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I would appreciate to have a fixed 2-year schedule but that's just not how they can do it anymore (maybe also due to the lack of Fleming material not turned into a movie, yet).
BB and MGW took Bond to new grounds and found a new audience by still pleasing the old audience (for the most part). The decision to continue with the creative team behind SF made full sense but the mixed results of SP also tells them something new is needed again. If it requires just a new mix of what is current or some completely new dish out of ingredients 50 years old by now we shall see.
But I think their move to the current era of Bond was the best they could do so some of the criticism seems to hard to me. Plus I doubt it's all "they don't care to do another Bond" - I am sure there's much more going on behind the scenes that will hold things up for another year - same time there will be first drafts read and ideas are tossed around.
"You earned it. You keep it... Old buddy."
That intensity and darkness in his voice... No other Bond actor has ever done it.
"Moore of a problem eliminator" is probably my favorite line from him. He delivered it in a very tense situation, which is where Dalton, as an intense actor, excelled most.
[/quote]I absolutely agree. Let me repeat my example of Blade Runner and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: Both heavily based on classical Amarican hard-boiled detective formula, yet entirely different films.
I wouldn´t limit it to BB alone, because, as was said already, Babs and Michael and some others are a team of producers. However it appears to be obvious that there is no clear idea what Bond should be and what a Bond film should be like. Never before SF has there been a Bond film that ignores to such a degree the character build-up of the previous films. Not to mention Bond being ready for duty with pleasure at the end of SF, only to supposedly quit his job a short time later in SP.
Some of you need to be grateful we still get Bond movies.
Yes, said this long ago, they could have bought their shares after 2006, 2008 or at latest after the billion dollar BO in 2012.
It's really inexcusable.
Unless MGM didn't want to give them up. Without Bond they are dead in the water. They could as easily pull a McClory and sell their share to someone else. Not EON's fault MGM can't play ball. 8-|
Kevin Feige still intends to get Fantastic Four and X-Men back from Fox. Sure, a recent report claimed the otherwise with him directly addressing it. But, when he said it, it means something is happening. He wouldn't have let it come to the spotlight.
Eon are pretty much thinking this for quite sometime, I suspect.
Dammit, I love these sequences so much, will we ever see anything like it again? Will we ever see Bond sneaking around like the old days? Seems today like EON are the ones doing the subterfuge, more so than the actual character. I really desperately hope that with the next Bond they at least try to give spying a go, with more sequences like these. EON are so scared of actually relying on the story to engage and to compel the audience, that they feel the need to push the action to extreme levels to keep people interested. When I go back and watch Dr No, I am captivated from minute 1, and there is next to no action. Just watching such an interesting, intriguing character go about his business is enough to keep me hooked. I realize that they could never do this today, but I really hope they make an effort to bring back genuine suspense and intrigue. I love a good action scene, when it is properly set up and built up to, but I also love the atmospheric sequences such as the TLD post titles sequence.
Brosnan had some great scenes like that in TND and TWINE. I especially like the scene in TWINE of him sneaking around before he kills Davidov.
Have we even seen Craig in such a scenario yet? I suppose sneaking into the high rise following Patrice......meh ....but not quite the same thing really. Those scenes in TB, LTK, and GE exude atmosphere.
I feel the same way about DR NO. Even with little action, I am completely enthralled each time I watch that film. I love the little moments of Bond putting the hair on his closet door, looking round his hotel room, then checking for finger prints later. Great stuff there.
I'd love to see Bond do some genuine spying again a'la Auric's factory, Palmyra, mountaineering outside The Whyte House, Zorin's stables, sneaking into Whitaker's home, etc etc. Instead these days we get a few random scenes with Bond inter cut with MI6 staff sequences. ......yawn.
Yes, completely agree. It's one of the biggest missing elements of modern Bond. Some of the best Bond score in the franchise accompanies his sneaking escapades. I love the atmosphere, the mood, the tension that something simple like that can create. The Whyte house sequence is another gem, as you mentioned. That is when the character is at his coolest.
Yes, that's true. More of that please! :D
Oh Dear.....now I want to watch QOS...
Actually, QUANTUM had some great "Bondian"sequences: the fight in the hotel, the opera, the Greene party, and so forth.
Speaking of Bond nightly spying moments, I always liked the Kamen music that accompanies Dalton sneaking up to the roof of Sanchez' casino. The cue as he removes his cumberbund gives the scene an added elegance. Also the subtle Bond Theme notes as he's prepping his signature gun to take Sanchez out. Damn I should watch LICENCE soon.