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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bond stops Silva's rampage, but loses M in the process.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bond stops Silva's rampage, [[spoiler:The film ends with James Bond successfully defeating Raoul Silva and his men at the titular location of the same name, but loses M dies in Bond's arms and Bond breaks down in tears upon seeing her death. However, Mallory takes over as the process.]]new M by the end of the movie and the old gang is all in place for Bond to take on any threat to the world]].
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* BrokenAesop: Everyone in MI-6 talks about how they're not too young/old for the job, [[FailureHero yet they all fail at everything]]. Bond fails to get to his partner on time and Moneypenny fails to take the shot of the thief. Bond fails his test, fails to reach the informant, then misses the shot-glass. Q falls for the honeypot virus and M falls for the false capture. Finally, [[spoiler:Bond fails to protect M]].
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* BrokenAesop: Everyone in MI-6 talks about how they're not too young/old for the job, [[FailureHero yet they all fail at everything]]. everything. Bond fails to get to his partner on time and Moneypenny fails to take the shot of the thief.at Patrice. Bond fails his test, fails to reach the informant, then misses the shot-glass. Q falls for the honeypot virus and M falls for the false capture. Finally, [[spoiler:Bond fails to protect M]].
* BungledSuicide: Silva's StartOfDarkness happened when M sold him out to the Chinese, who tortured him for months. Silva then used his CyanidePill but it didn't work, horribly disfiguring his jaw and teeth. He then dedicated the rest of his life to getting revenge on M.
* CoolGuns:
** Bond is given a Walther PPK with an ID lock so only he can fire it.
** Kincaide wields a double-barrelled shotgun at the defense of Skyfall Manor.
** The mooks raiding the eponymous manor at the climax carry Heckler and Koch HK416s. Bond also procures one a short time later, and briefly uses it to shoot at an attacking helicopter.
** The climactic battle scene features a Browning M2HB mounted on a helicopter.
** Bond is given a Walther PPK with an ID lock so only he can fire it.
** Kincaide wields a double-barrelled shotgun at the defense of Skyfall Manor.
** The mooks raiding the eponymous manor at the climax carry Heckler and Koch HK416s. Bond also procures one a short time later, and briefly uses it to shoot at an attacking helicopter.
** The climactic battle scene features a Browning M2HB mounted on a helicopter.
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* DeathSeeker: Silva fluctuates between wanting to kill M and wanting M to kill him over the course of the film.
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* DeathSeeker: Silva fluctuates between wanting to kill M Oh yes, Bond killed Silva, but it's made fairly clear that he would've killed himself after completing his revenge on M.
-->'''Silva''': So, I had only one thing left. My cyanide capsule in my back left molar. You remember, right? So, I broke the tooth andwanting M to kill him over bit into the course of the film.capsule. It...burned all my insides, but I didn't die. Life clung to me like a disease. And then I understood why I had survived. I needed to look in your eyes one last time.
-->'''Silva''': So, I had only one thing left. My cyanide capsule in my back left molar. You remember, right? So, I broke the tooth and
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* EvilCounterpart: BigBad Silva to Bond. Also something of a counterpart to M.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Having been betrayed by [=MI6=], Silva tries to exploit Bond's own insecurities and talk him into joining him in opposition. But Bond doesn't give in, remaining loyal to the agency against Silva.
* EvilCounterpart:BigBad Raoul Silva to and Bond. Also something Both were at a time agents serving [=MI6=] who had a close emotional relationship with the current M, with Silva saying that he was her "old favorite". Their key difference being that Bond remains largely old-school despite using gadgets, whilst Silva tries harder to adapt to the modern world to the point where he becomes too dependent on the use of modern technology, computers in particular. Something that plays a counterpart key part in his downfall. Also, Silva is essentially a dark James Bond, as while 007 forgave his adopted "mother" and remains loyal to M.her, Silva went rogue and is attempting to kill her. Silva's name is also an anagram, "A Rival Soul".
* EvilCounterpart:
* FatalFlaw: Raoul Silva's intense fear of abandonment, emotional extremes, and an unstable sense of identity.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Raoul Silva maintains a jovial, childish attitude even when he's torturing captives and offing minions, hacking into [=MI6=]'s servers, or when he invades on Bond's ancestral home in an effort to kill M.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Raoul Silva maintains a jovial, childish attitude even when he's torturing captives and offing minions, hacking into [=MI6=]'s servers, or when he invades on Bond's ancestral home in an effort to kill M.
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* ForEverythingThereIsAFirstTime: after ''49 years'' of successfully dodging bullets, 007 finally manages to get himself shot---''twice!''---in ''Skyfall'''s opening chase sequence. It has a profound effect on him throughout the better part of the first half of the movie.
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* {{Foil}}: Silva has elements that make him similar to Bond, Q and even M. He was an MI6 agent who uses multiple gadgets like Bond. He's an expert hacker like Q. He makes very dark decisions and leads his organization like M.
** Especially with 007, Silva is basically an anti-Bond. He possesses similar skills and tactics, has a similar past, and was also screwed by M. What sets them apart is that Bond forgave his adopted "mother" and remains loyal to her, while Silva became a RogueAgent and attempts to kill her. The nature of Bond's job as a ProfessionalKiller means that he is basically being eaten alive from the inside out by guilt, and he knows that he is basically forfeiting his soul in the name of patriotism, but he can hold himself together, whereas Silva snapped when put to the same test.
* ForEverythingThereIsAFirstTime:after After ''49 years'' of successfully dodging bullets, 007 finally manages to get himself shot---''twice!''---in ''Skyfall'''s the opening chase sequence. It has a profound effect on him throughout the better part of the first half of the movie.movie.
* ForegoneConclusion: It's clear that James doesn't die after being shot by Miss Moneypenny in Turkey, as it happens about 15 minutes into a nearly 2.5-hour long film.
** Especially with 007, Silva is basically an anti-Bond. He possesses similar skills and tactics, has a similar past, and was also screwed by M. What sets them apart is that Bond forgave his adopted "mother" and remains loyal to her, while Silva became a RogueAgent and attempts to kill her. The nature of Bond's job as a ProfessionalKiller means that he is basically being eaten alive from the inside out by guilt, and he knows that he is basically forfeiting his soul in the name of patriotism, but he can hold himself together, whereas Silva snapped when put to the same test.
* ForEverythingThereIsAFirstTime:
* ForegoneConclusion: It's clear that James doesn't die after being shot by Miss Moneypenny in Turkey, as it happens about 15 minutes into a nearly 2.5-hour long film.
* GambitRoulette: Silva's escape/assassination plan hinges on, among other things, his being captured and held at MI6 on the day of M's hearing, Q springing his computer trap at exactly the right time, perfect choreography and timing between numerous teams of henchmen ''in the London Underground during rush hour'' and Bond chasing him into one particular room at exactly the time that a train is passing overhead (and not deciding to just shoot him).
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Silva's grudge on M stems from her selling him out (for admittedly criminal actions he committed). He gets his revenge by doing the same thing to at least five completely innocent secret agents, and planning to do it to many more.
* HeroicBSoD: Bond has one after he's declared dead after being shot and falling off a bridge during a mission. He debauches himself most thoroughly, but he's clearly depressed.
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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:Bond weeps while cradling M's corpse.]]
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* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:Bond weeps while cradling M's corpse.]]begins tearing up as M dies. To date, he is the only Bond to ever have actual tears coming out of him on-screen]].
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%%* NewMediaAreEvil: [[UpToEleven Good lord]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKddKGwGMCI are they ever!]]
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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: While teaming up with Eve, Bond tells her to stop touching her ear, and she listens before she can draw attention to herself.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Bond meets the new Quartermaster for [=MI6=] and is surprised at how young he looks. While it's true that Creator/BenWhishaw's Q is much younger than Creator/DesmondLlewelyn's iconic take on the character in the original film series, Whishaw was still 31 during filming, while Bond talks to him like he's some 23-year-old kid who just finished his engineering degree. Admittedly, Whishaw does have quite the babyface, and Q's actual age is left vague.
* OneHitPolykill: {{Invoked}} when Silva holds M's head against his own and puts a gun to his temple, begging her to pull the trigger and finish them both off.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Silva orders his henchmen to keep their hands off M, saying, "She's mine." A more reasonable example than most, as he doesn't care who kills Bond.
* OriginsEpisode: This film could be considered one for the "classic James Bond", as it shows the origins of many well-known elements from the Bond mythos: Moneypenny, her sexually charged banter with Bond, [[spoiler:the male M, his office]], etc. ''Skyfall'' also delves deeper into the origins of Bond himself than any of the preceding movies.
* OriginsEpisode: This film could be considered one for the "classic James Bond", as it shows the origins of many well-known elements from the Bond mythos: Moneypenny, her sexually charged banter with Bond, [[spoiler:the male M, his office]], etc. ''Skyfall'' also delves deeper into the origins of Bond himself than any of the preceding movies.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Silva orders Silva's actual grudge is against M, and he tells his henchmen to keep their hands off M, saying, "She's mine." A more reasonable example than most, as men that only he can kill her. He doesn't care who kills Bond.
Bond. [[spoiler:When he sees that M has already been mortally wounded, he practically breaks down. When Bond shows up and throws a knife into his back (interrupting his MurderSuicide plan), he just looks annoyed]].
* OrangeBlueContrast: In Shanghai, the lighting keeps ''switching'' between orange and blue. One of the final action scenes also uses the palette.
* OriginsEpisode: This film could be considered one for the "classic James Bond", as it shows the origins of many well-known elements from the Bond mythos: Moneypenny, her sexually charged banter with Bond, [[spoiler:the male M, his office]], etc.''Skyfall'' It also delves deeper into the origins of Bond himself than any of the preceding movies.
* OrangeBlueContrast: In Shanghai, the lighting keeps ''switching'' between orange and blue. One of the final action scenes also uses the palette.
* OriginsEpisode: This film could be considered one for the "classic James Bond", as it shows the origins of many well-known elements from the Bond mythos: Moneypenny, her sexually charged banter with Bond, [[spoiler:the male M, his office]], etc.
* PerfectPoison: {{Averted}}. It was the failure of a cyanide capsule intended as a quick suicide that drives Silva's quest for revenge against [=MI6=] (Also averted is the "quick and painless" part of the poisoning - even though it failed to kill him the cyanide caused severe damage to his face and jawbones and left him in agony).
