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Hasn't Matt Damon proved himself enough? Let's him do it, I don't think it makes sense to not have him do something cool, he's good at everything.
Nolan without any doubt, although the action scenes in Fallout were very good.
How about Nolan directs the film, McQuarrie directs the stunts and action sequences, and neither of them touches the screenplay.
I have a close connection to Nolan because he rose to power, as I was growing up. The guy is probably the last true visionary we have who works on a big scale. Lets hope that Bond is blessed with him in the directors chair in future.
I believe if Nolan were to do a Bond film, he would change things dramatically. He would tell a good story with a character who happens to be called James Bond, and happens to be a spy.
Scorsese was in a similar position in the 80's, but as great as he was/is would that have made him the right director for a Bond film? I doubt it.
I know Nolan has managed to mould some slightly indie sensibilities into bigger budget film making. The thing is he is a director that wants to control everything, script, casting, soundtrack..all of it. EON will never give him that. Besides we already got a Nolan-lite Bond film with Skyfall. Leave it there. Nolan and Bond aren't meant to be.
Totally uninterested in an Nolan film. It would just be more Tory/conservative brainwashing nonsense. Though the box office of a Nolan film would be tantalising for Eon and he's adored critically. Regardless of my beliefs, Nolan would be a huge boon for the series.
Also, whilst we are at it, I'd like to quote myself and take you back to November 2015:
I'm convinced Eon are reading my comments.
I wouldn't be against it but I'm not fawning over him, either. It's been almost nine years since Nolan has delivered a fully satisfying cinema experience for me. Rises, Interstellar and Dunkirk have all been "so close but not close enough" cases for me.
You aren't alone ... There isn't a single fight scene in Nolan's Batman trilogy I find interesting he is terrible with action , at least Mendes did deliver a great fight scene in SP.
It's a little more than OK.
Interstellar is the only film of his I dislike and I was disappointed by TDKR.
While I'm a fan I'm not pining for him to direct a Bond film and I think as long as the series remains in the same hands it's in now he won't, despite Panchito's campaigning for it.
If the price for Nolan directing a Bond film is the end of EON's control, then I for one are happy not to have that happen.
Nolan is much better focusing his talents elsewhere.
I think our thoughts compliment each other on this, @Shardlake
Fully agreed.
The problem at the moment is no one knows what he is going to do next. Been a while since DUNKIRK and he still hasn't announced anything, meaning we won't see another film from him until 2021 at the earliest. But he is a devote fan since being a child, so I tjink he would jump at the chance to start off a new era of Bond. The franchise would be lucky to have him.
Nolan is certainly a box office hit guarantee, but every time I watch his films they leave my cold – most of all his characters. I've seen several of his films. Some of them several times too. But his characters are dry, dull, or cold. I can't really tell you anything about any of them; they're that forgettable. The films themselves are usually dreary affairs (complete with the annoying scores by Zimmer) – the complete opposite of what I envision Bond to be. For me, Bond is colourful exciting adventures with a good dose of humour and a musical and brassy score as the cherry on the top. I highly doubt Nolan could do that.
I can enjoy selected action sequences by Nolan, but I don't doubt other decent action directors can do the same or better – many of which probably wouldn't require the same amount of control over the complete production as Nolan surely would.
I can't really get behind that. It's an interesting and clever idea for a film, but it didn't do anything more for me than what any decent thriller would. I can understand how other people feel different about this particular film, of course.
Guess he's not. Nothing is his filmography suggests so.