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a flesh wound even.
- Craig
- Waltz
Finish what they started and hopefully not do a soft-reboot like Diamonds Are Forever did.
- an older M
- an older Q
- practical gadgets
- non personal missions
- the USA as a prominent location
- Felix as a prominent character
(My personal list):
- a taller, handsomer Bond actor
- not Craig
- not Waltz
- not Mendes
- the return of the 1960's as a time setting
I agree with you on all accounts though I don't mind Fiennes and Whishaw.
It would be great to have a self-contained story for the pre-title sequence again, something that nails James Bond's character in ten minutes or so. Alas, due to the way Spectre ended I think that that is highly unlikely. It seems to me that they have saddled themselves with carrying over Madeleine Swann and Blofeld over into the story. For me, Madeleine wasn't a strong enough character to warrant her having any kind of significant role in Bond 25 and I am convinced that Monica Bellucci's character would have made for a much better female lead. Therefore, maybe their only option would be to have Madeleine killed in the first act of Bond 25, which would just reek of The Bourne Supremacy. Then there is the issue of what to do with Blofeld. Does he remain locked up for the next film and we get a brand new villain or do we have to go through a whole sequence where he escapes and we end up with a repeat of Silva's breakout in Skyfall? The whole final act of Spectre (the entire London sequence) has been a major problem for me ever since I first saw it. I'm probably in a minority when I say that I think it's the worst twenty minutes of any Bond film ever.
A killer main title theme is a must. Writing's On The Wall didn't work for me. Sorry Sam Smith, but the melody was almost non-existant. The string arrangement was, however, beautiful and evoked the classic John Barry orchestrations. But as a whole the song was a complete dud and I think it would have been more effective as an instrumental theme elsewhere in the film.
On the subject of main themes, I would love to hear a second song played over the end credits, preferably played out over a final location shot. Personally, I'm getting a bit bored with just hearing the James Bond Theme at the end of the films, especially when it's barely heard anywhere else. A second song, performed by a different artist, and a location shot would end the next film magnificently but I guess another song means more money etc etc...
To inject a bit more fun into the movie, I would love to see a coda where one of the villains appears for a final dust up with Bond, just to give the audience one final rush.
No more delving into James Bond's past. Please, just no more. I don't want to know about it. The connection they concocted between Bond and Blofeld was ludicrous and took away all of the latter's mystique. So we got Silva with Mommy issues and Blofeld with Daddy issues. These are meant to be high octane action thrillers, not daytime soap operas. Enough, EON, enough.
I also think it's time to say "thank you and goodbye" to Neil Purvis and Robert Wade. They are surely way past their use-by date as screenwriters for the Bond films. A serious injection of new blood is required, just as long as they don't hire anyone who's just going to riff of what other films are doing. As far as I'm concerned, origin stories can just bugger off now.
Should Daniel Craig return? I'm actually not too sure about this one. I've always got behind whichever actor has played Bond and I suppose if Madeleine and Blofeld returned in the next film it might be a bit jarring to have a new face, but they seriously need to break free of the gloomy introspective shackles weighing the recent films down and just learn to have fun again. Bond doesn't have to go back into outer space, but he also doesn't need to be in a Ken Loach film either.
I suppose we sometimes expect too much from a Bond film and maybe we shouldn't spend so much energy comparing each new film to the ones that came before and instead just sit back and enjoy each new installment as a film in its own right. But the James Bond films have that certain something that other films don't and it would be a shame if we lost that.
Go back to Fleming with some fresh writers, and a new director like Villeneuve, who is, right now, the best director when it comes to adult suspense (the dinner table assassination sequence in Sicario is exactly what this series, and Dan Craig's 007, needs).
Oh my gosh, could you imagine Bond smoking an e-cigarette?!
CR-GE (no need to explain that I think)
QOS-TND (cold action, no romance, a disappointment after the first perfect one)
SF-TWINE (SF is simply a remake of TWINE) while TWINE is simply bad and boring, SF isn't bad but dreary and fun-less.
DAD-SP (both OTT, fun oriented)
What I want to return to Bond is originality.
None of the last 8 movies has provided us with any of note. Except some cleverly choreographed action scenes (PTS SP, hand-to-hand fights QOS).
I realise it's not that easy to be original but at least they could try. Maybe scale back the production à la FRWL, or make a dark humoured movie a bit like DAF or possibly one with a clear theme à la LALD.
1. I learnt about Sumo wrestling
2. I saw Japanese people bowing for the first time
3. I learnt about saki
4. I learnt that men have precedence in Japanese culture and learnt about Geisha girls
5. I saw a bit of a Japanese wedding
6. I saw what a naval burial at sea looks like
7. I saw an example of a Japanese style loft apt (I noticed how small Henderson's quarters were yesterday - the bed is in the space where he and Bond have a drink)
8. etc. etc.
That's one of the things that I loved the most about early Bond films (up to MR I think) which I watched as a kid - the educational experience of living & travelling vicariously through Bond.
I wouldn't want Bond to smoke just for the sake of it.
I think they should refer to it and use it as a metaphor for Bond's attitide towards temptation and the struggle within him between passion and rationality (something all viewers could relate to). Also use it sparingly to show perhaps that there is hidden stress or it can be used as a bonding exercise when he is building a relationship with another character. It would not surprise me if M smoked (or used to), these things are rich veins for character development but they just dont touch them
That would be a big F-you to Fleming.
I suppose as a non-smoker I've never felt bothered about whether Bond smokes or not.
Yeah I liked that too.
I suppose they (sort of) did that at the start of CR with Bond knowing M's personal details.
I love the way Bernard Lee looks at Bond there.