Questions tagged [skyfall]
A 2012 British spy movie and the twenty-third film in the James Bond film series. Directed by Sam Mendes and featuring Daniel Craig in his third performance as James Bond.
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What was Silva talking about when he reached the chapel in Skyfall?
In the last scenes of Skyfall when Silva finds M in the chapel, he looks around and speaks
Of course! it had to be here. It had to be this way.
What was he talking about? Was he referring to ...
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What's with the secrecy of Judi Dench's M's identity?
In "Casino Royale" James Bond breaks in to M's (Judi Dench) house and in their conversation she asks:
M: And how the hell did you find out where I lived?!
Bond: Same way I
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What did M mean by saying that she got one thing right?
In the end of Skyfall, M says that she did get one thing right. By my understanding she meant Bond.
But, what exactly did she mean in that dialog?
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Was this scene in Skyfall an homage to the 007 Goldeneye video game?
There is a scene in Skyfall in which Bond enters the London Underground via a tall grated panel which is actually a door.
Before he opens it:
As he exits:
This reminded me of the Nintendo 64 game, ...
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James Bond's identity [duplicate]
In Skyfall, there is a distinct scene where Silva has revealed the true identities of several MI6 agents via YouTube, yet there is no hint that Bond's identity is anything of a pseudonym, because we ...
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Who is the Bond Girl in Skyfall?
In almost every James Bond movie, there is always one girl who is called 'the Bond Girl'. However, in Skyfall, who is the Bond Girl? Is it Eve Moneypenny (portrayed by Naomie Harris), or Séverine (...
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How are the Daniel Craig Bond movie plots related?
It seems like with the older Bond films, they were more standalone "adventures" and could each be enjoyed without seeing the others. With the new movies, they definitely aren't as easy for me to ...
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Why didn't Eve keep shooting at the train scene?
During the beginning of Skyfall there's a scene where 007 and Patrice are fighting on the top of a train that's heading into a tunnel, in Istanbul. Not wanting to risk losing the trace of them, M ...
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In Skyfall, what is the significance of M's post-mortem gift of a porcelain pug to Bond? [duplicate]
At the end of Skyfall, M wills an ugly porcelain pug to James Bond. When it is suggested to Bond that it was M's way of telling him to take a desk job, Bond affirms that it was just the opposite. ...
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Do I need to watch all James Bond movies starring Daniel Craig before watching Skyfall to understand the plot and characters?
Do I need to watch the James Bond movies starring Daniel Craig (Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace) before watching Skyfall to understand the plot and characters?
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In Skyfall, why did M order Eve to "take the shot?
Why was it so important for M that Eve take a risky shot that ended up killing Bond, until he turned out to be faking it? Was the bad guy such an immediate threat that it was worth losing Bond?
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Is Miss Moneypenny's character altered in the movies?
Has the character of Miss Moneypenny in the movies Skyfall, or the upcoming Spectre, been altered at all from its source material (the Ian Flemming novels)?
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Why did they plug the drive into the network? [duplicate]
Any security person worth their salt would know that you don't plug a drive retrieved from a malicious source onto a network connected system. At least not connected to the uber-secure network.
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Was there a real Skyfall house in Scotland?
I was re-watching Skyfall, and saw that his parents' house was supposed to have been in Scotland. I was guessing right next to Hogwarts.
So, the question is, is Skyfall house a real lodge/house in ...
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What happens to the hard drive with agents' names in Skyfall?
Apologies for ripping off Honest Trailers, but that was something I didn't figure out as well from watching Skyfall and it bugged me:
Silva stole the hard drive with names of NATO agents, presumably ...
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What does the barkeeper say to James Bond (possibly in Turkish)?
In the movie Skyfall, the enjoying death scene:
What is the barkeeper saying to James Bond at the next morning at the bar when he is handing the money and grabbing the bottle?
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Was Raoul Silva M's son?
According to this article about Skyfall, Raoul Silva is M's son and that is why he hates her so much.
Suddenly, it all made sense. Silva, thought to be in Hong Kong, was M’s son -- adopted, ...
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Why is the movie titled "Skyfall"?
Why is the twenty-third James Bond movie titled Skyfall?
I watched the movie but couldn't find him falling from an airplane or something...
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Why is Bond shown to have a disregard for collateral casualties?
There are several scenes in Skyfall where Bond has opportunities to save people and apparently doesn't try:
The security guard Patrice shot in Shanghai
The man viewing the painting shot by Patrice
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What kind of creature bit the enemy's leg in China in Skyfall?
What kind of animal was it that looks like a giant lizard in the China scene? What is the actual name of that creature?
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Why was Bond not given advanced weapons? [duplicate]
Since I was a kid, I used to watch 007 just to see what new weapon he will be using. I bought two PS2 games just to use these cool weapons and drive the BMW which can fire rockets! Or to use the watch ...
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Where was the Scottish Skyfall scene filmed?
