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I'm not 'kicking anyone'. What makes you think I'm kicking him? I'm glad to discuss the Fleming dramas, and that he supports my claim. But this isn't the thread for that. No 'kicking' intended - only warm love.
I'm a bit confused ... maybe I need to be more sensitive to other people who are sensitive and get the wrong impression ...
From a position of experience I’m just putting forward a case to be positive. They haven’t made two brilliant films in a row since the 60s, so the oscillation in quality is nothing new. The issue appears to be larger gaps, causing heightened exasperation - any mistakes they make take longer to rectify, which appears to magnify them in the minds of some fans. Is that true of the general audience? I don’t believe so.
The constant fearmongering that it could all come tumbling down is, while never an impossibility, a fanciful argument confected by those who desperately want change. It’s ok to want change and I can absolutely see the arguments for it in this case, what I don’t understand is having to slander EON’s capabilities as producers to make the point - believe me, whatever Barbara says to press, they’ve considered what’s next and they’ll be fully aware of where they and others feel they’ve dropped the ball.
EON are, after all, an independent production comany and while I’m sure they’ll be flattered by the comparisons to Marvel and Lucasfilm, would find a lot of the comparisons at best naive and at worst stupid.
As has been noted on this thread already, it’s perhaps best to look at the financial situation, rather than B&M’s ability to do their jobs.
What happens next is to be confirmed, but they are still capable of delivering, whatever the scenario.
Sony needs a hit so badly(especially after "cough, cough" that movie that must not be named about emojis?), so they are definitely going to try to get the full ownership of MGM and its library. Expect Columbia to be onboard for all future Bond films including potential spinoffs if that happens
Lets hope the Bond 25 DVD/Blu Rays aren't overpriced.
I believe they are indeed capable, hence my annoyance and disappointment with the way things have been run as of late and my position of believing they should be doing better. That being said, I think I'm patient enough in waiting for whatever comes next. I just hope these long waits don't result in another disappointment but I'm definitely cheering EoN on to give us something truly special and mostly satisfying. Time will tell.
Have to admit this would be one of my concerns re Nolan although there has been some decent writing in there as well. Memento (I’m assuming he wrote it), Inception and Interstellar were decent writing jobs in my opinion. Agree though that aside from looking great the Batman films left me cold. Massively overrated IMO - prefer Burton and Keaton’s take.
Nolan has made 10 films over a 20 year period. I thought he’d made more for some reason but that’s actually a pretty good work rate.
Insomnia is still one of my favourite Nolan films - the only one he didn’t write...
Even so I would definitely like to see him direct a Bond film or three. I’d prefer it if they did it as soft continuity though. A triptych rather than a trilogy. Different facetes of the same character. Love, Hate, Transendence.
I'll bold the section of that post that refers to B25:
Point being, the lack of news, lukewarm reception to SP and particularly this new tradition of having 4 year gaps between films can make one feel that B25 may be trying to stretch out and delay what feels to be a dying era. It seems many on here would prefer Eon to skip one last outing with Craig and start fresh with a new actor.
Considering the articles and "news" seems to be in the negative: no Nolan, no Yann, a possibly delayed Boyle, a passive aggressiveness to decide between Boyle's writer and P & W, etc , I really wouldn't be against closing out the Craig films with SP.
Just around the corner? Let’s just worry about Bond 25 getting a director right now!
It's not an allegation that deadline.com doesn't do speculation, it's a fact. Saying that the reports of Hodge working on the screenplay are "pure speculation" is simply ignorant.
God is the next director? Now I am curious.
Never seen any of his films. How does he compare to the other names that are being talked about for Bond 25?
Lol, there was a line like that in a song called Little Suzie by Kelis
This is God's movie and just tryna play my part
Never seen any of his films either just know that he is the only director left named a frontrunner without a conflicting project he did direct the oscar nominated hell on high water.
This is not even conjecture. This is just wishing.
100% agree. I’m shocked to see so many people ok with a final Craig-Bond movie being scrapped. He’s by far one of, if not the best Bond. He deserves a better, more conclusive finale than what SPECTRE was.
Or at the very least-- post them on the controversial thread from now on!
I'm an idiot, but I'll wager that more is happening in pre-production than that.