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Any reason you think this?
Sites down, and it's not normal a redirect to fox (it's quite simple to make a redirect to a static page saying "we are upgrading your experience, we'll be back shortly), no word from the Social accounts, and mostly because I want to :D
That would be a turn up...wonder if they are taken Craig with them ?
I hope they are not being serious.
It really was.
What's particularly remarkable imho, is the box office consistency of the last three. I've been watching MI:Fallout's gross trajectory over the past few weeks with keen interest. It is no phenomenon, unlike SF. It is tracking slightly ahead of RN and on par with other recent MI films. There is a predictability there. I'm sure studios like that, especially when it's achieved over 7 years and 3 films. That shows audience retention and franchise loyalty. There are no surprises here. These films also have 'legs' (they don't open big but collect the gross over a number of weeks, consistently).
As you rightly noted, GP was no fluke, but rather, the start of a trend. That trend has been established and delivered due to great vision and excellent execution by the producers, film maker and star.
I too miss the Connery/Moore 60s/70s Bond vibe and would love to see it return one day. It's not about 'period Bond' imho. It's about attitude. Style. Flair. Confidence. A slight arrogance. A joie de vivre.
Let's hope Fallout's great action achievements will push EoN to raise the bar for B25. But there's only one Tom Cruise...
Last time I saw something close to it was Napoleon Solo in the U.N.C.L.E movie. But even then it lacked something.
Make Bond Great Again.
Can we get the hats printed now?
Personally, I'm so done with nostalgia and looking back at the old days as if they were some kind of monument of greatness that cannot be surmounted.
Bond was cool in the 60's because it appealed to the sexual, social and cultural appetites of people at the time. I just want to see a cool and fun film that puts its best foot forward and creates its own path.
I don't need homages and scenes that hark back to something from a Sean Connery or Roger Moore film. Those early films had no context to steal ideas from, they created on their own volition. I think modern Bond has mostly done a good job of this (especially with CR and SF). The more Bond tries to emulate the feel and tone of the 60's film, the more those films feel like poor tribute acts (I'm talking about SP).
Personally, I think what Craig has done with the character and his performance has been great. I want to see him finish his arc of with a similar story. I want more gloom and furrowed brows. I really want another CR/SF.
Chris Hemsworth?
Maybe is because I see Craig's Bond as "my" Bond... but I'm super excited about what's coming next and I couldn't be more happy for what we've got in the last 4 movies...
Agreed 100%. Well said.
More gloom? No thanks.
Seek solace in the arms of another franchise.
I agree with the underlying issues discussed in the article. But I don't think the problems have risen to crisis level.
As I have mentioned a lot, if I were Babs I'd go back to the Cold War and leave Bond there. Why?
1. As the article points out, that era is what gave birth to this kind of spy. The villains are far more discernible and easier to create.
2. Political points become more subtle and more ironic. A film may be set in the early 60s, but it may also be commenting on today. Plot elements dealing with sex, race, religion, and politics can resonate a lot deeper.
3. It's cool. The clothing, the cars, the retrofuturism.
4. It won't hurt Bond at the box office. At least, it shouldn't. DC was smart to keep Wonder Woman set in WWI. Why update it? The story is better BECAUSE of the time period.
The article talks about simplifying Bond. This would do it, especially if the aim is release a new film every 2-3 years.
It's the James Bond International Fan Club.
The headline says Bond 25 is on track. In the actual article, it has passages like this:
//Despite the doom and gloom that has been around in the media about Bond 25 since it was announced that Danny Boyle had stepped aside from the director’s chair, as far as the JBIFC understands it EON hopes to be able to make an announcement about a replacement director very soon. Moreover, according to a number of sources, the film-makers are determined to keep production on the movie on schedule for a planned 2019 release, once a new director is in place.// (emphasis added)
Now, "hopes" to be on track or "determined" to be on track are different than actually being on track. They still need a director. If they hire a director today, tomorrow, etc., should be do-able. If they hire the director on, say, Dec. 31, it would make you wonder.
The headline perhaps should have read, "Bond 25 aims to stay on track."
"We don't need a shared universe tease, we don't need a grand character arc, we don't need canon wink twists. That's right: the easiest way to fix James Bond is just make a James Bond movie."