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.1. Tomorrow Never Dies Harder
.2. Die Hard Another Day
.3. Live And Let Die Hard
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"Now you're on this, {Mr. Bond],I hope we're going to have some gratuitous sex and violence."
It's time for Craig's Bond to lighten up and exhibit a little more polish and sophistication. With a new M at the helm, mourning for Vesper well past the statute of limitations, his childhood home and DB5 little more than memories, the time has come for a Bond that has the feel of the early Bond films.
Wit that doesn't sound so juvenile that it actually makes one groan.
Style and charm that doesn't come off as silly and smug.
Fearlessness that is believable.
A villain who actually seems a threat.
Emotional baggage left in cold storage.
A villain's plot that seems genuinely threatening.
Action sequences grounded in reality.
A film that doesn't feel influenced by whatever is currently popular.
Finally, a film that actually feels like something Fleming might have written.
Does Casino Royale not check all those boxes? Let's just get back to what that film managed to establish: a clearly defined new Bond.
Definitely. There has not been a proper baddy base for such a long time. It needs to be beautifully designed.
Absolutely. Very well put. And it has to have a very high quality script at its heart.
Austrian medieval castle. And it may happen.
Apart from that:
- Bond sleeping around less, as I think it often disrupts the story.
- Just breathtaking locations. Florence would be nice. I'm always looking for something that equals those scenes in the Hagia Sophia in Instanbul. Someone mentioned snowy landscapes; I agree. When I watched Inception I was just thinking how great those snowy action sequences would fit into a Bondfilm... it reminded me of TWINT, TLD, FYEO, OHMSS, etc.
- No plotholes.
- A villainous plan that doesn't focus on technology; I get that it fits the world of today and that Bond has to be all serious and realistic now, but there was something glamorous about the evil 'taking over the world' plans in the old movies. Of course, those could easily turn silly.
- More deceit; maybe from within MI6? Being aware that someone might not be telling the truth because of past traumas, psychological reasons, etc.
And I know nobody will agree with me on this, but I wish they wouldn't use digital film instead of 35mm. To me it doesn't matter if the action scenes aren't completely crisp and clear, I think it's just ugly. This will never happen though.
Has there ever been a Bond movie with no plotholes? :P
Haha good point. :p
I agree 100% with all of these elements. You saved me a lot of typing ;)
I feel like if they want to keep killing women in the James Bond series, they should just give us a well written femme fatale, henchwoman who Bond could at least kill himself. Also, we would get satisfaction from their deaths instead of feeling disappointed by the fact that another Bond girl has died.
In fact plenty of them. Sure there are quite a few Bond flics burdened with illogic/implausibilities, but real plot holes are quite rare indeed. Keep in mind,that even the much chided DAD has only one real plot hole and that is how Graves could manage to get from a nonexistent person to someone soon to be accoladed by the Queen in just one year. It usually takes decades to have ones existence even acknowledged by the royal circus. Also YOLT which spells ridiculous to most has no plot holes,but tons of implausibilities.
THIS!!!
Lets's put it this way: has there ever been a Bond movie with no plotholes and a totally plausible plot? :)
I'm avoiding the main B24 thread for fear of spoilers, but if this is true, it would be great.
I can't remember any plothole in OHMSS and FRWL.
Eon! Make this casting happen!
2. David Arnold to do the soundtrack and the theme song.
3. Proper use of James Bond theme (if David Arnold is gonna do the score, this will be assured).
4. A parkour chase like at the beginning of CR and QoS.
5. No cheesy gadgets.
6. Script should be based on Fleming's source material.
7. Gunbarrel at the beginning, with Maurice Binder style slightly updated.
8. Bond not getting the girl at the end of the movie
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I think that would be a nice touch.
They've missed the boat there. 'Albert R Broccoli's Eon Productions Presents' should've appeared either side of the dots for the 50th to as an homage to DN all those years ago. And it should've been the design from the Brosnan era which is a nice CGI update of the original rather than the crap we have now which looks like it's been designed by some deluded fanboy with minimal computer skills on YouTube.
And it should've been at the beginning FFS!!!
All this really isn't rocket science is it?