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Totally agree. Don't know why this stuff is so beyond the wit of EON's writers. The 'feel' for the characters has become so weak.
Don't get me wrong I like Fiennes. Just find his M underwhelming. Too young for Craig Bond.
Me too. I'm not really impressed by the new Moneypenny or Q.
You can learn so much about a character from a simple line like "I never joke about my work, 007" and its delivery.
Also I get so much more from the M scenes in DR NO and OHMSS than the more fleshed out Mallory scenes in SF and SP.
I hope the next era, whenever that may be, goes back to keeping the Mi6 staff in the background, rather than creating entire stories around them.
+1, especially to your point about keeping the Mi6 characters relegated to the background as opposed to fleshing out or creating backstories around them. I blame modern day storywriters for the laziness, to be honest; it seems like these days everything and every character needs to have some sort of origin. I wish we could keep it more simple and have the audience make inferences through well-crafted storytelling and character writing.
A truly Flemingesque timeline includes both Vesper and Tracy. :)
It's true. She is a bit of a Bond ambassador. Always charming and diplomatic in interviews. You could see EON wanting to keep her on. Well she is a real Cambridge graduate.
I agree as well that we learnt so much more in the past from much smaller scenes with M, Q and MP. You got brief glimpses of them but you could almost immediately imagine who they were. The writing was , without doubt, much better in the early films, which obviously helped.
It really did stand out like a sore thumb, didn’t it? That 3rd act really didn’t work at all.
I wouldn't mind Dan Stevens, if he kept his weight in check. And if they darkened his hair a bit, as most of that blonde hue he usually wears is made up. He actually has dark brown hair.
I agree about Tarantino. His only real quality films were his first 2. After that the films became gradually more self indulgent, doing what Tarantino likes rather than what the audience likes.
I don't get the impression he is a huge Fleming fan either, wanting to return to the novels. He'd turn a Bond film into American trash, silly OTT violence, and I can imagine it would lack the elegance and British upper class elements needed.
Nolan is the only big director I would want to direct Bond.
Tarantino does what Tarantino wants. Period. I would love Nolan to direct a Bond film.
I think this is what most of us want. And you're right about the Craig era. I can stick on any 60's or early 70s Bond and I'm entertained. You can add the 2 80's Dalton's too.
Other than CR, I find the Craig era a difficult one to re-watch,
Agreed. They're secondary characters and should remain as such.
What's different for Skyfall and Spectre is some of the action takes place in London. After a certain point it would be odd if MI6 HQ staff weren't directly engaged.
Regardless, two films using London is plenty. It will be great to go other places now.
We had Q in the field in SP outside of London, Moneypenny and M in the field outside of London in SF.
I think we are all bored of seeing the Scooby gang out where the action is, whether it is in London or outside the UK.
I would be quite happy seeing their customary 5 minute roles at the beginning of a new mission like the old days, nothing more, nothing less.
I couldn't agree more.
Let’s hope it’s not Apple... their streaming has not been in the same league as Netflix, Amazon...
I do wonder though if this is serious, whether EON is considering buying MGM's stake in the franchise so they can retain control.
Dammit. Make this the 100th time I've read s suggestion that would have vastly improved SP.
What frustrates me most about that film is that it had all the potential in the world.
Anyway, to the future of the 'Scooby Gang': I'd be happy to see all of them stay if the interval isn't too long - they're all quite talented. However, their collective salaries must hurt a bit. If EON is thinking about a 'leaner' approach to the next actor, they can't keep dropping $200 million+ on each picture. . .
Yes, I can see it now... Disney casting agents are already searching for an American actor in his 20s to play James Bond in Bond 26:
Rise Of Bond
"All the Potential In The World" should be the working title of every new Bond movie.
Quite.
It's just that SP felt special:
-massive amounts of public goodwill after the historic success of SF
-all the characters introduced, a new M in place, and essentially a narrative 'blank slate' in place to run the story in any direction
-the rights to spectre in hand again
-the most talent ever assembled on both sides of the camera, right through cast and crew
-a practically unlimited budget
They had the world on a string with that one. It looks gorgeous, but it could have been so, so much better.