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There is another way out of course. Hopefully sensible minds prevail and buy him out of his contract before we have another embarrassment on our hands.
Otherwise 'old man' it is, but I'd still go with Hodge over P&W, just for something 'fresh'.
"No Country For Old Bond". Ha. I like that. Maybe in an outburst of anti-Brexit emotion he leaves MI6 and moves to Brussels.
Ok thanks. I just don't want another situation where things, i.e. the script is left to start too late or left unchecked and it's another rush job.
CR - Rookie.
QOS - Still a rookie as it takes place right after.
SF - Burned out and over the hill.
SP - Back at his peak.
With the just the tiniest bit of forethought and planning this era could have been brilliant with the character (and one of the best actors in the role) developing over the course of 5 films and bookending his tenure with two of the meatiest stories Fleming put the character through - Vesper and an adaptation of the YOLT novel.
How have they managed to cock it up this badly?
The more you think about DCs tenure...yes, what a cock up
Instead, as with all of the longer servers he stayed one film too long. Now has the benefit of another chance.
Oh dear.
It wasn't so much an age thing, more a despondency, which is also in Fleming's novels. Bond was prone to that. I think the only reference to Bond's age in Skyfall was "old dog new tricks".
He looked fit and alive and easily capable of being menacing in Lucky Logan, which is not that far in the past.
To judge an actor who is known for liking his pint here and there by his appearance at a time he is not doing much workout is not very sensible.
Really weird indeed, especially since Craig was already quite old for the rookie he played in CR. Makes him look a bit like a retard, first being so old when he joins the 00 section, then two films later having kind of a midlife crisis.
I can´t stand how long this all takes. Where are the so-called "journeyman" directors of today that were used to be looked down at? I miss that kind of workmanship.
From what I can see, they are on a different path, perhaps on account of promises made and plans hatched back in 2005.
We'll break this cycle eventually, but it's likely not going to happen for B25.
That film is more a classic than the last two Bond films will ever be, haha! :))
The current path doesn't lend itself to the sort of assembly line regularity which characterized Bond for so many years. That's a path I favoured, and I believe you and some other fans do as well.
We aren't being catered to at present. They have 'bolder' ambitions.
Looks like news outlets are starting to feel the same way all of us are. I can almost guarantee our next announcement will be a delay in the release date, and that will be the biggest news we get for another year or so.
I do hope I’m wrong.
Can you name a company that has trodden the same path for its entire existence and is still going strong?
Err John Glen is nearly 86 mate.
But I take your point. Bond has never been the Oscar bait Babs is obsessed with elevating it to.
If John Barry and Ken Adam at their peak aren't going to win an academy award for the series it ain't going to happen luv.
Just get in a competent director who can tell an exciting story, give us some staggering stunts, interesting locations, scenery chewing villains and fit birds and entertain us.
There really is no need to keep chasing these big name directors.
Spot on!
I look forward to being proven wrong though. Very much so.
Maybe in 2022.
As has been said before, they've tied everything together with this iteration unnecessarily. Craig was an instrumental part of that. He wasn't an innocent bystander. He's had more control over things than any other actor ever has. It's important to keep that in mind.
Whether one likes to admit it or not, he is the one who held out for Mendes. Whether one likes to admit it or not, he is the one who held out until 2017 before agreeing to return. Whether one likes to admit it or not, the direction they have taken with the last 3 films has been a direct result of him. The actor shapes the direction. Always has. Always will. The two are inextricably linked.
I'm not sure about you, but I've enjoyed all six iterations to date in varying degrees. Yes, including this one and yes including Brosnan. Over 50+ years the introduction of a new actor and a new direction has always added energy to the franchise.
I don't expect anything different next time out, and so don't share your pessimism about the future after B25. In fact, I welcome it.