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All interesting picks, if you ask me. Never been a Nolan fan, though.
It was. I found a quote from him, saying: "I can confirmed I've had a meeting with Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson. They are fans of « Headhunters», and wanted to know if I'm available at the moment. They also wanted me to read a script."
This must have been before Mendes returned.
Haven't heard all these names listed here mentioned before - only Winding Refn and Black. Winding Refn could be interesting, but probably an artsy option.
Patrick Hughes to name a few
But i think there better ask him back as editor and take The Vantage Point directer Pete Travis he work with (and made him un avaible for QOS) or Roger Donaldson. If not Marc Forster. Peter Weir.
Paramount/Universal ask baid as wagner (editor of DAD) fixer of Mission Impossible 2 and Mgm correct there two mistakes twice. Baid returns for Skyfall.
But on this moment i like what Lee Smith did on Spectre. His return as editor and Peter Weir is something i like to see. Him and some of other directers too.
My thoughts exactly. From outside the Bond family, right now, i'd say Jaume Collect-Serra or possibly Isaac Florentine (both know their way around action thrillers). A few years ago, I would have suggested Peter Hyams (now retired it seems).
“There are key moments within the series where you see either a change in era, a change in Bond, or a change in tone, I would like to be there for something like that.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/christopher-mcquarrie-reveals-bond-movie-hed-want-make-exclusive-135754188.html
I would love for him to have a crack at one.
Yes, and he knows how it includes a light touch and a bit of humor without being heavy handed and breaking the tension of a suspenseful sequence; this was masterfully done within the Opera sequence of Rogue Nation
I am not fond of McQuarries choices of Color and light, I find his films´ look distinctive, but it´s not my flavor.
And I also don´t like directors´ quips that they would like to be there at a Moment of Change. I want directors who have the balls to make also a "continuing" Bond film great. I don´t understand why everybody wants to innovate. The Knowledge should have spread by now that Innovation in this context is usually an excuse for not being able to deliver true Innovation, which would be a compelling Story using well-known Elements IMO.
Very true. Just because TC is such a daredevil some folks make the mistake of thinking this is all about stunts. It's far more than that. The Opera sequence is one of the best things I've seen in film in the last decade. There's very little in the way of stuntwork there. Rather it's a beautiful update of the famous sequence in The Man Who Knew Too Much and very suspenseful. McQuarrie has said that it's about the sequence itself and not about the stunts. If one gets the sequence right the action and stuntwork will flow organically from there.
I just liked the interactions between Cruise, Cobie Smulders and Danika Yarosh. Smulders in particular looked like she could really kick some serious 'a'.
I just watched the above Clip multiple times. For some reason I don´t find that sequence exciting. I think it´s the camera angles, they are too many times close to the bike, there are not enough wide shots. I find it hard to relate to because those perspectives are totally improbable in real life. In Ronin there are lots of shots that make me feel like an incidental bystander, which makes the chases there so incredibly thrilling. I don´t see that in Fallout. Which I believe is Overall my biggest Problem with this film. Tom doesn´t do me a favor by insisting on being seen doing his Stunts.
On the bad side he directed the scifi movie Passengers?
I have to say I enjoyed Passengers very much. It's one of the most crisp and beautifully lensed space set films I've seen in the last few decades. It has a great underlying message wrapped in a sci-fi romance. I only saw The Shining for the first time a few months back, and now realize how it borrowed elements from that film.
He met with Barbara and Michael, actually. If I remember correctly, they wanted to know his availability, and for him to read a script. This was before Sam Mendes was announced as the director of SP.
https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/er-det-mulig-blir-den-nye-bond-regissoren-norsk/62802289
Interesting comment. I just rewatched the scene and I enjoyed it quite a bit, and in fact more than I did in theaters. However, I do feel I would've enjoyed it even more had they thrown in some static camera shots capturing the action, like in Ronin. Here, the camera is in motion following the vehicles practically in every shot. I can't say it's an objectively inferior way of shooting the scene but it does feel a tad monotonous to me. Luckily, I find the action itself very good, which makes up for that.
That is not him.
It’s safe to say that their Bonds would be quite different. Between these two, which Christopher would you choose?
Not in the least ,he’s a strong writer and storyteller who doesn’t sacrifice character for action, nor does he wallow in melodrama at the expense of thrilling set pieces that serve the story rather than dictate it; McQuarrie would be an excellent Director for Bond and would make it unique from any other film he’s done.