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No we will not mass debate on Inception.
I agree with you. I think Nolan's true interests are more in sizzle than in steak. Take Inception. Dazzling visuals but relatively little screen time spent on character development. Do we really know anything about Ariadne, for example? The emotional content is mostly thanks to the amazing Marion Cotillard, who (shades of Diana Rigg!) invests her scenes with a gravitas that the rest of the movie otherwise lacks (except of course the two Michael Caine scenes--he's awesome too).
So no, I don't want a Nolan OHMSS remake.
I agree.
Hell, OHMSS is a classic the way it turned out. don't mess with a classic. Some of you may dislike Lazenby and prefer Brosnan, but lets face it he and Rigg had some real on screen chemistry. He and his lady actually "clicked". Something lacking in Brosnan's final three films.
I don't want to turn this into a bash Brosnan post. so back on point.
HELL NO. NO REMAKES. PERIOD.
I really want to see OHMSS made by NaughtyDog, but following the movie and/or book directly.
He brings his film in under budget and he prefers practical effects over C.G.I, those wanting a return to the big battle type climaxes and the real epic feel, Nolan would deliver.
No people who like Rog Bond are unlikely to be pleased with this and I must disagree it's down to perception I always found both BB & TDK having plenty of emotion and for me Inception has enough although my personal favourites are Memento & The Prestige.
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Mind you, he did also state in one interview that he wanted to be in the "last" Bond film where Bond actually died saving the world, but it seemed to me that he was joking - a point that was lost on the interviewer (or he just chose to willfully ignore it to make it more sensationalistic).
Which brings me to Nolan. He is the only director that would have the golden balls to do it. But his tonal directions are too emtional for Bond now. We've reached our zenith with that sort of tone with skyfall. The future has to be bright for Bond.
I wouldn't mind seeing Daniel Barber, Gareth Evans or Robert Schwentke have a go for a James Bond lite.
Ohmss is a classic BOnd film of its time and can't be touched ever. Apart from dubbing GL's voice back again and editing the lawyer's office sequence which is bordering on tedium. So over dramatic for what, it always bugs me.
Strange i've always been a fan of sequence,.rather watch that on loop than tnd, twine &.dad.
the beautiful girl , locales , cinematography , snow , skiing , aston and maybe a villain that could perhaps stick around for more than one adventure (not blofeld thou).
also a hauntingly beautifully score would be in order , get newman back i say (he can do way better!).
have a stand alone bond film and director for 24 and then go with this for 25 with mendes at the helm.
Hopefully not in my lifetime.
Like he did with his Batman? He needed to have somebody die on his movie to achieve that.
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Oh please. Heath's performance is legendary no matter if he is alive or dead. But I expect that kind of comment from you. 8-|
Heaths performance is the best thing about the movie I absolutely agree, worthy of an oscar?- Can you honestly say that you believe he would have gotten an oscar for the part of the Joker had he lived?? I have seen better psychopaths in movies and they failed to achieve Oscar recognition. Heath dying and the commotion about his role might have forced H'woods hand far more than you would care to actually accept.
And for the record my kind of comment does not come from some blind fanboy that fails to see that there are far better movies out there than Nolan has ever made.
Yeah I know he's hilarious, if only we could get the level of Ledger's performance for Bond film, Silva was very good but not as iconic as the Joker, that performance tops any Bond villain.
No matter how cool a movie is when it first came out, and no matter how well it ages it eventually becomes so "dated" to the general audience that studios think a "remake" is necessary to get the new generation to watch it. Also, the new generations of audience have no relationship to the original so there's no sense of betrayal by remaking it.
I think that within my lifetime - I hope to live another 40 years - we'll see remakes of Bond films. Will they be more faithful versions of the books or updated versions of the original films to be more relevant to, say, audiences in 2050? Who knows?
This reminds me of a friend's son who was about 12 when JJ Abram's version of Star Trek came out. He was incredibly devoted to the film and his Mom told me how much he loved Star Trek and Kirk. When I asked which was his favourite episode of the original series she burst out laughing - she said that the original series was as uncool and lame to him as a 1930s serial with robot costumes made out of cardboard boxes would be to us. Times change...
But as you say, times change so eventually I guess we will have Casablanca 2050
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