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I don't think they are even working on it we don't even know they are writing anything till its official
Well you got Blofeld as Bond's brother FFS! What more do you want? Surprising and for sure and I hope to Christ it was unique. Although covering the same ground as Austin Powers can hardly be classed as groundbreaking.
I should have clarified my earlier statement to indicate that I wasn't looking for cheap 'jump the shark' ridiculousness to make an impact in a crowded year for the genre.
I realize that EON follows trends and that Ra's and Talia Al Ghul had perhaps made it sexy with the 'it was all me' revenge shtick in 2012's TDKR (not to mention the Khan!!! duplicity & deception in 2013's Into The Darkness), but it really was all a bit predictable & tedious.
Haven't people been awaiting the last several quarterly reports, just for them to reveal nothing? I think even that is setting yourself up for disappointment. Best just to enjoy what we have and wait for the 'Bond 25' news to come, which it will, in due time. It may be a while until then, but the series is far from dead.
Hopefully people aren't so tuned out of bond by then
I doubt that'll happen, given at how antsy everyone gets when a new rumor pops up, or how every single site out there picks it up, regardless of credibility. They'll officially announce it when the time comes and everyone's interest will immediately be peaked once more. It's Bond.
Burned out? I was just warmed up. All those other films were no match for a standart James Bond film, no need for something groundbreaking at all, just a decent Bond flic.
Are people seriously suggesting that any of the above were serious competition or blunted their appetite for Bond?
Kingsman - Monumentally overrated. A few humourous gags at Bond's expense and one decent set piece (the freefall sequence) and that's about your lot.
Spy - You're having a laugh. Or as we're talking a Melissa Mcarthy film here you're probably not.
Man From Uncle - Proves we dodged a bullet with Cavill, the only man who can make Rory Kinnear look charismatic. It was a fun bit of fluff but hardly anywhere near Bond.
MI:RN - The only one that came close. Trumped SP on the action front but is there anyone who doesn't get annoyed by Simon Pegg's light relief schtick? They seem to have stolen the Moore/Brozza light hearted action romp territory though.
That's a pretty underwhelming undercard before the main event. Goes to show that the rest can only dream of being Bond - take note The Rythm Section. You can keep banging on about how you have been produced by 'the Bond producers' (EON shamelessly ripping off their own product strangely) but that doesnt mean you'll be anywhere near fit to lace Bond's boots.
Arguably SF's mammoth success helped to reignite interest in the genre again and brought out all these imitators. Bottom line therefore: 2015 was a year to knock out of the park. To deliver a statement of intent and show the pretenders who rules. Sadly, someone severely dropped the ball, and it's still bouncing around somewhere.
Regarding the fancifully named The Rhythm Section, I certainly hope that it doesn't result in brand dilution. I've seen this happen in other industries before. Namely, the creators get focused on the new product and it overshadows the big kahuna. That had better not happen here. After all, one is seen as 'hip', 'diverse' & the start of something new, and the other could be considered a 'dinosaur' in this new PC centric environment.
In my deepest young Bill Cosby voice: 'RIGHT!' And 'Oh Yeaaahhhh!'
Can't disagree with any of that to be fair.
If you want a great movie you have to have great writing, regardless of that team. CR is great because of the book and the work they did to create a screenplay out of it. Everyone forgets or minimizes the writing, including EON... studios, all of Hollywood.
Indeed, I'm aware,so do what has been rumored, a faithful adaptation of You only Live Twice; go back to the novels and do them justice, even if the film's title is different.
It all starts with a great script. It's easier for everything to fall into place than if you start out with some trash writing and hope for the best. I've seen plenty of films where the talent could shine, but they fail to do so because the writing is awful and generic.
Sexist.
Hey, P&W wrote Casino Royale, and touched up Skyfall... isn't that enough achievements? Geez.
Actually they wrote SF, which subsequently was completely altered by Mendes and Logan from the point on Bond comes to shanghai, probably because they didn't deem it mellodramatic enough.
I love DAF's I got a brudder guy. I am a Yank.
And after seeing that article and the synopsis for the script, I'd have preferred THAT one over the abysmal movie we've gotten that is SF.