Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.

Date: Sunday 4th November
Film: Skyfall (2012)
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem and Naomie Harris
Running Time: 2 hours, 23 minutes
Rating 9.5/10

It's time to let you in on a little secret. Although I consider myself a bit of a cinephile, before Sunday I had never seen a Bond film. It's something I've considered rectifying many times over the years, but my view was that I couldn't just jump in willy-nilly and if I was going to watch them, then I would have to watch them all and watch them in order.

That, however, takes time. It also relies heavily on knowing people who own the films and are willing to lend them to me. The combination of my new Daniel Craig crush and the trailer and hype surrounding Skyfall meant that this plan was put by the wayside for a later date.

As my first Bond film, I had certain expectations, based on what I had seen, read and heard about the franchise to date. I was expecting it to be a little corny; this overly sexed man acting as a spy in some slightly over the top scenarios, although this didn't quite marry with my view of Daniel Craig.

Was Skyfall like this? No, not at all. There were some tongue in cheek moments and one liners that made most of the cinema chuckle, but mainly this came across as a serious spy film. A film that seemed wholly believable, that married more, in my mind, with the Bourne films than it did with my preconceived ideas about Bond.

I've seen and heard a lot of talk about this being the best Bond film. Is this something I agree with? I'm not sure. I can tell you this though, it's the best Bond film I've ever seen.

Challenge Day: 42
Challenge Time: 2 days, 1 hour, 20 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 28