History Film / Skyfall

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** The signature gun is arguably not very practical; just like the one he had in ''Film/LicenceToKill'', its sole purpose seems to be for Bond to drop it and some {{Mook}} to pick it up and try-and-fail to shoot him with it. In other movies where Bond has a regular gun, he almost never loses it in this way, if he loses it at all, and sometimes when he does lose it an ''ally'' picks it up and uses it to save his life with it (case in point- ''Film/FromRussiaWithLove'' and Rosa Klebb's fate), so a signature gun might even potentially ''handicap'' Bond.

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor, located in Macau. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond, counting on the fact they will ''not'' succeed, while also correctly predicting that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills his former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him prisoner. Silva further trusts he will then be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were already in place, who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry (which is the result of the [=MI6=] headquarter bombing at the start of the film), where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

** Stopping power seems to be a hallmark of the film, with most gunshots physically knocking their targets back, regardless of the gun that fired them. Eve's shot during the prologue is a prime example, [[spoiler:knocking Bond clear off the train]] with a single shot from an M16 Assault Rifle.

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor, located in Macau. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond, counting on the fact they will ''not'' succeed, while also correctly predicting that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills his former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him prisoner. He further trusts he will then be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were already in place, who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry (which is the result of the [=MI6=] headquarter bombing at the start of the film), where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor, located in Macau. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond, but knows they will not succeed, while also correctly predicting that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills his former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him prisoner. He further trusts he will then be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were already in place, who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry (which is the result of the [=MI6=] headquarter bombing at the start of the film), where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino in Macau, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills his former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him prisoner. He further trusts he will then be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were already in place, who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry (which is the result of the [=MI6=] headquarter bombing at the start of the film), where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino in Macau, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills his former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He further trusts he will then be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were already in place, who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry (which is the result of the [=MI6=] headquarter bombing at the start of the film), where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino in Macau, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills his former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He further trusts he will be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a casino in Macau, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills him former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He further trusts he will be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a nearby casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills him former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He further trusts he will be taken specifically to [=MI6=] headquarters (and not any other location), which is currently located in the London Underground after [=MI6=] relocated there at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters - which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a nearby casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills him former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He is then taken to [=MI6=] headquarters in the London Underground, to which [=MI6=] relocated at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters, which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very day'' that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a nearby casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva kills him former accomplice and captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He is then taken to [=MI6=] headquarters in the London Underground, to which [=MI6=] relocated at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters, which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very'' day that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especially made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a nearby casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He is then taken to [=MI6=] headquarters in the London Underground, to which [=MI6=] relocated at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters, which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very'' day that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* GambitRoulette: We are told everything is according to Silva's plan, and what a plan it is. [[spoiler:Silva wants to get revenge on M. So he hires an assassin to steal a hard drive containing the names of undercover agents, knowing that [=MI6=] will try to recover it. Assuming the assassin is not killed or captured in the pursuit, he knows that the assassin uses bullets which are especailly made so that they will reveal the assassin's identity, and Silva trusts that [=MI6=] will recover enough shrapnel to make the connection. [=MI6=] tracks the assassin to Shanghai, where, in the event the assassin is killed, Silva made sure to pay him with a casino chip which Silva trusts the assassin will have on his person for [=MI6=] to discover. The casino chip is from a nearby casino, of which Silva is the secret proprietor. At the casino, Silva instructs a bunch of his goons to kill Bond but knows they will not succeed, and also correctly predicts that his accomplice will betray him and lead Bond to him, at which point Silva captures Bond. He then hands Bond a gun, trusting that Bond will ''not'' simply shoot him dead on the spot, but rather will kill everyone ''else'' and take him captive. He is then taken to [=MI6=] headquarters in the London Underground, to which [=MI6=] relocated at the start of the film after Silva blew up their original headquarters, which Silva knew was in their protocol to do. He furthermore predicts that [=MI6=] will be stupid enough to connect his laptop to the [=MI6=] network, allowing him to hack their systems and open his cell to make his escape. He then meets up with some of his own agents in the Underground, who were in place already, and who give him clothes to disguise himself as a Met Police officer. Bond pursues Silva into the Underground, but Silva knows that Bond will catch up to him in one particular room, which he rigged with explosives beforehand - ''not'' to directly kill Bond, but rather to create a hole in the ceiling just so that a passing train can fall through the roof at that precise moment right onto where Bond is standing. He then makes his way to Westminster, as this also ''just happens'' to be the ''very'' day that M is giving testimony during a Parliamentary inquiry, where he finally tries to shoot M (and fails).]]

