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No, that sounds more like the past 3 Craig films.
Batman Begins and TDK were superb films - or are you not a big fan of Nolan?
Heaven forbid.
what are the filming rights to that novel?.. does EON own them?.. i know they own the film rights to certain post-Fleming material (ie: Devil May Care, and Carte Blanche).. the only rights that we know they have 100% control over, is the original Fleming material -
which is why they often times recycle and repackage that material.. pillaging certain plot elements from the post Fleming material, requires those specific filming rights to be bought.. just because it's Bond, doesn't mean EON have dibs to do whatever they want with it.. there is a lot from the Gardner novels that i think would be great to use.. and i've long maintained, that i would love to see the Gardner novels adapted into future video games - with an original James Bond story arch, not connected to the films...
but to be honest, no disrespect - but anything with amnesia effecting how a person would normally act in a film, it screams cheesy soap opera to me.. it's such a cliche' hack bit.... i would rather go with original plan for SF/SP, and have the new M taking over for Dench, as a Spectre mole - that Bond eventually takes care of a film or two down the line (far more compelling from a narrative and drama standpoint.)
I agree it’s time to return to that route. I say that as someone who really likes the Craig era. Continuity does not mesh well with Bond.
If they must they can do all the personal stuff in the world, but for heaven´s sake make a great film out of it. QoS I can easily forgive, not just because I really like it, but also because it made sense as a one-off experimental Bond film. But turning certain themes from QoS into a general theme for the following films (especially while at the same time ignoring the good bits built throughout CR/QoS) was just ridiculous and on top of that badly executed, mostly from the side of the director of the last two films, who has not the slightest idea of pacing.
Does EON have the rights to the Fleming novels? I would have thought so. They have used all titles, and taken whatever content and characters they wish since 1962. The only novel which had implicit conditions not be filmed was TSWLM, by Fleming himself - but I'm sure in this day and age EON could find a way round that now.
BTW - have you read the story arc of YOLT and TMWTGG to know exactly what happened with the amnesia storyline?
That is far less cheesy soap opera than Blofeld being Bond's brother. Jesus, even just writing that line shows how shockingly bad that decision was.
As for M being a mole. That double-cross angle has been done to death in every film ever since GE. And you think adapting YOLT/TMWTGG is soap opera!!
Eon have the rights to film Fleming's Bond novels. That's why currently no one else can make Bond films!
Really? What makes you say that? I rate Nolan up there with Spielberg in his prime. The Batman triology, Inception, Intersteller and Dunkirk are superb films. I rate them much higher than Mendes other films outside of Bond, or any other Bond director's films outside of the franchise.
Martin Campbell was great for CR, but he is not in the same league as Nolan. How well have Campbell's other films done outside of the franchise compared to Nolan's?
I agree with this 100%.
It stinks of arrogance.
Yeah, true.
I'd love to know what the story is. It seems to be no matter how successful a Bond film is these days, it's a nightmare getting the next one in the can.
The Brosnan era ran as it should - a film every 2 years during the 90's, then we had a long period between DAD and CR.
After that we were back on track again, with QoS out 2 years later.
Then we had to wait 4 years for SF, then 3 years for SP, and now another 4 years before the next one.
Either films are a more complicated business to get off the ground these days, or EON don't know what they are doing anymore to get these film made quickly enough.
So, would you say the same about the M:I series? 4 year gap, 6 year gap, 5 year gap, 4 year gap, 3 year gap.
Or how about a suave and handsome guy? Just asking.
He couldn't have done a Flemingesque interpretation of Bond at any age. Come to think of it, just like Craig.
Elba featuring the British look, Hoult ...
I can't really count how often you have already saved my day just by making me laugh.
Thanks a lot
This is what made Bond unique as a franchise for its first 30 years, that a film would come out every one year, and then after TB every two years, when other franchise sequels had to wait 3 years (Star Wars, Superman, Indy Jones, Rocky, etc.)
Then we had the Dalton/Brosnan blip, then normal service was resumed again, until the Brosnan/Craig blip. Now we are waiting on average 4 years between each film.
I don't compare Bond to any other franchise, because none has gone as long as Bond. MI didn't start in 1962.
Maybe this is just the sign of the times now, on how long each film has to take to get made. It's a shame because Bond always managed to overcome that long period somehow, but I guess that's just the way it is now.
Nolan is a masterful director and I would like to see what he would do with Bond but it isn’t a given that he would be superior to Campbell.
True. I can't see us going back to a Campbell style Bond film though, for the reasons I noted above. That would suggest a scale back FYEO Glen style journeyman entry, and I just can't see a distributor willing to back that when they can get someone like Nolan in and take it to the next level box office wise.