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Yes, we could get "Young Bond" next. (Vomit!)
I agree with you both. They really painted themselves into a corner with that story line and clumsily connecting all the previous Craig 007 movies. He's my fave Bond, but I'd really not want that story continued, and really didn't care for Waltz or Seydoux and wouldn't want them back.
Of course, it'll be what it'll be. We'll see...
I agree that the Spectre ending gave options to either leave or continue. And that the longer things drag, etc.
You're actually wrong about Bale, btw; he did not have options to come back after TDKR, and I think he was fine with that, despite also being sad to let the character go. (Though if Nolan had wanted to make another one then yes, I'm pretty sure he could have talked Bale into doing it, but that never seemed to be a realistic option, since as far as I know Nolan never had any plans of doing 4th.)
Guys, please! Don't give them any ideas...
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It's a rather childish reaction to a flippant off the cuff comment to subsequently take a dislike to Craig and hope his tenure ends. I don't think he was making fun of suicide victims but I guess that's the world we live in these days where everyone's most fundamental and inviolable human right is to take offence.
Personally I like nothing more than a nice bit of foie gras but that doesn't mean I don't still love Rog as Bond.
Interestingly, that could foretell the Craig saga as well, because as we've discussed here, a new studio and new director may want to go in new directions with their own characterizations. If that's the case, hopefully it works out better than BvS.
Childish? You go out of your way to insult me at every turn.
I clearly said my opinion. Craig's comment to me seemed a bit too flippant and insensitive.
No worries ..you're truly not worth my time or concern.
Completely agree with all of this.
They are both so kind and so always have the exact same opinion and exactly the same style in writing. Suspicious :))
Lol funny.
Again, what does closing the thread do? It looks like we won't have anything concrete for quite some time, I still can't wrap my head around why people are so allergic to discussing thoughts or possible outcomes or theories or rumors when we have nothing solid to talk about. Might as well shut down the Actor, Director, Title Song, etc. wishlist threads while we're at it.
Something will happen. This is probably the most active thread right now...
Bale was basically out after his 3-movie contract was done. His Batman was specific to the Nolanverse, and wouldn't have worked with chaps from other planets or other folks with actual superpowers. ;) And the character's arc was completed, anyway.
With Bond now the studio part of the equation is an interesting unknown in addition to the other obvious factors (actor? director? etc.) There could be so many options in theory also with the same actor, but the possible future options with Craig got limited a lot by the story in Spectre, so... yeah...
Maybe Bond needs a new start (new actor) and maybe Craig himself needs something new as well and would be better off without Bond. Doing only Bond films (or any other franchise) is not ideal for an actor, I'm sure.
There are other well qualified directors though that could do just as good as Campbell if not better.
Bond really isn't Mendes type of movie. I like Mendes ..just don't want anymore Mendes's Bonds.
We've never seen this Bond retired and away from MI6. He hasn't even technically gone rogue, because in QoS he was still very much acting on behalf of MI6 and doing the right thing to get at Greene.
Post-SP, he could be on his own, doing things his way 100% of the time, with nobody to answer to. If he and his new life is threatened, think how unhinged he'll be, and how much he'll give his all to decimate any enemies coming his way?
If Blofeld gets away from imprisonment by escape or some other avenue, does something to shake Bond's foundations and he survives it, you can be assured that Bond will go after him with all he has left. He could even rely a little on Q or MP off the books to help him get what he needs for one last mission. Not a mission for MI6, but one for himself, finally. No ties to a higher power or anything; just him and Blofeld.
I love the idea of one of the first scenes in Bond 25 being Bond and Madeleine's wedding, where we get to see the calm before the storm. Madeleine doesn't have to die, we just need to see signs that Blofeld is actively trying to threaten his future life. A shootout could erupt at the wedding, forcing Bond and some of the agents at the event to engage them, and they leave one alive to get information out of him about Blofeld, after which Madeleine has to be kept hidden away while Bond takes care of things once and for all.
Team that with Blofeld escaping but finding his own organization taken over by new faces that stepped in when he fell, and you'd have a great parallel between him and Bond: two men who see their worlds changing for the negative. And, as I've said before, because Blofeld always harps on about how the things Bond stands for are in ruin (literally and figuratively now), what if SPECTRE itself was also crumbling before his eyes, a shadow of what it once was? Both men would essentially be living lives that threaten to collapse on them eventually.
There's so much to play with in Bond 25 to really finish off the Craig era with true emotion, depth and consequence. I'd love to see an ending where, after all is said and done and Blofeld is wiped out, Bond is recovering and has a choice to make: stay with Madeleine and keep his ring, or head back into active service and live his life for the job, doing the only thing he's ever known. We see him pondering his future and the separate roads he could take, but we never actually get to see what he chooses in the end. Some may like this, some may not, but I think it'd certainly be interesting. After all we've seen this Bond go through, however, maybe we deserve a more concrete ending.
I agree with this, we need to have a proper filmic showdown between Bond and Blofeld - I think Blofeld has been poorly used in the film series never reaching the potential he should have - hopefully they can redeem that in Bond 25 - although Waltz himself was pretty underwhelming in this regard.
it also really depends on Craig's personal feelings in regards to the role...... we all know he loves being James Bond - or at least enjoys it, or else he would've pulled a Lazenby long ago.... but what i am getting at, is does Craig himself feel there are more areas to explore within the character? (i am alluding to the interview with Mark Strong) - because in regards to his portrayal as Bond, I don't see him simply showing up to go through the motions in order to collect a check....
There are always ways to progress the story forward - nothing is ever wrapped up in nice red bow for long, there are always more stories to tell.... but it just seems like for Craig, it was more about exploring Bond as a person more than anything else... and if he feels like there is nowhere else for him to go, he may step aside..... it just depends on what these new writers can come up with.
i've gone back and forth with Mendes - from really liking him after SF, to just being "meh" about him after SP..... personally, i think SP problems lie more in the writing than in the director's vision.
Better than Campbell though??.. Eh, I don't know about that... IMO, they are pretty similar with really only two differences... Mendes can block together very beautiful shots - and is very much an auteur director - but - he isn't that proficient when it comes to action sequences... Campbell is good when it comes to blocking normal shots - nothing too artistic or fancy... but he is excellent when it comes to shooting action.
IMO, what a director does outside of Bond films shouldn't be held up in terms of his ability when shooting a Bond film... Lee Tamahori did some pretty good films before he was handed DAD - and look how that turned out.
I still believe that from a macro film making perspective, more Craig means one more linked story. Not a standalone. It also, more likely than not, means one more Mendes (although I'm less certain about this) because as I said earlier, all the characters now except for Tanner are his creation.
long story short... if Craig returns, it is to continue / finish where SP left off - i do not see him going out on a stand alone film, considering that we JUST got reintroduced to Spectre and Blofeld.
Yes, as I said earlier, this is my view as well.
"You know they want a Spectre trilogy." Who does and why?