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Next time I watch Spectre, I will exSpectre to hear John Barry's glorious music as Bond and Madeleine race down the tunnel of the MI6 building. =D>
There will never be another Barry. He was the greatest.
That is true. The man was a legend.
You better believe it :P
Not sure you know, but after 20 years of GE being my No 1, Spectre managed to dethrone GE!
"No thanks, granddad! We're not listening to that old stuff!"
:D
I think 'classic Bond' is part of the past and trying to 'force' it back will just produce some watered down imitation. Having said that, a Connery type new Bond actor could be cool but it's very unlikely to happen. Same is true with John Barry. If you found the greatest film composer of 2016 and asked him/her to do the music for Bond 25 - even if the music is amazing and John Barry-ish, it's still an imitation. You can never recapture the original so it's best for EON to keep updating Bond even if some purists don't like it. I'm not a huge fan of Daniel Craig as Bond but I accept his casting was a good idea in terms of updating the franchise. The next guy can do the same.
What is it about SP that managed to knock GE off your top spot after being there for so long? Overall GE imo is infinitely the superior film.
Bond 25
at least if everything goes according to plan...
He hasn't really got anything contemporary in his filmography. It's mostly period stuff.
What plan? EoN don't even have one.
My plan includes Turner, yes. And Campbell too. :D
Aidan has mostly starred in period stuff lately, and before that he went through a fantasy phase with the Hobbit and Being Human. In fact, I think that perhaps that's part of the reason some fans have a hard time accepting him.
My plan of expectations of course. I got Brexit and the US election both right.
I suspect you won't be lucky a third time
;)
That is true, but then I think you risk making "Bond bait". It's the equivalent of how Hacksaw Ridge is Oscar bait, so transparent.
To me Turner has been extremely smart in the decisions he's made regarding the Jobs he's chosen. He played a Bond type character in ATTWN, but he was part of an ensemble, and the period setting actually makes it less obvious that he is putting forth his audition. Poldark is another example of playing a strong male figure, who is good with women and able to slip between the aristocracy and the working man. That stuff is far more likely to catch the eye of Barbara than some obvious Bond bait show like The Night Manager.
CR is Fleming's Bond with regards to portrayal of character. Full stop.
It became one of the joys of the 60s watching him bamboozle M with his knowledge of wines, brandies, butterflies whatever.
These days he flummoxes M with his knowledge of official passwords or protocol.
And when faced with situations where Connery or Lazenby would have thrived (ie the painting in the gallrey during Skyfall) Bond is simply bored, unmoved, unknowledgeable, or all three. Shame really.