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You sir, are spot on. :D
Too serious and you get QOS, too OTT and you get DAD. They need to keep the middle ground they've refound (which I think was lost after TWINE).
And yet, QOS is hated by many for being just that. I like it, it's in my top ten, but there should always be a healthy mix of "fun" and seriousness. Kinda like SF.
Trouble is we can't see Bond kicking ass because of the terrible editing.
QOS is a decent action film but there isn't much fun there and SF is a much, much better film imo.
- to make films of quality and in search or international applause of the critics (like SF: serious runner for Oscar) or
- to follow the traditional formula that lots of fans are missing since... TND? Bond goes to M´s office, he sends him in a mission... and no personal related stuff.
So, in case A, we can think of Christopher Nolan, Quentin Tarantino! or Steven Spielberg!!
In case B, one not-so-arty director...
I loved it but Oscar worthy? Not sure about that I'm afraid.
I really don't think any of the actors gave a particularly oscar worthy performance. They were great but none of the roles were what you'd call challenging. Technical aspects possibly, it's certainly a beautiful film but I very, very, very much doubt it.
But he still kicked a.. ;-) Yeah, you pretty much sums it up I guess.
I prefer the "traditional formula." Afterall, that's what made me a Bond-fan in the first place.
Some of the best Bond movies are the one's that are quite different from the rest of the series and yet are still amazing movies in their own right for example: FRWL, OHMSS, DN, LALD, LTK, CR, SF. These movies although are very much Bond films, they each contain significant elements that depart from the status quo of the rest if the film's in the series but simultaneously do an excellent job at presenting themselves as great pieces of individual cinema.
Actually I found Skyfall to be surprisingly Flemingesque, consider;
The opening speech by Silva, like the backstory to Fleming's villains.
Bond not on his best form, i.e. FRWL, TB, YOLT, TMWTGG
Skyfall Lodge seems to be something Fleming imagined. In fact didn't Fleming grow up in a house, similar to Skyall?
@JestSetWilly has done an excellent thread about this....
http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/4370/10-flemingesque-moments-in-skyfall
Also, I'm not saying the series hasn't had great actors in the past but collectively speaking and maintaining consistency, the Craig era's in a league of it's own IMO and @Zekidk, just because Halle Berry won an Oscar doesn't make her top caliber material. Her character was a jole, much like the entirety if the Brosnan era.
Come on. You really think Eva Green, Giancarlo Giannini, Mads Mikkelsen, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Naome Harris etc are in a "league of their own" compared to actors from earlier Bond-movies? Okay, that's your opinion. I can think of several actors who I think outshone every single one of them. Walken in AVTAK, Sean Bean in GE just to name a few. But I have to give it to Mendes: The cast of SF, is probably one of the most talented ever for a Bond-movie.
Yeah, but in FRWL, TB, YOLT, TMWTGG Bond wasn't a depressed drinker dealing with mommy-issues. He was merely out of shape. I understand that modern heroes have to hit rock bottom, but honestly, it's becoming a cliché, IMO.
Very well written review. Fine choice of words and you clearly know the Bond history.
If you don't realise the actors doubleoego listed as sterling in quality then you must give me name of your occulist. The Craig era does seem be attracting big names...often because they want to work with DC himself.
Sean Bean?? Even in GE he soesn't even get the RP accent right.
What does RP stand for?
Olga a sterling actress? :)) I think her work post Bond (basically 2 crappy video game adaptions) proves that's not true. There have been some really good actors in Craigs films though, like Bardem, etc.
Often because they want to work with DC himself, where'd you get that? Well, maybe that's true for SF but I doubt people in CR signed on because Craig was in it (he wasn't really well known at the time).
There we have it folks. Straight for Livingroyales mouth. I am surprised we didn't see the cue cards,
Ah I see :p Yeah he does over-pronouce a couple of times.