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CR, OHMSS, SF have the best cinematography in the series.
Schaffer lensed QoS. Gassner is the 'returning' Production Designer.
Why can't people simply say "Hey Gustav, you made a mistake. It is Schaeffer." Why 'full throttle' attacking on a mistake like that? Why not showing some empathy, respect and friendship on a forum like this? The only thing you do is twisting the actual point I was making in my post. It's a bit sad, no @A_RealBrains?
Looking forward to hearing more about 'Bond 24' in the coming months. Can't believe filming starts by the end of the year. March is almost here.
Perhaps they would if you weren't so blunt with your proclamations, GG. I want to say that as nicely as I can as I don't want to make any enemies on this board.
'Blunt'....'Proclamations'. Hefty word use no? All I wanted to say is, that Deakins did left a legacy. And that ever since Deakins, Bond fans are perhaps looking more closely to future cinematography in Bond films.
And then, all I did is mixing up Schaeffer with Gassner. I sometimes have that....I am firm in my statements yes. But I 100% backing my posts. And then I mix-up a name. I am stupid. Sorry guys. I should perhaps leave the forum. I never attack people personally, but I do feel that, regardless of that, people are sick and tired of me....even get hugely irritated by me. That is never my intention. So it's better if I leave.
That's not what I would want you to do, no. Nobody should ever be forced out of here. I would never want to be. If you made a mistake then that's completely understandable as we all make them.
No one's forcing you to do anything. Leave or stay it's entirely up to you. However, you do have a proclivity of coming off as unjustifiably arrogant and dismissive to other people's opinions and comments. It's not surprising that at times you're not received warmly. Maybe if you altered your approach in interacting with people you wouldn't feel the way you're feeling right now but the good thing is, at least your acknowledging the adverse effect you sometimes do have on people here and this could be your opportunity to do something about it. Do what you think is best.
I do think that discussions can be fierce. And they should be. But I never try to attack a poster directly. I always say that the best thing is to agree on disagreements. I always say that in my discussions. And ONCE you feel irritated or agitated by me, then let that inspire you to disagree on....my point, the theme....I wanted to convey in a post.
Anyway @DoubleoEgo: Thank you for your honesty. This helps my decision.
Agreed with @DoubleoEgo, you're no troll @Gustav so don't take any claims of such seriously.
No problem. Again, as others have said, you're not a troll; far from it actually and I know you don't intentionally go out of your way to belittle people but there have been many times where you have; particularly in your quest to convey your opinions which can come off a bit too strong, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but just be mindful that opinions aren't always fact and everyone here has a voice, including you, that rightfully deserves to be fairly heard wether to agree or disagree on matters. That being said, truthfully it would be sad and unfortunate that you felt driven away from here because you know as well as I do that this board/forum is a great community to interact with, especially now as in the next couple of months there's going to be lots to talk about as we head closer to Bond 24's production. However, like I said, do what you think is best for you.
You keep on writing about Oscar nominations as if it could turn subjective taste into an objective fact that no one can discuss.
Remember that The Shining didn't receive a single Oscar nomination in any category, but that it had two Razzie nominations... And Daniel Craig has zero Oscar nomination, is he the weak link to Bond perfection, really ?
In short, you explain that Deakins did the best looking Bond, and that's not surprising because he's got lots of Oscars noms. Never you write "In my opinion, Deakins did the best looking Bond...". You always write things like "Fact : Newman did the one of the best score of a Bond movie, not surprising from someone with so many Oscar noms, goodbye David Arnold, you won't be missed !". With only four more letters "IMHO", you would look far less arrogant...
Btw, I think I've never seen a single thought from you about the fact for instance that the Alexa camera used to shoot Skyfall simply did not exist for any previous Bond movie ? Maybe you're more fan of the Alexa camera than a fan of Deakins :)
Once, someone made a crew full of Oscar winners and nominees and box office titans to make the "best Bond" (the director just made The Empire Strikes Back !). Exactly like you want in order to have "Perfection". It gave us Never Say Never Again. Director of Photography ? Douglas Slocombe. Three times Oscar nominee ! The DOP of the Indiana Jones saga ! Look at the cast and crew of NSNA, I think it's "bigger" than Skyfall if the number of crew members with Oscar wins and noms is the main criteria. Does it make it the best Bond then ?
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I think this applies to Newman but not Deakins (who I thought did a great job).
Skyfall, The Spy Who Loved Me, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Quantum Of Solace are the films that stood out to me cinematography wise.
Bond films have a tradition of attracting top-flight cinematographers. I suppose one of the common criticisms that have been made over the series (by some) is that they are all style and no substance, but what style they have.
Ted Moore went on to win an Oscar for 'A Man for All Seasons'
Freddie Young was a latter-day Roger Deakins.
Oswald Morris was Stanley Kubrick's cinematographer.
Claude Renoir was the grandson of the French painter Renoir
Robert Elswitt is Paul Thomas Anderson's regular cinematographer.
David Tattersall, Alan Hume and Alec Mills had all worked on the Star Wars films and had proven they were very adept at big tentpole/special-effects films.
Mendes will want a big name to do Bond 24 and even if he doesn't hire a 'name' the film will be beautiful regardless. I have the upmost faith that the film will be beautiful - Sam Mendes has yet to make a bad-looking film.
Style is substance.
He names Emmanuel Lubezki and Robert Richardson. My vote goes to Lubezki.
Great find! Hopefully he can get one of them on board! I'm crossing my fingers for Lubezki.