* PerilousOldFool: PlayedWith. Bond is left pretty significantly disabled after his "death", in ways that seriously impact his ability to do all the things that make him James Bond. (No, not [[SexTropes that thing]], that's fine.) He's left physically debilitated, unable to shoot straight, and reliant on pills and liquor. But he's still sent back into battle [[spoiler:despite failing all the assessment exams, even the weapons course]] and, being Bond, still ends up kicking the requisite ass, though he does need the assistance of two literal old people to do so.
--->'''Silva:''' Medical evaluation: fail. Physical evaluation: fail. Psychological evaluation, alcohol and substance addiction indicated. Ooh! Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma. Subject is not approved for field duty and immediate suspension for service advised. What is this if not betrayal? She sent you off to me, knowing you're not ready, knowing you'll likely die. Mommy was very bad.
* PerilousOldFool: PlayedWith. Bond is left pretty significantly disabled after his "death", in ways that seriously impact his ability to do all the things that make him James Bond. (No, not [[SexTropes that thing]], that's fine.) He's left physically debilitated, unable to shoot straight, and reliant on pills and liquor. But he's still sent back into battle [[spoiler:despite failing all the assessment exams, even the weapons course]] and, being Bond, still ends up kicking the requisite ass, though he does need the assistance of two literal old people to do so.
--->'''Silva:''' Medical evaluation: fail. Physical evaluation: fail. Psychological evaluation, alcohol and substance addiction indicated. Ooh! Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma. Subject is not approved for field duty and immediate suspension for service advised. What is this if not betrayal? She sent you off to me, knowing you're not ready, knowing you'll likely die. Mommy was very bad.
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* PoisonIsCorrosive: Silva's failed suicide capsule.
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Bond allows himself to be captured and brought to Silva. He's activated a tracking device that's leading [=MI6=] right to them, and until they arrive, he's content to let Silva explain the hows and whys of his evil plans. Once he's had enough, he quickly kills the guards and takes Silva captive until [=MI6=] arrive. For Silva, meanwhile, getting captured is part of his plan all along.
* PoisonIsCorrosive: Silva'sfailed malfunctioning cyanide suicide capsule.capsule somehow dissolves his teeth and upper jaw but fails to kill him. The result is a sunken left cheek (which he hides by wearing a dental prosthesis), bloodshot eyes, damaged gums, and slurred speech.
* PoisonIsCorrosive: Silva's
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Bond captures BigBad Silva and puts him in a cell in [=MI6=] headquarters three quarters of the way through the film. Silva promptly escapes.
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* PlayAlongPrisoner: Bond captures BigBad PracticallyJoker: Silva was confirmed to be inspired by ComicBook/TheJoker, with bleached hair, an unnerving grin that's entirely false, and puts him in a cell in [=MI6=] headquarters three quarters love of the way through the film. Silva promptly escapes.spreading chaos.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Mallory, a RetiredBadass who turns out to not be an ObstructiveBureaucrat like he initially seems.
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* RareGuns:
** Patrice carries a Glock 18 in the pre-titles sequence. What's notable about this is that it's loaded with a ''100 round drum magazine''.
** In the climax, Bond carries his father's double rifle, an Anderson Wheeler in .500 Nitro Express.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:Mallory, a RetiredBadass who turns out Gareth Mallory becomes this after being swayed by M's defence of "the old ways", and helps Q and Tanner with their off-the-books plan to not be an ObstructiveBureaucrat like help Bond and M. By the end of the film, he initially seems.succeeds Judi Dench's character and becomes the new M.
** Patrice carries a Glock 18 in the pre-titles sequence. What's notable about this is that it's loaded with a ''100 round drum magazine''.
** In the climax, Bond carries his father's double rifle, an Anderson Wheeler in .500 Nitro Express.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Mallory is a shady, stuck-up ex-soldier, played by the guy who also played [[Film/HarryPotter Voldemort]], [[Film/SchindlersList Amon Goeth]] and [[Film/RedDragon Francis Dolarhyde]], who tries to get M to resign in his first appearance, scorns Bond in his second, and is present at a would-be crime scene in his third. Not a great start for ''the future M''!]]
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* RedHerring: RedHerring:
** [[spoiler:Mallory is a shady, stuck-up ex-soldier, played by the guy who also played [[Film/HarryPotter Voldemort]], [[Film/SchindlersList Amon Goeth]] and [[Film/RedDragon Francis Dolarhyde]], who tries to get M to resign in his first appearance, scorns Bond in his second, and is present at a would-be crime scene in his third. Not a great start for ''the futureM''!]]M''!]]
** Bond's Aston Martin serves as a BaitAndSwitch ContinuityNod. The scene soon after we're introduced to the car, Bond alludes to its passenger-side EjectionSeat but he doesn't use it. In fact, the ejector seat never gets used; the purpose of this scene is to establish that this is the vintage ''Goldfinger'' car. Thanks to this, the audience has no reason to question the machine guns behind the headlights.
** [[spoiler:Mallory is a shady, stuck-up ex-soldier, played by the guy who also played [[Film/HarryPotter Voldemort]], [[Film/SchindlersList Amon Goeth]] and [[Film/RedDragon Francis Dolarhyde]], who tries to get M to resign in his first appearance, scorns Bond in his second, and is present at a would-be crime scene in his third. Not a great start for ''the future
** Bond's Aston Martin serves as a BaitAndSwitch ContinuityNod. The scene soon after we're introduced to the car, Bond alludes to its passenger-side EjectionSeat but he doesn't use it. In fact, the ejector seat never gets used; the purpose of this scene is to establish that this is the vintage ''Goldfinger'' car. Thanks to this, the audience has no reason to question the machine guns behind the headlights.
* ReimaginingTheArtifact: Q gets a notable modern update as [=MI6=]'s tech-savvy MissionControl with a talent for computer hacking, as well as being aged down significantly to contrast him with the more traditionalist Bond. Though he does have the obligatory scene where he supplies Bond with a list of new gadgets, his computer skills are his primary talent. As the film is quick to point out, having a tech-savvy spy is ''still'' a huge asset in an age of digital espionage, even if he doesn't build exploding pens.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The catalyst for the plot is sensitive government information being stolen and then leaked online, mirroring various real world scandals where classified documents were leaked onto the internet in the years surrounding ''Skyfall'''s release.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Silva's EvilPlan turns out to be about getting revenge on M.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Silva's EvilPlan turns out to be about getting revenge on M.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The catalyst for the plot is sensitive government information being stolen and then leaked online, mirroring various real world scandals where classified documents were leaked onto the internet in the years surrounding ''Skyfall'''s the release.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:Silva's EvilPlan turns Raoul Silva was tortured for five months to the point of breaking his CyanidePill, only to have it fail and disfigure him. He sets out to be about getting revenge on M.humiliate and kill M for abandoning him, and it actually works.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
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* SceneryPorn: As is often the case in films with cinematography by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Deakins Roger Deakins]]. WebVideo/HonestTrailers pokes fun at the "absurdly long landscape shots".
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* ScaryTeeth: Silva's dentures hide the fact that his real teeth have been reduced to rotten nubs as a result of a defective CyanidePill.
* SceneryPorn: As is often the case in films with cinematography by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Deakins Roger Deakins]]. WebVideo/HonestTrailers pokes fun at the "absurdly long landscape shots".
* SceneryPorn: As is often the case in films with cinematography by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Deakins Roger Deakins]].
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* SexySecretary: Eve is apparently Bond's subordinate. . . and their sexual tension is ''off the charts''.
* SignificantAnagram:
** Not actually mentioned in the movie -- 'Raoul Silva' becomes 'A Rival Soul' [[ShadowArchetype showing how similar he is to Bond]].
** 'Think On Your Sins' becomes [[spoiler:'[[WhamLine Your Son]] [[ItsPersonal Isn't in HK]]']].
* SignificantAnagram:
** Not actually mentioned in the movie -- 'Raoul Silva' becomes 'A Rival Soul' [[ShadowArchetype showing how similar he is to Bond]].
** 'Think On Your Sins' becomes [[spoiler:'[[WhamLine Your Son]] [[ItsPersonal Isn't in HK]]']].
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* SexySecretary: Eve is apparently Bond's subordinate. . . and their sexual tension is ''off The film ends up being something of an OriginStory for the charts''.
* SignificantAnagram:
** Not actually mentioned in the movie -- 'Raoul Silva' becomes 'A Rival Soul' [[ShadowArchetype showing how similar hecharacter, where it is revealed that she became a secretary because [[spoiler: she felt she wasn't suited to Bond]].
** 'Think On Your Sins' becomes [[spoiler:'[[WhamLine Your Son]] [[ItsPersonal Isn't in HK]]']].field work, having previously worked alongside Bond.]]
* SignificantAnagram:
** Not actually mentioned in the movie -- 'Raoul Silva' becomes 'A Rival Soul' [[ShadowArchetype showing how similar he
** 'Think On Your Sins' becomes [[spoiler:'[[WhamLine Your Son]] [[ItsPersonal Isn't in HK]]']].
* SharkPool: While fighting one of the mooks at a Chinese Casino, Bond and the said mook fall into a pit filled with Komodo Dragons. Bond obviously makes it out ok, the henchmen ends up becoming dinner for the lizards.
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* TheSiege: The climax at the family Manor.
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* ShutUpHannibal: During the hearing, a government minister grills M. Mallory is visibly disgusted when it becomes clear that the actual committee hearing is basically nothing more than a KangarooCourt.
-->'''Mallory''': For the sake of variety, might we actually hear from the witness?
* TheSiege: Theclimax at film climaxes with Bond and two others ([[spoiler:Kinkade, M]]) defending a manor home against more numerous and better-armed villains. Defenders' advantage allows the family Manor.MI-6 contingent to hold out against 10-to-1 odds, but they technically still lose because the BigBad is able to achieve his mission objective ([[spoiler:killing M]])--or, at best, stalemate, since Bond kills ''him'' right after. (Also, the home gets blown up.)
* SignificantAnagram:
** Not actually mentioned in the movie -- 'Raoul Silva' becomes 'A Rival Soul' [[ShadowArchetype showing how similar he is to Bond]].
** 'Think On Your Sins' becomes [[spoiler:'[[WhamLine Your Son]] [[ItsPersonal Isn't in HK]]']].
-->'''Mallory''': For the sake of variety, might we actually hear from the witness?
