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It's great.
SF was pompous crap (no other was this pseudo maudlin).
SP was fun nonsense (like YOLT. Not a bad thing imo).
It's like life- we start out with grand intentions and leave with simple comfort.
yep!
If Babs is the one responsible for the bad of the Craig era, she's also responsible for the good. In choosing Craig, and in getting the rights to and making CR, she and MGW were able to attract some of the best talent in front of and behind the camera in the entire series.
It has to be either this week or next otherwise I will very worried
By all means express 'your' opinion, but it's not necessary to criticize those who you disagree with. It adds nothing to the conversation.
Well said. The anonymity of internet sometimes blunts civility.
Best talent doesn't necessarily mean best known.
Forward that to EON!
This was of course when Sony Pictures chief Amy Pascal was still involved before stepping down. Not that I believe Bigelow’s ethics and stance has changed any since Sony’s first approach was made. I just don’t see it happening.
I think most of the rumors, mostly speculation can all be found on this thread. I really do think the writers of these articles must have been browsing this thread the past several pages for their stories.
Wasn't it established on this site that Eon selling, for example, was pure fan speculation? We also commented months ago on this thread the possibility of Craig's Bond dying in B25.
Let's have a little fun with the tabloids, shall we?
If we were to start discussing the possibility that Boyle's great idea was to , say change Bond's occupation from an MI6 agent to an American country singer, and Tom Hiddleston, based on his Hank Williams performance is now in talks to take over from Craig, how long before it makes the internet headlines?
I believe we're living in an era where gullibility now dominates.
Again with this "Craig hate". I don't actually think anyone hates Craig, he was very good in CR, I just don't see him as this "special" Bond which none of the others live up to. To me he's just another like the rest. According to some, that's having an agenda. I admit Craig is not my cup of tea, but I would have no problems if he just got through his run of films in a timely manner, left his mark, and then gave way to the next guy. What I don't agree with, however is the idea that Craig is "special" and the best Bond actor since Connery. I see no evidence of this, personally, but that doesn't mean I hate the guy either. I just respect the other actors and appreciate what they brought to role, so Craig to me isn't "raising the bar". I object to the idea that Craig outshines the guys who came before him, and point out his flaws and what doesn't work for me, in order to ward off that kind of talk. There was two respects in which I have a real greivance with now though, the first is how much creative input they have handed to their lead actor. That is simply a bad move, no matter who is playing Bond. The second is how long they have taken on this era, and how they are taking so much time to close it out. Before Craig, they would release a Bond film, and after that either the actor would quit, or the producers would relieve them, there was be a brief period of mourning, and then we would move on. This time, it feels like they want this climatic finality, because they know it will be Craig's last, and they are spending to much time on getting a proper sendoff for this particular Bond. This is aggravating, because once again it treats Craig's Bond like is "special" compared with the others. Brosnan had to accept that DAD was his Waterloo, whether he wanted it or not, Bond was bigger than him and there was nothing he could do about it. It feels like we spending forever catering to Craig, when the role is way bigger than him, so why are we spending so much time trying to get this right? I just see it as treating Craig as precious, as if the role doesn't mean much without him, and the other guys didn't do enough to match him.
What has changed since then is that Bigelow isn't the hot take property she was back in 2013/14, where she was still riding the Oscar buzz.
Detroit was a good enough film, but it was a box-office disappointment - and unlike post Hurt Locker / Zero Dark Thirty, there is no buzz as to what she's going to do next. A box-office success is exactly what she needs to get back to the top of the game again. And she has the skills for genre filmmaking - it's where she cut her teeth.
I'm not saying it's any more likely, I've no idea whether she's even on Eon's mind at the moment. I'm just saying that things change.
Pretty please this. I'd cut off my left pinky for this!
Why can Logan (Wolverine) smoke his cigar and Bond can't? Talk about castrating a character ;)
I hope Eon hire a young hotshot who´s still hungry enough to take on all that s**t that comes with taking over a huge project at such short notice and who doesn´t have time to think the film to death.
It's always a wise thing to speak for yourself, I certainly do not need Bigelow, even though she's a competent director. But there are tons out there, mostly men. Personally I don't care if it's a man or a woman, as long as you have the quality.
If Katherine Bigelow, a great director herself, has a pitch that is compatible with the vision that’s applicable to Bond, then go for it. Hire her. If Susanne Bier has one, why not? Hell, even if an up and coming new director has a stellar idea and stable vision, hire him or her.
But, don’t turn this into identity politics.