* 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).

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Q, no longer the cantankerous old man that 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 EndearinglyDorky sense.

'''Bond:''' [[DeadpanSnarker) Wasted.\\

'''Bond:''' Wasted.\\

'''Bond:''' Shot.\\

'''Bond:''' Provocateur.\\

'''Bond:''' Provoca''trix''.\\

'''Bond:''' Target.\\
'''Psychologist:''' Bird.\\

'''Bond:''' Bitch.\\
''camera points to M, then back to interview''\\

'''Bond:''' Swim.\\

'''Bond:''' Dance.\\

'''Bond:''' Employment.\\

'''Bond:''' England.\\
'''Psychologist:''' Skyfall.\\

'''Psychologist:''' Skyfall.\\
'''Bond:'' ...Done. ''(Walks away)''

* 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.

* StandaloneEpisode: The film is very much self-contained and never refers to the events of either ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' or ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (save for, maybe, the Aston Martin [=DB5=] since Bond wins one in ''Casino Royale'', but it still doesn't explain how it became {{weaponized|Car}}). In fact, it can be watched independently from them without trouble (which isn't the case for ''Quantum of Solace'', ''Film/{{Spectre}}'' and ''Film/NoTimeToDie'', which all pick upon plot threads left from previous films).

* StandaloneEpisode: The film is mostly self-contained. It can be watched independently from the other films of the Daniel Craig era.

*** Sévéerine 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.

* DepravedBisexual: Silva had a relationship with Sévéerine 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 (it doesn't work).

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Sévéerine appears for all of a half-dozen scenes before Silva shoots her in the head. This shows how disposable Silva considers everyone and everything, a dark mirror to M's pragmatism.]]

* ForeignFanservice: Sévéerine is a sexy woman of unclear foreign ancestry. Apparently in-universe as well, where her foreign nature is used as a compliment.

** Bond's line to Sévéerine, "Someone usually dies."

* GirlOfTheWeek: Eve, Sévéerine and an unnamed third girl in Turkey. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, Sévéerine is dead, and Eve ''Moneypenny'' becomes the new M's secretary. [[MythologyGag Bond and Eve may or may not have slept together; it's ambiguous]]]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: After Bond struggles with his unsteady hand during the WilliamTelling contest, trying desperately to avoid unneeded casualties, [[YouHaveFailedMe Silva doesn't try]]. '''[[BoomHeadshot At all]]'''. But the only results we're shown is the tumbler of scotch hitting the ground, and later Sévéerine's upper body slumped over from where she was tied up.

* OutOfFocus: This is the one 007 film where the Bond girls, especially Sévéerine, get very little focus or screentime. Rather, the central female character of the story is M and her relationship with James Bond is explored more deeply.

* RemovingTheEarpiece: Bond removes his and drops it in Eve's glass before meeting Sévéerine.

* SecondFaceSmoke: Sévéerine does this for a long time during her SmokingIsGlamorous tribute. Bond's response falls into the "stoically putting up with it" category.
* SexSlave: Sévéerine was sold on the prostitution market in Macau.

* ShowerOfLove: Sévéerine and Bond end up having sex in the shower while sailing to Silva's hideout.

* SmokingIsGlamorous: The gorgeous Sévéerine smokes throughout her first scene, where she meets Bond in her club/casino in Macau. This is both a callback to the smoky Bond films of old, and also serves to highlight Sévéerine's exotic and dangerous nature.

