What Directors Should Helm A Bond Film?

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  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I thought Jackie brown was poor. Tarantinos only truly great film is Pulp Fiction. He is unable to produce scripts without sixty million swear words per second too.....totally unsuitable for bond.
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    I'd love a one off Tarantino Bond film just to see what he'd do with it. Won't happen though, which is a shame. He said he wanted to do CR with Brosnan in the 50s, and while I don't think he should have done CR (that was done perfectly with Craig and Campbell), a one off 50s set Bond film written and directed by Tarantino would've been a fantastic way to end the Brosnan era imo. Would've been the send off he deserved and sent him out on a high note. I still think it's a shame that DAD was his last.

    Christopher Nolan, nah. I liked his Batman films but I'm not sure he'd be right for Bond. The problem is action, which he can't do. I think the only really good action scene he did was the Batman vs Bane fights and even they was poor from a fight choreography standpoint, it was the atmosphere (the score, the settings, the cinematography) that made those fights great.

    Since they're going for big names now I think Katheryn Bigelow would be a good choice. She can do dramatic stuff (The Hurt Locker) and great action (Point Break). I'd also like to see Martin McDonagh or John McDonagh have a crack at it, as In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and The Guard were all really good films imo, although again, action could be an issue.
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    I'd also like to see Martin McDonagh or John McDonagh have a crack at it, as In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths and The Guard were all really good films imo, although again, action could be an issue.
    Action can be done by the second unit ;-).

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    There a lot of good directors I'd be happy to see directing Bond, including Nolan . I also have reservations about Nolan but I think the potential pay off is worth he risk. His love of Bond is well known and it just seems like something worth seeing. I feel similarly about Spielberg - what a shame not to have had a full on 80s Spielberg movie.

    I think the nature of The Bond films and character has changed so much now that the future lies in allowing great directors and actors to give their own interpretation. I think Tarantino and Brosnan would have been a really interesting match up - I think Tarantino is someone who could have got something very special from Brosnan. I actually like the idea of period pieces as well. Mix it up. Remake some of the novels more authentically.
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Chr*st almighty, what's with all the art-house director swooning?!

    A certain amount of flair is great, and all of the suggestions I have seen are fine directors, certainly - but we don't need yet another personal take on the 007 universe, we've gone far enough off course as it is already.
    Can we please stick (for a while at least) to what has now been defined & built-up in Craig's reboot universe, without yet another high-brow filmmaker completely changing things for the benefit of his artistic vision?

    Innovation just for the sake of it is equally as foolish as being too conservative...

    If you want to go 'high-class' then enlist a guy who knows how to stick to a story & pre-established canon but adds visual flair and energy, someone like Michael Mann, Wolfgang Peterson or Bryan Singer. Bigelow would also be an option for something a bit different.
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    There are very few directors who can achieve a balance between action and character development. Mendes IMHO has raised the bar in terms of the role of character within Bond movies and it would be horrible to go back to a genre of "childish" action and little dialogue. IMHO Heat is a superb example of getting the balance just right and explains why so many fans still love the film. A great mix of fast moving action with quiet, introspective dialogue/conversation. The downside is that he tends to bring a certain Hollywood slickness to all of his movies even when not required (Last of the Mohicans for example). IF there was a Bond script set mainly in New York/Los Angeles, I think Mann could pull it off but I think it would be a one off.
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    I´m happy to see so much attention paid to Michael Mann :-).
    Even though his latest film Blackhat perhaps could have used a little more cutting dialogue, nevertheless Mann constantly shows he can combine character, dialogue and action very well.
    And there´s noone out there doing better action scenes than Mann.
    @patb, I content that there hasn´t been much Hollywood slickness in Mann´s films since Miami Vice.
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    Fair point - he has toned it down. also I forgot about the Insider which has genuine tension and drama, just the thing we need in future "mature" Bonds. With a good script and rest of the present team, I can imagine he would be a relatively safe pair of hands.
    One other point, with DC and the team, you want a director that will have respect and gravitas (as Mendes had), Mann would bring that by the bucket load having worked with Pacino, DeNiro, Cruise etc, a superb CV IMHO
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    @patb, I content that there hasn´t been much Hollywood slickness in Mann´s films since Miami Vice.

    Miami Vice was something of a misstep for Mann, I think. But even Coppola and Kubrick made the occasional mediocre film...

    Heat, The Insider, Collateral and Manhunter is all the proof you need that this Man :D could pull off an epic 007 film.
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    patb wrote: »
    Fair point - he has toned it down. also I forgot about the Insider which has genuine tension and drama, just the thing we need in future "mature" Bonds. With a good script and rest of the present team, I can imagine he would be a relatively safe pair of hands.
    One other point, with DC and the team, you want a director that will have respect and gravitas (as Mendes had), Mann would bring that by the bucket load having worked with Pacino, DeNiro, Cruise etc, a superb CV IMHO
    It´s not so much just his CV, it´s how in general he makes any actor look good. Public Enemies might not be everyones favorite Mann film, but in that film every tiniest side character appearance just looks amazing.





