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Cyrus
If NTTD is a good film that's a bonus, I am pretty much done with the DC arc now and looking forward to Bond 26 and hopefully new beginnings. The DC films have possibly hit a creative brick wall with the arc already, I hope I am wrong.
You might be right
People say Bassey, and great though she is it’s hard to compare hers and Dionne Warwick’s versions of Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and think Shirley’s is the best. She’s not the be all and end all.
Ah, like someone like Carly Simon or Paul McCartney or Duran Duran or Tom Jones or John Barry you mean? Curse those supposed current tastes.
I bet some 'underneathe the mango tree' and 'jump up' purists hated it when Bassey was announced for GF.
"She doesn't sound like Bond is supposed to."
Yeah, but what exactly has that got to do with the price of fish? Neither version was deemed good enough to grace the actual movie, so it's not even worth comparing them as both versions were locked away in the music vaults until they surfaced some 30 years later as extras on an anniversary album. The only thing heard of Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in TB is the instrumental version by Barry.
I know what you mean. I had high hopes when Fukunaga was first announced, but as things have slowly progressed I've grown somewhat disenchanted with B25. Now I'm at the point where I'm not particularly fussed either way how this movie turns out. Maybe I'll also be pleasantly surprised when it eventually hits the theatres, but I won't be holding my breath, that's for damn sure.
I won't give my judgement on Billie Eilish's song until I hear it, but I'm getting a similar vibe as the one I got when I first heard Sam Smith's involvement with B24. I hope she has something in her locker to prove me wrong.
Exactly what I said: she’s not the be all and end all. Other people can do the job as good or better: they just need the chance. All of this ‘get Bassey’ stuff is rather tired thinking.
The only reason they weren’t in the film was because they wanted a song named after the film and the song wasn’t good enough.
What are the unused Fleming novels that you’re referencing?
People want the naff brainwashing bits from TMWTGG used, plus bits and pieces from TSWLM etc. It’s mostly dregs, although there might be a couple of bonkers bits from YOLT worth recycling. Most of it isn’t great though.
This says more about your own pop culture awareness than NTTD or Billie Eilish. What exactly would you do to “ elevate the movie to higher levels?”
Let’s look at the Craig era stats:
Casino Royale becomes the highest grossing Bond film up to that point, as well as, the best reviewed film of that year on Rotten Tomatoes. Craig is nominated for a BAFTA.
The Bond series is honored with a special recognition award from the National Movie Awards in 2007.
Quantum of Solace breaks the UK’s opening weekend record, and has the biggest opening weekend of the series in the US.
Bond ”escorts“ Queen Elizabeth II to the Olympic Stadium in a telecast watched by 900 million people.
Skyfall grosses $300 million in the US and over 1 billion worldwide. It’s the second highest grossing film of 2012 and the highest grossing film in U.K. history up to that point. Skyfall wins multiple awards, including two Oscars and Outstanding British Film at the BAFTAs.
Spectre becomes the third highest grossing film in the UK. It wins the Oscar for Best Song and “Writing’s on the Wall” becomes the first Bond title song to hit number one on the UK Singles Chart.
No Time To Die is one of the most anticipated films of 2020. One of the biggest selling pop acts in the world will perform the title song, and one of the most prolific film composers of the last twenty years is providing the musical score. Also, the villain is being played by a highly sought after Oscar winner.
So, I ask again, what would you do to “elevate the movie to higher levels?”
It will all depend on the song. She has a decent voice but will she and her brother deliver a tune of just some electro doodling? I actually quite like their stuff but Bond requires a melody.
Have to say I agree, the only thing that excited me is that Hans Zimmer is doing the soundtrack. But I disagree about the theme. Hearing Billie Eilish doing the theme has intrigued my interest again and brought me back to the forum.
There is one of Billie’s songs that reminds me of Utopia by Goldfrapp. So there is some hope of a sultry if slightly weird ballad.
In your ever-so-humble humble opinion. There are plenty of decent scenes from DAF and MR not used, TSWLM in its entirety, the same with YOLT and TMWTGG.
Give me 007 playing a game of cards at Blades with M to outwit a cheat, being Brooklyn stomped on by football boots, rescuing a damsel in distress at a motel from Horror and Slugsy who work for the Spangled Mob, going after Shatterhand in his garden of death, being brainwashed and returning to London to kill M, going undercover as Mark Hazard in Jamaica, rather than the crap P&W have given us over the years. Blofeld as a brother...? You think that is better?
No need to answer. The fact that you think a brainwashed Bond trying to kill M is `naff' speaks volumes about your taste.... ;)
I thought everyone knew what they were by now. Ok, here goes -
DAF, MR, TSWLM, YOLT and TMWTGG
No need to try and get personal: be civil and don’t try and bait.
It is pretty naff. It’s more Man From UNCLE than Bond, and Bond can be pretty silly. We haven’t had the giant squid fight and bird guano death from Dr No either, don’t forget
;)
Ooh that’s promising: I love Utopia.
I think the brainwashed Bond would be brilliant (if done correctly), but yes the giant squid fight would be naff. I agree with you there. ;)
Yes!...exactly. 'The Sultry & Weird Female'....it looks like that's the approach Eilish is likely to take or has already taken. And i can't really remember the Eilish's song too....but Goldfrapp's 'Utopia' can easily walk into a Bond film....it has this Bjork feel about it. And Bjork like Eilish is also an eccentric female....especially when she was younger. Coz there are some Bjork songs & videos that did look unconventional. But Bjork looked liked someone who would have done a Bond song in the 90s. Her Modern Rendition of 'YOLT' was Good. Eilish's track could well please old & new fans....coz I know how quick we Bond fans change our minds....when we feel good.
Personally, I think the performer needs to be more age appropriate—preferably British—and relatable to Bond, same goes for his leading ladies. It's indeed strange, when I suggested Ariana Grande many pages ago, everyone said that she was far too young (at 26) to be singing about Bond. But now that we've got a teenager performing Bond 25, that train of thought has gone totally out of the window. Go figure.
Give it a shot I say.