* TheSiege: The
* SignificantAnagram:
** Not actually mentioned in the movie -- 'Raoul Silva' becomes 'A Rival Soul' [[ShadowArchetype showing how similar he is to Bond]].
** 'Think On Your Sins' becomes [[spoiler:'[[WhamLine Your Son]] [[ItsPersonal Isn't in HK]]']].
* SkeletonMotif: Silva uses skulls as a sort of calling card, especially "Day of the Dead" style sugar skulls, which appear a lot in the taunting online messages he sends [=MI6=]. We later learn his face actually resembles a skull, with slightly melted cheekbones due to a failed suicide attempt with a poison capsule.
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* SmartGun: Bond is provided with a handgun that has a palmprint recognition system built into the grip, and will only fire when he is holding it.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: The glamorous Severine is shown smoking during the scene in Macau.
* SoftWater: Bond survives falling off a bridge and going over a waterfall in rapid succession (after being shot) thanks to this trope. Though he does mention later that he broke four ribs and damaged "some of the less vital organs."
* SmokingIsGlamorous: The glamorous Severine is shown smoking during the scene in Macau.
* SoftWater: Bond survives falling off a bridge and going over a waterfall in rapid succession (after being shot) thanks to this trope. Though he does mention later that he broke four ribs and damaged "some of the less vital organs."
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* SmartGun: Q equips Bond with a version of his trademark Walther PPK semiautomatic that features a biometric trigger lock. It won't fire unless the handprint sensor verifies that Bond is provided with a handgun that has a palmprint recognition system built into the grip, and will only fire when he is one holding it.
it. Which as you might expect comes in handy when a mook gets his hand on the weapon.
-->'''Bond''': Good luck with that.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: Theglamorous gorgeous Severine smokes throughout her first scene, where she meets Bond in her club/casino in Macau. This is shown smoking during both a callback to the scene smoky Bond films of old, and also serves to highlight Severine's exotic and dangerous nature.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Silva is a type 5. Using AnimalMetaphors, he relates a childhood story to a captive 007, describing how he spent time with his grandmother on an island, where she taught him how to rid the island of its rat infestation by capturing them inMacau.
oil drums. He utilizes the image of the trapped rats turning to cannibalism as a metaphor for what the life of a spy does to its participants - namely himself. He even describes himself and Bond as the "last two rats standing." In the climax, after killing Silva, Bond throws back in his face with "Last rat standing".
* SoftWater: The opening sequence features Bondsurvives being shot twice and knocked off a speeding train as it crosses a bridge, falling off a bridge and going over a waterfall in rapid succession (after being shot) thanks at least 100ft into water. They don't even bother to this trope.handwave how he survives. Though he does mention later that he broke four ribs and damaged "some of the less vital organs."
-->'''Bond''': Good luck with that.
* SmokingIsGlamorous: The
* TheSocialDarwinist: Silva is a type 5. Using AnimalMetaphors, he relates a childhood story to a captive 007, describing how he spent time with his grandmother on an island, where she taught him how to rid the island of its rat infestation by capturing them in
* SoftWater: The opening sequence features Bond
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** The French song that plays on Silva's island, "Boum!", sung by Charles Trenet prior to UsefulNotes/WorldWar2. It is mostly about nature, love, and thunder. The titular "BOOM" onomatopoeia in the song also refers to cannon fire from the Maginot Line (where he sung for French troops), albeit on a joyful tone.
** This is recalled again later in the film when Silva broadcasts The Animals' cover version of the John Lee Hooker blues song "Boom Boom" over his helicopter loudspeakers as he approaches Skyfall.
** This is recalled again later in the film when Silva broadcasts The Animals' cover version of the John Lee Hooker blues song "Boom Boom" over his helicopter loudspeakers as he approaches Skyfall.
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** The French song that plays on Silva's island, "Boum!", sung by Charles Trenet prior to UsefulNotes/WorldWar2.UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It is mostly about nature, love, and thunder. The titular "BOOM" onomatopoeia in the song also refers to cannon fire from the Maginot Line (where he sung for French troops), albeit on a joyful tone.
** This is recalled again later in the film when Silva broadcastsThe Animals' Music/TheAnimals' cover version of the John Lee Hooker Music/JohnLeeHooker blues song "Boom Boom" over his helicopter loudspeakers as he approaches Skyfall.
** This is recalled again later in the film when Silva broadcasts
* SympathyForTheDevil: During Silva's confrontation with M where he reveals his backstory, when he says "You betrayed me," Bond looks away from Silva and gazes intently at M. After Silva has a mini-meltdown where he reveals his cyanide-induced deformity (for which he also blames M), M leaves and Bond turns to follow, but slowly and hesitantly, suggesting he doesn't entirely want to leave Silva alone. After he rejoins M, he stares silently at her until she explains why she "betrayed" Silva. According to Daniel Craig on the DVD special features, under better circumstances Bond would have rather let Silva live and get therapy.
** M, for her part, is visibly shaken after Silva's big reveal and her explanation is tinged with melancholy. Later in the film, as they are lying in wait for Silva's final attack, she says, "I fucked this up, didn't I?" While Bond assures her she was just doing her job, he doesn't go so far as to tell her she did the right thing.
** M, for her part, is visibly shaken after Silva's big reveal and her explanation is tinged with melancholy. Later in the film, as they are lying in wait for Silva's final attack, she says, "I fucked this up, didn't I?" While Bond assures her she was just doing her job, he doesn't go so far as to tell her she did the right thing.
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* TailorMadePrison: Silva is imprisoned in one in [=MI6=]'s headquarters.
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* TailorMadePrison: Silva is gets imprisoned in one in inside [=MI6=]'s headquarters.temporary headquarters. This does not end well, but only after the power is turned off.
* TalentDouble: The film used a talent double for the opening car chase by using specially modified Land Rovers [[http://filmmakeriq.com/2012/12/behind-the-wheel-in-bond-film-skyfall/ with a driving seat out of shot on the roof]], allowing stunt driver Ben Collins (aka second Stig on ''Series/TopGear'') to do the driving while the actors stayed in the car pretending to drive it.
* TelevisionGeography:
** Bond pursues Silva through two stations in The London Underground - Temple and Embankment, both on the sub-surface District and Circle lines. However, they're depicted as deep-level lines served by Jubilee Line train stock - most likely the shooting locating was the disused Jubilee Line platforms at Charing Cross, which are frequently hired out for filming. And when an exterior shot of "Embankment Station" is shown, that's actually the Northumberland Avenue exit of Charing Cross station - though that's very close to the real Embankment.
** The A9 road is namedropped as the route Bond and M take to reach the title location, which - going by the scenery - is in Glen Coe, a part of Scotland nowhere near the A9.
** Bond pursues Silva through two stations in The London Underground - Temple and Embankment, both on the sub-surface District and Circle lines. However, they're depicted as deep-level lines served by Jubilee Line train stock - most likely the shooting locating was the disused Jubilee Line platforms at Charing Cross, which are frequently hired out for filming. And when an exterior shot of "Embankment Station" is shown, that's actually the Northumberland Avenue exit of Charing Cross station - though that's very close to the real Embankment.
** The A9 road is namedropped as the route Bond and M take to reach the title location, which - going by the scenery - is in Glen Coe, a part of Scotland nowhere near the A9.
* ThrillerOnTheExpress: This is likely referred to in the opening sequence, where Bond engages in a battle with Patrice atop a train.
* ThrowAwayGuns: Bond uses an Anderson Wheeler double rifle for most of the attack on the eponymous estate, but upon running out of ammunition promptly discards the weapon. His contentious relationship with his parents may be part of his reasoning. He also discards his service weapon, a Walther PPK, in the opening scene of the movie, despite having time to reholster it, as seen [[https://youtu.be/mBCN8qf_kMk?t=40 here]]. This is especially irresponsible as the weapon's serial number is most likely registered to him through [=MI6=].
* ThrowAwayGuns: Bond uses an Anderson Wheeler double rifle for most of the attack on the eponymous estate, but upon running out of ammunition promptly discards the weapon. His contentious relationship with his parents may be part of his reasoning. He also discards his service weapon, a Walther PPK, in the opening scene of the movie, despite having time to reholster it, as seen [[https://youtu.be/mBCN8qf_kMk?t=40 here]]. This is especially irresponsible as the weapon's serial number is most likely registered to him through [=MI6=].
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* TrainEscape: Twice. Both times, Bond gets there just in time to make an audacious entrance into the rearmost carriage.
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* TrainEscape: Twice. Both times, {{Subverted}}. Bond gets there just advances on Patrice in time an excavator to make an audacious entrance shield him from gunfire, so Patrice shoots out the coupling between him and Bond. Bond jams the excavator's bucket into the rearmost carriage.car ahead to provide a temporary link, then jumps into the car as its rear end gets pulled off to continue the chase.
* TraintopBattle: A particularly elaborate one between Bond and Patrice that ends up trashing much of the train occurs during the pre-titles sequence.
* TraitorShot: {{Subverted}}. Gareth Mallory is repeatedly shown lurking in shadows, or having the camera linger significantly on his face in scenes where he isn't otherwise important. In the end, he isn't a MoleInCharge, but M's replacement after she's shot.
* TraitorShot: {{Subverted}}. Gareth Mallory is repeatedly shown lurking in shadows, or having the camera linger significantly on his face in scenes where he isn't otherwise important. In the end, he isn't a MoleInCharge, but M's replacement after she's shot.
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* TrialByFriendlyFire: The ActionPrologue ends with one of these gone wrong.
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* TrialByFriendlyFire: The ActionPrologue ends with one In the opening sequence, Eve is trying to line up a sniper shot on a mook Bond is fighting atop a train about to enter a tunnel. However, Bond is fighting the mook in hand-to-hand combat, so she can't gurantee who she'll hit, and there's no time to realign. Despite Eve's hesitation, M orders the shot be taken, so Eve shoots. Bond is hit, and the mook gets off unscathed, setting off the events of these gone wrong.the film. (He somehow survives, of course.)
* TwoFaced: Raoul Silva looks like this with his prosthesis removed. A dodgy CyanidePill left him disfigured instead of actually killing him; without his dentures, his left cheek is sunken and his eyelid droops.
* UnconventionalVehicleChase: Bond uses an excavator to reach the train on which Patrice is fleeing.
