Factual error: During Bond's fight with Patrice in the Shanghai high-rise, Patrice's sniper rifle fires several times, presumably by accident. However, moments earlier, when Patrice assassinates his target in the neighboring building, the rifle is shown to be bolt-action. A bolt-action rifle can't be fired more than once without manually loading the next round.
Trivia
The title song "Skyfall" was the first James Bond theme to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was the first to earn an Oscar nomination since the song for 1981's "For Your Eyes Only". See more...
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Skyfall (2012)
Directed by Sam Mendes, starring Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes (add more)
Skyfall mistakes
Other: In the opening scene where Moneypenny is holding the rifle, you can see the flash suppressor was installed upside down. The 'slots' are on the bottom.
Continuity: When Silva is about to slide down the escalator, Bond runs past the same blonde woman twice between shots.
Skyfall trivia
The title song "Skyfall" was the first James Bond theme to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and was the first to earn an Oscar nomination since the song for 1981's "For Your Eyes Only".
Even though he appears on screen for more than fifteen minutes, Ola Rapace (playing Patrice, the mercenary they chase at the start who Bond later catches in Shanghai) doesn't have a single word of dialogue.
M's house in this film is the former home of James Bond composer John Barry.
Skyfall quotes
Q: I can do more damage on my laptop in my pyjamas than you can do in a year in the field.
James Bond: Then what do you need me for?
Q: Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
James Bond: Or not pulled. It's hard to know which in your pyjamas.
[Bond rushes after a train and jumps onto the back of it.]
Man on platform: He's keen to get home.
Kincade: Welcome to Scotland!