* StoutStrength: One of Silva's henchmen posing as one of Sévéerine's "bodyguards" is a rather burly Oddjob-lookalike who puts up a fairly decent fight, although Bond succeeds in landing more blows than he does.

** Bond comments "[[StiffUpperLip Waste of good Scotch]]" after [[spoiler:Silva kills Sévéerine]], only to take out all of Silva's men and deliver a vicious kick to Silva himself seconds later.

* 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.

* WilliamTelling: Silva forces Bond to play a game with him where they have to shoot a glass of whiskey off Sévéerine's head using old Percussion Cap pistols. [[spoiler:Bond misses and Silva "wins" by shooting her in the head]].

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: The BigBad has been captured and locked in a glass cell in the middle of good guy headquarters before the two hour mark. He promptly escapes.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Quoted word for word by Sévéerine in Macau when Bond asks to meet her employer. Turns out her employer is Silva.

* CompressedHair: Sévéerine's hair looks like it's no longer than a bob cut during the casino sequence. By the time she's on the yacht, it's down around her shoulders, revealing that it was merely pinned up during the previous scene.

* AdvertisedExtra: Sévéerine 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.

* 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.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Quoted word for word by Severine in Macau when Bond asks to meet her employer. Turns out her employer is Silva.

-->'''Computer Screen''': Not such a clever boy.

* BrokenBird: Severine, an ex-SexSlave controlled by BigBad Silva. Her smile as Bond gets under her veneer is not pleasant.

--->'''Bond''': The whole office goes up in smoke and that bloody thing survives?"

* CompressedHair: Severine's hair looks like it's no longer than a bob cut during the casino sequence. By the time she's on the yacht, it's down around her shoulders, revealing that it was merely pinned up during the previous scene.

---->'''Bond''': Not exactly Christmas, is it?

*** 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.

-->'''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 bit into the 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.
* DeconReconSwitch:

* DepravedBisexual: Silva had a relationship with 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 (it doesn't work).

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler:Severine appears for all of a half-dozen scenes before Silva shoots her in the head. This shows how disposable Silva considers everyone and everything, a dark mirror to M's pragmatism.]]

* ForeignFanservice: Severine is a sexy woman of unclear foreign ancestry. Apparently in-universe as well, where her foreign nature is used as a compliment.

** Bond's line to Severine, "Someone usually dies."

** Silva regularly calls M "mommy", and once "mother," even though they're not related, and insinuates that M sees both himself and Bond as her children.

** Bond's brilliant quartermaster, Q (Creator/BenWhishaw), returns to the franchise and is in many ways a painful subversion. While he is a hacking savant, he belittles field work and the very gadgets his branch has traditionally been in charge of, and acts as though the radio he produced is really a revolutionary design rather than something Q Branch had been doing for quite some time before him. [[spoiler:This is all tragically deconstructed when Silva plays him for a fool and dozens of people wind up dead because of it.]]

* GirlOfTheWeek: Eve, Severine and an unnamed third girl in the Bahamas. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, Severine is dead, and Eve ''Moneypenny'' becomes the new M's secretary. [[MythologyGag Bond and Eve may or may not have slept together; it's ambiguous]]]].

* GoryDiscretionShot: After Bond struggles with his unsteady hand during the WilliamTelling contest, trying desperately to avoid unneeded casualties, [[YouHaveFailedMe Silva doesn't try]]. '''[[BoomHeadshot At all]]'''. But the only results we're shown is the tumbler of scotch hitting the ground, and later Severine's upper body slumped over from where she was tied up.

'''Bond:''': You must be joking.\\

-->'''Eve''': My name is Eve. [[spoiler:Eve Moneypenny]].

* OutOfFocus: This is the one 007 film where the Bond girls, especially Severine, get very little focus or screentime. Rather, the central female character of the story is M and her relationship with James Bond is explored more deeply.

* RemovingTheEarpiece: Bond removes his and drops it in Eve's glass before meeting Severine.

* SecondFaceSmoke: Severine does this for a long time during her SmokingIsGlamorous tribute. Bond's response falls into the "stoically putting up with it" category.
* SexSlave: Severine was sold on the prostitution market in Macau.

