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What I'm saying is that after such a long wait, I'd at least want a film that can rank in the top 10 of Bond entries according to most viewers, which is what we got with GE (I'm sure you disagree), TSWLM and CR. I think we deserve that at least.
Craig’s words are worth about zero . This guy is contradicting himself permanently. He praised the quality of Skyfall script before its release just to say before Spectre that it wasn’t that’s good or even rather bad logic wise and that they had made up for it in SP ( and be honest is there more blatant lie imaginable? ). And, and, and ....
And about not needing the money - of course need is relative, but his life certainly isn’t cheap either and there is still the government taking its share of his income and most of all he is probably aware that there won’t be another paycheck in that range in his career. Because it’s just about certain that after Bond there won’t be any big budget movies in his life in which he has the main role.
I want to add the following to my prior statement: In the case of GE, CR, TSWLM and even SF not only did we get a top 10 (by most people's estimation) entry after the long wait, but we also had a Bond actor who could continue for at least a few more. That is not the case here, which goes back to my point from yesterday about this not just being about B25 after this wait, but rather about B25 and the future.
In my humble view, this is most similar to the Dalton situation in 1994.
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@noSolaceleft good point. With his child on the way and at his age I don't see many big blockbuster roles in his immediate future either. This is not to say that he won't be a busy actor post-Bond (Purity is still on the cards), but I can't see him taking on something large scale ever again, even if something were available to him. Smaller character roles are more likely, and they certainly won't pay as well. Quite frankly, I don't blame him for wanting to cash out, if that is indeed his plan. This isn't and has never been about Craig for me. He's an actor and a person doing what he must. It's about EON.
With the exception that Dalton wasn't ageing at a rapid rate,and watched what he said and how he behaved re the role of Bond.
I'm losing a lot of faith in Craig lately.
I really, really have problems buying this story. To really have asked Dalton to come back after the long hiatus and the reception he had in his first two movies Cubby would have had to be well past his time then. There is no reason imaginable why he should have done so. It really has been a long break and I remember that I personally (and I was a big big Bond fan )had completely closed the Bond movies file. I remember how the trailer for goldeneye took me completely by surprise. I really hadn’t expected to see another James Bond movie.
GE is definitely the anomaly here, being the 3rd from worst film in the series
Is he taking the piss ??!!
before you know it, you are back with PB!!!
Ten years.
"who is she?"
"she is a potentially very expensive sexual harrasment law suit" (from 1.15)
obvioulsy there is also the jealousy ellement also
considering this was 2010, perhaps it was ahead of its time but it does show how you can have sexual banter/chemisty whilst referencing modern culture. I think it's well written dialogue (well executed also) but could be just me. I can imagine this type of banter working in a lighter, more relaxed future Bond world...between Bond and Moneypenny?
(disclaimer, before I get jumped on, Im not saying that Bond should become a superhero etc, just using this as an example of modern writing in a big movie with a light touch)
Here is the same scene for those who may get a block when viewing the link above.
Fun.....Now thats something else we need. So re casting, we need a British, younger version of RDJ?
I agree also that it's not an easy thing to do. Overdo it and one could end up looking like a cad. It's a matter of finesse. Throw in a bit of savoir-faire and sauve in addition to lethality and I'll be a very happy camper. Oh, and some well tailored suits wouldn't go amiss either, preferably Savile Row rather than Brioni or Tom Ford.
To be fair though, Bond pretty much wrote the book on this stuff, and Marvel in general and Iron Man in specific were highly influenced on it, and sometimes riffing on Bond very specifically.
Personally i am not worried about MeToo and Bond. Especially if you keep the movies more playful. What a lot of people (men) seem to miss is that Bond has many female fans, and they like him just the way he is. An alpha male who is playful and glamourous but also a bit of a dick.
The only ones who are complaining so far are millenials (male and female) who have no connection to Bond and might have seen a couple scenes on youtube.
Bond has been sexisms free for pretty much 4 decades now. We just have to keep it that way, thats all. Also one of our strongest assests (that many people again seem to completely miss) is that the Franchise is owned by a woman, who is involved in all the scripts. Bond is not just a male fantasy.
Fair enough. They went the gritty route with Craig and wanted to do a character examination instead of light-hearted entertainment, but that does not mean they can't go back to it. And they definitly should after B25 as most of us seem to agree on that. You can't keep that tone running indefinitly, it gets stale pretty quickly. But of course i have no idea yet what they even plan for B25. I would not bet on it being light-hearted, but who could say that for sure
eon should never ever allow a repeat - the Brosnan era is a stark reminder to all those Craig bashers of just how bad things can really get.
I could be wrong,i probably am,but deep down my sixth sense is picking up that you don't carry a torch for PierceBond.
No mention of a wrap date for the film.
We have to remember that the early batch of Bond films had a lot of source material to work from. This is similar to Marvel, right now. Marvel had a number of characters to work with and the expanded universe was ready to take flight with CGI becoming more perfected.
Bond is a different thing altogether, though I agree that there has been ZERO plan in the long run, and they are going "station-to-station" with their production model. This is a mistake. Still, I would also argue that rushing into a long-term plan can be a disaster, as we have seen with WB/DC. Aside from Wonder Woman, that "Cinematic Universe" has turned into a s___show. I wouldn't want that, either.
If I am EON, I reboot Bond with the next actor and take him back to the Cold War and leave him there. Why? 1. Wonder Woman and Captain America proved that action-based period pieces do work and can have a lasting impression; a film does not need to be set in present day to make a statement about present day. 2. Bond becomes timeless when reset and placed in the period Fleming was writing about; 3. Bond gets to be Bond, and his sexual conquests of women no longer get a MeToo critique (see Don Draper); 4. No longer need to come up with new enemies; the Cold War was awash with them, and their motives were well-established; 5. I want a Bond pre-cell phone, pre-technology.