After 50 years of dominating the box office, James Bond fans were getting perturbed, and for good reason too—the franchise was in trouble.
2008’s Quantum Of Solace managed to bemuse and disappoint fans worldwide, and certainly didn't help boost Daniel Craig's career.
And then, like a spring of water in a scorching desert, Skyfall came along, our saviour, not only patching up the franchise, but giving us a horribly sadistic villain.
Silva was different. He wasn't after money, or chaos, or even world domination. He was after revenge, pure and simple. And that's what made him so menacing; the silent, confident genius of his plan.
Take this scene for example: Bond and Silva in a derelict town, the sun bearing down on them. A bottle of scotch lays on a nearby rock, and Silva pours a glass, before resting it on Severine's head, forcibly kissing her.
He hands Bond a gun, challenging him to a game:
Time to redeem your marksmanship score. Let's see, the first to knock the glass off the head. Just to be sporting, I'll let you go first.
Bond gets ready to aim the gun, and Silva still makes a mockery of him, whispering in his ear:
Let's see who ends up on top.
Bond's finger quivers on the trigger, and he visibly hesitates, Silva taking advantage of his apprehension.
Ugh, come on! Did you really die that day? Is there any, any of the old 007 left?
Bond lets off a shot, the bullet smashing a piece of rock a few inches from Severine.
“My turn,” Silva says, and deliberately shoots Severine, not even aiming for the glass at this point.
“I win. What do you say to that?” Silva asks, a smirk on his face.
Bond sighs, and replies, “A waste of good scotch.”
Javier Bardem stole every scene he was in. A brilliantly compelling villain, Silva was a completely and utterly amazing antagonist—taking not only another Bond Girl, but the woman closest to Bond: M.
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