"Skyfall" changed everything for James Bond.

007’s 23rd official mission not only celebrated the franchise’s 50th anniversary with an all-timer of a blockbuster hit, it also elevated the series to "Dark Knight" levels with its very serious (and very gut-punch emotional) story about Bond shooting/punching/detonating everything in his path to overcome a past plagued by family demons in order to pave a future for more martinis, girls, and guns.

Five years since its release (Nov. 9, 2012), we still feel and talk about its impact. Here are a few secrets you never knew about Bond’s best movie.