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I can imagine that some may think me mad for saying the above, but it's how I felt at the time. Less so these days however, where I see the film as being more distinctive and 'different' than I did at the time.
That alone is enough to show that QOS has it.
Bond movies are always made on a film-by-film basis.
Personally, I don't want another run-of-the-mill Bond film that feels compelled to follow the story points of Craig's era. I want a Danny Boyle movie. For me, Spectre was so overburdened with cliches and Bond movie conventions. What made both CR and SF work so well was the ability to adhere to the tenants of the franchise whilst bringing a new subversive spin.
The fact that Craig will be in his 50s and still playing the role leaves open the possibility of doing an "Old Man Bond" type story. The Craig films have openly accepted that his Bond is ageing, so I can't see this thread being dropped.
However, I think Eon are in the Danny Boyle business and will let him do his thing. If Boyle does direct than he can be expected to do something that really defies convention. If people thought SF was edgy, then they are in for a shock.
There was also some talk that someone on AJB had met Boyle who once again confirmed the story. Every interview I've seen Danny Boyle has seemed a very personable and friendly man. I've seen some videos of young people coming up to him asking advice on the film business and Boyle always takes his time to listen to them. He's a genuinely sweetnatured man, so I can imagine he'd confirm his involvement in such an offhand way.
The only thing I struggle to accept is that someone would confront Boyle and mention "don't include Bond's dead dog". What a boneheaded and idiotic thing to say to an Oscar-winning director. I think he made that bit up for the sake of self-aggrandising himself on the internet.
Meanwhile, adding more credence to the story is how Boyle's latest is actively filming in Gorleston in Suffolk. Plent of images on Twitter of Boyle mixing withe the locales
Re: Bond's dog: It's obviously a play on the John Wick story and also a subtle hint to avoid the family drama and revenge elements which have polluted the films of late. Nothing wrong with that really.
Still, I honestly didn't get any 'news' out of that interview, with all due respect to the ajb'er.
But I must admit I much prefer the repetetiveness that was part of the 60s, 70s and 80s over the castration of the character that is recently talked about.
I'd say there is no importance to Boyle's "we" because this person is recalling the (unverifiable) conversation and not transcribing the quote directly from a recording he made. Had this been a video interview, then it'd be a very different situation of course.
yes it would have been possible but after a behemoth of a success like SF they wanted more of the same. makes sense - commercially
True, but look where that got them critically lol.
But all the worst parts are when they try adding in geopolitical nonsense, socail commentary, and tying previous entries together. If it was "nothing but" the straight formula Bond, it would have more respect among the fans.
is their geopolitics in SP? you mean the tedious 9 eyes subplot?
Good point. It's hard to have a lighthearted Bond and real stakes. That's why CR and QoS felt so visceral and powerful to me. (And weirdly, it makes me think of MR. If there had been more scenes like Corinne's death and the centrifuge, imagine how improved the film would be.)
SF is an odd duck. Mendes clearly liked the more serious direction of Bond but also wanted to return filmic Bond to his roots in the final scenes. He also copied the end of CR by showing us Moneypenny coming into her own just as Bond did.
Was there ever a plan? Only Eon knows for sure. But they won't admit to mistakes--for example, I doubt we'll ever see the release of the original QoS ending.
I don't remotely like any of these ideas.
The something from Bonds past has been done to death.
The Bond girl who is Bonds equal has been...done to death.
I would be happy with the old formula film. I don't know if today's PC society would approve.
Maybe a retweaked version would help. Without using any of the above elements as a story basis.
Agree on the personal angle though. I think a dark Thriller sort of film would work best. Going Logan seems too obvious to me and people would kill the idea just because it was just recently done anyway.
I'd love to see some of the other 00s in action - some could be captured or killed, others helping Bond in the big attack on the enemy base scene in the third act.
Then again, we could forget all that and have Bond mope about about mourning some lost love (Vesper's ghost appears!) or M telling him "don't make this personal." Heh.
The more I think about this plot idea - it's probably better suited to the next Bond actor. A soft reboot where you can reintroduce the 00s in a new-ish way. Personally I'd go with robots taking on the 00s - even if it does remind people of the Terminator films. Who cares! Let's see some robots in the franchise. It's the 21st century!
In the end, whatever the synopsis of the film may be, Boyle will execute as Boyle's always done. If there's humour in 25, it'll be twisted and dark humour, as seen in his other films (I doubt there'll be any Christmas comes once a year jokes, or twitching eyebrows to slam home a point).
I expect what Boyle will deliver is something none of us could predict.
If anything, the film will be interesting.
CR blew my mind the first time, SF as well, the two movies after those were rather meh (but i do like a lot about them).
If they can manage to do that a third time i won't mind if they take some creative freedom to achive that. You can't accomplish that with a rehash of old ideas. As long as they don't change the character. Showing him from a different perspective is something else entirely.
She has also recently signed on for a new film, 'The Horse Boy' which starts filming in October. I suppose there is a possibility she could start Bond in the new year if she was to return. I really like Madeline as a character (Lea's soulful performance was the highlight of SP for me). However, the character was painfully underwritten despite the latent potential.
Madeline feels too much like overhang from the Mendes era. If Boyle does come in, I don't think Lea would be a comfortable fit. I'd have only wanted her to return if Mendes returned. Thankfully, that isn't happening.
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/ari-folman-set-to-direct-the-horse-boy-with-lea-seydoux-joel-kinnaman-exclusive-1202802766/