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You know what? Damien Chazelle would have done an incredible Bond movie, but he's american. This "we don't hire american directors" policy in 2018 feels so obsolete.
Babs will always get major points from me for CR, which is one of the high points of the series. It was not an obvious decision to sack Brosnan nor to reboot the series nor to get rid of Moneypenny and Q nor to cast Craig, but she and MGW did all of that and the result speaks for itself.
Hear, hear!
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Better make that 2
It's a shame Brosnan had to have DAD as his last Bond film. His performance in this film is one of his better ones I feel, and it would have been interesting to see him in another film.
Another one here.
At 10, I wasn't that much older when I discovered Bond. Only 2 years.
And another...
What was your initial impression/ which did you prefer?
P.S. Where I get controversial: start adapting books not by Ian Fleming. I would rather that happen with new writers than a "original" screenplay by Purvis and Wade. I would say start with Colonel Sun, but P & W have already butchered the good material with it. My list for adaptations in no particular order. For Special Services, Icebreaker, Nobody Lives Forever for John Gardner. The Union Trilogy as a whole shot for one actor, filmed if possible, back-to-back-to-back style together. Also The Man With The Red Tattoo, all by Raymond Benson. Even though they aren't liked much, Devil May Care and Solo for the ending of a James Bond, but made modern. For a reboot, I would start with Carte Blanche. It's a good place for a new cinematic Bond to start. Sorry about my rambling, I didn't expect to go this far with this post. My opinions, at this point for me any writer for James Bond is fresher than Pervis and Wade. Take a chance EON!
@MaxCasino I agree that there is so much great stuff to mine from the non-Fleming books. Do we know why they haven’t done this? Is it because they don’t have the rights? Or because they only consider Fleming “canon”?
Probably like most teen fans nothing can eclipse that first time when you become a hardcore fan, collecting the films and the Fleming novels and buying up all the factual books on the film series and properly absorbing yourself in the mythology.
I think Bond actors and films which come after that first awakening - regardless of what generation we are from - will always suffer from undue criticism and a lack of emotional attachment.
The 6 year gap after LKT seemed like an eternity back in the day, I had really come to think we would never see another film but there were (and are) always the first 16 films to treasure. Whilst I'm appreciative we got more, like with the revived Dr Who, it's too distant and distinct from the original to be viewed as a continuation. They're nice optional extras, take them or leave them. I'll take the Craig films and leave the Brozza efforts but that's just my subjective opinion. I personally don't desperately need a 25th EON Bond film in my life but will be glad to have one if we get it.
That's not to say I'm a sycophant whom would settle for sloppy seconds or a rush job from EON. I absolutely want them to make the best film they can, make the film they want to make, but if it's not entirely to my favour I wont be too butthurt because it will never tarnish or delete the back catalogue.
I imagine that the leaders of the cinematic Bond have more power than the literary Bond. I don't entirely think that Fleming is the only cannon for EON, as Spectre made Bond and Blofeld brothers, and lifted an entire scene from a non Fleming book: the torture scene is straight out of Colonel Sun. So much that Amis' estate was credited. I still think that The Union Trilogy (and possibly TMWTRT), could be filmed LOTR style, for one actor, possibly different directors and writers for each one.
P.S. AVTAK owes a lot to John Gardner as much as Goldfinger: The elevator scenes.
Not. Good.
I see you at the same meetings wearing the same disguise but I swear I am there only for Mrs. Peacocks brownies and home made ice cream
These kind of overlaps of content are inevitable over time. Sometimes it's better to do it in a deliberate, controlled way.
Interesting. Suppose it makes sense Goldfinger would leave more of an impression on a child that age.
Some key plot elements in Licence Renewed may have had some influence on subsequent Bond films; most notably Anton Murik's plot of a nuclear disaster with the aid of an infamous terrorist which was the basis of The World Is Not Enough. Other key elements from Renewed that appeared in future Bond films were Anton's cheating at horse racing, which Max Zorin did in A View to a Kill, and the obsession with weapons, not unlike Brad Whitaker in The Living Daylights.
I think EON liked John Gardener in the 80s more than they realized and would admit.
you're talking pot brownies-- correct??
And BTW-- first rule of grieving-widow-punching-- do not to talk about grieving-window-punching...
Anyway for me Craig's run has been 4/4.
Shame about all the delays and behind the scenes mess.
Messed YOU up real good?? You shanked me in Ms. Taylor's Junior Kindergarten class, you ass$#$#!
She was courteous enough to invite me to read SirHenry's original thread.
I'd advise us all to take a peek over there.
You will be blown away. As I wrote on that thread:
"To all true Bond fans: please trust me: required reading. We may not all agree, but we are all fans, and look how this group of "originals" handled themselves.
There's just an amazing respect with this bunch of wonderful personalities (which, reading the B25 thread again today was shameful. Everyone has a right to their feelings and opinions, and not one poster said differently, not one-- until one did-- to create what??-- only he can answer).
This thread is polite discourse, and should be aspired to.
Wonderful fans; articulate, passionate and open".
When you have the time, please take a peek and look how it was done with class (not trying to whip up descent and "teams"; I haven't seen such respectful discourse too often, but these guys nailed it (they could teach Washington a thing or three about passionate debate)...
I hope you read their words, and the legacy they leave behind-- especially Sir Henry, who I'm learning was, and still is, a Legend.