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Whew, that was a close one.
While I don't want formulaic Bond, I'm not sure I want something that would shake it up to the point it would lose its identity.
I personally and not a fan of what I've heard of Boyle and Hodges version and just watching the trailer for Yesterday I'm kind of glad he's not still attached.
It looks like a load of cheesy tosh, like most of Richard Curtis output and the fact Ed Sheeran is involved pretty much guarantees, I won't ever need to see it.
Also, the conceit of the plot for some reason really irritates me.
I'm a lot happier with CF attached to direct and still keep the faith this is going to be one for the ages.
If that is what happened, does that not prove EON's incompetence?
They should pretend like SP never happened.
1) Either way, killing Craig's Bond isn't the answer. End on a high.
2) It proves nothing, and we don't know this. Boyle may have filled them with confidence, and it's possible the death of 007 came from his meetings with Hodge. Then when he pitched it to them, they probably tried to get him to change it but he wouldn't, leading to his firing. I'm also speculating, but we have no idea what happened, so there's point in assuming it was either/or. I also really don't think the rights are going to be sold after this, which you're pushing so hard, I think you're starting to believe it.
Also, don't you think it says something about Boyle that he wasn't willing to compromise. Films are a collaborative process, and yes producers can be frustrating but if they think its whats best for their property then that's their call. Boyle has many properties of his own to play around with.
Again, all opinion and speculation on both our parts.
In 2013, he was publicizing another movie he worked on with Steven Soderbergh. The UNCLE project came up. The story sounds kind of like a warmed-over Thunderball but it was based on a real-life incident.
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2013/01/31/what-soderberghs-u-n-c-l-e-would-have-been-like/
Also, at one point he and Soderbergh really wanted to do a movie about Lenienstalh, the German filmmaker who would work on some Nazi films.
I listened to an NPR interview with Soderbergh where he discussed this in detail. Soderbergh got cold feet, deciding it'd be hard to get a studio interested. And if they got a studio interested, the movie wouldn't do good business.
Soderbergh said he and Burns met the night before a pitch meeting with Warner Bros. "We're not going to pitch this," Soderbergh quoted himself as saying. "What other ideas do you have?"
"Well, I have an idea about a worldwide epidemic," Soderbergh quoted Burns as saying.
"Good. We'll pitch that." I'm guessing this was the origin of Contagion.
I'm totally in favour of the death of Bond. In fact, I think this is the perfect way to end his tenure on a high.
We have seen Craig's Bond go from an intrepid spy on his first mission and it makes sense that we see that character's arc through to the end by witnessing his final mission.
You can always reboot with another actor or figure some way to bring the character back. That'll be the task of the writers of Bond 26.
I think it would be a unique and intriguing direction to take the character after almost 60 years of storytelling. Plus it fits with Craig's story arc.
I'm a huge proponent of this. I much prefer the Bond films that are a little more earnest and emotional. The thought of Craig and Fukunaga working from this idea intrigues me heavily.
The only reason some fans reject it is based solely on nostalgia - Bond has always been the hero who saves the day and gets the girl. The more post-modern interpretation doesn't gel with this idea. People don't want subversion, they want the same story repackaged to look new. It's the same sentiment that led to people rejecting Luke Skywalker's exit from The Last Jedi.
I'm all for deconstructing some myths. However, The Playlist article hints that Craig isn't a fan of dying on screen and the current script has nixed the idea:
https://theplaylist.net/exclusive-scott-z-burns-bond-25-20190216/
I did enjoy THE INFORMANT and SIDE EFFECTS, but neither was particularly memorable, and I would probably list them among Soderbergh's weakest films.
Also, how would you end a film like that? You couldn't just end it with him dying, but then what other character would be worthy of the final shot?
Rory Kinnear's Tanner, of course!
https://www.superherohype.com/features/91505-22nd-james-bond-coming-may-2-2008
I like Slumdog Millionaire, but a Bond movie like it would have been terrible. So if it was Boyle’s intention we most definitely dodged a bullet. Heck we dodged a missile.
A Bond game every year (split between two developers under the same publishing company one based on the films and one original ideas)
And books every year
One based in he 60’s
One taking place today with the films and Carte Blanche as a sort of a loose history for the modern books two authors if need be.
I get all that I am a poor happy man lol
I agree! Also, I recommend Dynamite Comics, as they have both a past and present James Bond storyline.
No. No. No. And I don't mean Dr. No. Bond does NOT get killed off. How hard is this, as someone said? Car? check. Girls? check. Exotic locales? check. Maniacal bad guy? Check. Office scene with M? check. Moneypenny flirting? check. Q gets pissy when Bond blows off reading the tech manual? check. Gunbarrel? check. Huge Barry style theme? check.
Maybe I'll just write the thing myself.
An inspired choice, and if anyones worried about rewrites effecting the film, many successful Bond films were being rewritten as they were filming. Just go watch the 'Inside From Russia with Love' documentary, and you'll see for yourself how much things change over time.
Exactly!
All this talk of doing something completely different from Bond can be easily solved by watching a movie that isn't Bond.
If one is so against the idea of the opening gunbarrel for instance, then go watch a Nolan Batman film, or an '80's John Hughes teen comedy. I guarantee those movies don't open with the gunbarrel sequence. Problem solved.
If you like the idea of the main protagonist being killed off in the end, there are many film noirs that have that type of ending. OUT OF THE PAST for instance. Mitchum gets shot in the groin. Problem solved.
Boyle's apparent "Bond in captivity the whole film" idea does sound like the 1st twenty minutes of DAD stretched to 2 hours.
I'd rather just pop in THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION if I want a prison film.