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Agree with every word. However, I never realised that Campbell was that old! Mental!
Ridley Scott is 77!
Throw enough money at Martin Campbell, he'd come back. More attention needs to be on the script though. They can find another good director, it's the script that's hard to deliver on.
I hope not. Much as I enjoy Spielberg films, I find them too sugary/sentimental and I rarely feel the urge to watch one more than once (except for Duel and Jaws), which is a big deal for Bond films, which need to be able to be watched over and over again
It seems en vogue to dislike Mendes but for me he has the better track record now - and works so well with Craig most importantly.
And me personally I'm sure his take on anything from Glen was spot on.
GE is no less a homage to the past than SP. It's what some audiences wanted from Bond back then but I dispute it being a good or action packed film. Just a lot of explosions and Bond running around with a machine gun - which is the Brosnan era in a nutshell come to think of it.
CR is in a whole other league to GE but the fact Campbell still made GE detracts from my appreciation of him.
That's fair comment. I am not a fan of the Brosnan era either. I think Goldeneye as a story was a great script. The supporting cast was excellent Sean Bean is magnificent and modern Bond highlight and he does outshine Brosnan in the scenes between them. The PTS is one the best IMO. But at the time when action movies were the rage Goldeneye was the film required to reignite interest. For all the flaws in the Brosnan era they did pull in the audiences, and gave us a good M in Dame Judi.
006 had no history in the novels or previous films. He was like the extra expendable guy on Star Trek that no one ever heard of before lol.
I mean I appreciate and like GE but it's not my favorite. And I am a fan of Brosnan even though I agree with the criticism aimed at him.
I can't quote him exactly without hunting out some old interviews and promos but it was basically a downer on Dalton and the approach of the films.
Essentially just an unsporting way of trying to sell GE and also convince us that Brosnan was the best thing since Connery.
Now we've had four successful Craig films, of which one was contributed by Campbell, I trust he realises he was talking bullshit about the Dalton era.
Sure, Mendes does the characterization bit in SF too, but it seems a bit more auteur like and pretentious to me. Moreover, the tropes seem a bit forced and tacked on (MP/Bond interactions, DB5 revelation) and the pacing isn't as good in SF in comparison to the Campbell duo, There is a little more drama and weight to Mendes' effort, but consequently also a little less zip.
I have read that SP is a return to the Bond formula, so I'm interested to see if Mendes can do pure Bond as well as Campbell can.
I'm now beginning to think people are over-egging the comparison to the Moore films and misleading people.
Craig and Mendes are clearly referencing them and we have Moore moments like Craig lining the snow plane up to the car and saluting Hinx before then shooting at him but it's still a Daniel Craig Bond film.
I can't agree that GE is action packed even though it has often been said as much. Between the PTS and the finale we only really have the Tank chase outside of endless explosions. Certainly less action than the five preceding Glen films. Again I appreciate I'm very much alone with my opinion of GE though but I simply just can't warm to it and spend so much time cringing at most of the performances. Only Izabella Scorupco, Judi Dench and Michael Kitchen come away with any dignity. Xenia Onatopp and Boris put the film in comic book territory.
I agree on Onatopp/Boris being OTT, but I think this was intentional. Orumov, Mishkin & even 006 were all the same as well. I really think GE was taking a page out of some of the classic Moore Bonds (OP for instance, which featured OTT performances from the likes of Berkoff). Even SF had that in Silva. It's a 'Bond' characteristic which shows itself from time to time and in some films. It made a welcome change from the dark realism of Sanchez/LTK for some, and I think EON intentionally wanted to take a different direction from that unsuccessful (box-office wise) entry, sine GE's key directive was to re-establish Bond among the masses after the unprecedented 6 yr gap.
I believe the term used by the media is "Camp it up"
Maybe it's that some people have a grudge with Brosnan, but GE has some marvellous stunts with the bungee jump, archives crash, tank and in the finale. CR does the same with the parcours chase, airport scene, Aston Martin crash and finale. I've read somewhere that people are complaining whether Nolan is good enough for action scenes. Well, I haven't been convinced by Mendes: Shanghai shooting, tube crash, the home-alone homage during the finale...
With SPECTRE,
Maybe it's that some people have a grudge with Brosnan, but GE has some marvellous stunts with the bungee jump, archives crash, tank and in the finale. CR does the same with the parcours chase, airport scene, Aston Martin crash and finale. I've read somewhere that people are complaining whether Nolan is good enough for action scenes. Well, I haven't been convinced by Mendes: Shanghai shooting, tube crash, the home-alone homage during the finale...
With SPECTRE,
http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/james-bond-daniel-craig-is-not-gone-yet/?v=1
If BB is in denial and Craig only comes back for Mendes then 2019 is more realistic. P+W will start with a new script in September 18 and submit it in September 18.
Yes, that's me being sarcastic :)
I think the fundamentals of a script are already done, Sony wanted two films back to back the end of SPECTRE feels more like a mid way point in grander story. I reckon announced in May/June next year that Craig and Mendes will return production meet in November and in to filming March/April 2017 see it in cinema's late 2017 Mendes does not have two plays that EON have to await him finishing this time around.
I pray that you are right!
If I were a new studio, or EON or MGM (which is just getting back on its feet), I'd want to get a new film out ASAP. Strike when the iron is hot and mark your territory firmly before someone else does it.
I remember before GE & before CR there was panic that Bond was irrelevant and that others were doing it better. I don't think they want to live through that again. Such comments are more likely than not given the tepid response SP is getting (review wise) in the US.
So Craig/Mendes had better get on with it. Interesting that Mendes in particular (the more practical one I think) has been mentioning 6 months lately (which is not that long when you think about it) before he gives an answer. He is being pressured.
Agree 100%
I agree, there was a lull in spy movies for a while, that the Bond series really took advantage of with SF. Whether it can compete In a crowned enviroment is another matter. Many people are already walking away from 2015 with the thought 'kingsman/MI5 did it better'. How that will affect things when people are deciding where to spend their money in three years time, we will have to wait and see. This year was really just the beginning.