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I would go as follows
Background Score:
CR:10
QOS:10
SF:6
SP:2
That is some good drugs you are on. CR swapped the musical Bond identity to elevator music, something so generic it could be used on any other movie. No power and no identity at all in both CR & QoS.
Mr Arnold is able to copy Barry very good but has nothing new to add when he can create his own stuff. I do hope that EON invest in a real composer that can bring back some musical greatness.
As for Newman he was even beyond boring, his nomination can only be called politics and good friends because the soundtrack was even less entertaining or impressive than the Craig soundtracks by Arnold..
....and I see you’re on sedatives. :)
Which score is that referring too?
I would say:
CR: 9
QOS: 10
SF: 7.5
SP: 5
QOS is the most impressive Bond soundtrack I can think of since John Barry was around.
+1 i am looking everywhere myself.
By the way, i would love a bond movie in that tone, not that it's ever gonna happen. Same with the Heineken commercial that Dan did in 2015 with the Boat chase.
I found TND's score bland and unoriginal, with the notable exception of the PTS. DAD's is just awful. I'm sorry, I hate that score. Too techno form my taste. It gets lost. I don't think he resurrected anything. I like better what he's done outside the Bond franchise.
I think we need something different again. SP tried too hard to be a classic Bond film and much of it didn’t work so well. I think it just doesn’t mesh as well with Craig’s grit.
A nice read.
A fresh start please Danny…
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2018/03/16/danny-boyle-promises-bond-girl-reflect-metoo-era/
Interesting comments.
Bond is a misogynist who regularly takes advantage of women in the course of his work. It'll be interesting to see how Boyle will tackle this idea. Will we betting more of Boyle's social realism? Perhaps 007 has to go to a disciplinary hearing with MI6's HR department after complaints of his inappropriate behaviour.
That's a joke, of course.
But I'm curious how they go with the next film. Personally, I don't think a 50 year-old Daniel Craig should be depicted having a relationship with a 20/30 something. If he is to have a love interest, the actress should be age appropriate.
Despite all the hype surrounding Monica Bellucci's casting, the relationship with Lea Seydoux was slightly creepy. She was too young for him, her character was basically an echo of Vesper and she was a daughter of a man Bond had tried to kill for 10 years.
I also hope that this supposed wonderful script doesn't involve all the staff in MI6 out in the field. Keep them all confined to their damn offices! :)
Directed London Olympics opening ceremony in which he came up with the idea to have Dan parachute in with the Queen.
Pemberton also recently did the work on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The positivity is on account of the huge demand for 'change'. It's been underestimated by EON. Change more and you'll get even more enthusiasm out there in the broader market imho. I don't think anybody has been calling for vanilla or 'by-the-numbers', at least as far as I can tell. On the contrary, there has been a call for a return to form, which means less personal b/s, less rogue, and more of a straight mystery mission done well with superior action and dialogue. That is still the hope although I'll admit it's perhaps less likely with Boyle. At least the end of the P&W era may herald something a bit lighter.
It shouldn't be too difficult for him. Campbell/France dealt with it perfectly well 23 years ago already. Just watch GE and give us a bit of Natalya.
For a small second there - before I read the text, I though Arnold was announced.
Having said that, on reflection Honey, Pussy, Aki, Kissy, Tracey, Tiffany, Mary, Anya, and Holly were all independent, strong women (at least at the start) who mostly crumbled once JB got his mits in them...and this is only the 60s and 70s. The list goes on.
Melina, Octopussy, Stacey, Pam, Wai Lin, Electra, Christmas, Jinx, Miranda, Vesper, Camille and Madelaine were mostly wealthy or career women.
Very, very few of Bond's women were as helpless and exploited as say Solitaire or Domino.
His comments were quite general, though. Sure we'll get a strong independent female character, just like Bond films always have.
That's pretty much what I got from the article. I wonder what kind of name Boyle's leading lady will get. A more common name like Camille, or will he go all out with a Xenia Onatopp/Holly Goodhead?
I will also be seeing him on the 25th in Hamburg.
i don't think he will talk about any of that, but i will scream the question at him from the balcony in each break :D
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Regarding Boyle and Hodge's "great idea," while it's true it possibly won't provide a basis for a by-the-numbers Bond film, personally, I'm more interested in the style and tone of the film, and I think that is an area where there can be a return to the traditional, even within the framework of a new story idea.
More importantly, will we get an actress Boyle has worked with before? Lizzy Caplan, Kate Mara, Rosario Dawson, Kate Winslet, Katherine Waterston, Freida Pinto and Rose Byrne are actresses he's worked with before, I see.