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So a lot of people thought SP was perfect when they first saw it is what you’re saying. Not exactly the disaster it’s made out to be.
@TheWizardOfIce yes SF was a phenomenon and SP got more the reaction of a regular Bond film. So what? Doesn’t make SP a catastrophe or even bad.
For those latching onto the ‘pure movie gold’ quote, don’t. One of the inevitable platitudes encountered at this stage.
there was some talk about stuntmen doing all the work and putting DCs head on. Among the named scenes, the train fight was all him for example. Where he twisted the knee and so on.
Seems hard to remain fair these days.
My guess is they took the wrong lessons from SP, and think that doubling down on the Craigisms is the way to go - a shame.
I'm completely unfamiliar with Boyle's work. Not even seen a complete trailer from his previous films. Might as well keep it that way, and go into the cinema completely without expectations - if he ends up making Bond 25, that is.
If the rumours from the Daily Mail for some reason are also true, and that the big idea they're going on about, is what Boyle came up with during the London Olympics - we're talking about an idea that's possibly been around for six years! That's a decent amount of time for an idea to develop. Hell, he might even have made an outline or a small film treatment by the time that EON supposedly went for this.
YES, PLEASE! Arctic Monkeys sure make good songs. The Last Shadow Puppets side project is also a Bond tune waiting to happen.
Having problems with sloppy CGI and the running of a stunt double has little to do with not appreciating Craig.
Anyway onto the actual news (as it's Baz I think we can confidently call it that rather than speculation):
I'm broadly pretty happy as it means are getting a fresh injection of both writing blood and directorial blood. Boyle and Hodge are a great and creative team and at least the film won't be boring.
My only reservation is this talk of an idea that is 'movie gold' which gets my Spidey senses tingling. Whenever film folk say something like that it usually means it's absolute gash; pretty sure someone described brothergate in similar terms.
I'm not sure of Hodge and Boyle's Bondian credentials and knowledge of the character so I have slight reservations that this golden idea might be something weird like brothergate that will have us aghast. And such is my lack of faith in EON at present (the dead end they have yet again driven themselves down a case in point - if Hodge's script turns out to be shit they are buggered as there'll be no time so we are pretty much stuck with it whatever now) the proof will be very much in the puddding, but at least Boyle and the jetisoning of P&W an exciting step in the right direction. On yer bike boys and keep pedalling.
In summary my optimism for B25 has increased but is still be held in check from accelerating fully by the drag factor of very low confidence in what EON are doing at the moment.
So Boyle will begin filming his Richard Curtis musical any day now and then segue into Bond immediately? I imagine he either has a very short production/post window on the previous film or he’ll edit both film simultaneously? Boyle did something very similar with Trance which he filmed before the Olympics and then completed post on after the event. It sounds convoluted to say the least.
Alas, the report confirms suspicions that Craig was the driving factor here. But word that Barbara and Michael are actively encouraging the Hodge script pretty much means Danny is a lock.
In other Danny Boyle news, Lily James has just signed on to join his aforementioned musical. Filming is expected to begin next month, Baz has already cofirmed that Himesh Patel will also play a role:
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/lily-james-danny-boyle-movie-1202722206/
Yeah good point. 4 years and we end up with a guy doing a script that they are basically going to be forced to use or bump the release date and a director who will have no pre production time?
I know kids always do their homework the night before but Babs and MGW must have still been feverishly writing it as the teacher was walking round the class to collect their books for marking. Is this how to run a multi million dollar business?
Ok. Well, I did notice it. As mentioned I'm a runner and so pay attention to these things. I'm not sure what you mean by bridge though. I'm referring to the part in the PTS prior to the building collapse. It's definitely not him who makes the run on the roof just prior to the collapse. Regarding other films vs. Bond - I'm more of a Bond fan and so pay attention more to these films.
Oh? So sorry.
I wasn't commenting negatively on Craig when pointing out the running. It was more a criticism of CGI use in the last two films that we were discussing. It's quite independent. If anything I was complementing his normal purposeful running style which is what made me realize it wasn't him in the scene I referred to.
Precisely.
@Bounine here is a link to the Baz article with some quotes from it:
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/comment/855059/#Comment_855059
https://www.jborbisnonsufficit.com/2018/03/09/breaking-danny-boyle-to-direct-bond-25/
The reddit user speculated that it was because of delays in the The Rhythm Section which provided an opening to go in a different direction. Perhaps that's true.
It just seems unusual to do that, unless it's because this is something that Boyle demanded. Meaning he wouldn't agree to do it unless his preferred scribe penned the story. Perhaps the P&W story was more traditional in structure? The type that Boyle has previously said wasn't of interest to him.
I like the sound of a small budget, hopefully espionage driven, Bond film. While they are reigning in the budget, reign in the drama as well. A spy thriller fit to sit alongside FRWL and TLD is long overdue for a series centered around a spy.
Not espionage driven, emotion driven I think with Boyle. He's not focused on plot, but character.
Out of the 4 Craig films, I'd say a Boyle film would most resemble SF, yes.