“What’s the most you ever lost in a coin toss, Mr. Bond?”

“She never tied me to a chair.” “Her loss.” Brilliant!

Bonds like "I've made love to many women, in the mud and the rain, and it's possible a man may have slipped in there. I have literally no way of knowing."

Lesson here: Don't show the villain early in the movie, wait until it makes sense to have a great introduction scene, give him a nice monologue and allow the actor to shine for a few minutes. Stablish the character and allow him to have charisma. Skyfall is remembered because of this scene.

Silva is my favorite Bond girl.

This is how I interview people when they want a job.

“I have an itch down there... You mind?”

The Daniel Craig Bond movies may not be perfect, but the fact that they got Mads Mikkelsen, Javier Bardem, and Christoph Waltz to appear in the series is an achievement in and of itself.

I'm guessing this is called "Skyfall Funny Silva Scene" because most people focus on the homoerotic moment, but it undervalues the brilliant work here. This masterful scene shows Silva trying several different approaches to get Bond to crack. Silva's first approach is his story about survival, and how he and James are the rats on the island. Then he describes M as their mother, who has betrayed them both, so he is equating himself as James' brother. Didn't work, so then he went for the homoerotic approach to shake James up. James deflected that by suggesting that he's open to or prepared for it. Silva then frees James' hands and tries to appeal to his need for freedom, offering to make him a partner who can pick his own secret missions. James belittles that by equating it to a hobby, because there'd be no loyalty to country. This entire scene is a wonderful little chess game. The way it's shot is also impressive, with Silva entering on the elevator and walking toward James in one long take while delivering the rats monologue.

Fun fact: Raoul Silva is basically an evil Bond. His name is an anagram, "A Rival Soul".

“Well, first time for everything yes?” *Le Chifrre flashbacks* “What makes you think this is my first time?”

Man it's so creepy how creepy Silva can seem just by walking towards the camera. He gets bigger and bigger in the frame, all the while telling his story until you suddenly realise how close he his. Super disconcerting, and really engaging.

I love how Silva tries to make Bond uncomfortable by touching him and making erotic suggestions. While the audience feels the discomfort, Bond is the epitome of cool. You *cannot* throw this guy off. "What makes you think this is my first time?" Bond is so comfortable in his sexuality, that threatening it doesn't faze him. Notice how, as soon as Silva sees Bond isn't deterred, he switches tactics. Which is why this scene is such a great power play.

I can't imagine the timing involved with telling that speech while walking down the hall. He gets to the end right at the climax of the story without breaking stride or changing his pace once. Unreal.

5:30 "England. The Empire. MI 6. You're living in a ruin as well. You just don't know it yet." Well, he's right about that one lol

I love how soft his speech is. First line- hellllooooo James. No need to be deep. The softness makes it so much more sinister.

When I saw this scene in the theater, you could just FEEL how Bardem's presence just enraptured the entire audience. We hung onto every one of his subtle bits of humor and his amazing psychotic episodes. This man is such a pleasure to watch.

"Ooh, she what she's done to you." "Well, she never tied me to a chair.." "Her loss."

"we can either choose to eat each other" lol are they still talking about rats?

by far the best villain from any Bond film because as a watcher, you really felt sympathy for Silva and kinda understood where he was coming from. Plus Javier Bardem was incredible in the role

"Everybody needs a hobby." "...So what's yours?" "Resurrection." Best line(s) in the film.

“What makes you think this is my first time?” “Oh, Mr. Bond!” LOL

The subtle pause he gives after mentioning childhood trauma, Silva unexpectedly finds common ground with Bond. The look and pause Silva gives indicates his own internal reflection of his own childhood trauma(s).

3:18 'Pathological rejection of authority based on unresolved childhood trauma..' I love how Silva does not say anything about that. Shows he has respect for 007 even if they are foes. Bardem was brilliant in this role.

Javier Bardem deserved an Oscar for his flawlessly evil performance. A masterpiece performance. This is an actor who is greatly underrated and deserves wider attention.

Silva: the Joker of the Bond films.

The fact that he can speak so gently and act so tender while also clearly making everything such a terrifying threat is so impressive.

