Ironically, Skyfall's biggest dumb decision is in trying to present its villain as some sort of mega-genius. After all, there comes a point when making a character too clever simply seems stupid. This applies to Javier Bardems Silva, in a big way. It turns out that hes predicted every tiny detail of the films twisty second act well in advance. This goes all the way to rigging explosives in the exact tunnel where Bond would later chase him, and timing a tube trains arrival in perfect synchronisation. Yes, its a cool action beat, but its dumb, sloppy scripting. Despite all Silvas ingenious plans, his chosen method of trying to kill M is to barge into a court hearing and shoot the place up. As if, in that scenario, she wouldnt have been quite well guarded. Why didnt he just break out of his cell when she was in the same room as him, if hes so clever? Hes seemingly only intelligent when the action demands it, but an idiot when it doesn't. Its frustrating to watch. Introducing Ben Whishaw as young, savvy Q was a pretty cool decision, admittedly. Clearly, hes meant to be a clever character. However, he makes the immensely stupid decision to plug Silvas virus-filled laptop directly into the MI6 mainframe without taking any security precautions. Moron. Are there any dumb smart movies that really grind your gears? Let us know in the comments
