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You'd have my support on this.
I’m a man and agree 10000000 percent
The chance of a two year film cycle returning is low to non existent. A three - four year turnaround is much more likely. Probably best to get used to it.
The days of 2 year gaps are over I’d say. And it may be for the best -referring to what you guys said about production.
As much as I like QOS and find the film unfairly maligned, I remember how messy the whole production was and how it hurt the film in the end.
John Wick
2014
John Wick: Chapter 2
2017
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
2019
John Wick: Chapter 4
2022
I agree.
They’re really low budget and stripped back though, aren’t they? I know they have their fans and they’re not for me, but I think they’re a different kind of filmmaking to Bond.
Yes they are. Not anywhere near the sophistication or grandeur of a Bond film, but they are great action flicks imo. Like someone said, I just need to get used to 3 years. Let’s hope they really nail Bond 26.
... yes, I think it should be noted by everyone that though the John Wick films are nowhere near the status of the Bond films, they are still decent films and great fun to watch.
The JW films are great, but I wouldn't want to see the Bond series take a JW approach to its action and gunplay.
I agree, the Bond style of combat suits the series nicely. But, that being said, I wouldn't mind some elements of JWs fighting and gunplay style influencing moments of Bond's
I agree with you, the Bond films have their own style of combat which suits the series nicely. However, I wouldn't mind seeing some JW influences in Bond's combat. I really like the approach JW takes and I think the Bond films can take a lot from them - that's not to say Bond should take the same approach, of course.
Only problem is, would it work with a 12A? John Wick’s style of action sort of relies on you being able to see everything clearly. The problem with doing that in Bond is the lack of blood splatters. I always think it’s a bit naff when we see Bond gunning goons down and just get dust flying off them or whatever. The best Bond shootouts are the ones that are filmed inventively enough to avoid that (compare the staircase battle in NTTD to Bond fighting his way out of Blofeld’s compound in SP).
Same. Obviously it won’t happen, but the more I think about it, the more I like the idea.
@mtm made a good point about Tom Hardy possibly being too similar to Craig. And I think that’s true of a lot of the current suggestions, even the ones I like such as Hardy and O’Connell. I don’t think they’d be exactly the same as Craig’s take, but they’d probably be equally harder edged. And is that just inviting comparison to Craig? I think the reason Lazenby isn’t highly thought of amongst the general public is how similar he was to Connery. That, along with how they had him literally step into Connery’s shoes, just invited comparison. Whereas Roger Moore moved the series out of Connery’s shadow by completely reinventing it, and giving us a whole new sort of Bond.
Craig has been Bond for a long, long time. He is James Bond to multiple generations of new fans, and his films haven’t just been massively critically and commercially successful, they’re pop culture juggernauts in the UK. Replacing him will be almost as tough a task as replacing Connery imo. So, I think they should probably avoid the next Lazenby, and look for the next Roger Moore. Someone who can completely reinvent it, and move the series out of Craig’s shadow.
I don’t know if that will happen. To be honest, my gut says that the next Bond will probably be quite similar to Craig in some ways, because that’s just how action heroes tend to be now, and the producers seem far more satisfied with this era in comparison to Brosnan’s. But if they did want to go lighter again, and go with someone who could be the Moore to Craig’s Connery, then I think Matt Smith could play that sort of Bond in his sleep. As I said in the other thread, he’s got that same ability to make you go along with the unbelieveable through sheer charm. And while he’d be an unconventional looking choice (although I think he’s probably still attractive enough, I remember him doing pretty well on some glamour magazine “sexiest man in Britain” poll when he was Doctor Who), I think he could bring a fresh sort of energy to it physically.
It won’t be him, but the thought of him doing it excites me more than a lot of the other names mentioned.
I could see Smith doing a very cool period version, a lot like I could Pattinson.