the directors thought's while making the movie - we have bond , we have m , rest of it is a gamble 
lets see how it plays out in the first few scenes bond is seen chasing a bad guy on a motorbike riding on the top of street houses - 
are'nt they just taking all this a way too seriously  , have they forgotten 
its just a movie fighting on the top of a moving train that is passing over a bridge ,
 at this point they have certainly forgotten its a movie skyfall , well they could have named it 
waterfall too , after all bond fell into the water anyways
bond was shot by his own operative , 
lesson learned be nice and considerate to your coworkers or they might 
shoot youthe villian was homosexual and french , 
does'nt really add up  , homesexuals and french are always polite and kind ( i hope i am not offending anyone , just trying to whip some humour )
at one point i was confused as to whether the villian wanted to kill bond or 
molest him , he even shot the girl who bond could have been making out with next , 
right in the head in the end bond and m decided to hide in  a place in the old country , if this if happening to bond and m , 
are the rest of us safe illusions !, there are no illusions 
there is only that which is the truth