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I agree with this. And IMO Wright has never reached the same height he did with Shaun of the Dead back at the beginning of his film career.
If Cubby had picked him up after Jaws or before Raiders yes but I think KOTCS proves he might have been the best blockbuster film maker of all time but he's clearly not now.
The crown is definitely up for grabs.
I'm not sure why we are quoting directors that have no connection with the short list, Soderbergh sounded interesting and only because of LL is he connected but I'm thinking Yann is the man.
Yeah Fincher would be amazing but I very much doubt it.
Unless Dune gets put on ice I don't see Villenueve, Mackenzie is busy, Demange has nothing on his plate he seems the more likely than the other two.
As much as I love Edgar I must agree to distinctive to do Bond.
Ben Wheatley would be interesting, I went to a screening of Free Fire with a directors Q&A with him and Sam Riley and someone asked him about taking on a franchise film like Marvel or DC and he certainly didn't seem to rule it out.
He likes genre films and for me is one of the most exciting directors out there, he's got a creature feature in production and an all female remake of Wages of Fear in the works, could he tackle Bond somewhere down the line, he's directed Doctor Who?
Wheatley could do Bond for my money. He's versatile. I was keen on Demange pre-SP and I'm glad he's in the mix too.
It;s just an exercise in looking at DC's previous directors and who would likely get a shot, from that list.
So far, there is no official "short list." I have a hard time seeing Yann Demange getting this. Nothing against him, but if DC is going to go out on a high note, and if he has some influence, I would think the director would be someone who has experience helming a big project. Demenge doesn't...yet.
Of the three that have been rumored, only Villeneuve has the bona fides to do this.
I said it before @RC7, the current (younger) Bond fan community starts to behave like a bunch of angry Trekkies sometimes; as if they are all a bunch of Bond directors knowing everything better than the people helming a Bond film. There's nothing wrong with being critical. And I'm not saying that this goes for every fan. But criticism can go hand in hand with a positive vibe.
Here's a nice video btw I like:
(it was shot wonderfully, the music was tops, the cast, remarkable (DC had a nice crazy glint in his eyes, even when he was laughing), but, as I said before, for a breezy-heist-comedy, it was a two hour plus slog to get through)...
Thank God for the Lumetri panel in Adobe Premiere ;-)
Let's see it!
Just uploaded. They went overboard with the colorgrading. Example from my own version and personal preference (comments appreciated):
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Yes i agree again (it's been said many times before) how they stuffed up the colour in Skyfall and Spectre.
Even QOS has the same nasty effects.
Bond films have to be bright and colourful as they have been in the past.
Some people on this forum have more clues as to how to make a bond film Better than Forster and Mendes.
Perfectly said
Haven't seen his latest yet, Peter, though that does sound disappointing.
I'm a fan of The Limey and the Oceans films though.
SS directs with a nice vibe and has a great eye for human quirks, I think he could at the very least give us a memorable gallery of villains like the classic Bond films used to do.
Thank God for the Lumetri panel in Adobe Premiere ;-)
Let's see it!
Just uploaded. They went overboard with the colorgrading. Example from my own version and personal preference (comments appreciated):
Yes i agree again (it's been said many times before) how they stuffed up the colour in Skyfall and Spectre.
Even QOS has the same nasty effects.
Bond films have to be bright and colourful as they have been in the past.
Some people on this forum have more clues as to how to make a bond film Better than Forster and Mendes.
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Yeah, Roger Deakins doesn't have a clue. Can someone just throw me a bone here and end it. Cattle gun to my cranium. Thanks.
Indy 5 release date was postponed from 2019 to 2020 because of Spielberg's overbooked schedule, how could he ever direct a Bond movie over the course of 6 months in 2019?
They were never recasting Bond.
Yes Craig will have large say on the pick, but he obviously he had say on the list of choices so I wouldn't discount any of them from his perspective.
Demange and MacKenzie are grounded and gritty and a good counterpoint to P&W though we know other writers will be brought in.. Villeneuve is set to direct Dune, but perhaps that's why 2018 is out of the picture for Bond? I know that would be surprise and unlikely to jump into Bond after Dune, but some directors like to work...the fact that he's on a short list means either EON really want him even if a remote possibility or he's really entertaining the idea and they're talking.
@GetCarter, I too love THE LIMEY and, at least the first OCEAN's, and OUT OF SIGHT... and more...
In LL, I was shocked by the laziness in storytelling. It was all over the map, coincidental in planning and execution, and the pacing was clunky at best.
The ensemble held everything together, and DC WAS dynamite, as was Adam Driver.
But the visionary failed. I'm not sure if he wanted a character piece? A family drama? A comedy? A heist (which was pretty convoluted)? It was all of these things, and none of it, at the same time.
Glad to know im not the only one disappointed with this film ( 93% rotten tomatoes) but I really wanted to like this one. It just never picked up
Yeah, Roger Deakins doesn't have a clue. Can someone just throw me a bone here and end it. Cattle gun to my cranium. Thanks. [/quote]
Some people on this forum have more clues as to how to make a bond film Better than Roger Deakins as well.
And like you, I thought we would get more. Like you I did expect more. But, outside of great acting (welcome back Mr Craig), the film failed on all levels of storytelling.
Shrug and no worries, right, JamesBondKenya. Perhaps the reviewers somehow know more than us, the paying customer?...
I say that facetiously.
Once again, I admire your curiosity; and you're not alone: my sixteen year old son came with me to LL (and he has some intuitively good taste in films), and he HATED the film, loved the actors... (gives me faith that he will forgive SP and love Bond again!!)
A director may already be decided on. When we'll find out is another matter.
I did like it. It was not a great film, but it was breezy and entertaining (which was the point).
In the wake of Charlottesville, I think Bleecker Street and SS made a mistake by keeping to the August 18th release. The mood of the country is not good, certainly not in terms of having a good time at the expense of (or because of) the south. Elites don't want to see a "good ol' boy" movie and Southerners have to be thinking that this is Hollywood trafficking in southern stereotypes. It was a lose-lose all the way around.
Your thoughts mirrored my own. It was a movie about rednecks that wasn't aimed at rednecks, so I think it might be having trouble finding its audience. I thought it was alright, but not as good as advertised. Craig was the highlight for me and i am really beginning to appreciate Adam Driver as well. Bad timing with recent events surely didn't help, as you said.
Ok
Sure, I can do that. I can also include other examples from both SF and SP. The only two Bond movies I felt like colorcorrecting.