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YOLT and DAF could maybe be adapted more faithfully from the source material. But remade? Heck no.
No, no, no, no, and NO.
Hollywood is rife with such crap as it is.
The franchise distinguishes itself by having made almost 25 movies which, while sharing characters, themes, and yes even 'formula', have so far managed to avoid blatant recycling. To even entertain the thought of doing otherwise is to abase the whole thing down to the lowest of pulp.
That would need its own thread. TSWLM is a unique Bond novel, because it is not a Bond novel, it is a Bond girl novel where Bond plays a secondary role.
Very good idea. Keep Horror and Slugsey too.
I know it wont happen a movie losely based on LALD fighting the drug lords of South America, much grittier, darker than the Moore movie but still based on the same book. Of course RM fans wold be up in arms as the direct comparason could show up the original IMHO, interesting to discuss but, like so many of these threads, I dont think it will happen.
I would agree with this with the following caveat....they have to be Fleming 'period pieces'. And nothing omitted for the sake of being PC.....film the book.
A big YES to that.
It's worth recalling Dr. No was released in 1962. I liken a new generation of Bond films making new versions of the classics to Ford's decision to return to the classic style of the original Mustang after so many years of making something that never quite had the feel of the original.
I don't agree. In fact, I believe most of the screenwriters had improved on Fleming's material. In fact, a good deal of the original stories created by screenwriters were better than Fleming's material. Aside from a few novels, most of his work wasn't that hot to me. I thought he was strong on setting and characterization, but a little weak on narrative.
You want an adaptation of John Gardner or Raymond Benson novels, but you think the original stories are so-so? Which ones have been so much improved? Or improved at all. YOLT, DAF, TMWTGG, TSWLM and MR are all but a pale shadow of the source material. Even GF, which improved on some aspects of the novel's plot has Bond rather inactive for the last third of the movie.
I'd say they should keep well away from the fanfics, her, I mean the continuators and go back to Fleming. Was he the greatest plotter? No, but that is beside the point. His novels had characters and character. And brilliant atmosphere. Heck, they had soul.
The best Fleming Bond films are those that remained truest to the novels. Very few films remain completely faithful to the novels they were based on. But the further afield they stray, the less satisfactory they are. As Ludovico points out, the writers did not improve YOLT, DAF, TMWTGG, TSWLM and MR. With the exception of TSWLM, the aforementioned Fleming novels would have been much better remaining true to Fleming's plot. We expect certain elements will be updated due to stories being filmed 20-30 years after the books were written, but blatant changes have not served the stories well.
With all due respect, I disagree. I really enjoyed Fleming's TSWLM, and even though it is not a Bond novel - since Bond himself does a brief and not so relevant appeareance in the last third of the book, I found the novel's third act much stronger than Moore's third outing. Moore was great, but most of the movie is too campy, the villain is unmemorable and his scheme ridicolous.
Hmm...I wonder who could do the singing honours?
we had YOLT, MR & DAD how many times can we redo one novel. The novel was dated so they updated it quite well with MR & DAD, while the book works as a movie it would be redundant.
But then it would be an adaptation from the same source, not a remake. And MR is maybe the most adapted novel of Fleming.
I agree. With CR, EON could have easily made it a period piece and then leave Bond there. Time could stand still. You could do the next fifty years of Bond films set in a non-descript 50s/60s. No need to re-boot, just reload.