* UnflinchingWalk: The trailer ramps it up by substituting "explosion" with "train car getting ripped open by heavy equipment ''while he's inside it''".
* UnflinchingWalk: The trailer ramps it up by substituting "explosion" with "train car getting ripped open by heavy equipment ''while he's inside it''".
* UnusableEnemyEquipment: For most of the film, Bond has a PPK with a custom grip that includes a similar palm-recognition mechanism, so when a mook picks up said gun just as a komodo dragon approaches, the result is inevitable.
* ViewerFriendlyInterface: The mainframe computer is incredibly user friendly. As it is being hacked by a software program, a data visualization program maps the code of the software in real time, displaying the code as a moving 3D model. As the hacking software is using "a polymorphic engine to mutate the code", the data visualization software shows the 3D code mutating as if it were a biological organism. While points on the 3D display correspond to hexadecimal code, the code mutating in real time causes the corresponding hexadecimal display to move rapidly. Bond notices the hexademical code goes beyond the letter F, as if displaying a new programming standard that includes the letters G, H, N, R, and U. When the software recognizes one of the points of code is a "data feed," the 3D code representation turns red and transforms into a 3D representation of a city map. Then, as the building security is being breached, the "System Security Breach" warning pops up.
* VillainousBSoD: Silva is at last about to fulfill his revenge, as he holds the mortally wounded M in his grasp and puts his gun to her face...before he starts crying and puts the gun in M's own hand, presses his temple against hers, then guides the gun to her other temple, and he begs her to kill them both with the same bullet.
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* TheVoiceless: Patrice, the French mercenary who stole the NATO hard drive.
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* TheVoiceless: Patrice, the French mercenary Patrice doesn't say a word, even when he is asked by Bond who stole the NATO hard drive.he's working for, he desires not to speak and plummets to his death.
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* WealthyYachtOwner: Bond is taken to Silva's hideout aboard a sailing yacht, the ''Chimera''.
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* WhileYouWereInDiapers: Kincaid gives a nicely understated BadassBoast when they hear the dogs barking, showing a bunch of mooks have just turned up.
-->'''Bond''': Are you ready?
-->'''Kincaid''': I was ready before you were born, son.
-->'''Bond''': Are you ready?
-->'''Kincaid''': I was ready before you were born, son.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Bond grew a BadassBeard during a prolonged HeroicBSOD.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Bond grew a BadassBeard during a prolonged HeroicBSOD.gets one when he goes MIA after M gives the order to leave Bond to die.
* BondVillainStupidity: Silva initially toys with Bond instead of killing him because it's all part of his plan to get caught so he can exact revenge on M. Later, however, his failure to take advantage of various opportunities to kill the heroes after said plan has already run its course is best chalked up to PlotArmor and SanityHasAdvantages.
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** Averted, which is unusual for a ''[[Film/JamesBond Bond]]'' movie. Characters are regularly seen reloading in shootouts, and running out of ammo is also what leads to Bond getting shot in the shoulder during the ActionPrologue.
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** Averted, which is unusual for a ''[[Film/JamesBond Bond]]'' ''Bond'' movie. Characters are regularly seen reloading in shootouts, and running out of ammo is also what leads to Bond getting shot in the shoulder during the ActionPrologue.
* ButNotTooBi: Silva makes a flirty comment towards Bond while holding him prisoner, saying "There's a first time for everything, yes?" Bond replies, "What makes you think this is my first time?" This is the first time in the entire franchise, books included, that James Bond has ''ever'' hinted at having slept with men.
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* CapturedOnPurpose: Silva let himself get captured to begin the first stage in his insanely long plan of revenge.
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* CapturedOnPurpose: Silva let himself get captured to begin is taken captive by Bond and incarcerated in a glass cell. But as MI6 soon discover, this is just so that he can hack into their computers, automatically open his cell, waltz through the first stage in his insanely long plan London underground and into the middle of revenge. a court room to shoot M.
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* ChangingOfTheGuard: By the end of ''Skyfall'', we're introduced to a new Q, [[spoiler:and a new M and Moneypenny.]]
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* ChangingOfTheGuard: By the end of ''Skyfall'', we're the film, [[spoiler:M has died and is replaced by Mallory. We are introduced to a new quartermaster, or Q, [[spoiler:and for the first time in a new M and Moneypenny.]]Bond movie with Daniel Craig. At the end we learn that the Bond Girl throughout the movie was named "Moneypenny" all along, when she decides to give up being a field agent for a desk job. The more things change, the more they stay the same]].
* ClassicVillain: Wrath motivates Rogue Agent Raoul Silva, as he wants revenge against M for selling him out to the Chinese. However, M points out that he brought all the misery he suffered upon himself because he hacked into the Chinese spy agencies without clearing it with his bosses.
* ConvenientlyTimeAttackFromBehind: Bond kills Silva with a throwing knife to the back while the latter is about to kill M and himself.
* CoolBike: The opening chase scene includes Bond and his quarry riding motorcycles through Istanbul, and even on the rooftops. It's hard to get much {{Rule Of Cool}}er than that.
* CoolBike: The opening chase scene includes Bond and his quarry riding motorcycles through Istanbul, and even on the rooftops. It's hard to get much {{Rule Of Cool}}er than that.
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* CyanidePill: [[BungledSuicide Subverted.]] [[TheManTheyCouldntHang The pill doesn't kill him.]]
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* CyanidePill: [[BungledSuicide Subverted.]] [[TheManTheyCouldntHang Silva attempted to commit suicide using a hydrogen cyanide implant in one of his molars during his capture, torture, and imprisonment by the Chinese after M's betrayal. The pill doesn't kill him.]]suicide attempt failed, horrifically scarring Silva both mentally and physically. It should be noted that's not how hydrogen cyanide works, but the writers may have assumed otherwise from its alternate name: prussic acid.
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* DepravedBisexual: Silva invokes this to screw with Bond. Bond just [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] back, leading Silva to give up and move on to a sadistic WilliamTelling contest instead.
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* DepravedBisexual: Silva invokes this to screw had a relationship with Bond. Severine and he also starts hitting on Bond...but in the latter case it isn't clear if he's being genuine or just trying to intimidate Bond just [[DeadpanSnarker snarks]] back, leading (it doesn't work).
* DepravedHomosexual: Silvato give up and move on to a sadistic WilliamTelling contest instead.menacingly rubs Bond's thighs. The most spectacular part of this scene, however, is Bond's reaction. With typical unruffled Bond demeanour, he says, "What makes you think this is my first time?"
* DepravedHomosexual: Silva
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Bond and Eve's close shave ends on an ambiguous note. [[spoiler:Between that and the whole "friendly fire" incident, it adds a new wrinkle to the classic Bond/Moneypenny dynamic.]]
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* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Eve gives the towel-clad Bond and Eve's close shave ends on an ambiguous note. [[spoiler:Between that a sexy shave...and the whole "friendly fire" incident, scene cuts right there. Not even a kiss. Yet a few minutes later, they're roaming about a lavish casino, complimenting each other on how good they look and flirtatiously commenting that "it's amazing what you can do with an extra pair of hands". It's hard to believe that Bond wouldn't have bedded this beautiful woman, but given that Eve turned out to be Moneypenny, it's obvious why it adds a new wrinkle to the classic Bond/Moneypenny dynamic.]]was left ambiguous.
* DoWrongRight: Mallory catches Q and Tanner creating a trail for Silva to follow in his pursuit of M, whom Bond is protecting at the eponymous lodge. Q and Tanner think they are in trouble, but Mallory instead gives them tips on the best path to give Silva to make sure he is taking the bait.
-->'''Q''': But, sir, what if the PM finds out?
-->'''Mallory''': Well, then, we're all buggered, aren't we?
-->'''Q''': But, sir, what if the PM finds out?
-->'''Mallory''': Well, then, we're all buggered, aren't we?
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* DoWrongRight: When Mallory catches Q and Tanner working off the books to help capture Silva. Mallory hopes they all succeed together so they aren't all arrested.
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* DoWrongRight: When Mallory catches Q DragonLady: Depressingly subverted Sévérine. She looks like an Asian version of TheBaroness, but is actually a terrified non-combatant former SexSlave who tries to get away from Silva and Tanner working off ends up with a bullet hole in the books to help capture Silva. Mallory hopes they all succeed together so they aren't all arrested.face for her trouble.
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* DyingToBeReplaced: [[spoiler:Gareth Mallory succeeds Judi Dench's character as M following her death at the end of the film.]]
* DyingTruce: [[spoiler:when Bond finishes off Silva with a thrown knife to the back, neither have any weapons left anyway. But neither of them attempt to fight or finish each other off more quickly, just staring each other down and allowing Bond to give a signature one-liner right before Silva finally keels over.]]
* DyingTruce: [[spoiler:when Bond finishes off Silva with a thrown knife to the back, neither have any weapons left anyway. But neither of them attempt to fight or finish each other off more quickly, just staring each other down and allowing Bond to give a signature one-liner right before Silva finally keels over.]]
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* DyingToBeReplaced: [[spoiler:Gareth Mallory succeeds Judi Dench's [[spoiler:M dies and is replaced by Mallory. This works fairly well, mostly because the replacement character as M following her death at gets a reasonable amount of screentime during the end of the film.]]
movie and an EstablishingCharacterMoment or two to prove that he's not a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute]].
* DyingTruce:[[spoiler:when [[spoiler:When Bond finishes off Silva with a thrown knife to the back, neither have any weapons left anyway. But neither of them attempt to fight or finish each other off more quickly, just staring each other down and allowing Bond to give a signature one-liner right before Silva finally keels over.]]]]
* EiffelTowerEffect: When the plot takes Bond to Shanghai, we see the standard establishing shot of the Lujiazui skyline reflecting on the Huangpu at night.
* EjectionSeat: PlayedForLaughs when Bond takes the Aston Martin, complete with gadgets, out of a garage so that he and M can escape London. When M starts exasperating Bond, he flips up the secret panel on the gear-stick, revealing the red button, as if threatening to eject her. M, somewhat at the end of her tether, dares him to do it.
* DyingTruce:
* EiffelTowerEffect: When the plot takes Bond to Shanghai, we see the standard establishing shot of the Lujiazui skyline reflecting on the Huangpu at night.
