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Yeah, I know what you mean. But it just hurts knowing James Bond usually sets the pace, but now copy others. I know the older Bond movies also followed trends, but recently it's becoming too blatant.
I’d say since 1962 with Alfred Hitchcock, and 1971 with campy TV shows.
At this point, I don’t really care if Bond films are taking cues from contemporary popular films anymore, because that’s been the standard operating procedure for 50 years. All that really matters is if they make a cracking action adventure film.
It used to follow trends in the past too. FRWL is heavily influenced by Hitchcock for instance. With a dash of Kubrick thrown in for good measure (Spartacus apparently influenced the training on Spectre Island).
Brilliant...
I've said before that I don't think they really can. Craig took the 'dark/gritty/grounded' thing as far as it could be taken. Any further in that direction and you tip into sheer joylessness - some might argue that some of his films already do a bit. Plus, what are the odds that the next actor will be able to do the 'dark' thing as well as Craig? He's sort of made it his own, so there's a major risk that following on in that tone would come off as pale imitation.
I think in a post-COVID world some romanticism and travelogue would be appealing to a lot of people. Maybe if Indy/Uncharted do well, EON will chase the 'adventure' flavor a bit more?
Although Shirley Bassey could nail any song in Cats so well ! Let's see, remake GF with emphasis on Pussy Galore and her flying crew...yes, YES ! There could be something here !
It would be nice to see them go on location extensively. They have not been doing that a lot in the Craig era after QoS.
There are worse ideas than to let Soderbergh do a quick-and-dirty handheld Bond in a bunch of different European locations. It might be the amuse bouche the series needs.
But now we have Spiderman No Way Home......................... get ready for all the other Bond CGI actors to show up and help the new Bond.
Is that verified?
Purvis & Wade said when they were in the process of writing they thought it would be amusing if the producers could get Connery to play him. But it never seemed to be a serious suggestion.
I’m glad they didn’t get Connery. It would have been cute but distracting.
That’s why they didn’t do it. Besides, it was a nice send off for Albert Finney.
I wish he had been in a Bond film before actually. He would have made a great villain.
Yeh, I'm also glad they didn't get Connery - or ask him, rather, as I doubt he'd've been up for it, really. I just assumed that casting choices wouldn't have been down to Purvis and Wade so it must've been Mendes's idea but, yes, according to Some Kind of Hero, Wade said that the Connery casting 'was genuinely considered...but the producers weren't so sure. They were worried it would overshadow the movie.'
That's a good example. You use Seagal's persona to set up expectations and then, the twist. I like it when movies do that; when aspects outside of the movie are used inside the movie.
Like I said, it all depends on how well Batman fares at the BO and with the critics. Current movie audience taste and expectations will dictate which direction they go in, rather than a simple desire to go back to a light hearted adventure romp (which I personally wouldn't mind either).
The new Batman actor could be an indication which way they may go with the next Bond actor too. Dark and brooding, rather than classical super hero type.
I thought it worked for MAVERICK, but that’s a case where he was playing a character from the start of the film, rather than coming in for the third act.
What made it work for SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME was because the whole film had already been setting the previous actors up to appear, so it wasn’t totally out of the blue.
He was distracting then too. And even for a few seconds, stressed how lightweight and unheroic Kevin Costner is in that film.