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Then I’d concern myself with hiring doctors to add the layers.
I really can understand the value that P and W has with the producers (and likely to the financiers and distributors as well; in an industry, that on the best of days, with a hundred different decisions and gambles to make, one doesn’t want a reliable pair of hands to easily escape the stable)…
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I think an issue though is that when choosing directors of this calibre, whats or whose next? A question we often ask filmmakers to avoid but with Nolan or Villeneuve involved at the beginning of a new era, they're gonna shape something that's true and distinctive to them and something that more likely than not will resonate with a lot of people, general audiences and fans alike, so you kinda have to be careful when choosing other filmmakers to enter this space because you've built a pretty solid foundation, but EON aren't strangers to this process.
In kilt of course. I warned you guys. This will come true.
I know @peter EON definitely wants to feel comfortable. They are the modern day version of Richard Maibaum. However, Maibaum took breaks, and EON still succeeded without him. If the internet existed back in Maibaum’s time, he probably would be criticized for being used too much. And knowing Maibaum’s ego, he’d throw criticism back at the fans, as much he did his colleagues. For better or worse, one of the biggest problems with James Bond in general is reusing the same people, when it seems they’re creatively drained. Writers (both movies and books) have proven this. As someone who also works in the media, I’ve seen my fair share of people wiping out due to drained creatively.
To be fair to Maibaum he pretty much worked consistently on Bond from ‘62-89, obviously with the exception of YOLT and MR (and if I’m honest, the scripts for those two films are arguably weaker without his involvement). To get the best scripts EON simply hired others to come onboard. It’s essentially what they do now. So I agree it’s what Bond has always done, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing. Both Maibaum and P&W know/knew Bond, whatever my criticisms are of them.
I know, and I’m happy that we got all three of them. Also, Tom Mankiewicz was solo on LALD, and Maibaum said processing drugs in the jungle was not a Bond caper. Once again, criticizing others perhaps unfairly. In particular, when he did something arguably similar in LTK.
If EON / MGM are looking to create Bond 26 on a grand scale, but keep the budget well under control, Villeneuve would be one director who could pull that off.
Ah yes, that's true, I forgot about LALD. In fairness I'd also say that film makes a few script missteps too.
And yes, Maibaum did criticise the plot unfairly I think. Not all Bond villain capers need to be grand. I would say that people often forget there's a stinger missile subplot/Sanchez threading to take down an American airliner in LTK (and honestly, it's only mentioned in dialogue and may as well have been edited out it's so weak. Even wiki didn't mention it on their plot synopsis last time I looked up the film).
LALD script is a weak one too.
Apparently, he is a big fan and his favorites are CR and SF, according to IMDB. I’d guess his favorite Bond actor is Craig. I’d actually be ok with Christopher Nolan directing the next Bond’s debut, with Denis Villeneuve directing the second, as he now has two great sequels to his name.
I agree, LALD’s script is definitely flawed. The boat chase alone is proof of that, with or without Sheriff JW Pepper. While it’s not his fault due to time constraints, remember Maibaum was the one who introduced the Solex in TMWTGG. Mankiewicz’s script was originally written with Bond and Scaramanga as equals. I blame Guy Hamilton though for most of the flaws of TMWTGG. So at least Purvis and Wade can disagree with others while being respectful. As for the future writers, I still stand my ground with EON being as fresh as possible.
He returns to Casino Royale and Skyfall a lot, he says. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/denis-villeneuve-names-his-favourite-james-bond-movie/#:~:text=More specifically, Villeneuve names Casino,Chiffre, played by Mads Mikkelsen.
LALD didn't quite play to Moore's strengths. You get bizarre scenes such as Bond tricking Solitare into sleeping with him by using trick cards (I honestly maintain that even Connery would have come across badly if his Bond had been made to do that). These problems only got worse by TMWTGG.
I do agree that Guy Hamilton was a flawed Bond director. DAF especially has some atrocious filmmaking (ie. dialogue portions that have been seemingly sped up by accident, bad and unnatural fight choreography, odd editing choices etc.) They have a sort of cheap 'televisual' quality to them compared to the efforts of Gilbert, Hunt, and even Young. The humour is often just a bit too ironic and outlandish. I know Hunt had complaints about his directing choices on GF and was unhappy with some of the footage.
I think the most interesting Bond films are written when you have at least one party who really understand Bond, and preferably Fleming. It just keeps a good balance that the films have maintained. So I think P&W have their place.
Always a good sign, those choices. Just like CN preferring OHMSS. These guys know their stuff.
Might depend on the cast. If they go big for the supporting characters, they'll have to pay out. But Dune has shown you can make a big blockbuster with high talent for less than $200 mil. It's doable, and probably should be a soft goal for the first film.
It's an odd scene, but The Lovers card had already been drawn quite genuinely earlier in the film, so Solitaire already believes it's going to happen. The film is strange because it runs on dream logic anyway, with Bond asking her to use her powers to get him important tactical information, only to completely accept her word that now that she has taken a lover she can no longer see the future. You'd think he'd at least ask her to try and see - I see psychic ability as something Bond might be open to believing in, but gods and magic I can't imagine him buying into - however he doesn't ask her to test it just in case, despite the fact it puts them both in more danger to be flying blind.