* EjectionSeat: PlayedForLaughs when Bond takes the Aston Martin, complete with gadgets, out of a garage so that he and M can escape London. When M starts exasperating Bond, he flips up the secret panel on the gear-stick, revealing the red button, as if threatening to eject her. M, somewhat at the end of her tether, dares him to do it.
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* EtTuBrute: Silva himself felt this way after [[spoiler:realizing that M sold him out to the Chinese]].
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* EtTuBrute: M asks for Bond to leave Silva himself felt this way after [[spoiler:realizing that M sold where he was, not only because he had been engaging in unauthorized hacking against the Chinese, but to hand him out over to them in exchange for the Chinese]].prisoners held by the Chinese government. No wonder the guy becomes a cyber-terrorist bent on revenge against M.
* EvilPlan: Silva's plan seems a little underwhelming. As complex as it is in execution, it's just a personal vendetta against M with no grander ambition. That said, the low stakes make it possible to do a great character study on Bond and M.
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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:Silva took a defective CyanidePill that left him without teeth or part of his palate, forcing him to wear prosthetic ones. In one scene, the audience gets to see him rip the whole thing out, ''deflating his cheeks.'']]
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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:Silva took a defective Silva looks pretty normal, until he's captured and confronted by M, who sold him out to the Chinese. He explains how he was tortured for months before attempting to commit suicide via the CyanidePill that left him without teeth or part of in his palate, forcing him to wear back molar. It didn't work. What it did instead is revealed when he removes a prosthetic ones. In one scene, from his mouth and the audience gets to see him rip the whole thing out, ''deflating left side of his cheeks.'']]face just ''sags inwards''.
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** Bond fails at every objective he has during the movie: he loses the [=MI6=] hard drive; allows an assassin to kill a politician; fails to get information from said assassin; fails to protect the mole; [[spoiler:falls into Silva's trap; fails to stop Silva escaping; fails to stop several deaths in Parliament; loses Skyfall Manor; kills Silva instead of letting him rot in prison; and finally fails to protect M.]] The only positive thing that can be said is that he survives. In a sense, this is exactly the way Ian Fleming first conceived of Bond.
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** Bond fails at every objective he has during the movie: he loses the [=MI6=] hard drive; allows an assassin to kill a politician; fails to get information from said assassin; fails to protect the mole; [[spoiler:falls into Silva's trap; fails to stop Silva escaping; fails to stop several deaths in Parliament; loses Skyfall Manor; kills Silva instead of letting him rot in prison; and finally fails to protect M.]] The only positive thing that can be said is that he survives. In a sense, this is exactly the way Ian Fleming Creator/IanFleming first conceived of Bond.
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* FakingTheDead: Bond, until MI-6 is attacked.
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* FakingTheDead: Bond, until MI-6 Done briefly when Bond is attacked.presumed KIA and is happy to let everyone think that for a while.
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* FoeRomanceSubtext: In the scene Silva is introduced, he eventually starts suggestively touching Bond all over [[FauxYay to get under Bond's skin]]. Bond is not as hostile to this as you'd think.
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* FoeRomanceSubtext: In The film throws "implications" right out the scene window with Silva's opening scene, where Bond is tied to a chair and Silva is introduced, he eventually starts suggestively touching Bond all over [[FauxYay unbuttons his shirt to get under touch a scar on Bond's skin]]. shoulder, continues to caress his throat, and strokes Bond's thighs. Bond is not as hostile responds to Silva's quiet snark, "Well...first time for everything, yes?" with "What makes you think this as you'd think.is my first time?"
* ForeignFanservice: Severine is a sexy woman of unclear foreign ancestry. Apparently in-universe as well, where her foreign nature is used as a compliment.
* GameBreakingInjury: Bond sustains two shots to his chest and shoulder. He loses his iconic aim with the Walther PPK due to these injuries, and he never recovers them by the end of the movie. Also, M is hit with the thug's gunfire in a non-lethal area but due to her age, she dies from the injury due to bleeding out.
* GayBravado: Silva touches James Bond in a very suggestive manner, asking, "First time for everything, yes?" Bond matter-of-factly responds by asking him, "What makes you think this is my first time?". That's right—''James freaking Bond'', womanizer extraordinaire, just insinuated that he's gotten it on with another man.
* GayBravado: Silva touches James Bond in a very suggestive manner, asking, "First time for everything, yes?" Bond matter-of-factly responds by asking him, "What makes you think this is my first time?". That's right—''James freaking Bond'', womanizer extraordinaire, just insinuated that he's gotten it on with another man.
* GlassyPrison: Raoul Silva is captured by Bond and incarcerated in a glass cell in [=MI6=] headquarters before being interrogated by M.
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* GoodOldWays: The ArcWords of ''Skyfall'' are "Sometimes the old ways are best," reflecting both on Bond's settling with his own troubled past and, in a meta sort of way, on the franchise's return to the style of the first films. Not for nothing has Skyfall been heralded as one of the best instalments of the series.
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* GoodOldWays: The ArcWords of ''Skyfall'' are "Sometimes the old ways are best," reflecting both on Bond's settling with his own troubled past and, in a meta sort of way, on the franchise's return to the style of the first films. Not for nothing has Skyfall been heralded as one of the best instalments of the series.
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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: The assassin assembles a bolt action rifle... which fires several times without manipulating the bolt during his hand-to-hand combat with Bond.
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* GrayRainOfDepression: It starts raining in London after Bond is presumed dead, and it only stops when he returns.
* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay:The assassin Patrice assembles a bolt action rifle... rifle...which fires several times without manipulating the bolt during his hand-to-hand combat with Bond.
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* HallOfMirrors: An early sequence has Bond shooting funhouse-style mirrors, and the climactic battle involves Kincade using reflections as decoys to deceive Silva's men.
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* HallOfMirrors: An early The opening sequence has briefly shows Bond in one, shooting funhouse-style mirrors, and the climactic battle involves Kincade at his own reflections. This foreshadows another character using reflections as decoys a mirror to deceive Silva's men.fool a mook so he can be shot.
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* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: For her part in losing the MacGuffin and other recent attacks on [=MI6=] and their allies in NATO, M faces a public hearing in front of a government committee near the middle of the film.
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* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: For her part in losing the MacGuffin and other recent attacks on [=MI6=] and their allies in NATO, M faces is required to testify before a public Defence Ministry hearing in front of a government committee near about [=MI6=]'s effectiveness. It's rendered moot when Silva and his henchmen attack the middle hearing and M is eventually killed before they come to any decision.
* HeHadAName: Silva demands that M say his real name, wanting proof that he was more than just some random agent sent out to do her bidding. She refuses and promptly seals her fate.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: We get a version of this [[spoiler:when Silva has M cornered and his gun in her face, when he realizes she's already mortally wounded and will die no matter what he does. He breaks down, puts thefilm.gun in her hand, raises it up to one side of her head while pressing his own head to the other side, and begs her to kill both of them with the same bullet. Then Bond barges in and throws a knife into his back. Silva gets demonstrably annoyed at this before keeling over]].
* HeHadAName: Silva demands that M say his real name, wanting proof that he was more than just some random agent sent out to do her bidding. She refuses and promptly seals her fate.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: We get a version of this [[spoiler:when Silva has M cornered and his gun in her face, when he realizes she's already mortally wounded and will die no matter what he does. He breaks down, puts the
* HerosEvilPredecessor: Silva turns out to be a former Double-0 agent who wasn't so different to James Bond — maverick yet loyal to M (until he was betrayed), with an addiction to risk and beautiful women. As per this trope he's more skilled than Bond and is a step ahead of him for most of the movie.
* HiddenDisdainReveal: The last thing Bond says as his titular home is blown up?
-->I always hated this place.
-->I always hated this place.
* HollywoodAcid: Silva reveals that he's missing part of his jaw and palate, the result of biting a defective hydrogen CyanidePill. Hydrogen cyanide doesn't produce that effect, but the writers may have assumed otherwise from its alternate name: prussic acid.
* HomeAloneAntics: Some have made an argument that the climatic battle turns out like this with M setting up explosive traps all around Skyfall Manor for when Silva's men invade the estate. Of course, given the theme of "old methods vs. new methods," it's not a stretch to imagine that old-school spies—who likely got their start as soldiers and commandos—learned this stuff as basic training.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: Bond retreats to his old family estate and sets up a series of traps in preparation of Silva's inevitable assault. This is effectively the only time in the film where Bond is able to choose where he fights Silva.
* HomeFieldAdvantage: Bond retreats to his old family estate and sets up a series of traps in preparation of Silva's inevitable assault. This is effectively the only time in the film where Bond is able to choose where he fights Silva.
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** Come on, Q. You should know not to [[spoiler:hook the computer of RogueAgent and [[HollywoodHacking Hollywood Hacker]] Silva into [=MI6=]'s network]].
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** Come on, Q. You should know not to [[spoiler:hook the Silva's computer of RogueAgent and [[HollywoodHacking Hollywood Hacker]] Silva into [=MI6=]'s network]].
* InHarmsWay: It's repeatedly suggested that despite Bond's substance abuse problems, his true addiction is danger. It's only when he temporarily leaves the AnyoneCanDie world of espionage that [[AddictionDisplacement he seeks solace in pills and alcohol]].
* InTheBack: Bond throws a knife into Silva's back as he's about to kill M. This is fitting, given the film's theme of whether CloakAndDagger assassins like Bond are obsolete in the modern era, not to mention the general theme of betrayal.
* InTheBack: Bond throws a knife into Silva's back as he's about to kill M. This is fitting, given the film's theme of whether CloakAndDagger assassins like Bond are obsolete in the modern era, not to mention the general theme of betrayal.
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* InHarmsWay: It's repeatedly suggested that despite Bond's substance abuse problems, his true addiction is danger. It's only when he temporarily leaves the AnyoneCanDie world of espionage that [[AddictionDisplacement he seeks solace in pills and alcohol]].
* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Bond is injured in a mission gone wrong and goes several months missing before returning to active duty, facing international terrorist Raoul Silva, a former [=MI6=] operative and tries to sow seeds of doubt in Bond about his abilities and loyalties.
* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Bond is injured in a mission gone wrong and goes several months missing before returning to active duty, facing international terrorist Raoul Silva, a former [=MI6=] operative and tries to sow seeds of doubt in Bond about his abilities and loyalties.
