5 Things Bond 24 Can Learn From Daniel Craig's Previous 007 Outings

4. A Memorable Villain

The one way Skyfall stands indisputably heads and shoulders above Daniel Craig's previous entries is in its lead villain. Although I enjoyed the desperation of Casino Royale's Le Chiffre and rather liked the slippery and disgusting nature of Quantum of Solace's underrated Dominic Greene, in a franchise with so many iconic villains neither really stood out as truly worthy adversaries to Bond. This all changed with Skyfall's Raoul Silva, played perfectly by Javier Bardem, who, with not a massive amount of screen time, secured his place as one of the greatest Bond villains yet. Silva, a cyber-terrorist, is very much a villain for today's world; hidden in the shadows, causing fear and chaos long before revealing himself. The character shares some similarities to The Dark Knight's Joker (one of several ways Skyfall draws from Nolan) but whereas the Joker was launching something of an ideological crusade of anarchy and nihilism, Silva has much more personal intentions drawing from his troubled past, of which we're only partially informed of. Skyfall is a much better film for having an engaging and charismatic villain, and whilst Bond 24 shouldn't simply reproduce another villain identical to Silva, it should bear in mind that a hero is only as strong as his villain.