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For me that aspect of his life is baked into the character. Though I don't share the same opinion as some who are troubled by the two often cited Connery scenes, I do understand their point. Clearly the films have evolved over time.
What are you suggesting you'd like to see and why?
Oh @CrabKey I don't think anything bothers me about Bond's womanizing. That's why I said I'm slightly worried that Bond's behavior in NTTD might be the new way Bond behaves from here on out. But guys like @007HallY & @mtm have made brilliant contributions on the subject matter.
I do understand your opinion on Connery's Bond, though. I think that's subjective and actually a behavior of its time and also, not saying women aren't feminine these days, but they were more feminine back then, so it gave the males more reason to behave excessively dominant. For example, I can't imagine Ava Gardner from the golden era of Hollywood, not wanting someone like Victor Mature to tell her what to do. Maybe someone like Barbara Stanwyck was one of the tougher females back then, but even at that, she was still submissive to men...in some ways.
As for the women in Bond films and even in today's other films, they're now the independent types, which is evolution. My point is, while it's good, it shouldn't affect Bond being in-charge of women. But at the same time, I think it should be done in a way that doesn't make Bond come off as a chauvinist.
I like it. But I’d prefer it as a book. Plus, I have some ideas written down on a modern day Alec Trevelyan origin story. Before he turns bad.
But ultimately yes, he's one of many potential options, and until we get anything definitive it's all a bit up in the air.
I've always wanted Campbell for Bond 26...so he just completes his hatrick. He's tricky with non-Bond films, but he instantly understands Bond. Also, I think with Campbell, there wouldn't be anything like "Creative differences" and all that. Maybe the best director take the day, though....even if it isn't Campbell.
Not to say Campbell couldn’t do it again, but ultimately I think it depends on the material and what they think a director will bring to the film. Obviously at the moment we don’t know anything about their ideas, so all we have are hypotheticals. If Campbell was asked back though I suspect there’d be a reason other than he’s done the job before.
I think I’d disagree slightly there: it’s gritty in places but what really impressed me last time I watched it was how funny the tank chase is, and how assured you’d have to be as a director to do that, especially at that point of the film. It’s just the confidence that impresses me the most about GoldenEye: it just knows what it’s doing, moreso than any Glen I must say.
I get what you mean. But I think it works because it’s done in such a straight manner. It’s not anywhere near as ‘wink-nudge’ as Glen’s films, even if ultimately it’s a pretty outlandish scene in concept. Again if it were a Glen or even Gilbert Bond film you’d expect elaborate gags perhaps involving a bystander making a funny face (or perhaps even from Bond) or some sort of non-diegetic music breaking the fourth wall. With the tank chase there’s this wonderful sense that while it’s absolute nonsense it’s taking said nonsense relatively seriously (which of course means there’s that nice Bondian tongue in cheek element).
I think we might be approaching the point where something has got to give, and we will start to catch some definitive signs of movement in the coming months. Remember it was April 2019 when we got the full cast reveal at Goldeneye last time out, and that was after Boyle had already been fired from the project. The fact we don't even have a tweet to say the next film is in development yet is really quite strange.
The tank scene reminds me of F&F movies. Even Bond flying into a plane was that kind of thing.
I wouldn't even associate Bond with that franchise in a dream. The Bondian moments in Bond films make them different from other films. Without those extra things, Bond films wouldn't standout.
Yeah. The hat-trick would have been cool, though. It would have been such a distinctive achievement, that would have been hard for any other Bond director to attain. Well, maybe I'm even going too far...his record of launching two Bonds is already something that's yet to be broken.
But Campbell appears to be in far better health and condition; MGW has has serious health challenges.
I don’t think Campbell’s is at all an issue at this point. In recent interviews he’s sharp and energetic
The audio is horrible, but this is recent; it’s unscripted and shows that he is in top form and sharp as a tack
Exactly, my point was that he’s not Infirmed.
To quote Bond, ‘Youth is no guarantee of innovation’ and ‘Age is no guarantee of efficiency’. But vice versa is true too.