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Clearly you're not too familiar with Boyle's work. He's the most action-qualified director since Martin Campbell.
Go watch 28 Days Later and Sunshine (even Trance). They may not be "big" action films but they are true genre films with thriller set-pieces.
Boyle is world's away from the pretentious art movies Sam Mendes put out. He's fundamentally a genre filmmaker and someone who is actually quite well-suited to Bond.
His most "arty" films are trainspotting and Slumdog and the only reason they're considered "artsy" is due to the award consideration they received. Both are very atypical of teh award circuit. One is a black comedy about heroin addiction and the other is a feel-good family film. In fact, even Boyle's family film, Millions, had a chase sequence that is genuinely thrilling.
The only time he's been outwardly flouting for Oscar attention was Steve Jobs. Which is a very well directed film and well-written script.
I was thinking that, too. Would be genius. Throwing it back into their faces
Going from this list being part of the billion dollar club doesn't put you in particularly great company:
http://www.nme.com/photos/film-photos/highest-grossing-movies-over-one-billion-global-box-office-1956347
About 4 or 5 films at most there that have the slightest interest for anyone over the age of 15.
So how do you sell things like expensive suits, cars, watches, fine food and drink, stylish hotels, exotic locations to teenagers who prefer action figures and dressing up at comic con?
Yeah bugger the fans. We already know that is EON's attitude. And it's been proven to work at the box office - just take TLJ. I don't think Solo's lukewarm box office has anything to do in the slightest with people's reaction to TLJ.
Teenagers aren't the only audience out there even if it seems that way because Marvel and Star Wars seem to be able to rinse them endlessly.
No I haven't. See the list above. Only TDK and, if you're being extremely generous and viewing things through Bond tinted glasses, SF.
Superb? The PTS and Sienna stuff are very good but after that? Slate fight is OK I guess but then you've got the dull and incomprehensible boat chase, the dogfight is average but then ruined by the terrible freefall sequence and the finale is fairly meh. There's nothing in QOS to top the vast majority of Glen era action.
Wise words. I have no reservations about Boyle's actions chops and am sure we will be in safe hands on that front. It's only really the female agent protege thing that stops me being completely optimistic about his involvement.
F***ing brilliant, Sir.
And therefore they shouldn't even try? From a purely business POV it's a bit stupid to suggest that they shouldn't - again, it's the biggest piece of IP that hasn't reached the heights of today's blockbusterdom. Or is Bond somehow all above that despite being built on similar tropes - some already considered problematic today from a social POV (dismiss this as PCness all you want, this stuff is still the talk of the town) - and always through the years been about adapting to the landscape. Say what you will about SP's attempts to adapt to the 2010s climate of heavily serialised storytelling in blockbusters, its possible failure on that front was a blip. Although no, of course you can't count the likes of F&F and Transformers as good cinema, as the films I listed showed - which have been very well received critically - I'd say Bond is in good company in the billion dollar club. Oh and did we forget about how well SF was received by critics and the general public?
How do you sell this - same way the comic book titles 'sell' the outlandish gadgets, Iron Man suits, technologically advanced nations and the like - put it in the context of an appealing story that is a cultural event one should not miss. The 'see it before you get spoiled' approach in marketing often adopted by Marvel and SW has worked wonders for them.
As for Solo's underperformance - oh it definitely had nothing to do with the so called backlash from TLJ: more like poor dating (they should have moved to December, audiences have already become used to that being Star Wars event time - now it's squished between Avengers/Deadpool on one side and Jurassic World on the other especially internationally where it opens next week), far too little marketing lead time for a concept that was underestimated in terms of audience appeal (people associating Harrison with Han), not to mention the buzz surrounding the production itself. If TLJ was really hated by audiences it wouldn't have reached a billion after that opening weekend like Batman v Superman didn't. While there are legit criticisms that have been voiced, the so called backlash - the calls for boycotting 'Soylo', Rian Johnson, Kathleen Kennedy etc - is only coming from specific corners of the fanbase that are rather backwards to put it kindly. So if something similar happens here with Bond - which I just think it might, if some reactions I'm seeing on this thread and other Bond forums to the female villain/protege rumours, suggestions of Bond fitting into the current MeToo climate etc is to go by - I say yes, bugger THOSE fans.
Of course they aren't and yet the thing about blockbusters is that they are able to bring BOTH teenagers and older audiences out. Not appealing to teenagers and the wider 'fanboy' audience and the US/Canada audience has put a bit of a ceiling on how much Bond can do, manage to get both on board and it'll be in the upper end of the billion dollar club. And as The Last Jedi and Nolan's Batman output clearly and yes, Skyfall, showed - critical acclaim, great quality and billion dollar club are not mutually exclusive things. It's not one or the other. It's just a question of marketing and how you present the film to potential audiences.
Anything that sticks two fingers up to the gtoss misrepresentation of the gutter tabloid press in Britain will be a hit with me! They should run with it! :))
I wouldn’t mind something like that. Maybe just Bond responding to something with a cheeky “I’d rather slash my wrists.”
I've heard the "big" idea is that Bond 25 will be a proper swansong for Craig and will give him a big meaty role. Supposedly, Bond will suffer from mental illness and depression.
They apparently going to film in Paris in December.
I've heard that Angelina Jolie is still being sought for the villain role. No word on who else is considered, but they want A-list.
The slashing wrist thing might not be so far off then.
I hope all of what Cashley is saying is BS.
That’s it! Bond will be bipolar!
Well, Babs has done serious Broadway shows and Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool, so clearly she's not all about the $.
She's interested in artistic quality as well as money. Whether those endeavors have been successful is another question entirely.
This does fit in with the Logan thing but honestly I think it's all rubbish. I can't imagine they'd want to depress us further than they already have, and it's not conducive to their reported $1bn foreign box office ambitions either. Better to go lighter, as that appears to be the trend in the market.
From what I understand, it’s an idea they’ve had since 2012 or prior.
It sounds more like they're about to film Raymond Benson's Doubleshot (2000)!
It's kind of like a repeat of the Roger Moore era post-Moonraker when his initial contract for four ran out and where each new Bond film was negotiated separately by Moore and Eon until he felt the money to return to the Bond role was right.
With a little thought it could be very easy to create a convincing ‘insider’ persona. I’ve mentioned it and proved it here before. It’s about creating a core of authenticity, then sprinkling in some left field (but believable) ‘rumours’.
If done well it’s hard to separate the BS from those who have some genuine insight. It’s why I get frustrated when certain things gain traction that I know are bollocks. I certainly do not consider myself an ‘insider’, but I do get very clear intel from time to time. I knew about P+W and Craig a long time before it was announced. But things do change - as evidenced with the P+W situation (but of course at the time that intel was true).
This Cashleypersia bloke has never seemed legit to me. The press play a similar trick - they trawl places like this and cherry pick genuinely interesting observations/ideas people like @Pierce2Daniel would post and legitimise them because they’re a ‘reputable’ source.
Boyle appears to make films he's interested and passionate about rather than being seduced by a big Hollywood projects. The exception perhaps being The Beach, but even that is based on a novel by a writer (Alex garland) that Boyle would collaborate with on other films afterwards.
I'm really excited by Boyle and hodge being responsible for Bond 25. I can't think of too many more appropriate British director for Craig's swan song,