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* InstantDeathBullet: {{Averted}} [[spoiler:with M's death. M is mortally wounded by gunfire but doesn't die until after Bond manages to kill Silva a considerable length of time later]].
* IntimateHaircut: Eve shaves Bond with a straight-razor, while sitting in his lap. It's left ambiguous as to whether things progressed further.
* IslandBase: Silva's island used to be inhabited, until he faked a chemical leak, causing the inhabitants to evacuate.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: During the fight with Silva's thugs in the Macau casino one of them gets Bond's gun (which only he can use) away from him and levels it at him. Bond goes, "Good luck with that," and climbs out of the komodo dragon pit as one of them chomps the thug from behind.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: During the fight with Silva's thugs in the Macau casino one of them gets Bond's gun (which only he can use) away from him and levels it at him. Bond goes, "Good luck with that," and climbs out of the komodo dragon pit as one of them chomps the thug from behind.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Lampshaded when Bond meets the new (and very young) Q.
-->'''Bond''': You've got to be joking.
-->'''Q''': Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
-->'''Bond''': You've got to be joking.
-->'''Q''': Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
* LimpAndLivid: After Bond's manor and his own helicopter blow up practically in his face, Silva loses both his posture and what remains of his sanity. He spends the rest of his screentime stumbling around with only willpower keeping him vertical.
-->Do you see what comes of all this...running around, Mister Bond? All this jumping and fighting...it's ''exhausting''.
* LockAndLoadMontage: The trailer features one. This also occurs before the final battle at the titular household of the same name, complete with training with the weapons and setting up booby traps.
-->Do you see what comes of all this...running around, Mister Bond? All this jumping and fighting...it's ''exhausting''.
* LockAndLoadMontage: The trailer features one. This also occurs before the final battle at the titular household of the same name, complete with training with the weapons and setting up booby traps.
* LongLastLook: Bond takes one last look at his childhood home before it explodes in flames—and declares "I always hated this place.". Then he does it again two minutes later, WatchingTroyBurn from a little further away and not inside it this time, but on the moor just as Silva catches him.
* LoyalPhlebotinum: Q issues Bond with a Walther PPK/S coded to his palmprint.
-->'''Q''': Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.
-->'''Q''': Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.
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** When Silva's helicopter crashes, the entire area explodes. Granted, it is ''also'' loaded with ammunition. (And aviation fuel.)fuel).
* MakeSureHesDead: After the titular manor explodes, Silva says this to his henchmen regarding Bond, as he himself is still hell-bent on killing M.
* MakeSureHesDead: After the titular manor explodes, Silva says this to his henchmen regarding Bond, as he himself is still hell-bent on killing M.
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* ManChild: Some of Silva's mannerisms and behavior cause him to come across as childish, though it may just be an act to mess with Bond and M.
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* ManChild: {{Manchild}}: Some of Silva's mannerisms and behavior cause him to come across as childish, though it may just be an act to mess with Bond and M.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Attempt to recover an encrypted hard drive containing the identities of every active undercover NATO agent goes wrong → MI6 comes under intense government scrutiny for the mishap → An attempt a by rogue agent turned cyber-criminal to destroy MI6 and get his revenge against M for selling him out to the Chinese.
* MommasBoy: Silva is a villainous example towards M, he alternates between wanting to destroy M for abandoning him and having a bizarre affection for her, he even outright calls M "Mommy" or "Mother" multiple times. When Silva sees that's M wounded his SanitySlippage become worse and he tries to force M to kill herself and him.
* MortalWoundReveal: It's revealed in the middle of the climax that [[spoiler:M]] is bleeding to death from what seemed to be a near miss, a wound that proves fatal.
* MrSmith: Silva is the most common surname in the Portuguese speaking world. As soon as he is first called that, he immediately demands to be called by his real name.
* MrSmith: Silva is the most common surname in the Portuguese speaking world. As soon as he is first called that, he immediately demands to be called by his real name.
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* NoBadassToHisValet: Bond is one of Britain's most skilled agents and assassins. When he tells Kincade, his family's gamekeeper, to get himself out of danger before the climax, Kincade refuses and calls him a "jumped up little shit."
** PlayedWith. While testing out the guns, he is visibly surprised at James' skill with the gun before asking "What did you say you did for a living again?"; while he does view James like he always has, he seems unaware that James has become one of the most valuable and dangerous agents of Britain.
** PlayedWith. While testing out the guns, he is visibly surprised at James' skill with the gun before asking "What did you say you did for a living again?"; while he does view James like he always has, he seems unaware that James has become one of the most valuable and dangerous agents of Britain.
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* NoHeroToHisValet: Kincade feels this way about James Bond. He might be one of Britain's best professional killers who has saved the country (if not the world) single-handedly many times, but he's still a "jumped-up little shit" if he thinks he can tell Kincade what to do. However, it's Played with since Kincade is initially unaware that James grew up to be a world-class spy, so he is visibly quite shocked at seeing James' masterful shooting:
-->What was it that you did again?
-->What was it that you did again?
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Bond is shot in the chest and falls off a speeding train into water... Bond is labeled as dead by [=MI6=] despite actually being alive and recovering in Turkey. Bond himself lampshades this trope when asked what his hobby is: "Resurrection".
* NoOneGetsLeftBehing: {{Averted}} in the opening when Bond has to leave a fellow agent to bleed to death, in favour of pursuing the man who shot him and stole a microchip containing the identities of NATO undercover agents. Silva turns out to be another SIS agent who was abandoned after he went rogue.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehing: {{Averted}} in the opening when Bond has to leave a fellow agent to bleed to death, in favour of pursuing the man who shot him and stole a microchip containing the identities of NATO undercover agents. Silva turns out to be another SIS agent who was abandoned after he went rogue.
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* NonSpecficallyForeign: Raoul Silva is played by a Spanish actor who applies English "received pronunciation" vowels over his own accent, using a Portuguese name. His real name, Thiago Rodriguez, doesn't narrow the field any more.
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* NotQuiteSavedEnough: Silva and his mooks arrive at Bond's ancestral home to kill M. After a prolonged firefight from the main house to the chapel across the field, Bond takes them all down ...[[spoiler:but M was mortally wounded in the course of the battle]].
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-->'''Bond:''' I always hated this place.
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-->'''Bond:''' [[HiddenDisdainReveal I always hated this place.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: Silva points out to Bond that they are both past-their-prime top agents who have been betrayed by M. "Raoul Silva" also happens to be an anagram of "a rival soul"...
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Silva points out to Bond that they are both past-their-prime top agents who have been betrayed by M. "Raoul Silva" also happens to be an anagram of "a rival soul"...
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** James uses the hunting rifle of his father Andrew Bond to fight off Silva's mooks early on in the climax. [[RealityEnsues He then, quite sensibly, discards it to pick up a modern [=HK416=] assault rifle from one of the Mooks he killed with it.]]
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** James uses the hunting rifle of his father Andrew Bond to fight off Silva's mooks early on in the climax. [[RealityEnsues He then, quite sensibly, discards it to pick up a modern [=HK416=] assault rifle from one of the Mooks he killed with it.]]
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* HollywoodHealing: Averted. Bond's shoulder wound from the opening sequence ''dramatically'' affects his performance, even after he's given several months to recuperate. Granted, "recuperation" consisted of getting wasted and laying women in the middle of nowhere, and the fragments from that bullet remained in his shoulder the entire time, [[RealityEnsues preventing any real healing.]] Also, Mallory takes a bullet to the shoulder from Silva during the shootout in the boardroom, and wears a sling for the remainder of the movie.
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* HollywoodHealing: Averted. Bond's shoulder wound from the opening sequence ''dramatically'' affects his performance, even after he's given several months to recuperate. Granted, "recuperation" consisted of getting wasted and laying women in the middle of nowhere, and the fragments from that bullet remained in his shoulder the entire time, [[RealityEnsues preventing any real healing.]] healing. Also, Mallory takes a bullet to the shoulder from Silva during the shootout in the boardroom, and wears a sling for the remainder of the movie.
* LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:Bond uses his old CoolCar with the machine guns in the headlights to ambush Silva's men. Unfortunately, they only fire straight ahead, meaning he only takes down a few of the soldiers. Luckily, they planned for this, and the next stage of the plan ''requires'' the bad guys to retreat into the manse.]]
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** [[spoiler:When Bond decides to take the fight and M to his ancestral home of Skyfall, they arrive to find that the manor's been sold, due to Bond being declared dead. Unfortunately, that means most of the gun collection has also been sold off.]]
** LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:Bond uses his old CoolCar with the machine guns in the headlights to ambush Silva's men. Unfortunately, they only fire straight ahead, meaning he only takes down a few of the soldiers. Luckily, they planned for this, and the next stage of the plan ''requires'' the bad guys to retreat into the manse.]]
** Kincaid is a CoolOldGuy who refuses to let Bond face danger on his own. [[spoiler:He's still not psychologically up to being shot at with automatic weapons, and fumbles his shotgun reload ''badly'' under fire.]]
** [[spoiler:Both Kincaid and Bond have trouble navigating the dark, uneven Scottish moor. Bond does rather better at it once he, presumably, takes a moment to remember the ground around his childhood home.]]
** [[spoiler:After being grazed by a bullet and not receiving proper medical attention, the elderly M bleeds out and dies soon after.]]
** [[spoiler:When Bond decides to take the fight and M to his ancestral home of Skyfall, they arrive to find that the manor's been sold, due to Bond being declared dead. Unfortunately, that means most of the gun collection has also been sold off.]]
** LogicalWeakness: [[spoiler:Bond uses his old CoolCar with the machine guns in the headlights to ambush Silva's men. Unfortunately, they only fire straight ahead, meaning he only takes down a few of the soldiers. Luckily, they planned for this, and the next stage of the plan ''requires'' the bad guys to retreat into the manse.]]
** Kincaid is a CoolOldGuy who refuses to let Bond face danger on his own. [[spoiler:He's still not psychologically up to being shot at with automatic weapons, and fumbles his shotgun reload ''badly'' under fire.]]
** [[spoiler:Both Kincaid and Bond have trouble navigating the dark, uneven Scottish moor. Bond does rather better at it once he, presumably, takes a moment to remember the ground around his childhood home.]]
** [[spoiler:After being grazed by a bullet and not receiving proper medical attention, the elderly M bleeds out and dies soon after.]]
