James Bond 007: Skyfall

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"At the beginning of the film there’s always an amazing action sequence, and this time it ends with Bond being shot. So one of the things I wanted to do was perhaps suggest what might be flashing through Bond’s mind as he thinks he might be dying," Kleinman explained to Movieline.

Kleinman memorably used scorpions to open Die Another Day and turned Casino Royale's literal and figurative gambling theme into a kaleidoscope of deadly hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs. The key guiding motif for Kleinman's Skyfall title sequence? Death. "It’s a sequence that starts with Bond underwater and thinking that he’s dying," Kleinman said. "I took that on as being almost like going into the underworld, feelings of mortality and feelings of, perhaps, regret and nostalgia."