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He's done. No more DC after SP.
I think EON and he have known it for some time (even before the leak and before the title announcement etc.). I just have a feeling he decided a while back to pack it in, but have been hopefully awaiting a statement from him to the contrary.
He was brought in to re-energize the franchise and tell the origin story. He will have done that with SP and I don't see a better time for him to move on. I just don't see him wanting to do a regular standalone, meaning they either have to entice Mendes and the SP cast back for a sequel, or he will move on.
Purely an opinion.
Agreed. Plus, it will make their introductions in SF more endearing and emotional in hindsight.
Obviously none of us know the specifics and we'll all have to wait and see but going on my thoughts and hopes, I'm sticking with the belief that Craig will be back for Bond 25.
The worst PTS of the series? That's the thing about Bond fans we have such differing views, our Swiss friend is proving to be the absolute opposite of myself with his views but that's his prerogative.
Although I think some Bond fans are more impressed by the elements than the essence of the character and would just prefer allot of box ticking, hence why some want MP & Q and other boxes ticked in CR when it's not necessary.
QOS not having the GB at the end is a bit of bug bear but that opening track across the lake into that visceral car chase wouldn't be the same and Arnold plays a blinder with that cue. I've really grown to like that PTS allot, none of Brosnan's are that good to me.
Skyfall I'm not sure, I can see Mendes reasoning for not doing it, saying essentially that is kind of the GB just differently presented but if it doesn't turn up at the beginning of Spectre I'm not going to be happy.
QOS' PTS is unwatchable due to wild close-ups, shaky camera work and insane editing.
I can't see which PTS should be less good than the one in CR. Certainly not Skyfall's which is bloody great.
But as you said, all a matter of opinion.
CR had to come back in a way that separated it from the previous films, it had to go out to bat amongst the like of Bourne & Batman and that PTS showed it was match ready to do so, a typical Bond PTS wouldn't have had half the impact.
Like I said it will go down as one of the iconic moments of the series and it has no gimmicks that were saturated in the previous era.
I think it's fantastic I'm so glad they chopped off the start at the cricket match it would have been un-needed and would not have had the same impact but just that one line "I know where you keep your gun" set the tone for Dan's dry humour that have made him a great Bond.
That to me was the key to its effect......it was a shock to many who had grown to expect more money thrown up on the screen, while still being numbed as more was, increasingly becoming less.
For many, including myself, CR was a welcome case of less is more.
I think the QoS PTS is really distinct. I think it's become the default lazy excuse to suggest you don't know what's going on. Seems pretty obvious to me and is quite a unique moment of the series. It's capped by the most bad ass moment in DC's tenure when he shoots the driver in the final Alfa. I refuse to accept that it isn't the epitome of 'cool as fuck'.
I'm not sure what that fight in the restroom should accomplish, it doesn't feel like Bond it doesn't look like Bond, the b+w thing doesn't help this matter either.
The restroom sequence looks like from another movie altogether, also the rather dull sequence in the office of James' second killing is just forgettable and the dialogue is awful. It all looks like some generic B-movie hitman story flick.
Thank God it's so short and the sequence after the titles makes one forget the PTS rather fast.
If they wanted to "educate" the viewer of how Bond has gotten his 00 licence, fine, but it could have been made much more entertaining.
I wonder which PTS' other than QOS' can be considered less good than the CR one. I really can't think of any if I look at it objectively.
Right there with you, it's an excellent PTS that, from start to finish, gets me absolutely amped for the rest of the movie. The whole 'the editing is too quick and you can't tell what's going on' complaint is just an excuse, because I know what's happening in every instance of the PTS, it's not that hard to decipher at all; it's a car chase, really isn't that hard to follow along with it.
The idea is that Bond is a 'blunt instrument', hence the rather brutal and messy sequence. He is not the finessed Bond he will become. Again, you can dislike the concept, but suggesting it's just 'not Bond' is pointless. It wasn't trying to 'be Bond', it was a springboard from which he could 'become Bond'.
I agree. This certainly is 'cool as ......'
You must be joking (my favourite Connery quote).