* ShowerOfLove: Severine and Bond end up having sex in the shower while sailing to Silva's hideout.

* SmokingIsGlamorous: The gorgeous Severine smokes throughout her first scene, where she meets Bond in her club/casino in Macau. This is both a callback to the smoky Bond films of old, and also serves to highlight Severine's exotic and dangerous nature.

* StoutStrength: One of Silva's henchmen posing as one of Severine's "bodyguards" is a rather burly Oddjob-lookalike who puts up a fairly decent fight, although Bond succeeds in landing more blows than he does.

** Bond comments "[[StiffUpperLip Waste of good Scotch]]" after [[spoiler:Silva kills Severine]], only to take out all of Silva's men and deliver a vicious kick to Silva himself seconds later.

-->'''Kincaid''': I was ready before you were born, son.

* WilliamTelling: Silva forces Bond to play a game with him where they have to shoot a glass of whiskey off Severine's head using old Percussion Cap pistols. [[spoiler:Bond misses and Silva "wins" by shooting her in the head.]]

-->'''Psychologist''': I'd like to start with some simple word association, so just tell me the first word that pops into your head. For example, I might say "day", and you might say...\\
'''Bond''': Wasted.\\
'''Psychologist''': [{{Beat}}] Alright... Gun.\\
'''Bond''': Shot.\\

'''Psychologist''': Heart.\\
'''Bond''': Target.\\
'''Psychologist''': Bird.\\
'''Bond''': Sky.\\
'''Psychologist''': M.\\
'''Bond''': Bitch.\\

'''Psychologist''': Sunlight.\\
'''Bond''': Swim.\\
'''Psychologist''': Moonlight.\\
'''Bond''': Dance.\\
'''Psychologist''': Murder.\\
'''Bond''': Employment.\\
'''Psychologist''': Country.\\
'''Bond''': England.\\
'''Psychologist''': Skyfall.\\
'''Bond''': ...\\
'''Psychologist''': Skyfall.\\
'''Bond''': ...Done. ''(Walks away)''

* 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.

-->[[spoiler:'''Eve Moneypenny''']]: I'm sure we'll have one or two close shaves.

* AllThereInTheScript: Raoul Silva's first name is never used in the movie itself. Even the credits list him simply as "Silva".

** Silva aggressively flirts with both Severine and Bond following their capture.
** Bond flirts with every woman he meets, but also quips to Silva while the villain suggestively touches him. (Although he’s almost certainly referring to what Le Chiffre did to him in ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'', so while he hits that tone to taunt Silva he likely doesn’t have flirting in mind.)

** And later [[spoiler:when Silva forces Bond into a contest to see who can shoot a glass of whiskey off Serverine's head]], we have this snippet.

--->'''M''': So, 007, lots to be done. Are you ready to get back to work?\\
'''Bond''': With pleasure, M. With pleasure.\\

** "Boom" becomes an Arc Song Lyric of sorts for Silva. At one point while Silva taunts Bond, he has a popular French song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moPbM7Co8CY "Boum"]] by Charles Trenet playing on his loudspeaker. During his final confrontation with Bond and M, Silva's helicopter speakers blare out The Animals' version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emMKvBqTkkA Jon Lee Hooker's "Boom Boom".]]

* ArtisticLicenceMilitary: [[spoiler:M's obituary for Bond sees his name written as "Commander James Bond CMG R.N.". Real obituaries for Navy officers - even if they leave before dying - have their name either completely abbreviated (ie "Cdr James Bond CMG RN") or completely written out (ie "Commander James Bond CMG Royal Navy"), not a mixture of the two. "CMG", being such a long title, is allowed to be abbreviated in either situation.]]

* AwardBaitSong: The film's main theme, "Skyfall", by the award winning singer Music/{{Adele}}. It topped charts on its first day of release, won the Golden Globe for Best Song, the Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media, ''and'' the Academy Award for Best Original Song, becoming the fifth Bond song to be so nominated and the first ever to win.