    AceHole wrote: »
    boldfinger wrote: »
    @patb, I content that there hasn´t been much Hollywood slickness in Mann´s films since Miami Vice.

    Miami Vice was something of a misstep for Mann, I think. But even Coppola and Kubrick made the occasional mediocre film...

    Heat, The Insider, Collateral and Manhunter is all the proof you need that this Man :D could pull off an epic 007 film.
    @AceHole, I guess if you consider Miami Vice a misstep, then you haven´t seen Public Enemies and Blackhat, where Mann proves that he has his own ideas of filmmaking. In any case, he doesn´t seem to be interested in doing films like Manhunter or Heat anymore, even though certain ideas re-appeared in his recent films.

  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    Haven't seen Blackhat, but Public Enemies had some redeeming features imo. Miami Vice did not.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    I wish we could have Terrence Young for every film forever!
  • AceHoleAceHole Belgium, via Britain
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    suavejmf wrote: »
    I wish we could have Terrence Young for every film forever!

    SECONDED. Young was probably more responsible for the setting the tone of the Bondfilms than any other person involved.
  • M_BaljeM_Balje Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    Peter Weir http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001837/

    * Work before with production Designer Dennis Gassner (QOS, Skyfall and Bond 24) on The Truman Show. Gassner start with QOS and then working on Skyfall and Bond 24 with Sam Mendes, with Mendes he work before on The Road to Perdition.
    * Work before with editor of Bond 24 on The Truman Show, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World and The Way Back. This time it be Lee Smith who already work on previous Bond movie..
    * With The Truman show he make human elements movie.
    * The Way Back cinematopgraphy look like a bit on QOS
    * Skyfall feels a bit like Master and Commander (and The Departed)
    * Mark Strong be remourd for Bond 24, but mabey he been cast for Bond 25. He play a part in The Way Back
    * If after Bond 24 John Logan wil not return and then Weir replace him. Weir also work as writer on his movies.
    * MGM (Weinstein Brothers) already work with him as producers of Master and Commander
    * Remours Daniel Craig whant Australia as Bond location, Weir is Australian. Also producers like idea if story fit/can find original location http://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=11720&t=mi6&s=news

    If that be case Russell Boyd wil be DOP who work with Weir on Master and Commander and The Way Back. In 1984 Boyd working as cinematopgrahper on a Columbia Tristar (Sony) movie who photography look like a bit on Jarhead, LALD, LTK, and CR. This year wil work on Holt, a spy movie.

    I stil have some doubt about Lee Smith as editor because of TDK, but X-men first class were he be second editor (The first editor working on Mi5 now, whlye Smith work on Spectre.) has some very Bond stylish (Remember me moost to Tomorrow Never Dies and mabey also from tv serie The Last Ship) pacing. Of course it be dificult to say or this be Smith his work or the other editor.

    Bond 25 or Bond 26:

    Directer: Peter Weir
    Writers: Neal Pervis & Robert Wade and Peter Weir
    Producers: Barbara Broccoli & Michael G Wilson
    Editor: Lee Smith
    Production Designer: Dennis Gassner
    Cinematopgraphy aka Directer of Photopgraphy: Russell Boyd
    2th United Directer: Alexander Witt

    If Sam Mendes return for Bond 25, mabey there can consider Peter Weir to replace John Logan as writer and then ask him for Bond 26.

    Scott Mannion http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3408447 http://scottmannion.com/
    For another movie with another Bond, there also can consider Scott Mannion, that directer of Holt (http://www.holtfindthetruth.com) who is also Australian, but this movie is his first bigger movie in style of The Good Shepherd.

  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    AceHole wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    I wish we could have Terrence Young for every film forever!

    SECONDED. Young was probably more responsible for the setting the tone of the Bondfilms than any other person involved.

    True words. Young is the fabric of cinematic Bond. People talk about the GF and the Bond formula but Young IS the formula.

  • edited April 2015 Posts: 5,767
    AceHole wrote: »
    Haven't seen Blackhat, but Public Enemies had some redeeming features imo. Miami Vice did not.
    It took me much longer to get into Public Enemies than into Miami Vice, but after getting into Public Enemies, I had no problem getting into Blackhat ;-).
    Unfortunately, I think all three of those films are not what Eon would want for Bond. Which is a pity.

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    Public Enemies is definitely the weakest of Mann's "digital obsession" films. Miami Vice is the best, and Blackhat is way better than most think it is.

    I'd like to see him shoot a Bond film using his sharp digital style. Even if it's terrible, I would love to see it.
    suavejmf wrote: »
    I thought Jackie brown was poor. Tarantinos only truly great film is Pulp Fiction. He is unable to produce scripts without sixty million swear words per second too.....totally unsuitable for bond.

    Just because he hasn't written a script without a multitude of swear words does not mean he is unable to. His version of Casino Royale would have definitely been PG-13.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    AceHole wrote: »
    suavejmf wrote: »
    I wish we could have Terrence Young for every film forever!

    SECONDED. Young was probably more responsible for the setting the tone of the Bondfilms than any other person involved.

