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I mean, that's essentially plot to be fair.
But I get what you're saying. I know a criticism of TSWLM's first act is that Bond goes from random person to random person, most of whom get killed, and one of whom - Hosein - may as well have been written out. Not unfair. It's more a script issue if anything, but I do like how the fast pace gives the feel of Bond having to scramble to achieve his mission, with things constantly changing and him having to face different obstacles. If anything I'd like them to lean into that idea for a future film as it could be interesting.
Well thats fine but you have to tell him no
The last guy was in the hospital for a week…
Good luck
What I guess I'm trying to say is that Gilbert's direction doesn't give us comfort in setting or in character much of the time. We move from setting to setting drastically with little reason (normally because of some exposition fed by a side character, giving the feeling that others do the dirty work). It doesn't feel like Bond spent more than the minutes on screen on set at the story's setting. This is at its worst in YOLT, because Bond is mostly in the same country but it feels like setting changes often. All three Gilbert efforts have the disjointed feel that comes with most the plot-driving elements done by others off-screen and Bond continually following up.
I suppose, to wrap it all up I believe that Gilbert's direction doesn't take much of plot into consideration and the fast pace is because the plot falls thin between action sequences
I haven't seen this perspective expressed before always great to have fresh ideas about the films. :-bd
Having said that, I'm not sure what Gilbert could've done as a director about Bond getting most of his information from other people, that really does seem like a script problem. On the whole, I like the fact that bond films zip around a lot, it gives a feeling of breathlessness, and if Bond is supposed to be a top super spy we SHOULD find it a little difficult keeping up with him. But I'd still say that Gilbert gives the locations the correct time to breathe, I feel like I get properly immersed in Egypt in TSWLM, or Rio in MR.
No way Fassbender. Too old now.
It's not Bullet Train that people are judging his performance by. Apparently Nocturnal Animals is the one to watch in terms of how good an actor he is (playing a serial killer), which he won a Golden Globe for.
I haven't seen the film yet, but I will watch it if ATJ is chosen, just to check out what the new Bond actor has in store for us.
Villeneuve or someone else directs bond 26 for a Oct/Nov 2026 release.
Edgar Wright directs bond 27 for a Oct/Nov 2028 release.
I'm convinced Edgar Wright will direct a Bond film at some point in the future, and I have a theory that an actor's second film is usually their least consequential, usually bond is just chasing a maguffin around. I think edgar fits perfectly for an actor's second film, because he's not dry enough the helm the first film where the audience hasn't been won over yet, and the third film is usually where it goes grand and epic, which isn't really Edgar's wheelhouse either. But a breezy, throwaway adventure where they camp things up a bit and just have a jolly good romp would fit him perfectly. It would also keep happy the side of the fandom that wants bond to return to his roots.
What people have not been considering is that Denis Villeneuve's wife Tanya Lapointe has become a producer, too. She executive produced Dune Part One and is one of the producers of Dune Part Two. Would Villeneuve direct Bond 26 without her involvement? Would EON be okay with her being on board?
I imagine they would be fine giving her an executive producer credit and having her as another voice in the room. Ultimately I think there's only going to be one person making the majority of the decisions and that's Barbara broccoli, and ofcourse micheal to the extent his age and health allows.
Well the sandwich i ate that caused my prophecies was a little old anyway i am fine now no prophecies for me
It's a script problem. They didn't use Fleming's novels.
That’s not how EON work.
Things change. Also, I remember when in 2011, the MI6 admins were absolutely convinced that EON would never ever let Sam Mendes pick Thomas Newman to compose the score of Skyfall. Then in 2014 they were convinced that Newman would not be allowed to compose the score of Spectre because he and EON apparently did not get along during the making of Skyfall.
Things do change.
I can’t see a time when EON give up total control of a Bond film.
Why would they?
I suppose potentially it is a script problem: but on the surface I can see similar things bubbling in TMWTGG (Bond visits MI6 HQ 3-5 times in the film to get the plot driven), but there's a stronger feeling of consistency in the setting, and Bond feels more autonomous than the travel somewhere, get outside confirmation, keep travelling.
All the points raised up are perfectly logical and I feel I've done a bad job of explaining what I mean. But anyway, Bond 26 I think should be a tense, espionage based adventure, with Bond mostly on his own, rather than a grandiose spectacle.
I’d love that. And maybe the grandiose spectacle could be left for the end of the third act, with a proper slow build up to it.
I do have trouble accepting that as a real possibility until I hear it from a reliable source. What do we know? That he has several projects lined up, one of which he's a little mysterious about. And that set some here on the path of OMG HE'S DOING BOND! Wait, what? A big-name director cannot wink-wink without us immediately thinking he's going to do a Bond film? Educational systems really are failing us...
Fair enough, it’s a legit criticism that not everyone likes. Again, I quite like the fast pace and the idea of Bond having to quickly change plans and be thrown off course. And we do get some great pauses to take in the Egyptian and Japanese scenery, and what happens itself is very engaging, so I personally think they’re quite well directed.
The flow of that section of TSWLM feels in particular, to my mind, quite modern and almost like a video game in some ways. It feels more akin to a modern Bond film (at least from the Brosnan era onwards) where there can be more quick hopping from situation to situation. Maybe Gilbert’s films were ahead of their time in a sense.
They've resisted many other big names in the past, so why not now?
I don’t think I’ve heard anyone on this site, or anywhere else, talking about EoN pulling Craig 2.0. Or even wanting that??
Fan of Craig, or not, I don’t think any serious fan wants to see a Craig 2.0– whatever that is. I AM a big fan of Craig, and I don’t want to see whatever it is you’re assuming we want, or assuming we think that that’s what EoN is thinking, 😂!!
We want to see a new actor bring his own interpretation….
As for Villeneuve, we know that he’s ACTUALLY had a meeting with EoN (after Boyle left), and he actually HAS spoken about his desire to direct Bond, @Mendes4Lyfe .
So comparing The Sun’s breaking news with the idea that Villeneuve could be the next director, is comparing apples to oranges, Mendes.
This is the first I'm hearing that ATJ is considered smug, I'll have to look out for that. Can't say that has ever struck me before. The voice thing I've heard about, but again, never really jumped out at me as being a big issue, personally.
It just seems curious that we're willing to accept "clues" on the one hand like its inside baseball of what's happening behind the scenes, but then when it comes to ATJ we need to have confirmation from specific publications, and even then only specific journalists working for said publications before we can treat them as substantial and worth taking seriously.
@Mendes4Lyfe … we are all asking for confirmation, big man. On all of it.
And, like @DEKE_RIVERS , if you want to get your news (just general news, nothing film related), from something like The Sun, instead of say, media and columnists whose bread and butter it is to actually provide REAL NEWS, then you go ahead, brother! Enjoy the news about Princess Catherine “missing”, about her husband having an affair, about body doubles (while she was really readying herself to make her own announcement about her cancer diagnosis), then have at it!!
If you want to believe The Sun that the new Bond film will have two actors playing Bond (one old, one young), enjoy! Or The Sun’s reporting that he was supposed to sign last week, eat it up, man!! 😂 😂 😂