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** [[spoiler:When Bond decides to take the fight and M to his ancestral home of Skyfall, they arrive to find that the manor's been sold, due to Bond being declared dead. Unfortunately, that means most of the gun collection has also been sold off.]]
** Kincaid is a CoolOldGuy who refuses to let Bond face danger on his own. [[spoiler:He's still not psychologically up to being shot at with automatic weapons, and fumbles his shotgun reload ''badly'' under fire.]]
** [[spoiler:Both Kincaid and Bond have trouble navigating the dark, uneven Scottish moor. Bond does rather better at it once he, presumably, takes a moment to remember the ground around his childhood home.]]
** [[spoiler:After being grazed by a bullet and not receiving proper medical attention, the elderly M bleeds out and dies soon after.]]
** [[spoiler:When Bond decides to take the fight and M to his ancestral home of Skyfall, they arrive to find that the manor's been sold, due to Bond being declared dead. Unfortunately, that means most of the gun collection has also been sold off.]]
** Kincaid is a CoolOldGuy who refuses to let Bond face danger on his own. [[spoiler:He's still not psychologically up to being shot at with automatic weapons, and fumbles his shotgun reload ''badly'' under fire.]]
** [[spoiler:Both Kincaid and Bond have trouble navigating the dark, uneven Scottish moor. Bond does rather better at it once he, presumably, takes a moment to remember the ground around his childhood home.]]
** [[spoiler:After being grazed by a bullet and not receiving proper medical attention, the elderly M bleeds out and dies soon after.]]
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: The plot of Bond being presumed dead and M writing his obituary is taken from ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', while the shooting contest is taken from ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''
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* AdaptationAmalgamation: The plot of Bond being presumed dead and M writing his obituary is taken from ''Literature/YouOnlyLiveTwice'', while the shooting contest is taken from ''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''''Literature/TheManWithTheGoldenGun''.
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After an operation in Istanbul to recover an [[MacGuffin encrypted hard drive]] containing the identities of every active undercover UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} agent ends in disaster, Bond goes missing. With a top agent presumed dead and the information he sought to save sitting in the wrong hands, UsefulNotes/MI6 [[BigGood section chief]] M comes under [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee government review]] for her handling of the situation. But when [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs a terrorist attack targets [=MI6=]'s headquarters]], Bond [[BackFromTheDead returns]] to track down the man responsible: Raoul Silva, a dangerous cyberterrorist with a [[ItsPersonal personal grudge]] against M.
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After an operation in Istanbul to recover an [[MacGuffin encrypted hard drive]] containing the identities of every active undercover UsefulNotes/{{NATO}} agent ends in disaster, Bond goes missing. With a top agent presumed dead and the information he sought to save sitting in the wrong hands, UsefulNotes/MI6 [[BigGood section chief]] M (Creator/JudiDench) comes under [[HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee government review]] for her handling of the situation. But when [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs a terrorist attack targets [=MI6=]'s headquarters]], Bond [[BackFromTheDead returns]] to track down the man responsible: Raoul Silva, Silva (Creator/JavierBardem), a dangerous cyberterrorist with a [[ItsPersonal personal grudge]] against M.
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It was Creator/AlbertFinney's final film before his death in 2019.
It was Creator/AlbertFinney's final film before his death in 2019.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Komodo Dragons are hunters and scavengers, not fighters. They tend to wait until their prey is too weak to fight before they attack [[note]]If you're curious, their mouths are a veritable Petri dish of potentially lethal bacteria (specifically, ''E. coli, Staphylococcus sp., Providencia sp., Proteus morgani'', and ''P. mirabilis)'', and they are known to possess venom glands[[/note]]. They do this to conserve energy, as they are large and cold-blooded. They wouldn't retreat into the shade, as they want to stay in the light (preferably the sun's light) to stay warm.
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Hydrogen cyanide does not dissolve tooth and bone as is depicted. It is a colorless, odorless gas that causes death by cutting off cell respiration. However, it's possible that the cyanide capsule included acid in order to release the poison, and that this particular capsule simply contained too much acid and too little cyanide. This would still make Silva wrong, as he specifically blames the cyanide, but perhaps he is simply not well-versed on the subject, or was just ignoring the technicalities.
* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: Hydrogen cyanide does not dissolve tooth and bone as is depicted. It is a colorless, odorless gas that causes death by cutting off cell respiration. However, it's possible that the cyanide capsule included acid in order to release the poison, and that this particular capsule simply contained too much acid and too little cyanide. This would still make Silva wrong, as he specifically blames the cyanide, but perhaps he is simply not well-versed on the subject, or was just ignoring the technicalities.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: ArtisticLicenceBiology: Komodo Dragons are hunters and scavengers, not fighters. They tend to wait until their prey is too weak to fight before they attack [[note]]If you're curious, their mouths are a veritable Petri dish of potentially lethal bacteria (specifically, ''E. coli, Staphylococcus sp., Providencia sp., Proteus morgani'', and ''P. mirabilis)'', and they are known to possess venom glands[[/note]]. They do this to conserve energy, as they are large and cold-blooded. They wouldn't retreat into the shade, as they want to stay in the light (preferably the sun's light) to stay warm.
*ArtisticLicenseChemistry: ArtisticLicenceChemistry: Hydrogen cyanide does not dissolve tooth and bone as is depicted. It is a colorless, odorless gas that causes death by cutting off cell respiration. However, it's possible that the cyanide capsule included acid in order to release the poison, and that this particular capsule simply contained too much acid and too little cyanide. This would still make Silva wrong, as he specifically blames the cyanide, but perhaps he is simply not well-versed on the subject, or was just ignoring the technicalities.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The "depleted uranium" shells used by Patrice sure sound cool -- especially since an actual US Military aircraft, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, is built around a [[GatlingGood massive gun]] that fires such rounds -- but if scaled down to the size of the Glock 18 he's actually seen using, they wouldn't accomplish much.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: ArtisticLicencePhysics: The "depleted uranium" shells used by Patrice sure sound cool -- especially since an actual US Military aircraft, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, is built around a [[GatlingGood massive gun]] that fires such rounds -- but if scaled down to the size of the Glock 18 he's actually seen using, they wouldn't accomplish much.
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*** When Silva [[spoiler:reveals the effects of cyanide poisoning]], his features become reminiscent of Creator/RichardKiel, the actor who played the henchman Jaws in both films. Javier Bardem, the actor who plays Silva, had stated in an earlier interview that Jaws was his favorite Bond villain ever. His eyelids also sag down, just like Blofeld's did.
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*** When Silva [[spoiler:reveals the effects of cyanide poisoning]], his features become reminiscent of Creator/RichardKiel, the actor who played the henchman Jaws in both films. Javier Bardem, the actor who plays Silva, had stated in an earlier interview that Jaws was his favorite favourite Bond villain ever. His eyelids also sag down, just like Blofeld's did.
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** The film also deconstructs M herself, demonstrating the consequences of her ruthless, pragmatic dedication to duty, but also ultimately shows that such dedication can also be courageous and honorable.
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* HonorBeforeReason: At one point, when warned that Silva is on his way to kill her, M refuses to retreat from her meeting on account she won't show them her back.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: A point is made that Bond has lost those he used to have, which becomes important a couple of times (expecting him to make a one-handed {{William Telling}} shot with an antique caplock dueling pistol at twenty paces was just ''cruel''). His injury helps him aim his father's rifle properly, though, since said rifle tends to "aim to the left" and Bond's injury has him incline to the right.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: A point is made that Bond has lost those he used to have, which becomes important a couple of times (expecting him to make a one-handed {{William Telling}} shot with an antique caplock dueling duelling pistol at twenty paces was just ''cruel''). His injury helps him aim his father's rifle properly, though, since said rifle tends to "aim to the left" and Bond's injury has him incline to the right.
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*** The scenes were shot on the closed Charing Cross platforms and stub branch of the Jubilee line, which along with Aldwych is one of two common filming locations for productions that allow them to shoot without interrupting service.[[note]]The Jubilee line platforms at Charing Cross were closed in November 1999 when it was bypassed in favor of a new modern extension that took the line through Waterloo, Canary Wharf, North Greenwich and ultimately, a new eastern terminus of Stratford[[/note]]
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*** The scenes were shot on the closed Charing Cross platforms and stub branch of the Jubilee line, which along with Aldwych is one of two common filming locations for productions that allow them to shoot without interrupting service.[[note]]The Jubilee line platforms at Charing Cross were closed in November 1999 when it was bypassed in favor favour of a new modern extension that took the line through Waterloo, Canary Wharf, North Greenwich and ultimately, a new eastern terminus of Stratford[[/note]]
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* ProductPlacement: Tanner and Q both use Sony Vaio computers, Eve comments that she just missed "two VW Beetles" (and Bond pancakes some of those with a prominently-labeled CAT excavator), Bond wears a specially-designed Omega watch and uses a Sony Xperia T smartphone... Not to mention Bond and Tanner both drinking Heineken. (Though Bond's use of Heineken occurs not in the most complimentary of circumstances. And contrary to pre-release publicity suggesting he would forsake his classic drink in favor of beer, he still enjoys a vodka martini at one point.) In addition, one of the shots where Silva runs through a subway station has the camera pan slightly to its right to show an ad for Swarovski watches. When Bond pursues him, the camera is directly pointed at an ad for Heineken. In both instances, the crowd subtly parts to show most of the posters.
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* ProductPlacement: Tanner and Q both use Sony Vaio computers, Eve comments that she just missed "two VW Beetles" (and Bond pancakes some of those with a prominently-labeled prominently-labelled CAT excavator), Bond wears a specially-designed Omega watch and uses a Sony Xperia T smartphone... Not to mention Bond and Tanner both drinking Heineken. (Though Bond's use of Heineken occurs not in the most complimentary of circumstances. And contrary to pre-release publicity suggesting he would forsake his classic drink in favor favour of beer, he still enjoys a vodka martini at one point.) In addition, one of the shots where Silva runs through a subway station has the camera pan slightly to its right to show an ad for Swarovski watches. When Bond pursues him, the camera is directly pointed at an ad for Heineken. In both instances, the crowd subtly parts to show most of the posters.
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* YourFavorite: Silva presents the bottle of scotch to Bond, pours two glasses, and gives one to Bond. Instead of drinking the other himself, he [[spoiler:uses it for the target in the William Tell contest.]]