* BadassBureaucrat: Mallory is currently a bureaucrat, but only because he's a RetiredBadass. [[spoiler:He gets into a gunfight against Silva, takes a bullet, and is later tapped as M's replacement after she dies.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:Silva's plan to humiliate and then kill M succeeds, though he is unable to make M kill the both of them directly as he wanted, or live to see his victory. Bond is only able to save his own life, and possibly restore M's reputation posthumously.]]
* BaitAndSwitchTyrant: Mallory is introduced as an ObstructiveBureaucrat but he has HiddenDepths; he not only proves himself as a useful badass but is also a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who understands the need of [[CowboyCop out-of-the-box plans]]. [[spoiler:Due to these qualities, [[LegacyCharacter he's chosen to become the new M.]]]]

** Silva's EvilPlan exploits various MI-6 protocols to further itself. [[spoiler:Silva knows that [=MI6=] will eventually identify and arrest him, so he spends years planning around his inevitable capture; come the day of his escape, he counter-hacks [=MI6=] and abuses M's overconfidence to close in and assassinate her.]]

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Five months of torture at the hands of the Chinese literally knocked the hope and sanity out of Silva. The unsuccessful suicide by CyanidePill that left him painfully disfigured merely rubbed more salt into the wound.]]
* BerserkButton:

--->'''Kincade''': Welcome to Scotland.

** [[spoiler:Severine]], like many of the women who sleep with Bond in a given film, ends up getting a bullet later.

* CentralTheme: "Does an intelligence agent like James Bond, with his old-fashioned techniques and approaches, still have a place in a modern, digital world?" [[spoiler: Yes, but he has to adapt to the times just like everyone else, and he is no longer as infallible as he once was.]]

** Silva is coming. [[ChekhovsGift Here's the elephant gun and hunting knife]] [[spoiler:your father left you.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Played with regarding [[spoiler:Mallory. Savvy viewers will be able to work out that he's being set up for something, so it's heavily suggested he's a MoleInCharge to throw us off the scent as to how Silva gets into [=MI6=]'s systems. In fact, he's destined to be the replacement for M.]]

* ChronicallyCrashedCar: [[spoiler:Just like most of Bond's cars, the Aston Martin doesn't end the movie in one piece.]]

* ComplexityAddiction: Silva's plans, befitting a Bond villain, are far more complicated than they need to be, but wouldn't be nearly as fun to watch otherwise. For example, he has a sniper shoot his way to the top of an office building to assassinate a man in the building opposite, even though the target is already ''surrounded'' by Silva's own men. [[spoiler:[[FridgeBrilliance This is actually all part of his plan]]: he ''wants'' to get captured so that he can utterly humiliate M before killing her.]]

*** The painting shown to Patrice's target in Shanghai is [[http://arthistory.about.com/od/lost_and_found/ig/moderne_paris_theft/moderne_theft_0510_04.htm Modigliani's "Woman With a Fan"]], which was stolen in 2010 (apparently, its appearance here is supposed to imply that Silva was behind the theft). [[Film/DrNo Dr. No's]] lair was adorned with Francisco Goya's "Portrait of The Duke of Wellington", which was stolen in 1961 and its appearance was also supposed to imply that Dr. No was responsible for the theft.

*** Bond is presumed dead and M writes his obituary.

*** Bond's father's old rifle "aims to the left", similar to a rifle crafted by gunsmith Lazar, who made the gun for a mobster lacking a few fingers, meaning it aims some inches lower.

** ''Film/{{Octopussy}}''

** ''Film/AViewToAKill''

---->'''Q''': Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don't really go in for that anymore.
*** Silva's first line, "Hello, James" mirrors Alec Trevelyan's introductory line. And like him, he's an ex-[=MI6=] agent gone rogue. In fact, as noted by the Agony Booth, Silva seems to combine many traits of ''two'' of the film’s villains--Trevelyan and Boris Grishenko (expert hacker).

*** 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 fitness test like in ''TWINE''.

*** When James returns from his unplanned retirement, M snaps at him with "what did you expect, an apology?", mirroring a similarly cold remark she made in the previous film. Also counts as {{Foreshadowing}} because [[spoiler:when she finally confronts Silva, he comments that he expected "no remorse" from her, which becomes an instance of PrideBeforeAFall; it's implied that had she apologized, he would have given up trying to kill her.]]

