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Like I said in my review of the film Skyfall is a MESS ! Too many unanswered questions and a lot of holes in the film make you wonder if somehow Marc Forster was involved somewhere in the shadows of this one too.
I think it makes more sense thematically that he returned for M. He could have come back and report for duty at any point but instead he decided to play 'dead' in Turkey.
Yes, prominently for M. Like some have said, he saw that M's office was what got blasted, and he was motivated back into action.
If you bothered to analyze the film instead of whining about it, you would understand that M and Bond often share banter about the bulldog. M makes the statement to Bond about him always commenting on her designing habits, and Bond has an obvious history of complaining about the dog to M. Therefore, M left that in her will to Bond long before Silva ever came back into her life, and it is truly better than anything Bond could receive from her. Eve thinks the statue is M pulling Bond's leg from the grave, but it is so much more than that. Something just between them. The Bulldog is the ultimate symbol of stubbornness, which Bond exemplifies. Just as the Bulldog survived the MI6 explosion, Bond survives everything thrown at him. M has given him the statue as a little trinket to always remind him to keep pushing, no matter what lay ahead for him.
"Eve thinks the statue is M pulling Bond's leg from the grave... funny stuff !!!!!!
Han Solo said it best to Chewie in ROTJEDI .....everyone is having delusions of grandeur
I may be wrong but i think M mentions something about Bonds dislike of her interior designs when he mentioned the bulldog as if to say it wasn't the first time he had said something about the dog or other items she had. I think there is quite a lot of stuff in SF where it is left for the viewer to make their own minds up, i quite liked that about the film but others dont which is fine, but i think it was intentional to do that as we have heard of certain exposition scenes which got cut and some of those may've explained things more and maybe the fans who were disapointed and annoyed by certain things would've enjoyed it more if those scenes were included in the final cut. That is not my view because IMO i thought the film works very well as it is.
At least someone knows what the heck I am talking about. Thanks for actually seeing Skyfall and knowing your stuff, @Sharky.
I agree with this but there is also a very important thematic aspect as well.
I've said in previous posts that one of SF's strengths is the "mirroring" of characters and situations in the script. Both Bond and Silva were seen as disposable by M. Both had injuries occur to them. Silva let this turn him bitter and vengeful; Bond was bitter but as soon as he was needed to "protect" MI6, M, and by extension England his sense of duty made him return despite what had happened. Stubborn, loyal, refusing to let his "master" (again, this could be M or England) be unprotected - Bond is that British Bulldog that we think of along the same lines of Churchill. When he's sprinting to the inquiry with the music and the reciting of Tennyson, giving every...thing...he's...got we see St George in action.
But again, Bond and Silva are flip sides of the same coin. I'm curious to hear the director's commentary; I'm assume that Bardem having blond hair rather than his natural brown was to move him closer to Craig's Bond to further the comparison.
The scene Kincade gives Bond his father's old rifle with his initials 'A.B' on it, was this supposed to be a sly nod to Albert Broccoli you think? I know the initials are just a lucky coincidence, but it seems symbolic that Kincade didn't throw that gun away and gave it to Bond with the line 'the old ways are the best'.....it's just got me thinking, what do we think. Babs and MGW accepting the baton from their father while also carving something new for themselves?
I also love how Bond just threw the gun away once it was no use to him, he's not a particularly nostalgic man, plus Daniel Craig looks badass when he chucks it away and kicks up the new gun.
I distinctly remember that got a huge grin out of me on Friday... and now thinking back on it. Beautifully badass indeed. :D
And yeah, he's not a sentimental type. :P
Great post @thelordflashheart i agree with everything you said.
I concur, hats off @thelordflasheart. Bond and Silva remind me of Sherlock and Moriarty. Very similar people, yet two sides of the coin. Moriarty is what Sherlock would be if he wasn't "on the side of the angels", and I get that same feeling with Bond and Silva.
Very well put sir. You almost had me in tears there!
I'm sure Silva had it all figured out, and knew exactly what Bond was going to do, when he was going to do it. That's why he ensured he would escape when M was in the meeting, so he could arrive there and take her down with minimal security.
Yes I'm sure Silva factored into his scheme that Bond would get hit by a ricochet from one of Patrices bullets then dig the fragments out of his shoulder and trace him to Shanghai.
I loved the film but the more you think about the flimsier the plot becomes.
Exactly. Just like how Bond managed to wash up on shore after getting shot off of the bridge: I answered this after someone else questioned it many pages back, telling them that I just made up an answer for myself.
I agree with both of you.
Oh and Bond gets help - that hand that grabs his clearly indicates this - he doesn't just wash up on shore... though that would also work, of course, such things actually happen... but he does get help to get out of water (as well as after that, of course - no need to show everything).
Not necessarily though, it's just another thing you get to decide for yourself. :) Was the hand real? Or was it part of the title sequence/Bond's dream? I personally think it was the latter- after all, the hand is dragging him down, not up.
Right, one of the first cuts is to a normal sized hand grabbing his arm and pulling, and then the big hand drags him down. That was the switch from reality to title-sequence.