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Haven't read the books in ages.
I wonder how much of the books haven't appeared on screen? For instance, there must be parts that haven't been adapted. Also, temptation must be for them to adapt post-Fleming novels too?
They'd never feel as accurate or realistic as the proper '60s (and beyond) installments did, of course, but it'd certainly be as fresh as it could get. I'm not sure what other direction they could take for the next era that involves simply a new actor in modern times that wouldn't feel like something that's come before or even a retread of what Craig brought to the table.
If the budgets are going to continue to climb (or at least remain close to where they've been at with the last few installments), they may as well put that money into transporting us somewhere exotic in time. I'd be fine with it, honestly.
I suppose, as radical as they try to make the new Bond, some things never change!
However we feel about Craig I do think a one & done palette cleanser is necessary. A Wes Anderson pastiche would be ideal, haha, but I might be the only person in the world who would want that, including Anderson!
Exactly. A couple of weeks ago I tuned out this thread's discussion. Came back yesterday just to see what progress has been made. Nada, none; zero zip zilch. Okay, nice to know that some things never change. Be seeing y'all elsewhere...
I do too. But I disagree a little on the appeal: I don't think the period would affect things at all, if the casting is right. Wonder Woman and Capt. America did great. So did Titanic, Remember the Titans, and The Notebook.
Not sure of your point here. I was comparing the ending of TSWLM with NTTD. Except Rog ended up getting his leg over, and Craig ended up brown bread.
Just because the finale is the most problematic part of the movie doesn't mean everyone has to hate it.
No, you're right, I misunderstood ... [reading through the posts, too quickly]
Each of the endings of TSWLM & NTTD, while ostensibly similar in formula, is tonaly demonstrative of the periods in which they are made. What was possible then [the light-hearted] might not be possible now ... and what is possible now [something darker] might not have been possible then.
Yep, I agree. It was only today I realised that the end rescue sequence of both movies were 'formula' on paper, but quite different cinema experiences, as you say.
I quite like the Novel. A shame Fleming denied Producers the rights to adapt it.
So do I, as it happens :))
The last 30 minutes of SP are boring. That's what they did wrong.
I'll take the last 30 minutes of SP over the last 30 of NTTD... seriously, I came away from NTTD all depressed & stuff...
This is honestly the only thing I'm still puzzled about in the film, is Blofeld repeating that line.
Bond films only have continuity in their own story arcs. Craig's Bond died....end of Craig arc....a new one begins with the new guy.
What's so hard to understand about that?
"We have people everywhere..."
Yeah, but by the time M and Bond have had their chat at the riverside, Blofeld has had his bionic eye taken away.
Ah, but they forgot the potted plant sitting by the riverside which is wired to transmit information directly to Blofeld's left molar.
It’s the only thing in the film that is literally impossible to explain. Basically, they made an error.
I can’t see them ever doing a period piece personally, because so much of the films are funded by product placement. And that’s probably for the best imo. I like Bond moving forwards.
If they ever did want to do a period piece though, then I’d rather World War 2 or the 50s than the 60s. Unlikely I know, because if they’re going to do it they’re obviously going to want to evoke Connery. But if we had to go back to the past, I’d rather a time period we hadn’t seen on screen before. I just can’t see a 60s set modern Bond film ever living up to the real thing.