*** Bond tells Eve "don't touch your ear", as he told Agent Carter. Unlike Agent Carter, Eve listens.

*** The music playing as Bond arrives at the casino in Macau sounds like "You Know My Name".

*** Q insisting that Bond return the gun and radio device, "intact". A frequent complaint of the original Q in earlier Bond movies.

*** Silva [[spoiler:worked for [=MI6=] in Hong Kong in the late 80s-mid 90s, the same time period that the Bond franchise stalled. Hong Kong was meant to be the setting for Creator/TimothyDalton's third film before it went into DevelopmentHell.]]

* CoolOldLady: M gets in on the action, firing guns and wiring up the chandelier in Skyfall into a booby trap for Silva. [[spoiler:By her own admission, she's "a lousy shot", but hey, booby-trapping the chandelier was pretty awesome by itself.]]

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:M sold Silva out to the Chinese, leading to horrific consequences that caused his journey to a FallenHero.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Creator/DanielCraig's version of Bond has made dry quips before, but it's worth noting that he really takes it up a notch this time around. [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Half his dialogue with M, Q, and Eve consist of sarcasm, and they snark right back.]]
* ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:After the film explores M's character, she is killed off.]]

-->'''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 bit into the 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.

** After serving as a deconstruction of Bond as a whole, the movie also reconstructs and reintroduces several elements from older Bond movies before Brosnan and Craig took on the role. [[spoiler:Such as MI-6 being based out of the Universal Exports offices, a male M and Bond's flirtatious relationship with Moneypenny.]]

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Eve gives the towel-clad Bond a sexy shave...and the 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 was left ambiguous.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:M dies in Bond's arms after being mortally wounded by one of Silva's men earlier.]]
* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:M dies with her eyes open, leaving Bond to close them for her.]]

-->'''Q''': But, sir, what if the PM finds out?
-->'''Mallory''': Well, then, we're all buggered, aren't we?

** As well as his line about how "we can eat each other... hmm?", which he says while touching Bond suggestively.
* DownerBeginning: [[spoiler:The movie begins with the opening chase through Istanbul ending in failure as Patrice gets away with the MacGuffin containing the identities of the undercover NATO agents, and to make matters worse, Bond is presumed dead after being shot by Eve.]]

* EvilCounterpart: Raoul Silva and Bond. 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 key part in his downfall. Also, Silva is essentially a dark James Bond, as while 007 forgave his adopted "mother" and remains loyal to her, Silva went rogue and is attempting to kill her. Silva's name is also an anagram, "A Rival Soul".

* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Silva was an ex-[=MI6=] agent.]]

* 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.

** As they're arming up at Skyfall manor, Kincaid produces a hunting knife and comments that "sometimes the old ways are the best". [[spoiler:Guess how Silva meets his end.]]

'''Silva:''' ''(leans back, coyly)'' Oh, Mr Bond.

* 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.

* GilliganCut: A reference is made to [=MI6=]'s enemies existing "in the shadows". Cut to Bond sailing towards Silva's island on a sunlit ocean.
* GirlOfTheWeek: Eve, Severine and an unnamed third girl in the Bahamas. [[spoiler:By the end of the film, Severine is dead, and Eve ''Moneypenny'' becomes the new M's secretary. [[MythologyGag Bond and Eve may or may not have slept together; it's ambiguous]].]]

* HauledBeforeASenateSubcommittee: M is required to testify before a Defence Ministry hearing about [=MI6=]'s effectiveness. It's rendered moot when Silva and his henchmen attack the hearing and M is eventually killed before they come to any decision.

* HollywoodHacking: Both Q and Silva. Silva can turn on the gas main in [=MI6=] via computer, somehow, though this ''is'' technically possible. [[note]]In real life, the CIA did something similar to a Siberian pipeline in the 1980's albeit with a pre planted "logic bomb". Plus it is theoretically possible to remotely disrupt utility infrastructure by interfering with SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems built into the utility pipeline by having someone physically interfere with the offline device and set it to cause the effects required, triggered by remote. But this requires a ''lot'' of work.[[/note]]

* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:M is clipped by a bullet in the torso, and her hand is shown very bloodied. Unsurprisingly, she doesn't last past the finale.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''M''': "I fucked this up, didn't I?"]]

