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@Mendes4Lyfe like to spinoff what Sir Frederick Gray says in the Living Daylights we would be a laughing stock of the entire film industry. It would be a cinematic failure. : |
Yes, very apt. Bond needs a strong showing to compete against Fallout and what Cruise has planned next for that franchise. We can't afford more delays!
As Max Zorin would say. ;)
@Mendes4Lyfe it's like if they are going to have so many delays why bother and start fresh honestly I don't think EON has a plan after Daniel
You can't help yourself can you?
To quote a very wise man:
"I'm getting the idea that there certain people here that present a dignified front and supposedly are offering some balance, whereas if you read between the lines they are the biggest excrement stirrers around".
You'll recognise the sapience, @Shardlake :)
And quite right you were.
Children. Spoilt. Children. Best to ignore and let the theee, or four or five of them have their tantrum, feed off each other, have another tantrum until they all go back to sleep again.
We’re arguing about something that hasn’t even happened.
Let’s all take a deep breath, and worry when we have too.
Not a lot tbh.
Not sure I like the look of him though.
Looking at Casino Royale recently, Daniel Craig delivered a towering performance in his Bond debut. It really is extraordinary. He is a prowling, seething ball of rage and deadly execution as a young(ish) agent. But what really elevates the performance are his masterful moments of vulnerability, first in the shower to console Vesper, next stripped bare as he convalesces on Lake Como, and finally on the beach when he professes his love for the girl “without a tell”.
It is these moments that imbue Craig’s first, most memorable effort with light and shade. His other performances suffer in comparison, but only because he was not afforded the opportunity to strip his armor and thus show his full range. Quantum of Solace is a master class of smouldering rage, but he has nowhere to put it. Skyfall has Bond address his mortality only to resolve this potentially epic crisis with minimal fuss. Lastly, Spectre has Craig coasting through a clumsy narrative many of us would rather forget.
Personally, I thought the Madeleine Swann character was just a “shag” by film’s end. The movie hadn’t done nearly enough with their relationship to deserve a triumphantly romantic denouement. One feels that Craig was happy to call it a day at the end of an apparently tense and arduous shoot.
But he didn’t. DC made the decision to return, in my opinion to erase the bitter aftertaste Spectre gave many. A proud actor, he seems to feel the need to do everything he can to ensure a quality end product. I think we can all safely assume that the extra time afforded B25 will not have gone to waste.
Which brings me to my theory - if one is to look back on DC’s four films thus far, Casino Royale stands head and shoulders above the others on performance alone. Craig will have recognised that he was at his searing best when he had genuine emotion to offset his brutal sneer.
My bet is he will plumb those depths again. What better way to bow out than with a successful relationship, perhaps even marriage, with Madeleine Swann. He began by falling hopelessly for the dark charms of the compromised Vesper, and I believe the only narrative escape that carries satisfying symmetry is retirement with the daughter of a downed enemy. Looking back through Bond’s rich history, the two best and most rounded female characters, played by Diana Rigg and Eva Green, both wind up dead. Maud Adams from TMWTGG is also worth mentioning, but woefully underwritten. By having lea seydoux’s Madeleine Swan return and not only survive, but offer Bond a way out, Daniel Craig can similarly exit stage right to thunderous applause.
Such theories lead to other questions, many relating to Boyle’s departure. Was he against the idea of Bond happily sinking into blissful domesticity? Did he want to kill Bond off? We’ll probably never know. One thing I do know is that B25 needs to save Daniel Craig’s dark, angry Bond from himself. I suspect he knows that too. With an intelligent, sexy, challenging woman to spar with, Craig is utterly electric. I predict we’ll see a welcome return to form.
Your post is a breath of fresh air. I would think that the filmmakers and the lead actor are very well aware that they are going to put a stamp on this film as they did with CR.
Great post @GetCarter !!
Very good comments,apart from this..i pray this doesn't happen.
I’ve recently been doing do Cary Joji Fukunaga research and stumbled on this forum:
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/the-cary-joji-fukunaga-appreciation-thread.759191/page-84
Essentially, it’s full of people devoted to CJF and whoever he’s currently dating. I was quite surprised to read through it and see that he’s been out with Imogen Poots, Michelle Williams, Emma Watson and a host of other beautiful women. I mean who can blame them, he’s a dreamboat…
Anyway, currently he’s connected to Kristine Froseth who is from Norway. Which is one of the rumoured locations for Bond 25. It almost certainly means nothing, but something to mull over for the timebeing.
What’s probably more interesting is that Froseth recently came to London and posted a photo on Instagram. This could be here joining Fukunaga as he begins production. Once again, this probably doesn’t mean she’s in the film, but could hint that she’s moved to the city to be closer to her boyfriend. Which is a sign that Bond 25 is moving forward…
The best post I've ever seen on these boards. Correct on all counts.
Agreed. Everything else is spot on otherwise.
Crazy to think that in the 11 years since then we have only had 2 Bond movies! Madness. Here’s hoping that B25 will be the end to that sort of draught going forward from here.
Only if I've had a curry.
Wonderful post.
I'm genuinely not anticipating specific plot or location details as much as I'm looking forward to knowing what kind of Bond film this is going to be. A lean, ruthless thriller in the vein of CR? Or a bigger finale in scope, akin to SPECTRE, that celebrates Bond's brand but doesn't have the story baggage that film had?
I suspect the former's closer to reality, given all the points you've made above. Craig, one would hope, will go out with a definitively Craig Bond film. There's no question his era's been at its most successful when it's aimed for that.
So much of that success will be script-dependent. I'm just...gah, I can't wait to know. It's such a weird place Bond finds itself in at the moment. I'm just so curious to know which way they've gone.
I think between the recent post by Yves Girard and the investigative work by Pierce2Daniel it is safe to surmise that all the production team is in London working on the film currently. Keep Calm and Carry On as it were. Bond 25 is likely on track just "for EONs eyes only".
Yes, since before the Holidays