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Oh well said....bravo indeed...a round of applause !!!
How can you compare Kara (who conveys vulnerability, confusion, hope, angst and a fighting spirit in the right order) with Anya, who conveys nothing more than a bobbly head?
Russia's best agent? Kara would systematically kick her sorry bee-hind any day of the week. ;)
Uhm ...okay ..uh-uh
Oh that's different. Wouldn't mind sharing some bodily warmth with Russia's finest I must admit. As long as I don't get any splinters.
She does look good in that nighty, I must admit.
Just a Beavis and Butthead one.
When I heard 2019, my thought was: a summer release? That would have at least made some sense. But alas, no...
Well, if so, she picked an utterly stupid stage name. Just try doing a Bing image search, and see what comes up... (It ain't her.)
I'm with you there son. Epic.
I'm sure it's one of the reasons I now wear glasses.
UHM so what happens if he is lying again?
Spot on.
I'm honestly very surprised at how quickly Eon's and Craig's relationship has become such a — pardon my language — shit-show. The icing on the cake was bringing Craig back on.
The only thing keeping my enthusiasm intact for the next Bond film right now is Villeneuve (if it's him). He's the only director I'd trust to handle B25. Wouldn't be surprised if the first thing he did as unofficial director was give Waltz the boot.
I may not even hold my breath for 2022 with a new Bond if B25 turns out as indifferent as it's currently looking to be.
On the optimistic side: if a miracle is performed and B25 somehow rights the wrongs left by Mendes and the Craig era, thus giving us and amazing Bond film, perhaps Eon will get things into gear distribution wise for future films ensuring a bright future for 007 and the next incumbent lead. I'd love to see Eon motivated to bring Bond back to the big screen on a regular basis again. Back in '95 with Pierce and GE it really did feel like Bond was back and embraced in all his glory. I'd love to get that feeling again.
As it stands, a one picture deal to wrap up the Craig story arc sounds less than exciting to me. Another film where it's probable the gunbarrel will be effed up again in some way, a personal element will be forced, and a climax that steers away from classic Bond tradition. Worse of all- post B25 a feeling of exhaustion from the crew leading to another 4 year, maybe longer gap. No wonder we've been talking about a potential sale.
Metaphorically, this feels like a drawn out breakup from from a long lasting romantic relationship. You start to see the person less and less often. Occasionally when you do the moment is great, thus giving you the false hope there will be a future, or at least as wonderful as it had once been, then another long space between rendezvous, indifference, and the person eventually fades from your life.
Well, you know, that's all personal opinion. Skyfall's success was incredible and the film is still one of the most popular Bond films, so your comment only really reflects your opinion right? It can't right a wrong if the film wasn't wrong in the first place.
Spectre may be harder to defend of course.
And to suggest B25 is looking to be 'indifferent' is ridiculous, with all due respect. We have nothing to suggest that it will be good, bad or indifferent.
SF has a touch of class to it, I'll give you that, but any film can be overhyped and overexposed. I don't think SF has the same staying power of CR or GE. SP has no staying power whatsoever. B25 is in serious trouble of becoming a flop. The afterglow of CR and SF won't help B25 like it helped SP. 4 years is a very long time.
And yet if they drop the Spectre story, B25 can offer a refreshing narrative near-clean slate, to be anchored by a popular and well-established Bond. It can be a project in which the key participants, freed from the straitjacket of story and tone they placed themselves in, can gradually begin to find inspiration for something different. Just like DAF anticipated the Moore era, B25 perhaps will anticipate the B#7 era. Someone said some pages back that he thought Craig wanted to switch things up with Spectre but Mendes wanted to do his dramatic thing again. I believe that's possible, if not certain. Surely someone had to be the creative influence that provided that goofier, lighter humor that Spectre had, and that already began to reflect a change.
On the other hand, maybe they see nothing of interest in this project, and it's going to be a lame duck film. But there's a fairly reasonable chance it might not be, that's all I'm saying. Now that there's a strong chance Waltz might not return, I'm excited, because while I liked him, I want to see a shakeup.
How about you hand over Anya and I give you... Max Kalba?
"I wouldn't do those pictures now... I've learned a lot since then"
Disgusting.
Ultimately I think one is either invested in his long connected narrative (and all the uncomfortable pathos that this has entailed over the years), or one is not. It's difficult for some of us (myself included) to accept him goofing around and being unconcerned when we've been led to believe over the past 10+ years that his entire arc is one big coupled concoction of betrayal, jealousy and revenge. They had a perfect opportunity to walk away from that after SF's mammoth success (and even suggested it in that film's final scene), but instead chose to double down on continuity with SP (even after QoS should have taught them that such a strategy was perhaps unwise). Moreover, they went further and hinted quite strongly at a YOLT style story to follow after SP, what with White being shoehorned in after the fact as some sort of Draco figure and 'lover' Maddy being a stand in for Tracy. There's a disconnect there, and Craig is a major part of it. Even though he may not realize it, I think he's become part of the problem at this point. It stinks of a 'have my cake and eat it too' mentality.
So yes, anything is possible and we all hope for the best, but if they really wanted to shake it up and be fully freed of the narrative straightjacket which they have put themselves in, they probably should recast, even if business pressures preclude it. Either that or just continue on and finish his story off. Let him go after Blofeld and kill him.
Somehow that seems like an unfair trade to me. I'll certainly accept Felicca instead (I seem to have missed dessert too).
Skyfall was indeed a huge success, and I know some who place it as their number one. Skyfall also, IMO, did seem to give a feeling at the time the future of the franchise was safe and there was much to still be explored in the Craig era.
SP, however left me feeling the next film will not only have another long 4 year gap (so far proven correct) but may mark the final Eon James Bond film (hopefully incorrect). I agree SP is harder to defend. I do feel something went wrong there that should be righted in the next film. There's a lot I like about SP, but I hated that bad feeling, that hunch that the series at this point actually could be winding down.
That said, with the many discussions on these boards of B25 possibly being a follow up to SP (four years later), with Madeleine potentially returning, Bellucci, Newman, P&W (so far apparently confirmed), and it only being a one film distribution, I do feel B25 is looking indifferent.
Granted, it's all speculation, not much confirmed. When a distribution deal is announced, director, and casting, I hope to feel more optimistic.
Fast forward to present day! They finally secure the rights to Spectre again. Instead of planning a story arc and using some of Fleming's work they shoe horn it into their universe. Quantum is forgotten as an organization and the whole SP becomes a story of Bond's past.
Now what I see possibly unfolding is a GF type of movie where we have Craig riding off into the sunset in a movie that isn't tied to the others. It has a chance to be a good film as they don't have to worry about linking it up with the others. Then we get a new Bond and a new Blofeld? Will they allow that the events of SP took place? Or like Quantum will they ignore and start again?
Should be interesting to see it all unfold.
If they're adapting YOLT then Shatterhand needs to be different in appearance to Blofeld in Bond 25 - i.e. either they're recasting or Waltz and Eon are playing a game where he'll be revealed from the Shatterhand character who looks quite different to Blofeld in Spectre.
So, Maddy leaves Bond at the start of the film ... he's depressed as in YOLT, he's recruited by M to do an 'impossible' mission as in YOLT, and what seems to be a standalone mission brings him back to face his nemesis Blofeld.
http://deadline.com/2017/10/mgm-theatrical-distribution-annapurna-james-bond-1202197849/