10 Rushed Movie Deaths That Had No Emotional Impact

Before writing this article, it had completely escaped my mind that Severine, Bond's one time lover in Skyfall, was killed around the halfway point of the film as a way to establish Javier Bardem's Silva as a carnivorous threat to 007. There was memory of the iconography, but there was an assumption of survival on my part, that Bond's successful escape of Silva involved her in some tangible way but alas, she dies, and gets completely left to the wayside after her blood dried in the sand.

Skyfall's main death of a female character at the hands of Silva that has a tangible effect on the mental health of James Bond was always going to be someone else, this was the film that M met her end, in arguably the best scene in either Sam Mendes directed Bond.

It was perfect, built on the emotional connection that the two had shared and was perfectly performed by Dench and Craig. Casino Royale, the defining 21st century Bond film, also had its main "Bond girl" meet a tragic fate in the film of her introduction, but her character was incredibly well defined and performed and her climatic death clearly affected Bond himself and the audience at large.

Severine is not designed with that purpose in mind, she was a prop for a villain, and her one major scene was built around the sensuality of shower sex over her character development. While it's not a problem to have deaths that don't mean everything to the narrative, actress Berenice Marlohe gives a wonderful performance in her limited screen time and could have done a lot more.

At least current Bond girl Lea Seydoux seems to be a major part of No Time To Die, and will hopefully be treated with more care and compassion than Severine.