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Supeheroes. All of them. Ironic use of music. ("What a Wonderful World" being played over scenes of despair for example) Medieval movies with desaturated imagery and where everyone is miserable, caked in mud, and wearing dark colors. Action mov…
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I remember reading that Boyle wanted the script to be topical and have Russians as the villains, since it went into production around the time of the Trump/Russia allegations. I don't think the ending had anything to do with Boyle leaving since the…
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Cinematography that gets noticed isn't good cinematography. If the audience is thinking, "wow this is a really beautiful shot" as opposed to, "wow, this is a really beautiful scene," the director isn't doing his job. I never thought Skyfall was …
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If they're gong to mine Fleming material, they should use the "hell is here" bit from Moonraker. Very cinematic and eerie. Would look great on screen.
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I was watching this interview with Lindy Hemming last night. interesting exchange at 49 mins: Interviewer: Does [going from Brosnan to Craig] create challenges or opportunities for you? Hemming: Well I have to say, it was the last one I did, …
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dramaticscenesofQOS wrote: » @slide_99 You know, I've heard about a whole plotline of a female being the head of Quantum for a script that was titled Red Sky at Dawn. Do you have more source or info on that? Wondering why the producers didn't proc…
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The problem with Craig-era Blofeld and SPECTRE was how mundane they were. The various drafts of Spectre show that the producers really didn't want Blofeld at all, they wanted a new character- a villainous female or African warlord- that they could …
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Craig: Guess what my finger smells like.
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You can't plan out a movie series unless you're adapting pre-existing works. The only way they could pre-plan a new Bond series is if they make new adaptions of the Fleming novels. Otherwise there's no way of doing Marvel-style continuity because …
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BMB007 wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » slide_99 wrote: » This is slightly off topic, but can anyone give an example of a non-superhero/non-supernatural character in myth, literature, or film who was killed off but then brought back without a…
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This is slightly off topic, but can anyone give an example of a non-superhero/non-supernatural character in myth, literature, or film who was killed off but then brought back without a massive retcon? Because I honestly can't think of any.
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I don't think fans of any franchise are resistant to change, otherwise there wouldn't be franchises to begin with. I think what fans are resistant to is bad movies. Alien fans embraced Aliens through all the changes it made to the Alien mythos bu…
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There are certain aspects of Fleming-Bond's character that Craig nailed, namely his gallows humor, his laconic outlook on life, and his ability to take tons of physical damage and keep going. But I think that was all undermined by the series continu…
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I think the mosquito thing is a reference to how Heracles can spread across the world. Even if Bond isolates himself on one side of the world, a mosquito could bite him and carry the nanobots to Madeline or someone close to her and end up killing h…
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"I must say, Miss Case seems quite attractive... for a human."
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My initial response to DAD was mixed. Like others back in 2002 I thought it was better than the previous two, but in hindsight, as a teenager that only meant "fun" since it was so OTT. Right off the bat something was very off about the movie. I…
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It doesn't have anything to do with a burial. Bond was just messing with the crime scene to throw his pursuers (including MI6) off. MI6 thinks he murdered a British politician's bodyguard. The Bolivian police have just set him up for Mathis's dea…
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delfloria wrote: » Everyone has their personal preferences which support their points of view regarding whether or not the Craig era of the Bond world should have continued on or whether Bond should get a fresh restart. That's obviously not going …
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I'd be more interested in a QOS re-edit that lengthens the individual shots and reincorporates the original ending than I'd be in Bond 26.
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I mildly enjoyed Spectre when I first saw it. I thought it was an improvement over Skyfall in that it actually felt like a Bond movie and not a Dark Knight cash-in, but it still wasn't what I wanted from the series overall. Then I rewatched SP a…
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What Disney did to Star Wars, Amazon is going to do to Bond. Buckle in.
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I think there's confusion about this because of how the Craig era panned out. Casino Royale was a reboot, yet it was made by the same people who made the previous Bonds, unlike most reboots. Even though Bond has just become 007 in 2006, it was st…
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Script can be read here: https://d5tlfha2av0cx.cloudfront.net/annapurna/2021/screenplay/nttd/No_Time_To_Die.pdf I don't like the general story at all, so I'd just make an entirely different movie, but to mildly improve this mess: 1. Replace Palom…
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LTK was such a drastic departure plot-wise from the previous decade's worth of Bonds that EON probably thought they needed Glenn in charge to make sure it stayed Bondian. A bigger director at the helm might have turned it into a full-blown American …
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Villenueve will make a pretty but hollow 3-hour endurance contest that gets a bunch of awards and 95% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes that ultimately feels like a soulless exercise, which unfortunately probably means that he's at the top of EON's list at t…
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CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » It says a lot that Bond being a father for the first time on screen in 60 years is not discussed nearly as much as it would have been had it happened in any other film. A huge development. Like Calvin Dyson said, NT…
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mtm wrote: » slide_99 wrote: » I don't see what's inappropriate about criticizing BB's attitude towards Craig. If we can criticize directors and writers, why not the producers? No one has said they can’t be criticised, but calling them…
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I don't see what's inappropriate about criticizing BB's attitude towards Craig. If we can criticize directors and writers, why not the producers? Ultimately the former can only do what the latter want. It's obvious that Broccoli has an affection …
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I'd prefer they stay away from A-Listers. The best Bond movies were made by workmen directors like Young, Hunt, Hamilton, and Campbell. Honestly I don't want anyone associated with the last decade's worth of Bond movies coming back in any way, esp…
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I don't care if Bond goes light or dark. I like OHMSS and LTK just as much as I like YOLT and TMWTGG. I just don't want any more soap opera dramatics, questioning Bond's relevancy, or psychobabble about his psyche.
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