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Happy we align on some things.
Nolan:
At this point, not to repeat myself, I don't want Purvis and Wade near the next Bond script's keyboard, please. At least both Nolans would be something fresh.
That scene was pure Bond.
We live in a twilight world. And there are no friends at dusk.
I need to watch that one again yes. And if Nolan hasn't made "a Bond film", it's not surprising if he's holding that in reserve.
I think they were trying to do the same trick Heath Ledger pulled, going from romcom boy next door type to seething villain, they wanted Hathaway to have the same effect - nice girl turned bad. I don't think it's unwatchable, but it's not my first choice. I think the Craig era on the whole did an excellent job with casting great actresses, I don't see why Nolan would make them stop.
I dunno, he cast Katie Holmes prior to TDK who has similar problems to Hathaway I'd say, and had done a couple of rom coms. To be honest, as much as I like her as an actress, I'm not sure if casting Marion Cottilliard as a mysterious femme fatale in two of his films really works either.
I don't think Nolan's got a particularly good eye for casting female leads in this sense. But you might be right, given the casting of the actresses in recent Bond films it may not matter.
She's a good actress, and I think she did well in the role, but it's always seemed a very odd casting decision to me. I just don't think she embodies those qualities of Catwoman as a character in the same way that Michelle Pfeiffer or Zoe Kravitz did.
While I like Michelle Pfeiffer’s performance, she wasn’t really playing Catwoman. That’s just a whole new Tim Burton character with a IP name slapped on. Same with Burton’s Penguin.
As far as Oppenheimer being very male driven,that was a natural part of the story given the subject matter and the time period it was set in.Back in the forties and fifties,women generally speaking did not have as much say in society as they do now.
Despite that ,I thought Florence Pugh and Emily Blunt were very good in their roles.Elizabeth Debicki in Tenet is possibly one of the best female characters in Nolan’s films and while she is being abused by her husband,she takes an active role in taking him down.
As for Hathaway as Catwoman,I loved her realistic take on the character ( And as Iv said before,those lips!😉 )
Barbie (So far $17,500,000) / Opperheimer (So far: $16,222,409):
5 weaks: $17,500,000 (198) - $16,222,409 (173)
4 weaks: $15,165,385 (171) - $14,459,741 (163)
3 Weaks: $12,326,318 (164) - $11,535,878 (161)
2 Weaks: $8,285,785 (162) - $6,957,833 (161)
1ste Weak: $3,607,327 (161) - $2,625,644 (160)
NTTD (total: $23,887,855):
5 weaks: $18,333,593 (147)
4 Weaks: $15,903,044 (150)
3 Weaks: $12,065,101 (150)
2 Weaks: $8,387,086 (149)
1ste Weak: $4,087,377 (149)
() = Count of screens. If wil do more then another 7,5 million Barbie can beat Skyfall who did almoost 25 million. Spectre did almoost 23. Barbie did almoost 2,3 million in weak 5 but needed 27 screens more for it then previous weak and as you can see NTTD did almoost same in weak 5 with 51 les screens.
And Oppenheimer is the bomb.
Why are you comparing Barbenheimers box office to the last few Bond films?
I used to be against him ever directing Bond, but my opinion has changed, not least due to the sheer curiousity I have for how it will turn out. It's no doubt that the next era and actor needs a strong start, and the assured technical quality, creativity and publicity Nolan would bring with him is a strong argument in favor of him.
And, perhaps, the Mission was actually Impossible this time.
It actually was for me. Watching it in theater and evacuated for a reported fire I still haven't seen the last 20 minutes of the film. But will eventually.
One of the measurements of a movie's effectiveness for me (for this type of film anyway): Does the film stay with you? Not just for the next few hours but for days or weeks later.
J. Robert Oppenheimer: When I came to you with those calculations, we thought we might start a chain reaction that would destroy the entire world...
Albert Einstein: I remember it well. What of it?
J. Robert Oppenheimer: I believe we did.
That's a powerful ending although altered somewhat from the actual history. In reality Oppenheimer consulted Arthur Comption, Director of The University of Chicago's Manhattan Project Team.
As to whether Nolan should direct a Bond film, I have mixed feelings about that, but under the right conditions.....
I'm reminded of the story (joke ?) about Akira Kurosawa expressing interest in directing a Godzilla film in the 1960s. While I would really have liked to see what he would have done, I not sure it would have worked. And if the story is to be believed, TOHO didn't think so either. The import (and expense) involved wasn't something that they wanted to do by that point.
That said, a Nolan Bond film (or a Kurosawa Godzilla flick) - as a one off, experimental film - could be so unique that it would shake things up. And maybe that is what we need.
Are Babs and MGW so entirely out of ideas that they would hand over to Nolan, kick the series back 70 years to do period pieces, and have him exec produce future films? No thanks.
I don't think this would mean that they are out of ideas. If all this is true, then it simply means that they really want Nolan, which makes sense. Generally, I would prefer a present day set Bond 26, but if someone can make a Bond film set in the 50s interesting and feel fresh, it's Nolan.