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That's the magic of the 2006-2008 direction that the producers were going with.
2012 onward was all about checking off boxes for what was expected of the movies.
I'd love both back in the series in some capacity
So great that they reused some of his music in parts of each subsequent film without him.
Wish Arnold would host a QoS only live concert with Daniel Craig to raise money for a charitable causem
Truer words have never been spoken. Regardless of their non-Bond output, these two really do get the series, there's something intrinsic that makes them just click with the vision and style and sound, all of it. I don't care about his age, get Campbell back to direct his third new Bond introduction in a row with Arnold scoring it. I'll probably love it just off those two being involved alone.
Yeah I completely agree mate. They just seem to have a knack at knowing what makes Bond tick. I'd love both back.
I'd even take Campbell back as some form of producer, I doubt he'd do it but he'd be a great guiding hand for the next era of Bond
Daniel Craig as a producer or director for the next movie will help keep originality going. He'd been all about doing new things with Bond.
Do you remember first watching CR and wondering if they'd make another Bond movie as good as this again?
Campbell has a good hand at that but something really rubbed me wrong with GE: it kinda toned down the R rated style away from LTK a notch: no blood, over the top action with Bond catching a plane freefalling. The whole idea of saving the world from a guy atop a satellite. Even Campbell rolled his eyes during production at that. CR was great and with DC's style kept the sense of realism.
Vesper and Bond's chemistry was good. Vesper's ability to remain a presence through QoS subtly and then the NTTD scene was powerful. I hope Campbell can help bring that back.
Ultimately, Christopher Nolan is capable of directing three in a row as part of its own story arc but he's known to make films that aren't all down to earth and reuses similar tropes like the fog horn.
I have some bad news for you.
Every time I watch CR or QOS I get hit with feeling of nostalgia about how it was exciting to see how much of the formula they were willing to play with, while staying true to Fleming's Bond.
We had a young, talented actor in Daniel, who was bringing depth to Bond we hadn't seen in years and the producers themselves seemed to have a hunger that they've seemingly lacked in the decade since
Oh yeah.....or when NTTD had some writer to "punch up" the script with forced PB style jokes. Ugh!
It's funny because I find LTK and QOS both very different in every way. The tome, atmosphere, villains, etc.
And Delenda Carthago: I think a series of graphic novels set between QOS and SF is a great idea.
Yeah, me too. I don't see any resemblance between LTK and QOS.
They feel completely different but the similarities are there.
Exactly. Plus by the end of each film, Bond has gone through a lot and suffered immensely...if you see Dalton's facial expression after Sanchez 🔥 burns he's just on the verge of crying like how Bond was anticipating his own demise with Camille in the burning hotel.
Three things I wish hadn't happened.
1-JW & AK theme song. (It doesn't get better the more one listens to it.)
2-Killing Mathis. (Great character and actor who could have done more in later films.)
3-Agent Fields covered in oil. (A lame and unoriginal callback.)
I felt it was an 'original-ish' callback since she was drowned in it (wow, disgusting).
In GF it was iconic. Not so much here. But covered in strawberry jam? Bizarre, but that would have been unforgettable.
Fields was picked and cast by Forster himself. That's on him. Just shoved in there. But she does symbolize an innocence Bond had before Vespers death. But still....unoriginal.
I just want more of that and this is coming from someone who loves Skyfall, specifically Craig's refined performance in that film
Seriously. If there had been a 10 (?)-minute Giannini monologue in the middle of the movie, it would have stood out in a good way from the rapid-fire action sequences and it would have made his death soon after more resonant.
QoS needed more Giannini.
I tell folks to look no further than that scene when they say QoS is all action and no substance. That's one of the best introspective looks we had with Bond throughout the entirety of Craig's time in the role.
Just a moment for the film to breathe and to reinvest us in the Mathis character in this film, for the gut punch to come thereafter.