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Genius!
I did not break Q’s gadgets, it’s bulls**t. I did NOT. Oh hi M.
Has anyone suggested Stephen Daldry as a possible replacement?
Craig is 1.5/4 for me. I should clarify 1 is for the wonderful CR and the .5 is for Skyfall, which had some great, but also risable elements. Craig is probably my least favourite, but I still like him. My biggest gripe with his tenure has been the need to seemingly try to turn Bond into high art.
Still every time since 1962 has been a wonderful time to be a Bond fan, even if the recent era has been a sporty one.
I've heard a few people on this forum give a very balanced opinion on EoN. And then I hear OTT nonsense that there are a few members on this site that can produce Bond films better than BB and MGW.
But unfortunately for all of us, it's all personal opinion anyways and, like it or not, these opinions will never change EoN or how they do business.
They have decades of experience under their belt, so really, what you, me, or keyboard warriors say, matters nothing in the scheme of things. They will continue walking to the beat of their own drum. At this point it's take it or leave it, but saying the same things in vitriol over and over won't change a thing.
What's amazing is that there are 7.5 billion people on this earth-- essentially four people have led the Bond franchise. That's impressive!
According to IMDb, 2,577 films on average are released yearly, worldwide, since around 1900. With an historic average of about 7 producers/film (today's average is 10), there are about 18, 000 producers working today.
Think about that for a second: 7.5 billion people on this earth, and less than 20 thousand are film producers. Even less are writers and directors.
If BB and MGW were so inept in a business as unforgiving as the film industry, it can be said with confidence, they would not still be a part of the 18,000.
And to think we have posters saying people on this site can produce a better Bond film than this brother and sister tagteam? With decades of experience under their belt? It's absurd. Most of us would be incapable of merely producing a successful short-film, let alone a successful Bond feature!
Can't disagree with this.
I loved this moment but couldn't get past the enormous elephant in the room: what parents let a kid this young watch all of those Bond films? While about 75% of any Bond film (except for LTK and QoS) is pretty tame, the other 25% is completely inappropriate.
Haha, I remember this. Great clip! :-D
Good Dan showed the kid some proper ironing. I never like to wear unironed clothes myself.
Yea. I'm exactly the same. I've enjoyed it all, and even though Craig's Bond is my least favourite, I've also really enjoyed the Craig era.
I'm not sure about 'high art', but they've certainly tried to make it more, um, cerebral?
Lazenby: 1/1
Moore: 5/7
Dalton: 2/2
Brosnan: 3/4
Craig: 2/4
Note: CR and SF are ranked towards the top, TND is average, TWINE is below average, QOS and SP are slightly better than DAD. An issue with the Craig era is that they've aspired to more, which has paid off in some cases such as CR. However, and in great part due to the fact that Purvis and Wade simply aren't up to the challenge, the result is worse when they miss. QOS and SP have terrible scripts, and are hence among the worst films in the series. Purvis and Wade are more than capable of producing a by the numbers bond film, however, if eon's aspiration is high art, they should have been successfully replaced.
That's why I will never understand why so many "fans" are still here like broken records complaining about SP... "SP is a fiasco"; "SP is a mess"; "I hate SP bland cinematography"; "worst 007 ever"; "SP ruined my life" etc etc. Okay, we got it. I probably saw a different movie. Can we please move on? Because this is frankly extremely annoying. Why don't you make a topic about that, where you can all complain together?
TOTALLY AGREE. Thanks EoN we had the Craig era! Now let's just hope they'll deliver again with 25. Even if a potential delay would be REALLY annoying I remain hopeful.
But to come on this site only to repeat what you said five minutes ago, will not make 25 come any sooner.
Well written, and you made me crack a grin...
(Photo was taken today at the Venice Film Festival.)
There's been a fair share of amateur psycho analysis written here over the past few weeks about specific members, the forum and the thread in general. I don't share that opinion of any of our members here. I can appreciate why some are especially frustrated, and in my view, you have every reason to feel that way. I share much of your concerns.
I say let's give them a month or so and see whether we get that director announcement. We don't really know what happened behind the scenes here and there's all sorts of rumours out there, much of it contradictory. First it was a casting disagreement, then it was Bond dying, then it was Craig being an a$$#0!*. Some or all of this may be true, but we just don't know for sure at this point.
Perhaps we can give them the benefit of the doubt and hope that they had the good sense, after the SP debacle, to have a back up plan in place - especially given Boyle's known unfamiliarity and previously stated trepidation with this sort of production.
Like other members I anxiously await a director announcement soon. They know that expectations are high and that they have to deliver, especially after this wait. I expect nothing less than a kick 'a' entry for release in October/November 2019.
Didn’t realize he was doing a lot of TV the past few years.
His next feature, Above Suspicion, has an interesting story.
I’m not sure if he’d be on EoN’s radar anymore.
Was he ever? I'd have been interested to know if his name was in contention at any point during the 90s.
I would assume that would be a more realistic decade; he had some fresh hits then, and so on...