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P.S. NO BLOFELD. And NO David Arnold, please!
He's not going to end it all with a TSWLM entry. SP was a close as we're ever going to get to that kind of film from Craig, and most people on here seemed to hate it.
B25 will go dark and continue the arc.
Great post. I do have to say though I think CR and SF are already super rewatchable, despite being a little on the longer side. They are both unique, great classics in the franchise IMO. Nearly every Bond film is pretty rewatchable for me though so I am biased.
That is hugely discouraging to me. The problem with SP wasn't its use of the old formula; it's greatest flaws were when they tried new ideas. Bro-feld-erhauser, the crappy love story, and the Thames anti-climax were all new ideas that violated the classic Bond formula. They need to stop screwing with Bond!
I wouldn't cite Reddit as a credible source.
You don't get it. The guy mentioned David Mackenzie's name in relation to Bond 25 about 6 months before anyone else. Of course maybe he was lying and got lucky...
What I need in B25 are a naval uniform, Felix, and a standalone, OTT mission film. SP tried to appeal to the serious and lighter crowds and kind of felt inconsistent at times. No Mendes is also a good thing, which might mean a much needed return of David Arnold as well.
This voices a lot of my thoughts. Though it would be nice to see Craig duel Blofeld again, I realize it isn't totally necessary having just watched SP. There is so much time between now and then though. By whatever means necessary, I want Craig to get a great sendoff film.
I would love to see a third of the movie as a chase movie where bond is being pursued relying on his wits in the wilderness.
Also just some damn cool but classy stuff. In the first 15 Mins of goldfinger bond has a perfect tux under a skin suit, electrocutes someone, does some proper spying, seduces the villains missus while needling him. It's like a mini bond film in itself.
@PanchitoPistoles
Bond choosing not to kill the villain to please a girl that he's sweet on would never have happened pre-reboot and was highly anticlimactic. This after the "long-shot" that was his taking down of the chopper.
Turning Blofeld into a jealous Oberhauser is the kind of soap opera, personal, emotional BS that you'd only see from a post-reboot Bond film.
The badly written love story is yet another example of the soap opera level content that we've been forced to suffer through since they decided classic Bond wasn't good enough anymore.
SP was very nearly the proper, actual, Bond film that I'd been waiting for, but they had to screw it up with "new ideas."
What, in SP, was worse than those things? IMO, if it weren't for those flaws, SP would have been perfect. (As perfect as any Bond film can be, that is. Nothing's perfect.)
-Making Blofeld Bond's foster brother. Doesn't bother me like it does some people, but it's totally unnecessary and doesn't make their relationship more interesting.
-Bond and Madeleine's relationship. I think Seydoux did a good job acting, but after Vesper in Craig's continuity, this relationship feels a little off to me. I don't think Craig would settle down after Vesper, and I'm sure that will at least be addressed in Bond 25.
-Use of M, Q, and Moneypenny. It just felt awkward when they tried forcing these characters in - especially in the third act. Their scenes w/o Bond really didn't work so well.
-Lack of originality. I feel that SP relied too much on the past Bond films, and this could hurt its originality. The callbacks to Craig's first 3 get old. IMO SF handled the homages + originality balance much better.
-Most of the third act. Yes, it's really not that great. Bond not killing Blofeld is still sort of weird to me, as is his settling for a life with Madeleine.
Having said all of that, I enjoy a lot about SP. It has some great action sequences, some genuinely funny moments, a good depiction of the Spectre organization, solid locations, and a pretty good cast. The script has some weaknesses though that keeps it from being a great, modern Bond classic like it might have been.
Same guy has been fairly accurate so far.
Not only did he mention that Mackenzie and Craig were involved, they also said that Demange and McGuigan had met with EON last year.
https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/4q4kso/preproduction_work_has_begun_on_bond_25/
However, they also said that Fassbender was the top choice to replace. In the sae post they also said that Jack Huston was a favourite as well (which Baz confirmed):
https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/4xuj1c/michael_fassbender_is_broccolis_top_choice/
I think this info was correct and perhaps and smalls things changed over time. There is a lot that is too surprising not to be correct...
It's all great publicity and keeps the current Bond a little been Keen and eager. No one wants to be summarily replaced like Brozza was.
Craig took a long time to decide.
EON/MGM listened the Studio partners
EON/MGM were tempted by Warner Brothers proposals, which included their top man Nolan on board (This is the contingency) and hence why Bond 25 ends up listed on Nolan's Production Company website site which is swiftly removed when the public discover this.
Craig decides following a successful play which Broccoli Produced she's got his agreement.
But Nolan's vision includes his own leading man and doing more than one film, not carrying on Craig's tenure, story or timeline.
EON/MGM do a single film deal with Sony to see out the Craig Era and allow more time to negotiate any future deal with Warner Brothers or another Studio partner.
EON/MGM win, Bond 25 proceeds and is made with a distribution partner, they eliminate the risk of replacing a popular Bond with someone who may not bring them as much success to a new distribution partner (For now). I think Babs is also yet to find her next Bond. I know there have been many mentioned, I think she will be happy not just to have Craig back, but to have more time in making her choice.
How would you define an OTT mission?
Croatia is being heavily mentioned in the rumour mills atm..
I would be suprised if they don't shoot somewhere in Italy once more. All of Craigs films feature Italy for crucial scenes (except Skyfall) which makes it a distinct Element of his era.
I have to agree with @Getafix -- Craig isn't coming to do a one-off. I have a feeling this will all come full circle. And with that, the character will be broken somehow (but still save the day). It's where DC Bond resides best-- not playing it fast and loose, like RM, but dwelling in the shadows of his psyche.
My feelings too.