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Yes, great cast for Weightless, too, though again, who knows who will actually appear in the final film. Bale only did 3 or 4 days on that one, and despite being friends with Malick he didn't seem to know if he's in it or not even as recently as this March when promoting KoC. So, the next movie coming out (where he definitely will be in) might be Terry George's The Promise with Oscar Isaac, scheduled for October release. Next one to be filmed I presume is Scott Cooper's Hostiles with Rosamund Pike, production starting in July.
I think the movie has been in Development Hell for the last few years, with possibly Ellen Page as Tara Chace (the main character of the series). Q&C shares many similarities with The Sandbaggers, which it was heavily influenced on, to the point of being an unofficial sequel/remake.
But anyway, off topic, but Christian Bale could pull a convincing Paul Crocker I think.
@Ludovico, having just read a brief synopsis of the character and novel online, I think he would be a good fit for it. My dad used to watch The Sandbaggers when it was on tv. I didn't ever watch it myself.
The Dark Knight trilogy is in alot of ways a spy movie series, not to mention that Nolan was heavily influenced by the Bond franchise.
The whole Honk Kong extraction sequence in Tdk, including the set up wit Lucius and Wayne, could have been straight out of a spy thriler. As well as a lot of the more realistic and functional gadgets
Vote Turner!
Neither Turner or Huddleston get my vote. Turner looks the part but lacks that charismatic edge. Huddleston can act but lacks any machismo.
And Moore had that charisma so I don't agree there either.
Sorry :(
My favourite Moore moment ever:
"Oh, I think I should be able to find that."
From AVTAK
I don't hate Moore, he was perfect for the time. He probably should have gotten out after OP, his schtick was wearing thin by the eighties. I view the Moore era like an Elseworlds saga. It's not how I would choose my Bond to be, but I can appreciate the films for how they gave Bond an new dimension. TSWLM is perfectly 70's the same way GF is perfectly 60's. Neither are my favourite Bond film, but they are undeniably great their own ways.
But I really don't think that would work today. I think Craig is definitely out, I'm sure of that. EON should transition smoothly into the next actor rather than make a big song and dance about it like they did with Craig. I absolutely love and adore the transition from Moore to Dalton. Its so smooth. TLD is like a Moore outing repurposed. They toned down the camp and cranked up the drama a few notches. Then with Dalton's second outing they moved further into designing the film to fit the actor. I'd much prefer this to a big splashy "we're going back to basics" opener. That's why it took the Craig era 3 films to get started and why we only ended up with one proper outing in the form of SPECTRE. EON listen to me, please. Use SP as the foundation. Salvage what you can and go from there. Don't whatever you do throw the baby out with the bathwater. This golden goose of yours has just reached point of lay, don't throw it out for a new egg to sit on.
Regarding Turner, I only know his acting from The Hobbot-trilogy, so not much to go on there for a future Bond. By the look of him, I can see him as a new Bond. He does strike me as maybe too young.
Turner lacks charisma and quite frankly star appeal. Just my opinion.
I get your point about casting them a little younger, but an actor has to have the gravitas too in order to play Bond. Some develop it with age, and some don't. As an example, although I know some disagree, I don't think Cavill has developed it yet.
With Turner, I just have to see more of his work. He doesn't seem to grab the screen despite being a good looking chap.
Cavill doesn't impress me at all. I admit I waffle with Hiddleston.
Tom Huddlestone plays for Hull City :)
Lol auto correct
Interesting. I don't agree with any of this. If you gave me the master copy of OHMSS in one hand and the master copies of FYEO, TND, DAD, QOS in the other and told me I had to let one hand go into the ocean, I would drop those films like an ugly baby. Those four films are decent to poor iterations of the same basic formula. They're curios for Bond fans to look back on and discuss. They hit their marks with the general audience of the time, made a nice profit and promptly faded from the collective consciousness. OHMSS transcends the formula. It is a new marvel every time I watch it. For me, there is more to enjoy in that one film than those others combined. Films like that make cinema what it is- they define the medium. As much as I enjoy every Bond film for their own quirks, there are probably half a dozen that stand apart and outshine the rest. So if Turner delivers a limp effort for starters, It won't bother me because he has enough time where he can nail the role in one franchise redefining outing, a proper corker from start to finish, and the rest of his tenure will cease to matter. I can just rewatch that for as many times as I want.
I really love to love stuff, and the more I can love something with as few reservations as possible, the happier I am. I don't care if people disagree, If I can sit down and watch something and honestly find nothing negative to say about it, then as far as I'm concerned, it's perfect. Like I said earlier, Spy films are the perfect genre (IMO) and James Bond is a perfect character (IMO). Turner could be the perfect Bond actor (again, IMO- the right mix of Connery cool and Dalton intensity), and if all these things come together, and that magic happens like it does roughly once per decade with this franchise, then I have no reason to believe it won't be the greatest cinematic experience ever conceived. The rest of the tenure won't make a difference in comparison to that achievement.
If you'll permit me to suggest another way of looking at it: If a hypothetical Turner tenure could improve with each film, that's great. However if he peaked with his first one, like Brosnan and arguably Craig has done, then perhaps I would want him replaced sooner, and consequently it wouldn't matter how old he was when he was cast.
Meaning they don't go stale before their 5th? YOTL was Connery's 5th, FYEO was Moore's 5th and DAD was Brosnan's 5th - 2 of which you're chucking in the ocean.
I've only been on this forum for about a week, but it's very clear from other discussions that the definitive performance of a Bond-actor and the greatest Bond film he's in, aren't necessarily the same. And certainly not the same for the public.
DAD was Brosnan's fourth.
Still, thank goodness for that.
Looks wise he is full on Connery, with a hint of that Dalton wolfish look and just a slight whiff of Lee Van Cleef.
Presence wise he is total Dalton, through and through. I don't know if anyone remembers, but there is that scene in TLD where Dalton turns to camera and says: 'yes, I got the message'. I think that will be Turners bread and butter. Very cynical and sinister at the same time. He also has that aura of Connery coolness about him.
Just some more bondian moments from TLD:
Bond driving with Saunders when he says "scared TLD out of her".
Bond smoking with Q. Bond should smoke more nowadays. Maybe he took Osato's advice.
Bond forcably stripping that woman to use her as a distraction. While not pleasant, this is the ruthless Bond we should have now.
Bond attempting suicide before the drug can take affect. Bond wouldn't think twice about killing himself, that's how cold he is.
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Thought I'd post this again. I edited this to give more an idea of how perfect I think Turner will be:
Thought I'd post this again. I edited this to give more an idea of how perfect I think Turner will be:
A Mixture of Dr No Connery and LTK Dalton. Mmmm.... =P~
I had asked about a month ago if anyone could post something that shows him command the screen and deliver something Bondian. I didn't see it in the youtube clip of him from And Then There Were None which was posted before personally, which is why I was hoping for another example. Being Bond is more than looking good in a suit, as we've learnt the hard way in the past.
Yea I didn't catch that or interpret that that way either.
I did catch Camille requesting Bond to shot her instead of dying by fire in QoS and Bond obliging until he saw another alternative. Not sure if the audience as a whole caught that.
Yes, I caught that myself, but I wouldn't be surprised if audience members missed it, because Kurlyenko has a tendency to garble her words unless one listens to her carefully. I recently watched The November Man, and found her difficult to understand in places there as well.