-->'''Q''': I'm your new quartermaster.\\
'''James Bond''': You must be joking.\\
'''Q''': Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?\\
'''James Bond''': Because you still have spots.[[note]]For those not up on British slang, change "spots" to "zits".[[/note]]

** Silva [[spoiler:kills Severine]] in front of Bond after deciding he no longer needs her.

-->'''Bond''': You've got to be joking.
-->'''Q''': Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?

** At the start of the film, M orders Eve to "take the bloody shot" that downs Bond. [[spoiler:In the finale, when Silva implores her to end both their lives with the same bullet, she is either unwilling or unable to do so.]]

** [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Ralph Fiennes' character Gareth Mallory becomes the new M.]]
** [[spoiler:Eve reveals her last name to be Moneypenny.]]

-->Do you see what comes of all this...running around, Mister Bond? All this jumping and fighting...it's ''exhausting''.

* 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.]]
* 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.

-->'''Q''': Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.

** "Silva" is the Portuguese equivalent of "[[MrSmith Smith]]", hinting to TheReveal that it's just a code name. His real name [[spoiler:"Tiago" is the Portuguese form of "James".]]
*** Even better: [[spoiler:his last name "Rodriguez" is Spanish for "son of Roderick", which means "he who is rich in glory".]]
** Gareth Mallory, twice over. "Mallory" is Old French for "bad luck" or "unlucky", and his introduction has him asking Bond why he would come back when he had the good luck Mallory and others never did. [[spoiler:Once we reach the third act, the mere fact that his last name begins with "M" makes it quite clear what's going to happen.]]

-->'''Q''': I can do more damage on my laptop in my pyjamas than you can do in a year in the field.

* 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.

-->'''Eve''': ...Agent down.

* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Bond's iconic introduction returns after being absent in ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', when he meets Severine.

** [[spoiler:Bond takes M to Skyfall without the knowledge of [=MI6=] to keep her safe and fight Silva on his own terms. Despite a heroic effort, it doesn't end well.]]

-->'''Eve''': My name is Eve. Eve Moneypenny.
* 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".

* NonSpecificallyForeign: 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.

*** Especially when he notices that [[spoiler:he ''himself'' had a part in all this, by plugging the laptop into the [=MI6=] network.]]

* OlderIsBetter: The underlining conflict in the film is if the old [=MI6=] and the double Os are still relevant in the modern, digital world of new threats. [[spoiler:The climax of the film is Bond using this trope, such as using [[CoolCar the classic Bond car from the 60's]] since it doesn't have a tracking device, a break open rifle, and simple booby traps.]]

** 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".)

** Near the end of the film, M suffers a bullet wound inflicted by one of Silva's henchmen, but manages to continue to fight and run for quite some time afterwards. [[spoiler:The wound [[TimeDelayedDeath eventually]] ends up killing her.]]

* 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. It also delves deeper into the origins of Bond himself than any of the preceding movies.

* PietaPlagiarism: [[spoiler:M's death scene.]]

* PoisonIsCorrosive: Silva's malfunctioning cyanide suicide 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.
* PosthumousVillainVictory: Despite Bond killing [[BigBad Raoul Silva]] at the end of the film, the latter still succeeds in his main goal of killing [[spoiler:Olivia Mansfield, aka M]], thanks to one of his men hitting [[spoiler:her]] with a stray bullet in the abdomen. And unlike Bond who is MadeOfIron and trained to handle these sorts of injuries, [[spoiler:M]] is a DeskJockey with no such training, and ultimately bleeds out minutes following the conclusion of the FinalBattle.

--->'''Computer Screen''': Think on your sins.
* RareGuns:

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: 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 help Bond and M. By the end of the film, he succeeds Judi Dench's character and becomes the new M.