I know Scotland very well and have several theories of my own but can anyone tell me where this iconic shot was taken?
Ideally I'm after as accurate a location as possible as I'm fairly sure I can ...
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Where does Skyfall take place in the Bond timeline?
The first two movies of the rebooted Bond-franchise were at the start of Bond's career (when he was likely in his late twenties/thirties), but when does Skyfall take place in relation to other things ...
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Why would Q attach the computer of a known cyberterrorist to the MI6 computer network?
In the movie Skyfall Shouldn't Q like connect Silva's computer to a secure line or something, considering that he was a known cyberterrorist? Isn't there any sort of internal protocols for the ...
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Why is a casino token used as payment in Skyfall?
In Skyfall movie Bond fights an assassin and captures a casino token in the assassin's stuff which he later cashes out. Clearly the token is used as payment for the assassination. Note that ...
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Why was Skyfall delayed?
The James Bond franchise is an exceptionally long-lived one. Every few years a new Bond film comes out, although there isn't a set schedule for when they do so. However, looking at a chronology of ...
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Significance of the painting in Mallory's office
In Skyfall, while Bond first meets Q in a museum they are watching the painting of a ship dragged by another ship and Q remarks:
Always makes me feel a little melancholy. A grand old warship being ...
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Does the ageing theme in Skyfall contradict the rebooting of the Bond franchise?
At the start of the rebooted series, in Casino Royale, we see Bond gain his 00 status, and through that film and Quantum of Solace Bond goes on his 'first' adventure. Skyfall continues this 'firsts' ...
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Does Patrice wound Bond in the initial scenes in the right or left shoulder?
Bond takes a bullet in the right shoulder in the opening sequence and it is clearly shown during his fight with Patrice on the train. Subsequently, as he is recovering, the wound is shown in a ...
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In Skyfall, was the bar scene a daydream or was it real?
Early in the movie Skyfall, when Bond is presumed dead, he is shown drinking at a bar and being cheered on by a large group of spectators as he attempts to down a drink with a live scorpion on his ...
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Was Patrice hired for murder or suicide?
In Skyfall, the contract killer Patrice travels to Shanghai where he forces entry into a skyscraper and shoots a man in an adjacent building with his sniper rifle, when he is attacked and inadvertedly ...
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Did Bond sleep with Eve?
In Skyfall, during the scene before Bond visits the casino in Macau, when Eve shaves him, it is not completely clear to me if they sleep with each other afterwards, although the atmosphere between ...
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Is Skyfall preparing the ground to some major change in the franchise?
In Skyfall, they send a hint that there could be some major changes to the Bond franchise, or even possible a final episode.
For instance:
For the first time 007 appears getting old
Q is now a ...
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The guy who takes over M's position in Skyfall, is he evil or good?
You know, the guy who is advising M for a while during beginning of Skyfall wanting her to resign and such.
He sure seemed evil to me and my friends and I had a debate about this... So is he a good ...
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Is Raul Silva's prosthesis a computer?
Risk seems null when Raul Silva is isolated in a glass cage:
But Silva nevertheless manages to break into the MI6 computer system at that moment. How?
His prosthesis hides a tongue-controlled ...
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Did James Bond fail his mission in "Skyfall"?
If I understand Skyfall correctly, James Bond's primary mission is to protect M from being killed by Silva -- despite this, near the end of the movie, M dies from a wound inflicted by Silva's men.
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Why couldn't Bond have backup at the battle of Skyfall?
I think I am missing a key plot point here.
Bond had to fake-kidnap M and bring her to Skyfall in order to lure Silva there for one last stand. Why did this have to be a secret from his colleagues ...
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What's written on Q's cup in Skyfall?
Saw Skyfall over the weekend and was just wondering what's written on the side and bottom of Q's cup?
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in Skyfall opening scene on train, does Bond fake getting shot?
Skyfall opens with a chase scene that culminates in Bond's partner accidentally shooting Bond instead of shooting the bad guy. The bullet hits Bond hard enough to blow him off a train into the river ...
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What is the purpose or message behind the dog figurine that Bond receives?
When Bond is given the porcelain bulldog figurine at the end of Skyfall, he smiles as if he understands the meaning of this figurine.
During the movie, we can see the camera focusing on that figurine ...
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In Skyfall, what happened in the boat on the way to the island?
In Skyfall, after leaving the floating casino in Macau, Sévérine gets on board a boat. Bond gets on board too and they have an amicable scene in the shower. The boat is shown going out to sea.
Then,...
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why did Silva steal the hard drive in Skyfall?
At the start of Skyfall Bond is chasing down the hard drive which contains all the names of agents under cover.
Then later on in the film you find out that Silva is actually a genius hacker and he ...
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Word association test in Skyfall
In Skyfall James Bond has to complete a word assocation exercise as part of his evaluation.
One of the words the psychiatrist says is "skyfall" to which Bond replys "done".
It seems as if the word ...