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God no !!
Not while Craig is in the role.
There have been some films in the past 22 years which have been highly praised (GE, CR & SF). I happen to personally think that these have been the best films of that period as well. The rest of them have been distinctly poor in my view (and of course many will disagree, which as one should expect, given the large number of fans for this series who came on board at various times and because we are all unique).
Those 3 highly rated films have all been quite different. GE was quite formula'esque but a statement of intent about Bond's role in a post-cold war world. CR was quite Fleming'esque and took Bond back to his gritty roots after a flirtation with OTT. SF was something else entirely. It brought something new, shook up the traditional flow, and also harkened back to the past. The consistent aspect of all 3 (again in my view), was excellent execution. The vision was clear and everyone worked from the same page to deliver on that vision. There is a clarity to all three films. That's the trick in my humble estimation.
It's the type of thing I'd love to see, but I fear the series will distance itself from any comparisons to QoS (past the character "connections" in SP). QoS did everything superbly when it came to the action sequences, in my opinion, and I want that type of intensity put back into it all. The Italy rooftop chase, the fight scenes, the opening car chase, they're all so frenetic and high-danger.
How about that action scene with Jackie Chan attempting to escape the B+B. The was very well executed, and actually reminded me of the stairwell fight from CR.
I'd be just as fine with that tweak, I know that style of editing isn't to everyone's liking. That jarring cut-editing is something that bugs me a lot of the time too, but for some reason I didn't mind it in the slightest in QoS and had no issues with following what was going on (though it could be because I caught the movie three or four times in a week or so, so I was familiar with it so quickly upon release).
Bringing Forster back for another would be gold, but it'd never happen. A man can dream.
@ClarkDevlin I think there is a trend back to more long cut action sequences in film and tv. Atomic Blonde is a perfect example as you note.
Precisely, @bondjames. Something I actually have a liking for.
Pretty much anyone is better than that sappy melodrama that is fitting for an Oscar indie, but not for a massive action/spy thriller series like this.
It's James Bond, Sam, not American Beauty 2.
There’s room for a majestic finale that doesn’t piggyback on current trends.
Not sure I agree they were tonally consistent but certainly enjoyable!
If the series is not strong enough to move forward without the DB5, then it's in trouble.
The DB5 was both nostalgic AND symbolic in SF. When we see it get blown to bits, at the end of the film, that was a definite allusion to a destruction of "old" Bond and "old ways." It worked.
... but isn't the allusion lost when it simply returns in the following film, completely restored? Does that allude to the "old ways" returning or something?
@TripAces But then, at the end, they bring the old office back? :-/
And destroying an Aston Martin is part of the formula for Connery and Craig. But AM will return.
What´s wrong with action scenes being derivative? M:I recently proves how well that can go, and I have no problems whatsoever re-watching QoS with all its derivative stuff, because it´s done well. I have problems re-watching the highly derivative of the Bourne and Batman films stuff in SF, because I think it´s done not well.
Oh I see, that´s why they re-introduced the old M office at the end of SF, right?
SF is a textbook example of pretentiousness.