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I'm not on German Lady's level of appreciation for DC but I think he's okay. Not as good as Sean, Rog or Tim, but light years away from your hero Brosnan. And for that at least I will always be grateful to Babs for finally sacking Brozza.
I am not advocating an American for the sake of it. I think EON should simply hire the best person for the job, and if that person happens to be an American then that's fine. Frankly, particularly during the Brosnan era, we had some pretty random choices and it would perhaps have made more sense to hire a good American director instead of scraping around with these random Commonwealth characters.
It's also worth bearing in mind that there is a lot more to American film-making than just Hollywood.
I don't want Bond to be treated as formulaic, generic action movie nonsense (that's to you Pierce), but do you really believe a director like Spielberg would have done a worse job than Tamahori? Even now, when he's on form, Spielberg can deliver brilliantly.
I....actually admire Barbara and Michael a lot. They are wun-der-ful producers. And obviously they live in a 'happiness bubble' because of 'Skyfall' ;) . The good thing about it is, that they really want to stick to a 'Skyfall-approach'. That's truly logical and understandable. The next Bond director needs at least have a Mendes-like quality if I hear them talking so vividly. The bad thing about all this is.........keep searching now for a new Bond director Babs and Michael! Nowww :-O!! There's no time to loose if you want to have a similar great Bond director, especially looking at scheduling conflicts from the bigger name directors.
Because at the BAFTAs he said that "he would return if the story was right". And if it's not right, does that imply that Bond 24 might be somewhat different?
I have a strong feeling , that the outline which he saw was more focused on the flair of James Bond and with comparatively more action.
My honest opinion on him is that he can only direct in the realm of drama. he must have felt that he would have tainted his reputation , if he would have attempted B24
Do you have any circumstantial evidence to back this up? The only thing I've seen from Logan is his inference that B24 will be character led.
Nope, Sorry I don't , but do you remember the Daily Mirror/Mail. The website that broke the scoop of Adele doing Skyfall amongst other things. They had mentioned that Sam Mendes is 75% certain on doing B24 ,he's just waiting to get a look at the outline and seeing if he's capable of doing it. By logic he must have seen it and felt that he's not the man for the job like I had written earlier.
I've no doubt that is very possible. I'm just not so convinced it is because of a shift away from character and into action. It's more likely that, if he didn't find Logan's story to his taste, it would be because they had differing views on the motivations and direction of the character rather than a car chase.
He may also have felt to make the film that he wanted to would take longer than two years, so not being able to meet the 2014 release date, left.
Haha! :))
Of course! that's very much possible .
My personal opinion is that he's capable only in the realm of drama. I am sure you don't agree with me, that's quite alright. I have a feeling he must have seen a rough outline and if there's more action or a little less weightage on the drama ,he might have felt that he wouldn't have delivered on that front and his reputation would have suffered .
But then again I am not saying your wrong. I guess we both won't know until and unless we get some more information on production.
However I'm sure he's not the only talented director out there who has great affection for James Bond! I'm very excited to see what someone new can bring to the table.
He's still here?
This is more along my train of thought. I think he could've made in two but he's got quite a hectic year with other projects, and they're making a documentary about his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory production. If he'd had nothing on his plate he probably would have done it, I imagine.
Who is he?
Anyways yes, I.am very glad Mendes is out of the picture, he did a horrid job with skyfall IMO. Hopefully we have a more serious B24 with a actual story and good script, and do less with the
constant action and childish gimmicks.
Have you ever heard about the "Ian Fleming Manuever"? No?
Good, that's the manuever EVERYONE pulls on you. So please, get the point and leave!
Thank-you
Please don't call me "buddy".
There goes the validity of your statement, friend. I count a few action scenes but certainly no more than in previous Bonds. Awkward point you're trying to drive home.
In the previous thread you had created Renegade , I thought you had some valid points.
But you just contradicted yourself with that statement.
Ironically, the only weakness I detect in CR is the Venice action sequence which felt action for action sake.
No - it's definitely the Miami airport chase that feels like action for action's sake.
I agree with this. Personally, I don't have a problem with any of the action in CR and unlike many people here I actually like the Venice action set piece but as good as the Miami airport set piece is, it definitely feels shoehorned in.
Yes, I like the palazzo collapsing into the canal. It's a rather elegant sequence IMO and the model/CGI work looks very good. I give it a resounding thumbs up.
It was necessary, but I just didn't really like the way it was done.
God forbid, an action movie with action? Yikes.