SPOILER did anyone else laugh...

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• AdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  I think it was intended to be funny, in a gallows-humor sort of way. Silva's reaction to getting knifed in the back is akin to someone putting out their back, or getting bit by an insect; it's appropriate for his character -- who has known pain and suffering for quite some time -- to react like he does.
  
  Also keep in mind that Sam Mendes has a soft spot for Live and Let Die, and while THAT particular villain death scene was ten hundred times more ridiculous... you can sort-of see the commonalities.

  "The secret agent. The man who was only a silhouette..." -- Ian Fleming, Moonraker
  
  1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
• Youknowthename Carver Media GroupPosts: 501MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  Personally: that was the only part where Bardem went over the top... If you take a knife that size in the back, you don't turn around looking like "oh, great, now what...".
• Moore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  No laughing, but I thought it was rather theatrical. Reminded me of the kind of death scene you see in a Shakespeare play/tragedy, or something like it. The Sam Mendes influence at work, me thinks.

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• Napoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  It was derivative, I've seen it before. Maybe Nicolson when the three witches are sticking it to him in Eastwick, or was it Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice. Not sure.

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• Thunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  I felt a little disapointed with Silva's Death, was expecting More.
  and does anyone elese think his Lip smacking during his rat speech
  is Very similar to Hannibal Lector's Lip action talking to Clarice Starling.

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• Silhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,845MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  Thunderpussy wrote:

  I felt a little disapointed with Silva's Death, was expecting More.
  and does anyone elese think his Lip smacking during his rat speech
  is Very similar to Hannibal Lector's Lip action talking to Clarice Starling.

  
  Silva's death reminded me of that of Kristatos in FYEO.
  
  Can see the Hannibal Lecter influence throughout!

  "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
• AdamOmega Edmonton, AB, CanadaPosts: 297MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  Thunderpussy wrote:

  and does anyone elese think his Lip smacking during his rat speech
  is Very similar to Hannibal Lector's Lip action talking to Clarice Starling.

  
  I was honestly thinking Jack Nicholson in The Departed; he, too, has a bit about rats where he makes nibbling noises to somewhat comical effect.

  "The secret agent. The man who was only a silhouette..." -- Ian Fleming, Moonraker
  
  1) The Spy Who Loved Me 2) On Her Majesty's Secret Service 3) GoldenEye 4) Casino Royale 5) Goldfinger
• Dalkowski110 Posts: 1,314MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  The whole theater eventually devolved into hysterics about halfway through. Still, it was in-character for him and reminded me a bit of Chris Walken smiling and falling wordlessly as he fell off the Golden Gate Bridge and into the ocean in AVTAK (although not a top tier Bond film in my book, Walken played Zorin extremely well, IMO).

  By the way, are you gonna eat that?
• Mr Beech Florida, USAPosts: 1,749MI6 Agent

  November 2012

  The first time, I thought it was fine. The second time, I was thinking, "Wow, this is a long and dramatic death." He just wouldn't fall down!