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And make them sign every page after reading through.
Have control questions.
Film is a subjective medium, you are allowed to think whatever you like. Quantum has its fanbase, but the public response was negative at the time, and the film is largely forgotten, whereas Casino and Skyfall are remembered fondly.
EON need Bond 25 to be more than a film with a small diehard fanbase.
Bond should be aiming for and filling the space the Bourne films occupied in terms of action.
Bond should focus on visceral fight scenes and intensely gripping vehicular chases with at least 1 big and elaborate action setpiece.
We need Bond going around spying, rendezvousing with contacts and leads, romancing women. It's not hard to get the ingredients rights to make a great Bond film.
Please elaborate on this!
Instead of messaging me through you, the Colonel should man up and send me a direct message if he wants to tell me something.
How do I know that? It's quite simple: many movies are bad to awful. How are many movies bad to awful if not as a direct result of many incompetent people in the film industry?
Nice! The Colonel is showing his true colors again.
Show me a single comment that was as insulting as him calling me an ignorant twit.
In other news, Demange's White Boy Rick is dropping more marketing materials. the film is expected to open to great reviews today, so I imagine Demange's bargaining power will increase (assuming he is the favourite)
I agree with quite a lot of what you say, but i don't agree that a new actor will necessarily bring the change that is needed. Bring in a new actor, but keep the producers + Purvis & Wade and we will get more of the same. There won't be another Casino Royale without serious changes.
All they needed to accomplish that is accept Hodge's script and keep Boyle. I really hope I will get to read Hodge's script one day. I am absolutely convinced the reason EON wanted someone else to rewrite it was not that it wasn't good enough, I believe the reason was that it was too different, too radical.
https://express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1011209/James-Bond-25-Dave-Bautista-Mr-Hinx-Spectre-Daniel-Craig-Final-Score
Yesterday Express.co.uk spoke with the 49-year-old, who was promoting his new movie Final Score, regarding a return for Mr Hinx in the upcoming Bond 25.
And it turns out Bautista not only “would love to come back for Bond 25”, but also revealed a return has been both “mentioned” and “pushed.”
The actor said: “We had hopes, and…they had mentioned it.
“But yeah still have kinda hopes…I hear it’s been pushed, so maybe there’s a…chance.”
When asked if he specifically meant Bond 25, Bautista clarified: “Yeah I want to be in Bond 25. I’ve been very open and political about it. Like I’ve pursued this role.
“I would love to revive Hinx in Bond 25. I wanna be a part of it because it’s a historical film.
“There’s a huge part of me that wants the bragging rights of being that henchman who came back twice, because there hasn’t been many.
“And I wanna be that guy, I wanna be historical, y’know.”
He added: “Even if that’s the mark that I leave in my career and people remember me for that, I’m okay with that.
“Y’know, ‘cause I think it’s a great thing, it’s something that I would be proud of so, yeah fingers still crossed, I would love to come back for Bond 25.”
Fans of the iconic franchise will know there has been two scripts surrounding Bond 25.
The first, rumoured to be called Shatterhand and a direct sequel to Spectre, was penned by Bond screenwriter regulars Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.
Presumably this was the script that saw Mr Hinx return, however the story was shelved in favour of one by John Hodge, who was going to collaborate with director Danny Boyle on Bond 25.
But both Boyle and Hodge have now left the project, so it’s possible that Purvis and Wade’s original script will now be used.
I've always this to happen.
Regardless of whether one thinks ‘many movies are bad to awful’ (A ridiculous statement in itself), making a passable movie is incredibly hard. Making a genuinely great movie is almost impossible. You wouldn’t understand this because you’ve clearly never been anywhere near a production of any kind - if you had, you would never make the baseless accusations that have become your forte.
There’s so much nuance and detail involved in production, especially on this scale - which has been covered from time to time by those with specific knowledge - but the conversation always reverts back to a binary argument, because people don’t want to listen.
Not everyone can be aware of the intricacies of production, nor should they need to be - the film has to be judged on the finished product - but it certainly doesn’t help discussion on here when we are talking production, that you fail to accept that you really have no clue.
I agree, it would be more realistic. Bring back and use more often, the metal thumb nails!
They didn’t make enough of those.
Wasn't that some song long, long ago (I think Sinatra) about an ant pushing a rubber tree plant around ...? Let me find it ... yep:
I think if Waltz and Bautista come back, their characters will be better written. If James Bond is about reinventing itself, and resurrection, there will be a better written script next time.
You should read the rest of the comment…
On a separate note, I have often said how, inspite of not being a fan of the Craig era, hiring Boyle was a masterstroke in terms of sending him out on a high. SP was a bloated mess, so it was always clear that B25 was going to be a smaller film. But I like the idea of scaling right back, and telling a thriller about the Craig Bond on a mission. Danny Boyle could bring back to life that zaniness of the late Connery early Moore period, and actually make it fit in a modern context. And at the same time he could tell a emotional story. I'm not a fan of these type of Bond story, but I could see myself being won over by that. Now we'll never see it.
I don't think you'd find any producer doing that these days. I can't see it being usual back then, either.
Exactly, he was a one-off like Cruise is in the acting sphere. Going that extra mile.
The best we can hope for now is someone with a true passion for this type of series.
Barb would just order some pizzas. Oh my, the decline!
I'm always grateful for pizzas.
Anyone who thinks Barbara is incompetent is either ignorant, or thick. The films she produces may not be to everyone’s taste, that goes without saying, but in terms of satisfying the general audience and her investors, she’s consistently successful. She doesn’t work for keyboard warriors, who don’t have the slightest idea of the industry.
Any off-topic chatter or personal attacks will be removed from here on out.
I am a fan of the older Bond films, and all of Fleming's writings.
I like living in the present, too, and I do look forward to the future.
I sleep well at night. I believe the Bond series will continue.
BUT ... Is Barbara not making pasta?! OMG! She will never be the same as her unique father. Sad. She is her own person, who has fought to provide excellence, taken risks, and battled misogyny at the same time (and still does), all along the way. She is human, a proven successful executive, someone Cubby did trust, and we all mourn the lack of spaghetti making. She must not be fully engaged in her work any more. Sad. I give up.