The only villain that says "no" without screaming, rather in a gentleman manner. A professional courtesy to another.

The way he sarcastically laughs when Bond says he scored 70 and then corrects it to 40. Oscar-worthy acting!

Funny how the moment Bond calls Silva's seduction bluff, Silva stops trying to seduce him. Everything he's doing in this scene is an attack on Bond to try and find a weak spot in his defences.

You know the weird part ? In some alternate timeline, I can easily see Silva and Bond being colleagues, even friends, and that's not something you can say about any other bond villain (except Goldeneye ofc). Also, like every good villain, it makes you pissed off at M, at how proud she is as a character to leave someone she is responsible for and not give a damn.

I'll always be impressed with what Javier Bardem did for more than a minute and a half (0:23 - 2:00)--not just give that speech, but how he delivered it and the pace at which he did so, and how he enraptured the audience. It is a reminder of how the truly powerful have no need to shout. I have no idea how many takes there were before he nailed it, but boy, he _nailed_ it.

This is actually a brilliant throwback to the old Bond movies with the helpless Bond; the scary villain with the cool monologue and the campy undertones. Skyfall was Craig's Goldfinger, and it will be hard to beat.

"Her loss." I have to say, I appreciate the sudden homoerotic nature of this scene.

5:24 *''Your knees must be killing you.''* A simple, but relevant sentence. Silva hinted that Bond was already tiring of his life as an MI6 agent, and trying to lie to himself that he wasn't "cheated". Good movie, great performance by Craig and Bardem.

Silva’s face after he said “we can eat each other” 😂 Awesome

God this is such a gorgeously shot movie.

''You're not nearly the agent I was." The look on Bond's face in his reaction is priceless!!!!!

" Everyone needs a hobby." " What's yours ?" " Resurrection." Mind blowing. Craig always tops my list of favourite Bonds. His nonchalance gives him an extra edge

They should never have killed of Silva. He's bonds true nemesis

Ooh Mr.Bond....O.O

"Your knees must be killing you" reference to the fact that in reality craig had issues with his knees during filming

"What's the most you've ever lost in a coin toss?"

5:21 when his hands was released the guard got scared, "that's a detail"

4:31 "We can either eat each other... mm?" Gawd, I wish my mind wasn't this dirty...

He's very persuasive. I'd highly consider joining him.

Silva is basically like 006 alec trevelyan from goldeneye who also worked mi6 and betrayed them when he told James Bond his loyalty was for the mission after left them almost dying after he survive

Imagine doing that whole walk and speech perfect only to sneeze right at the end

I'm no film student, but even I can see what an amazing scene this is. Imagine the skill, control, coordination and practice it must have taken to put together that opening shot -- a single long take that slowly moves in and up until you "see" from Bond's POV, all while Javier Bardem delivers that monologue so perfectly while walking at exactly the right speed to end up right in front of the camera as his story reaches its ghastly ending.

Silva's face when Bond says "Everybody need a hobby" - oh! the humiliation! Silva's pride and achievement of life just drained by Bond in one sentence.

I believe that Silva's analogy on rats is about agents of M16, Silva was one of the two surviving rats and he longer hunted terrorists(coconuts) instead he now kills other agents of M16; e.g. Bond.

This is by far one of the best villain introductions ever...Javier Bardem totally nailed this one!!

3:45 Silva: *Stares at Bond's eyes* Hmm...? *Stares at Bond's pants* Bond: ... *Stares at Silva's pants also*

5:20 I like that the guard noticeable flinches when Bond is free'd and he flaps his arms out. He thought he was going to pull something. Clever attention to detail.

*"Mommy was very bad."* - Silva

Am I the only one who watches this like it’s ASMR over the years…?

I think it's more impactful because there's no music.

I remember feeling such tension and dread in the cinema when he told this story. Worst sentence is the last: "But now they don't eat coconut anymore. Now they only eat rat".

I love Silvas outfit. One always loves a villain with great taste. ;-)

I am in love with this scene... The actors are phenomenal, the timing of Silva's reactions or motions are right on time, they are both gentlemen, the power play is phenomenal, so casual, but kinky and smart with small signs. This scene alone deserves an award. I love Silva's character altogether.

