Skyfall (2012)
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Form & technique
- M's command to "take the shot," resulting in Bond's near-death
- The Shanghai skyscraper fight sequence
- Q's introductory scene with Bond at the National Gallery
Tropes
- Silva's introductory monologue and homoerotic approach to a captive Bond
- The destruction of the Skyfall Lodge in the film's climax → Restorative Nostalgia
- Bond's physical and psychological reassessment tests upon his return to MI6 → The Fragile Alpha
- The depiction of the Macau casino environment
- The film's thematic obsession with aging, decay, and obsolescence → Hauntology
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