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* YourFavorite: YourFavourite: Silva presents the bottle of scotch to Bond, pours two glasses, and gives one to Bond. Instead of drinking the other himself, he [[spoiler:uses it for the target in the William Tell contest.]]
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* GoodOldWays: The ArcWords of ''Skyfall'' are "Sometimes the old ways are best," reflecting both on Bond's settling with his own troubled past and, in a meta sort of way, on the franchise's return to the style of the first films. Not for nothing has Skyfall been heralded as one of the best installments of the series.
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* GoodOldWays: The ArcWords of ''Skyfall'' are "Sometimes the old ways are best," reflecting both on Bond's settling with his own troubled past and, in a meta sort of way, on the franchise's return to the style of the first films. Not for nothing has Skyfall been heralded as one of the best installments instalments of the series.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Bond introduces M to Kincade, and Kincade thinks her name is "Emma". She shows a slight hint of annoyance before she decides to just let him think that.
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Quite a few -- more than average for a Bond film. One of these was the scene where Bond meets the new Q, exchange some witty banter with each other before shaking hands and parting in mutual respect. Another is Bond and M [[spoiler: on the run and waiting for Silva to arrive at Skyfall.]]
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Quite a few -- more than average for a Bond film. One of these was the scene where Bond meets the new Q, exchange some witty banter with each other before shaking hands and parting in mutual respect. Another is Bond and M [[spoiler: on the run and waiting for Silva to arrive at Skyfall.]]
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Q, no longer the cantankerous old man that Desmond Llewellyn portrayed or Creator/JohnCleese for ''Die Another Day'' or ''[[VideoGame/EverythingorNothing Everything or Nothing]]'' but the young and nerdy Creator/BenWhishaw, in the "attractive HollywoodNerd" sense.
* AgeCut: The opening credits features two shots of Skyfall being ripped away to show Bond's eyes. In the first, it's a boy; in the second, it's Daniel Craig.
* AgeCut: The opening credits features two shots of Skyfall being ripped away to show Bond's eyes. In the first, it's a boy; in the second, it's Daniel Craig.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Q, no longer the cantankerous old man that Desmond Llewellyn Creator/DesmondLlewellyn portrayed or Creator/JohnCleese for ''Die Another Day'' or ''[[VideoGame/EverythingorNothing Everything or Nothing]]'' but the young and nerdy Creator/BenWhishaw, in the "attractive HollywoodNerd" sense.
* AdvertisedExtra: Severine appears in the movie just long enough to give her tragic backstory before sleeping with Bond and getting tied up and murdered by Silva in front of an indifferent Bond just barely into the second act.
* AgeCut: The opening credits features two shots of Skyfall being ripped away to show Bond's eyes. In the first, it's a boy; in the second, it'sDaniel Craig.Creator/DanielCraig.
* AgeLift: Turned on its head - one of the main themes of the movie is how Bond (played by the 44-year-old Creator/DanielCraig) is getting too old to keep working in the field.
* AgentPeacock: Raoul Silva's mannerisms are really flamboyant, and he's also generally one step ahead of Bond and MI6.
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''Skyfall'', the twenty-third film in the Film/JamesBond franchise, also marks the 50th anniversary of the film series, and is the third film in the series to star Creator/DanielCraig. After languishing for years in DevelopmentHell following the financial problems of distributor MGM, the Creator/SamMendes-directed film finally saw release in fall 2012. Music/{{Adele}} performed the TitleThemeTune.
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''Skyfall'', the twenty-third film in the Film/JamesBond Creator/EonProductions ''Film/JamesBond'' franchise, also marks the 50th anniversary of the film series, and is the third film in the series to star Creator/DanielCraig. After languishing for years in DevelopmentHell following the financial problems of distributor MGM, the Creator/SamMendes-directed film finally saw release in fall 2012. Music/{{Adele}} performed the TitleThemeTune.
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* ConstructionVehicleRampage: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2DUFYqc27w James Bond takes control of a Caterpillar excavator being shipped on a train and uses it to attack the assassin he is chasing.]] In the process, he crushes several cars being shipped, and rips the back off the rearmost passenger car.
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*** James uses a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar_Inc. Caterpillar]] excavator during the first train chase.
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* AndStarring: The opening cast roll ends with "with Creator/AlbertFinney and Creator/JudiDench as M."
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* AndStarring: The opening cast roll ends with "with Creator/AlbertFinney and Creator/JudiDench as M."
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* OnlyAFleshWound: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] As in RealLife, the effects of a single bullet wound [[IAintGotTimeToBleed often take some time to become apparent]].
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* OnlyAFleshWound: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] As in RealLife, the effects of a single bullet wound [[IAintGotTimeToBleed [[BelatedInjuryRealization often take some time to become apparent]].
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* {{Adorkable}}: Q, at least, in looks, evocative of a young nerd.
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* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Bond is injured in a mission gone wrong and goes several months missing before returning to active duty, facing international terrorist Raoul Silva, a former [=MI6=] operative and tries to sow seeds of doubt in Bond about his abilities and loyalties.
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*** Severine is the SexSlave of the villain, who's Bond's EvilCounterpart and eventually killed by him, much like Andrea Anders. And like Anders, she hates her lover and wants Bond to kill him so as to free her. [[spoiler:Sadly, they're both gunned down by the villain.]]
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*** Severine is the SexSlave of the villain, who's Bond's EvilCounterpart and eventually killed by him, much like Andrea Anders. And like Anders, she hates her lover and wants Bond to kill him so as to free her. [[spoiler:Sadly, they're both gunned down by the villain.]]
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*** Severine is the SexSlave of the villain, who's Bond's EvilCounterpart and eventually killed by him, much like Andrea Anders. And like Anders, she hates her lover and wants Bond to kill him so as to free her.
*** Bond goes to a casino in Macau.
*** Bond goes to a casino in Macau.
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*** Severine is the SexSlave of the villain, who's Bond's EvilCounterpart and eventually killed by him, much like Andrea Anders. And like Anders, she hates her lover and wants Bond to kill him so as to free her.
her. [[spoiler:Sadly, they're both gunned down by the villain.]]
*** Bond goes to a casino inMacau.Macau, where he meets the villain's mistress.
*** Bond goes to a casino in
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*** Likewise in the ActionPrologue, Bond receives a shoulder injury (a gunshot wound vs. falling onto the Millennium Dome), hampering his ability to perform in the field, and has to undergo a psychology test like in ''TWINE''.
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*** Likewise in the ActionPrologue, Bond receives a shoulder injury (a gunshot wound vs. falling onto the Millennium Dome), hampering his ability to perform in the field, and has to undergo a psychology fitness test like in ''TWINE''.
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* DentedIron: A recurring theme. The effectiveness of the aging Bond, M, Mallory, [=MI6=], Bond's family manor, and [[VestigialEmpire Britain itself]] are all questioned, only for all of them to prove to be considerably tougher than they look. Then there's this {{subtext}}-laden remark about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Temeraire a painting]] in the National Gallery:
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* DentedIron: A recurring theme. The effectiveness of the aging Bond, M, Mallory, [=MI6=], Bond's family manor, and [[VestigialEmpire Britain itself]] are all questioned, only for all of them to prove to be considerably tougher than they look. Then there's this {{subtext}}-laden remark about [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fighting_Temeraire ''Art/TheFightingTemeraire'', a painting]] painting in the National Gallery:
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** Silva's account of how he dealt with the rats that overran his family home is given in a single shot as he enters from a descending elevator and slowly meanders towards Bond. The room was specially constructed so it would be just the right length.
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** Silva's account of how he dealt with the rats that overran his family home is given in a single shot as he enters from a descending elevator and slowly meanders towards Bond. The room was specially constructed so it would be just the right length. (It can be seen on this wiki as the trope video... for "TheSocialDarwinist".)
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*** Bond goes many months missing from [=MI6=], growing a beard in that time that he shaves off when he returns. Also, Bond shaves off his beard while staying in Southeast Asia (Hong Kong in ''Die Another Day'', Macau in ''Skyfall'').
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** ''Film/TomorrowNeverDies'':
*** M is seen writing Bond's obituary when he's presumed dead, similar to how Elliot Carver was shown writing Bond's obituary before attempting to kill him.
*** M is seen writing Bond's obituary when he's presumed dead, similar to how Elliot Carver was shown writing Bond's obituary before attempting to kill him.
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*** Bond's HighAltitudeInterrogation and execution of Patrice echoes that of the mook in TSWLM.
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*** Bond's HighAltitudeInterrogation and execution of Patrice echoes that of the mook Sandor in TSWLM.
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** For the final act, Bond kidnaps M and enlists Q and Tanner to (unofficially and without any authorization at all) help him bait Silva into fighting Bond on his own turf. Illustrated by Tanner having a beer in [=MI6=] headquarters while they go about their work. But Mallory approves of their actions, so it's probably not necessarily a case of "going rogue" so much as "working 'off the books'".
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** Downplayed with 007. For the final act, Bond he kidnaps M and enlists Q and Tanner to (unofficially and without any authorization at all) help him bait Silva into fighting Bond on his own turf. Illustrated by Tanner having a beer in [=MI6=] headquarters while they go about their work. But Mallory approves of their actions, so it's probably not necessarily a case of "going rogue" so much as "working 'off the books'".
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* ShadowArchetype: Silva is basically an anti-Bond. He possesses similar skills and tactics, has a similar past, and was also screwed by M. What sets them apart is that Bond forgave his adopted "mother" and remains loyal to her, while Silva went rogue and is attempting to kill her. The nature of Bond's job as a spy/killer means that he is basically being eaten alive from the inside out by guilt, and he knows that he is basically forfeiting his soul in the name of patriotism, but he can hold himself together, whereas Silva snapped when put to the same test.
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* ShadowArchetype: Silva is basically an anti-Bond. He possesses similar skills and tactics, has a similar past, and was also screwed by M. What sets them apart is that Bond forgave his adopted "mother" and remains loyal to her, while Silva went rogue and is attempting to kill her. The nature of Bond's job as a spy/killer means that he is basically being eaten alive from the inside out consumed by guilt, and he knows that he is basically forfeiting his soul in the name of patriotism, but he can hold himself together, whereas Silva snapped when put to the same test.test. In short, Silva represents what Bond could become if he didn't forgive or trust his superiors for the things they put through on him.