Every time I watch it I shout, 'yeah!' I mean that seriously.
No need for me to try to argue when CR won which is (imo) laughable but I'll accept the democratic verdict.
1. CR
2. TLD
3. TSWLM
4. GE
5. MR
6. OHMSS
7. TWINE
8. OP
9. FRWL
10. GF
11. SF
12. LTK
13. TB
14. QOS
15. FYEO
16. YOLT
17. TND
18. DAD
19. TMWTGG
20. AVTAK
21. DAF
22. LALD
I too thought the opening B & W CR scenes were very well done. It was a creative and rather daring decision, that took some confidence to do. It reflected the brutally intense and gritty nature of new Bond. CR has aged well with me. SF not so much. I wish they could go back and reedit QOS, it might greatly improve it. The PTS is ok with all the jump cuts, but it hurts the rest of the film.
The bathroom fight was real shock and the way they cut back and forth, Bond's dialogue to Dryden, that opening line delivered so deadpan, anyone who says Craig can't do humour clearly can't see his subtle delivery, the "yes considerably delivered wittily but with a hint of relief as we see how much an effort the first kill was with the cut back to the bathroom and that amazing dissolve into the credits and the iconic gun barrel given a brave new spin with what is for me still kleinman finest credits to date.
CR defecates all over the Brosnan era.
I actually prefer SF to CR but I get why many see it as the pinnacle of the Craig era and it resides at my no. 3 spot although after Spectre it will be interesting to see if CR and SF are displaced. I can't see it topping OHMSS but I could see it becoming my no. 2 if the promise of what is contained comes to fruition.
It's not and my stance on the way it's edited is to put you in Bond's shoes. Everything is happening in a split second where one wrong move can be fatal. That's what the whole film is like. I truly feel I'm Bond watching QOS. I feel in danger and dangerous all at the same time. The editing shows just what is like to be in those situations.
Might this be the answer?
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:00 pm Post subject:
Google translated
Barbara Broccoli: "James Bond Daniel Craig IS End of discussion."
We posed the question of Recasting the high priestess of the saga. The answer is clear.
Every week, bookmakers scariest casting directors and fans by announcing 007 new potential candidates to take over the role of James Bond. Idris Elba would be the first black Bond or Damian Lewis, and if it was Tom Hardy ... Yet among gatekeepers, the question does not arise. But absolutely not. Daniel Craig has not finished with the character. Yet we asked Barbara Broccoli, producer of the saga. The answer is final. >>> Idris Elba "too street" to play James Bond >>> And if Tom Hardy became James Bond?
Let's talk about Daniel Craig. Nobody had expected such a performance in Casino Royale.
Barbara Broccoli: Nobody except us (laughs) We expected it. We knew he was going to convince the most skeptical. It is an extraordinary actor. All those who knew the films he had made before Bond should have noticed that when it seizes a role, it completely transforms and becomes the character. It is charismatic on screen, it is extraordinary. >>> All cults generic Bond
Think keep much longer?
(laughs) We hope so!
One can regularly read yet possible successors to the role of advertisements in newspapers. Idris Elba, Michael Fassbender ...
I know. The good side of his ads is that they show the commitment of the public and Bond character to the series, as to be invested in it. So they do all the time suggestions on casting. But in our case, Daniel IS James Bond. End of discussion! Until he himself decides otherwise, we are not, and I even absolutely not add, interested in the idea to consider anyone else in the role. Interview by David Fakrikian 007 Spectre of Sam Mendes with Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci was released in theaters on November 11:
http://www.premiere.fr/Cinema/News-Cinema/Barbara-Broccoli-Daniel-Craig-EST-James-Bond-Fin-de-la-discussion-4257005
I would rather watch any Brosnan film than any Craig film. Brosnan, for all his failings (and those of his era in general), still has one good Bond, TND.
The unspoken truth in both those statements is that people who talk in such a manner about Bond movies or one Bond actor are not Bond fans at all but trolls.
You are overemotional but that's alright. I assure you that i am not a "troll." I'm among the most dedicated of Bond fans. I just have a different point of view.