If you listen closely at 5:24 you can hear Bond activate his gadget, right when he cracks his neck.

Here is an ASMR moment.

God damn I love this movie. Javier Bardem is such a good villain

It would have been funny if Silva started talking to bond from the elevator and Bond was like " Wait what, I can't hear you" and Silva goes on talking while Bond is like "could you come here and talk, you're like a mile away from me"

4:58 when the villain squeezes above Bond's knees, Daniel's reaction was genuine because that is a ticklish pressure point. I use it on people at judo all the time

"If I were gay, I'd marry just to piss off the Pope." -Javier Bardem Silva confirmed first gay Bond villain since Triple Nipples.

This is the best villain in movie history. Creepy, smart, enigmatic and very dangerous. No superpowers, no force. He scares just with his voice.

What a scene... at 2:57 when he said that second "No" the amount of disappointment on his face was epic... great acting.

I love Silvas face when he suggests to eat each other

From time to time, I come back to watch this video because of how amazing it was. I always say how he was one of my favorite villains (I can see why he did what he did) He was so calm and I loved his story. Skyfall itself was a great movie!

Watching this scene with family almost dragged me out of the closet. Lost my composure and started to get turned on. Mom asked if I was ok LOL.

This scene is truely brilliant. Just pure power play from both characters, beautifully written

Silva and Alec were my favorite Bond villains

Best Bond villain intro, at least for me. Skyfall and Casino Royale are my favorite Daniel Craig 007 movies.

Timing, pacing and the superb acting of him telling the story is truly amazing! What an actor

Alcohol and substance addiction indicated...oof. Love that part

Imagine the amount of pornography one could download with that setup. Not that I've ever done that or anything.

This is a masterclass in how to introduce a villain. The monologue, the long walk. Sam Mendes made a genius move here

Love that very slow zoom as Silva walks towards Bond. Incredible performance from Javier Bardem!

I don't even think Silva is a gay; he did so for humiliating Bond, like many prison "drop-the-soap" moments.

Who'da thunk that Javier Bardem would play the best Bond "Girl" ever? #ShipIt

The grin and hand motion Silva makes when he says “...you take them, and release them, into the trees” is such a nice subtle touch

Imagine a film with Bardem and Christoph Waltz. It could be anything and turn out really special. Tell them to flip a coin for the Good or Evil role.

Bond: “What makes you think this is my first time?” Silva: “Oh, Mr bond.” Me: 😧😧😧😧

"Mommy was very bad." Always cracks me up.

What I love about this scene is how patient the camera was. There were no cuts to different angles, they allowed him to slowly come over for his introduction. That’s brilliant.

What makes you think this is my first time? That line just gets me every time. I mean when you think of James Bond, you never know maybe there was a drunken moment lol

THE SEXUAL TENSION

This computer room, being just racks and racks of servers, is way more realistic than the control room seen in Spectre.

One subtle moment, in fact it is so subtle that one can easily miss it, is when Silva says "You can pick your own mission," Bond perks up ever so slightly. For a split second Bond was tempted.

This video should've been titled "the scene that should've been a sex scene."

Now here you see 2 really good actors at work. Javier Bardem is brilliant as the highly intelligent yet psychopathic ex-spy. Daniel Craig is an amazingly cool & smart Bond who holds his ground facing the villain. The script is excellent, but it is the actors who bring it to life. Now imagine the same scene with Stallone vs. Schwarzenegger, or Steven Seagal vs. van Damme: it would be totally laughable ;)

Javier Bardem is an AMAZING actor!

4:35 that look and "mhm?" after he said we can eat each other haha, what an actor

Silva: *flirts with Bond to make him uncomfortable* Bond: "I have a little itch, down there, would you mind?"

2:48 when the professor makes a joke that's not funny and you need to pass the class.

One of the best villains, one of the best actings, in my opinion.

I like how it called the funny Silva scene. This was a pretty bad ass way to introduce a villian

GF’s dad: “What are your intentions with my daughter?” Me: 1:30

Ohhh Mr. Silva are you trying to seduce me??