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Can't say goodbye to Craig with a floating building, a desert hotel, a gimmicky death or a collapsing MI6.
It's as if the writers were sacked and / or walked before finishing most of Craig's shooting scripts.
We haven't had a truly great ending since Goldeneye IMO.
All hands on deck. The pressure is on.
SF goes without saying but the Venice sequence was quite original and inspired, also the explosive desert climax in QOS was as tense as hell.
Only odd one out for me and that film had not 1 but 2 climaxes and both of them were lame.
Agree with this. They could have done so much with the lair set up. Bond's escape could have been creatively handled and the mainstay of the third act and then a Blofeld confrontation.
It was the need to have Bond running around with the Scooby gang at the end that forced them into that. Hence Skyfall working better because M was central to the plot and Q and Moneypenny disappeared for the third act. When they bring back all of them I hope it's more artfully, suspensefully and purposefully done in B25 rather than what felt like contractual obligation in SP.
@ClarkDevlin reason that they had to put everything into one film was because they thought it was daniels last so they had to smash blofeld in there instead of cameo in spectre showdown in next film.
Rumor? Gary Barber of MGM announced in a November 2012 investor call that Logan was going to write Bond 24 and 25 together. That's not a rumor. It also confirmed a Deadline: Hollywood story. Yes, they changed their mind. But it wasn't a rumor. It was *announced*.
For that matter, Sam Mendes confirmed it *again* in an April 2014 U.S. television interview. He said the plan was to film 24 and 25 back and back before the idea got rolled back.
Yes. Craig even mentioned it in the same 2015 interview that generated the "slash my wrists" quote.
https://www.timeout.com/london/film/daniel-craig-interview-my-advice-to-the-next-james-bond-dont-be-shit
'But at the studio there was a real keenness to get it done as soon as possible. In fact, there was a conversation at one point that went: “Let’s film two movies back to back.” I just went: “You’re out of your minds.” In the nicest possible way. They’re just too big.'
Mod edit: f-bomb removed.
And what makes you think Daniel has final say on a decision such as this? I imagine the producers had a very similar stance on the subject, and surely they had more of a hand than Craig did when it came to scrapping the idea.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2278914/Sam-Mendes-James-Bond-sights-Skyfalls-phenomenal-box-office-success.html
Bond has never been bigger, thanks to the phenomenal box-office success of Skyfall, directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes.
And people have been asking whether he will return to direct the next one, known for now as Bond 24.
He had initially been reluctant because screenwriter John Logan was planning to write a two-part story that would have been shot back-to-back, which would have taken four years out of the director’s life.
It would have meant long stretches for the cast, too - led by Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes as the new M, Naomie Harris as Miss Moneypenny and Ben Whishaw playing Q.
That plan has been jettisoned, and Bond 24 and 25 will be stand-alone pictures.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2278914/Sam-Mendes-James-Bond-sights-Skyfalls-phenomenal-box-office-success.html#ixzz4v40KQ7jx
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The last film was a mess on account of jamming too much in which could have been handled so much better as a two parter. It's quite clear to anyone with half a brain. So whoever made that call doesn't deserve my adulation. Rather, quite the contrary.
There would be dozens of topics in this folder regarding the villains, Bond girls, locations, gunbarrel, theme song, (which we would have heard by now and could be analyzing), etc etc .
Then we could start anticipating Bond actor number 7 who's debut might have been released the date we're actually getting B25.
All of which makes me skeptical about the notion of a Bond shared universe, at least under the current Eon leadership. The individual Bond films are a big undertaking.
At the same time, though, we'll be discussing that stuff late 2018/early 2019, something we wouldn't be doing if B25 did drop this year.
Let's not jump to conclusions. Craig doesn't have (and never has) a final say on a decision such as this. From what I gather these conversations were purely studio-based regardless. I can't see EON being too comfortable with the idea.
in the Villeneuve interview we found out EON are talking to a number of different directors. I thought they had their man but maybe they dont.
also seems back to back films starting with Spectre was considered at one point. Mendes/Craig probably rejected this.
I saw BR2049, I cant say yes to Villenueve. The quality is there but its too much of a slog, you have to be a little more mainstream. he would be polarizing & isnt right for Craigs finale. Id rather see Mendes come back with something fresh.
EON are picky, I think Nolan & Mendes were there first two choices.
I agree. But the London finale didn't have to be the mess that it was. The problem is that capturing Blofeld was used as the climax. Instead, saving Madeleine should have been. A formula used in TSWLM was needed: face the henchman (Hinx needed to be back); face the villain; save the girl.
I believe I remember Mendes and Craig both pointing the finger at Sony (rather than Eon) here as being the ones who were very pro about Bond 24 and 25 being shot back to back as a two parter. I think they were both critical about the use of Sony product placement in previous films too. There is a LOT in CR for example.