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Could you name a few?
By the way, I find movies like "Snatch" and "Lock Stock" not exactly style over substance. I find them both. Great cinematic achievements, right up there with Vaughn's great "Layer Cake" (And "Layer Cake" didn't go unnoticed with EON Productions). So it would be a bit blunt to say that Ritchie mostly achieved his best films thanks to Matthew Vaughn.
Both directors, Ritchie and Vaughn, also had some rather 'style over substance' films. People in here weren't exactly charmed by Vaughn's "Kingsman". But let's see how "The Man From UNCLE" turns out. I have a feeling the film could create a new serge in his career.... This film has all the goodwill that could result in producers noticing him again. And that also goes for Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson.
Already labelling "The Man From UNCLE" as a film that could not measure up with a Bond film is a bit.....'too early writing it off'.
@Gustav_Graves I kind of disagree there with the worry about Mendes. Yes, he was a very drama oriented director, but there wasn't really anything about his particular style that made him unsuitable for Bond. In fact, he has quite a wide range, and if you've seen Road to Perdition, it wouldn't have been difficult to imagine him doing a solid Bond film. I think the issue with Mendes was more so his ability to direct action set pieces and to handle the pressure a film with such an immense scale.
I've already explained my issue with Ritchie (although I don't mind him as a director in general, he's just poorly suited to Bond). Nolan on the other hand, I'm a big fan of, my only hesitation with him is really around creative control and how he'd jive with the Broccoli's. I feel like he would want the producers to be very hands off and while it is becoming a more director driven franchise, I'm not sure how much control they'd be willing to surrender. Also, my other concern is his ability to handle the wit and humor of Bond.
As for Mendes if he's not coming back which doesn't surprise me considering what happened during preproduction, I'm glad it's made known now and Babs and Michael can start doing their homework properly to get a new helmet for Bond 25. Please no more time wasting.
Snatch and Lock Stock are of their time, right now they look very dated. I wouldn't call either of them 'great cinematic achievements', they were zeitgeisty, cult successes. Layer Cake is still a good, possibly great film, that doesn't rely an overly-stylised aesthetic. Ritchie is a bit like Snyder in that sense for me.
Whether people were charmed by 'Kingsman' is irrelevant, Vaughn proves time and time again that he can tell a well-paced, engaging story. Ritchie struggles. That's the bare minimum one should expect from a director. We know Vaughn was on EON's radar, I doubt that is now the case, but he's certainly the more capable of the two. I don't believe for a minute that Ritchie is a name on EON's list, irrespective of how UNCLE does.
That doesn't mean that I want this director to dance completely on EON's wishes. But I do think I'd like to see slightly more...humorous films. And I think it would be great to see that after "SPECTRE" Bond will do two 'plain solid missions', without too hefty historical dramatic backgrounds.
I guess it really depends on SP's denouement. Is this the start of SPECTRE and Blofeld, or is it the end? Have they been in the shadows for the entirety of the DC era and are finally toppled in SP, or is this just the beginning of the sparring between Bond and Blofeld? It's hard to imagine a straight standalone movie that disregards SF and now SP if Blofeld (I believe Waltz is Ernst) remains alive come the final shot of the film.
He's not the only suitable one. It depends on what direction they want to take, whatever that direction may be there are/will be several directors who could helm it.
Aston Martin, when it sent out invitations for a private screening of SPECTRE on July 2 believed the movie would be released in November. Aston is one of the companies doing business with Eon, MGM and Sony.
Go for it , sure there would be some interesting ideas!
Well he contracted for 1 more. Few weeks ago he was rumoured out. Then was false. I think Daniel Craig come back for Bond 25 Fifth probably his last. Depend if Bond 25 get release in 2017 for the 55th Anniversary or 2018.