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Dramatically, OO6 is the more awesome idea for a villain, but in terms of execution, Silva was a more successful attempt at an embittered ex-MI6 character. OO6 never really came off the page, in my opinion.
And in terms of performance, I love old Sean Bean but Javier Bardem is an actor who is, to me, on a whole other level. He's one of the best actors currently living.
And also dont be so sure about Sean Bean taking him down. Javiers quite a big guy and this line 'you werent half the agent I was' suggests he can also get a bit handy when he needs to. After all he made pretty short work of the guards when unarmed as he was escaping the Hannibal Lecter cell.
I think the writing on Skyfall being a sort of mesh of ideas such as moneypenny being reintroduced when bond there was already a moneypenny under dench in 94 leaves me wondering how seriously as a villain silva can be taken. Unlike the goals of past bond villains there seems to be little monetary gain from his exploits or political gain although he says he can do both he does not really bother. he is very much a thin character as it all boils down to him not dying when he was meant to over the operating procedure.
If they had of tied him as a part of Quantum and another fa cite of that agency and proved he was ACTIVELY crippling governments or SYPHONING money then he might have been another head of state in the Quantum/spectre story.
Alec had a deep background and a story that set up loathing for both goverment and banking which he lead him to his plot. mixed alongside the already given storys fleming had given for 006(he was a comando and had some dealings with goodnight) this leads him to be a more interesting character.
silva im affraid comes under the problem of being not of the fleming cannon nor standing out as someone who has potential of reaching a historic bond villain status.
I do aggree his first appearance is well shot, but for me there is no depth to how silva manages to track bond to skyfall lodge unless kincade had let something slip. mix that with there being no real outcome for his goons(its not as if he can promise them a position or such when he has for filled the mission and he is not even trying to lie about the outcome so why anyone would follow him is beyond me?)
anyway time will tell if he is as memorable as blofeld or a mere ladder rung like renard
Some your points have a modicum of validity such as the script and character development being thinner than first appears. I think Javier makes up for the weaknesses in both (because all the adulation notwithstanding SF is not perfect) with his performance.
Some of your other points are completely nonsensical however such as claiming that Alec is a better villain because he is part of the Fleming canon - what because Fleming mentioned an agent called 006 in one sentence of one book? Might as well call Major Dexter Smythe a more valid character than Kamal Khan and Orlov because we see his picture in the film and he was in Flemings original story.
And why are Silvas goons following him? Err for money obviously. He states that he does a variety of crimes for the highest bidder which presumably funds his private army and vendetta with M.
Are all the blokes in jumpsuits working for Blofeld and Stromberg really comitted to starting world war three or are they there because they get a nice wedge for their time? So why single out Silvas goons sounds if only to boost your weak argument? Hate to disapppoint you but every single person on Alecs side in GE from Xenia to Ouroumov to Boris to the bloke that cleans the bogs in the control room is only there for money. None of them give a toss about Alecs beef with England and his parents topping themselves.
Goons are goons and have always been so. They are motivated by cash so why on earth you imagine Silvas goons might have dreams of promotion or some ideological reason for following him is beyond me.
dont get angry now. I just states that they found a mentionable character, someone bond had known in the books and they merely expanded him into a bad guy. now 006 was after the fall of the uk so no doubt his men had invested wisely knowing the outcome of this.
Silva did nothing, he said he was out for hire for the highest bidder but he had no part in anything mentioned outside of the leak of mi6 names and a few murders connected to m and mi6. my point his his plot does not lead his men to personal gain in a political nor financial standpoint. all they could do is die for him. Alec had picked up a measure of soviet hands, keen to embrace not only the destruction of the uk but also be profitable in doing so.
i never connected the reference... simply because, at the way the other Double-O agents are knocked off - who is assume that it's the same 006.... maybe in the book, 006's name is Bill Smith who grew up in Liverpool and loves gardening..... i think making that connection that Alec is the same character offhandedly mentioned in a book once, is a BIG stretch.
i just made the name up to prove a point.. lol
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Bond vs Silva. Who would win? Guess we will never know.
If we've learned anything from Skyfall it's that 00 traitors make great villians.
What about Dominic Greene? He's the lamest James Bond villain ever.
Though Sean Bean was good, also.