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but the BMW did indicate a more "corporate" Bond which was not a good trend. It contributed to a rather souless feel to Bond which they never corrected within that run.
GE was very close to being a classic IMHO but not quite there.
I have a fondness for GE but I do get what you mean in terms of that whole era.
TLD just missed my 30 year cutoff (and I realize I'm being pedantic with that statement). I gave some thought to including it in my list, but it's always been a difficult one for me to classify in the upper echelon. I realize its very fondly thought of by the hardcore, but I'd suspect that's not the case with the majority of the public and critics, unlike say OHMSS which has received a general broad reassessment with time and perhaps due to the Craig era.
Yes, I think that's a decent list, but if I was to compress it to 10, TLD would go for reasons noted above.
Agreed on all counts. Sorry, misread your statement. Agreed on all but the fact that nothing after TLD qualifies. As mentioned, I think GE, CR & SF do.
It seems like a concession to me but I'm ok with it. LALD missing is a disappointment but given its somewhat dated race aspect perhaps it may never qualify.
last time I watched it, it wasn't the race element that grated but just the generally flat direction and lameness of it all. I was just bored.
Then again, despite the different premise, the setting and elemental picks were derived from the novel. So, screwed if you do, screwed if you don’t. That’s how I see LALD. Doesn’t make it necessarily a favourite of mine, but it’s not a bad film on its own.
Also, I agree about TLD being included as well. Even when I wasn’t the biggest fan of it (which I now am) many years ago I would’ve conceded it as “classic.”
I agree. My personal definition of a classic is a film that been around for approximately 50 years (OHMSS is 47 so it squeaks in) and is generally regarded as either great or very good. And no matter how I revise that definition, GE would not be in that category.
I say at least TB, YOLT, and/or TSWLM needs to be included definitively for the epic, grand-scope Bond classic representation. And I think almost everyone would agree CR is a modern classic.
I'm not a fan of YOLT but I agree.
I haven't posted yet on the main topic, i.e., changes to GE:
A few easy changes:
Have John Barry, David Arnold or anyone but Eric Serra provide a more traditionally sounding Bond score.
Dump the Jack Wade character, replace him with Felix Leiter and have him played by Lee Horsley so 1980s tv detectives Remington Steele and Matt Houston could work on a mission together.
Replace Mishkin with Pushkin and have John Rhys-Davies reprise the character as originally intended.
Keep Caroline Bliss as Miss Moneypenny to keep some more continuity with the Dalton era.
Bigger changes:
Polish the script more so that there would be more dramatic tension in the antagonistic relationship between 007 and 006. As it stands now, Bond and Sanchez in its immediate predecessor have a far stronger Bond vs. villain onscreen relationship.
Biggest change:
Make it 2-3 years earlier and have Dalton play Bond instead of Brosnan. As GE stands now, the ghost of Dalton's Bond totally haunts the film for me.
I like the idea of Bliss returning here as Moneypenny. I wonder what the thought was here? Why bother to recast? Was Bliss ever considered for this film? She never really got the chance to shine as Moneypenny, IMO.
There is something strangely deja vu about the MI6 scenes in GE imho. They remind me of TLD in many ways (particularly aesthetically), but yet are different. I think this may have been deliberate.
Totally agree - you need to join the other thread!
So the only casting continuity between LTK and GE was Desmond and Joe Don Baker?
Something at least. And then Dame Judy provided that last slither of continuity between DAD and CR. Really hoping they keep at least someone from B25 when they recast Bond for B26. Whishaw would be my first choice for a hold over.
I think the mouse from SPECTRE returning in future films might be a more popular choice than Tanner.
Actually, I 'd probably be okay with him carrying on to the next era.
I like Wright as well. Pity it's been 10 years since he played Leiter. 11 years next year. One year shy of the entire Roger era.
I'm indifferent to Fiennes. I like him, but to be honest, he just isn't M to me.
I prefer M to be older than Bond rather than someone similar in age.
Although, I always imagined the Felix of the Craig era would’ve been best suited to Aaron Eckhart.