    Exactly. Nail hit on the head!
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
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    Young's Bonds also had the perfect tone. Serious and suave with just the perfect amount of wit.
  • edited May 2015 Posts: 1,661
    George Miller. The new Mad Max film: Fury Road, is getting rave reviews. He's Australian so he's eligible. Lee 'Die Another Day' Tamahori is from New Zealand.

    He's getting on a bit, age 70, but I'm sure he could deliver a visually striking Bond film. :)
  • dominicgreenedominicgreene The Eternal QOS Defender
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    Despite what people say, I think Nolan is 90% going to be Mendes successor.
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    I think if George Miller was going to happen, it would have been during the Brosnan era. In fact I suspect his name must have come up at some point as they were looking at the Spottiswoode-Apted-Tamahori types.
  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    fanbond123 wrote: »
    George Miller. The new Mad Max film: Fury Road, is getting rave reviews. He's Australian so he's eligible. Lee 'Die Another Day' Tamahori is from New Zealand.

    He's getting on a bit, age 70, but I'm sure he could deliver a visually striking Bond film. :)

    So if your Australian your automatically eligible?? I have friends in NSW are they eligible???

    How about an accomplished director ...not a journeyman but with a sense of suspence and thrill and an appreciation for Bond?



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    mcdonbb wrote: »
    fanbond123 wrote: »
    George Miller. The new Mad Max film: Fury Road, is getting rave reviews. He's Australian so he's eligible. Lee 'Die Another Day' Tamahori is from New Zealand.

    He's getting on a bit, age 70, but I'm sure he could deliver a visually striking Bond film. :)

    So if your Australian your automatically eligible?? I have friends in NSW are they eligible???

    How about an accomplished director ...not a journeyman but with a sense of suspence and thrill and an appreciation for Bond?


    Journeyman? I just watched Mad Max Fury Road. As a director, despite his 70 years, George Miller p***es rings around the likes of Sam Mendes.



    dinovelvet wrote: »
    I think if George Miller was going to happen, it would have been during the Brosnan era. In fact I suspect his name must have come up at some point as they were looking at the Spottiswoode-Apted-Tamahori types.
    I would be surprised if Miller´s Name came up at some Point, given that he was at some Point already deeply in preparations to do some Justice League film.
    I wouldn´t be surprised either if his Name came up again, now that Mad Max Fury Road is in Theaters.





    Despite what people say, I think Nolan is 90% going to be Mendes successor.
    I so pray that this blind Nolan Hype soon vanishes.

  • mcdonbbmcdonbb deep in the Heart of Texas
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    mcdonbb wrote: »
    fanbond123 wrote: »
    George Miller. The new Mad Max film: Fury Road, is getting rave reviews. He's Australian so he's eligible. Lee 'Die Another Day' Tamahori is from New Zealand.

    He's getting on a bit, age 70, but I'm sure he could deliver a visually striking Bond film. :)

    So if your Australian your automatically eligible?? I have friends in NSW are they eligible???

    How about an accomplished director ...not a journeyman but with a sense of suspence and thrill and an appreciation for Bond?


    Journeyman? I just watched Mad Max Fury Road. As a director, despite his 70 years, George Miller p***es rings around the likes of Sam Mendes.



    dinovelvet wrote: »
    I think if George Miller was going to happen, it would have been during the Brosnan era. In fact I suspect his name must have come up at some point as they were looking at the Spottiswoode-Apted-Tamahori types.
    I would be surprised if Miller´s Name came up at some Point, given that he was at some Point already deeply in preparations to do some Justice League film.
    I wouldn´t be surprised either if his Name came up again, now that Mad Max Fury Road is in Theaters.





    Despite what people say, I think Nolan is 90% going to be Mendes successor.
    I so pray that this blind Nolan Hype soon vanishes.

    I'm a big fan of the good Dr. Miller... the journeyman director statement was not referring to Miller.



  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    boldfinger wrote: »
    Despite what people say, I think Nolan is 90% going to be Mendes successor.
    I so pray that this blind Nolan Hype soon vanishes.
    Me too.

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    Murdock wrote: »
    boldfinger wrote: »
    Despite what people say, I think Nolan is 90% going to be Mendes successor.
    I so pray that this blind Nolan Hype soon vanishes.
    Me too.

    Me three

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    I hope we get Luc Bresson but that is just me
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    Joe Wright.
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    I was going through the Sony information on Wikileaks and there are some very interesting little morsels on there. It's very interesting if you're a film fan and want to know what kind of stuff goes on behind the scenes.

    Anyway, I ran into an email from Wayne Garvie to Sony's head, Michael Lynton. Apparently, Mendes had a meeting with him in October 2014, where Sam said he was happy with his work on Bond but felt it was time for him to move on. He also stated that he is planning on moving into television and wants to direct all episodes of a 12 part series he is planning.

    It looks like Mendes may very well step away from Bond. My hope is that he moves on to this TV show he is working on quickly, then has a chance to reconsider the Bond gig in 2018.
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