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- A proper gunbarrel. They still haven't nailed it. Use the classic Barry cue with a guitar or string ending, transition with an opening iris and don't have Bond waving his gun around before he turns and fires. Is it that hard to do? They haven't done so since 1987. As M would say; "Christ I miss the cold war!"
-Bond on a MISSION. This has been said time and time again and I'll say it one more time. No more Rogue Bond or Revenge of the Craig. Tom Cruise made a better Bond movie than EON by taking the simple affair of the main character being assigned a mission and doing a bloody good job of it.
-NO MORE RETCONNING OR BACKSTORY. They had such a good start with Craig in Casino by establishing all we needed to know to understand Bond as a character yet they have to put all this background story in Skyfall and Spectre. The reason we love Bond and the reason he gets all the women is because he is a man of MYSTERY. You accept him for who he is regardless of the reasons he is the way he is. This mystery enforces Bond's status as a badass. You think we would love Connery's Bond as much if we knew he was an adopted step brother to Donald Plescence's Blofeld? I think not....
Unfortunately, B25 will be yet another personal thriller for our hero. So, we can shelve the thought of "Bond on a mission" and "No personal angles/backstories" until the one after the current.
That might be a good reason for Bond to aim for more style over non-stop action. They can differentiate 007 from other action series. Why just copy MI?
As MI has copied the EON series and done so very well it might be nice to see decent actionscenes instead of the average actionscenes we had in recent times. It I want to see one single tortured escapee take down an entire enemy stronghold and destroy it to the ground I will watch a Terminator movie.
I don't give a damn about the gunbarrel. I still can't tell the difference since the early days of Dr. No except that I vaguely remember the early "Bond" character had a hat on, and that there was a major upheaval among the faithful when at some time the producers dared showing a CGI bullet coming from the barrel. So what? Doesn't interest me in the least. As I said before, it's like comparing the Mercedes-Benz stars in a parking lot. Futile.
Regarding the other two, I don't agree that there was no "mission" in the last two films. But I do definitle agree that there needs to be no more backstory. The whole foster brother Bloberhauser thing was the most idiotic thing the producers have allowed in the last 50 years, and if they just ignore it without further explanation in the next movie, I won't ask any questions and be fine with it.
DN, GF, DAF, TSWLM, MR, OP, AVTAK, GE, TND, and DAD all kind of follow this pattern.
I caught the end of DAD on tv the other night. And I noticed that apart from Lazenby in OHMSS, all the other Bond actors have had terrible final scenes.
Connery - looking up to the stars / winking to the camera.
Moore - In a shower with an “Haha...ooohhh.”
Dalton - In a pool with Pam, and a winking fish.
Brosnan - Playing with diamonds in Halle Berry’s navel as she laughs away.
I’m hoping Daniel Craig at least gets a good send off, that’s not for a better word lame.
I completely endorse this post.
Here here. The worst of the series so far being TND, TWINE & DAD.....lazy CGI crap. Robert Edward McGinnis was the best!
The gun barrel sequence is the signature device and part of the tradition, IMO it's extremely important.
The British media historian James Chapman suggests that the sequence is a significant part of the James Bond mythos because it "foregrounds the motif of looking, which is central to the spy genre."
- A proper gunbarrel.
- David Arnold
- Regular use of the Bond theme.
- Memorable & iconic villains. Bar Le Chiffre there hasn't been a classic Villain since the 80's. And yes, I am including Silva in this......he was average and unthreatening.
Cam almost agree with you expect with that Arnold chap that managed to make two totally forgettable soundtracks instead of creating something special.
I though CR was very special (Vesper/ blunt instrument/ African rundown). Surrender within TND was also very memorable. All the other films have great ques too. Albeit, I hate the drum and base elements in the Brosnan era.
Surrender should've been the theme song.
TOMORROW NEVER DIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES
KD Lang's voice is just amazing.
•A proper gunbarrel.
•Vibrant, colorful cinematography.
•A more CR/QOS like style and tone.
•It's inevitable that we'll get more personal BS but tone it down a bit.
•Either David Arnold to return or someone at least better than Newman.
•Rock song for the theme.
After Craig is gone:
•All of those except for the darker tone. Take us back to standalone, more lighthearted films. Little bit of seriousness though.
Really miss this. The bug checking with little to no music provides a nice change in pace, and shows Bond in his right element - doing spy stuff. Same with snooping around.
I want the theme used as much as it was in Dr No!
The use of "Air on G string" when the traitor is fed to the shark and "Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21" when Atlantis rises in TSWLM really elevated the scenes.
I'm also partial to the use of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet" in the absurd scene between Jaws and Dolly. :D
As long as classical music doesn't include a Beach Boys cover band singing "California Girls". :)
We all have our influences, and Bond films at times recall classic films. My idea is a Bond action sequence starts with a dramatic flourish, then plays out with dampened sound but using Albinoni's Adagio (as in the 1981 film Gallipoli by director Peter Wier).
Similar to how sound/music with Puccini's Tosca was used in Quantum of Solace but more extended. It's a very powerful tool.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_eLU5W1vc8Y
I think Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 would also be a great choice for a climatic moment in a Bond film. Like for example the "Tennyson" scene in SF (although I love how it is scored, don't get me wrong).