While The Teaser at the cemetery appears to have no relevance at all to the plot, Blofeld's actions are a huge tipoff as to the underlying theme: revenge. He wanted to get back at Bond for events past, but he made so many major mistakes in his plans that 007 wound up getting revenge on him (without intending to) for ruining his private moment. Then we look at the scene where Melina's parents were gunned down in cold blood, while she was below deck. As she watches the offending plane fly off, the close-up on her eyes says it all.
The St Georges is sunk by an underwater mine, presumably from the war...but Kristatos' Albania warehouse stores one of them - maybe he deliberately sinks ships to help his salvage operation. Or else he may have sank the St Georges to get his hands on the coding machine, knowing how valuable it would be to his Soviet clients.
For a character who proves to be a first-class Action Girl throughout, the underwater scene in which a Groin Attack supposedly happens to Melina is clear proof that even she isn't immune to distress.
Bond's parents were killed in a climbing accident. One can only imagine what's going through his mind when he has to scale a cliff and almost plummet.
More of a fridge tearjerker, but Blofeld's cat is going to be living a far less luxurious life now.