* {{Reconstruction}}: ''Film/{{Casino Royale|2006}}'' and ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' took the Bond formula down a deconstructive path, with Bond girls as innocent and tragic pawns to both sides and Bond himself treated by M as more of a blunt object and ProfessionalKiller who is slowly becoming obsolete in a more sensitive world of espionage. In addition a lot of the Bond traditions fell away, such as flirting with [[SassySecretary Moneypenny]], [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine dinner with the bad guys]] and getting [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys new toys from Q Branch]]. While many praised the radical changes as modernizing Bond, some felt it had lost a lot of what made Bond so entertaining. ''Skyfall'' begins with the Royale and Solace style and spends the rest of the movie reconciling classic and modern Bond together. M's speech at a committee hearing says it all.

** Here, as in the novels and films before the reboot, Bond is the lone scion of a wealthy noble family. In ''Film/CasinoRoyale2006'' Vesper inferred, and Bond never explicitly denied, that he "[[Main/WorkingClassHero didn't come from money, and your school friends never let you forget it]]".

** Downplayed with 007. For the final act, 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'".

** M's British Bulldog ornament can be seen as representing Bond's patriotism and tenacity. Like Bond, it survives the downfall of the old regime and [[spoiler:remains after M is gone. M leaving it to him is a sign she wants him to carry on.]]

* SexySecretary: The film ends up being something of an OriginStory for the character, where it is revealed that she became a secretary because [[spoiler: she felt she wasn't suited to field work, having previously worked alongside Bond.]]

** The main theme, "Skyfall", steals a line from the 1966 classic spy song "Secret Agent Man".
--->'''Adele''': You may have my number, you can take my name, but you'll never have my heart.

** [[spoiler:The FreezeFrameBonus that reveals M's name as Olivia Mansfield is a reference to Captain Sir Mansfield Smith-Cumming, aka C, who was the first Chief of the RealLife [=MI6=]]].

** Silva calling M [[Series/TheAvengers1960s "Mother"]].

-->'''Mallory''': For the sake of variety, might we actually hear from the witness?

-->'''Bond''': Good luck with that.

* 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 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".

** The French song that plays on Silva's island, "Boum!", sung by Charles Trenet prior to 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.

** The opening theme [[spoiler:foreshadows most of the movie's plot, as well as the final battle at Skyfall. It also mentioned that the titular house is burned down during the battle (i.e. "''Let the Skyfall, when it crumbles''").]]

* StepfordSmiler: Severine, who was a child sex slave abused for years and still suffers at the hands of Silva. Bond sees through her veneer, and her smile slowly gets faker and faker as Bond gets under it.
* StiffUpperLip:

** Bond barely reacts to [[spoiler:Severine's death]].
--->'''Bond''': "Waste of good Scotch."

** [[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.]]

** [[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.]]
* 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.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Near the end of the film, Silva tries to get M to shoot the both of them through the head. Bond intervenes before Silva succeeds by killing him with a throwing knife.]]

* ThemeNaming: If "Silva" is taken to be a pun on "Silver", he would be the third Bond villain in this continuity to have a color-themed name ([[Film/CasinoRoyale2006 Mr. White]], [[Film/QuantumOfSolace Mr. Greene]], etc.)

* TrashTheSet: [[spoiler:Bond's iconic Aston Martin [=DB5=] gets blown up in the finale, along with the eponymous Skyfall manor.]]

** Likewise, he seems to be rather miffed when [[spoiler:Silva destroys the [=DB5=].]] Cue massive explosion caused by him that takes out half the mooks present.

* UnflinchingWalk: The trailer ramps it up by substituting "explosion" with "train car getting ripped open by heavy equipment ''while he's inside it''".

* VerbalTic: Silva's is "Bip. Oof" to his sentences.
* 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.

* VisualPun: Betrayal is the driving theme of this movie. In the end the main villain [[spoiler:is literally stabbed in the back.]]

* WeaponizedCar: [[spoiler:Serves as the punchline to a BrickJoke unwittingly set up by Q early in the film.]]

-->'''Bond''': Are you ready?