7 Obvious Spoilers You Missed At The Start Of Movies
3. Skyfall: The Opening Credits Hint At M's Death
M's death in Skyfall was a real curveball. Sure, supporting James Bond characters had died before, but this was the first time in the history of the long-running 007 series that a villain actually achieved their primary objective.
Shocking though it was, director Sam Mendes hinted that Dame Judi Dench's character would meet her end during the film's opening credits. The actress's name is briefly displayed against a graveyard backdrop.
Skyfall is almost as much M's movie as it is Bond's. Dench has more screentime in this film alone than Desmond Llewelyn had in his 17 outings as Q, making her version of M the most recurrent character in the series, after Bond himself.
But her demise didn't come straight out of left field if you were on the ball during the opening credits, and reading into everything you saw.