10 Classic Movies Extended Only By Stupid Villain Decisions

2. Raoul Silva Constantly Chooses The Most Elaborate Option - Skyfall

Raoul Silva is extremely different to a lot of James Bond baddies, and not just because he flirted with 007. Sure, he's disfigured, easily angered, inexplicably psychopathic and horrible to women, but he's a villain with a vendetta against M, not with a master-plan for James to uncover. Skyfall is the story of a battle between two men; one of them trying to kill his former boss, the other trying to protect his current boss. Whilst Bond tries to always stay one step ahead, Silva's big plan is to let himself be caught so that he can escape and find M; it unbelievably works out for him, but along the way he makes some terrible choices, all following after his one monumentally bad decision. Firstly, he wants to be the one to kill her, despite others perhaps having a better shot. Well, she's one of the most protected women in Britain: beggars can't be choosers. Then there's the decision to attack her whilst she's the other side of London; is it not easier to take her down in her office, where there'll be less time for the secret service to react? Just plant someone on the inside, like Mr White did in the last film. And what about the showy helicopter entrance at the Skyfall estate in Scotland? Was that really the best way to announce that you were there to kill M? Frankly, the ostentation of Silva is what gets the better of him. Because by alerting MI5 to him, making himself a wanted man, becoming a fugitive and angering the world via YouTube, he drew so much attention to himself that Bond had time to plan a fightback. Why not just break into her apartment and shoot her in cold blood? It can't be that hard. Bond breaks in - in every film.