Posted 04 November - AM. Bond couldn't have known that Silva would simply shoot Severine with his first shot. Up to this point it could all have been some sort of game to make her suffer, with Silva forcing Bond into shooting her with his trembling hand.
When I first saw the scene, I thought "He didn't just shoot her now? The "waste of Scotch" line was the distraction: "I don't care. What's next? I don't see how it's very different from the moment in GoldenEye where Bond dares Trevelyan to kill Natalya. How would it have looked if Trevelyan had done it?
The only difference with GoldenEye is that the villain didn't really want the girl dead, and there happened to be a follow-up scene in which Bond reassures Natalya - and the audience - that he was bluffing. Broz and Craig wear the same mask of callousness, but Craig's film trusts the audience to understand, whereas GoldenEye chickens out and includes a scene making it explicit that Bond isn't a psycho. Btw the first time I saw SF in the cinema I wasn't actually sure that Severine had been killed until a few moments later.
Posted 05 November - AM. Posted 05 November - PM. Posted 09 November - AM. Bond firing on all cylinders would have surely tried to save Severine, but at this point Bond certainly isn't firing on all cylinders. I think it takes the shock of her death to wake him out of his lethargy and provoke something of the old Bond to resurface. As other people have said, the flippant remark shouldn't be taken at face value and he's really masking his true thoughts behind this.
The only problem I have with this scene is how did Bond know that the helicopters would turn up at that point in time Posted 09 November - PM.
Posted 10 November - AM. Bond lets two innocents die? Posted 03 November - PM We all know Bond is supposed to be as cold as a surgeon about death, but in many films we saw him avoiding an innocent death at all costs. Posted 03 November - PM I think for your two cases - 1 He had to let this happen, probably because if he didn't, he could cause greater damage in following a suspected trail if word got out the target was still alive, and he had no idea who the target was and if he was as innocent as he felt.
His job was Patrice, not protecting the other guy and as he wasn't aware of Silva and his motives then, he had to let as much happen as possible without blowing anything he may need in the future. He had no emotional attatchment to her and did what he could do, and he learnt lessons from being too attatched to women.
It's clear he's not happy with what has happened when Silva does the deed, and from that moment, he takes his time to survey the situation and manage to break away and call in back-up. If Bond had tried anything before, like with Patrice, he may have either got himself killed or blown all possibilities for escaping with Silva, so he had to let it happen until the right moment. An assassin by name, and by nature. A blunt instrument. Posted 03 November - PM Good points there,still it's shocking to think of.
His hands were tied. As for the chinese man perhaps he wanted to draw attention from those in the appartment. If he had stopped Patrice, he'd have reached a dead-end on his investigation. Posted 03 November - PM Mark Kermode said in his BBC Radio 1 review that he was shocked at how DC's Bond reacted when Severine was killed but Empire's spoiler review on itunes claimed that Bond was clearly masking his true feelings so that Silva would not get the reaction that he hoped to get.
Posted 03 November - PM I'm not too sure about Patrice's target: Bond was making his approach as stealthily and slowly as possible through the glass panels, I'm not certain he could actually have acted before the shot.
Something to check on DVD later! About Severine, I'm sorry but I have a huge problem with this part of the film. His flippant comment after her death is callous for one thing , and he has no reason to whack Silva's bodyguards after her death rather than before.
After my first viewing, I thought that maybe he had needed the opportunity of her death to create a diversion and take the upper hand - which would have been a redeeming feature.
But no. MayDayDiVicenzo Here and there. August Posts: 5, This thread needs to be locked. Nothing of value here. As Brady said, it's just a horse that's been beaten to death already. I'm sure frequent members of this forum are sick and tired of the same old "the merits of Skyfall" threads appearing in mass every week or so.
August Posts: 4, JohnBarryFan wrote: ». They would have shot them both. August edited August Posts: 16, August Posts: 16, So I get ridiculed for almost 20 lines and am expected to just gladly suffer it?
August Posts: 6, Always had a problem with Bonds reaction to Severines death, there is not a shred of emotion not even beneath the surface. Comes across as heartless! We see it like the death of Vesper and more recently M! August edited August Posts: 4, For me Bond's reaction to Severine's death demonstrates his strength. He is able to keep his emotions under control without giving Silva any satisfaction. This is what Bond is trained to do. Show restraint. Not to diminish Severine's death as a non-event, but why should Bond feel the same devastation as he did after Vesper's death.
He had formed feelings and closeness with Vesper so the display of emotion was warranted, but honestly he shares very little time with Severine. I mean clearly he would have preferred to save her if possible, but that didn't work out.
I loved Severine's character and I was a bit saddened to see her go so fast and in the way she went, but I think the scenes were realistic as far as Bond's reaction goes.
The boat is shown going out to sea. Then, the ship is approaching the deserted island where the villain Raoul Silva is hiding out.
Did I blink and miss something? I don't remember any fight scene on the boat. Was she used as bait? Was she being forced to go to the island in the first place? If she was going to be taken prisoner, why didn't she warn Bond? Well, I guess she did sort of, in the casino she told him he would be killed shortly. Everything she did or was doing was on Silva's command. Though she tries her best to warn Bond of the danger involved and makes her reluctance shown. But Bond being Bond and having his own plans, follows her to Silva.
But fear of Silva [1] and hope [2] that Bond just might be her savior, brings her to do what she did. If I recall correctly, as the boat is approaching the island, Bond and Severine are standing at the front of the boat, looking at the island.
They are NOT tied up yet. Severine gets cold feet and says something like "we still could turn around. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams?
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