (Q/Quartermaster). Am I the only one who is crushing way harder on the adorkable Q than Bond?
• On GQ's Lust List 2012 is Bond Girl of the year, Bérénice Marlohe. While I hate the idea of a lust list for obvious feminist reasons, I have to admit she was utterly gorgeous in the film. 

Last but not least, GQ UK's entire James Bond feature on their website. In fact their whole November 2012 issue is dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Bond, which I am now so tempted to get. For a more general review of James Bond's style throughout the times, please revisit the video I posted a while ago. There is also more exciting news to come as there is a sequel in the works (also by Sam Mendes probably). I am on the fence about this because while I am loving this new darker, grittier, almost Nolan-esque development of Bond thus far, Quantum of Solace (2008) as a sequel to Casino Royale (2006) was an utter disaster. Can the same tone and direction of the Bond as of Skyfall be continued without compromising the story line? I guess we will have to wait and see.