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One thing I never understood was why, during the Pierce era, the trend was to change directors each film? I understand Campbell didn't want to do TND, but I probably wouldn't mind if Spottiswoode had done another. My main problems with TND were more with the script as opposed to direction.
I didn't think Forster was that bad either (except for the gunbarrel, but I'm not sure that was his call).
I'd really prefer a director who doesn't have too much control, otherwise we might get a Bond film that omits the traditional title sequence and theme song.
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No. I’d say he’s a more dynamic and kinetic director. Perhaps a better story teller as well. I think he’d probably do a decent job on Bond but given his previous comments I find it hard to believe he’d do it. I don’t think he has any affection or empathy for Bond. So in that sense it probably wouldn’t be a perfect fit. More like when they cast Forster. He’d approach it as a job to do.
Like Forster though, he might bring a refreshing lack of baggage and nostalgia.
Give 5 chefs the same ingredients and you can end up with meals that range from edible to exceptional ; the cook and the director can make a world of difference.
He may consider the source material OK but what Branagh did with it remarkable
With TWINE, Broccoli started to put her stamp on the series by bringing in the infamous P&W. I can only assume that Apted was considered a better fit for this kind of emotional narrative approach.
When that failed to resonate critically, I think they decided to go with a more full blown action parody with DAD, and that led to Tamahori (I quite enjoyed the two films he did prior to DAD, namely The Edge and Along Came A Spider).
Variety claims Boyle has always been interested in directing Bond, which is news to me.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/variety.com/2018/film/news/james-bond-25-danny-boyle-director-1202705314/amp/
From a career perspective would probably be a good move for Boyle as he hasn’t had a hit for a while I don’t think.
I also thought Spottiswood did a half decent job on TND - ‘best’ of the Brosnan era for my money.
I never had and still don´t have any doubt that a TSWLM-like Bond film can work with Craig, in fact I still see that direction as a logical consequence of QoS. And I don´t consider SP to be a TSWLM-like Bond fim. CR and QoS had humor befitting Craig, SF and SP didn´t.
So if Branagh is game, bring him in as director and villain!
Eon is so careful not to mention QoS when they speak about recent Bond films, I find it kind of hard to imagine they asked him back. Maybe before or aroung the time of the theatrical release.
Was it? That movie managed to scatter its plot from bed to breakfast, which means something with Christie, whose plots belong to the best constructed and coherent in the business. No suspense whatsoever and that melodramatic monologue of Poirot at the end was simply pathetic.
We will not see a TSWLM style Bond film for Craig's last. I'm quite certain of that.
What's truly sad about these most recent rumours is that it seems that despite what some of us were hoping, the reason for this big silence is not that EON wanted to keep the identity of the director a secret for now, the reason is that they STILL haven't hired a director yet.
What on Earth were BB and MGW doing in the last 27 months?!?!
That's right. TND didn't start principal filming until April and was plagued with troubles. TWINE was really the turning point that evolved into the current era.
The 1974 film was my first exposure to Poirot and I got into the books because of it. It's one of my all-time favourite films and Richard Rodney-Bennett's musical score elevates the film, as well. One of the greatest detective mystery films ever made. And then, there are the David Suchet efforts that are brilliant.
This one, on the other hand, was degraded by its own over-theatrical dramatist movement. Oh, and lest we forget the "Hercule Poirot Will Return in Death On The Nile" ending scene, it was so badly done it was laughable.
Speaking of Poirot, I'd like to see David Suchet in a Bond film one day. I had the privilege of seeing him on stage a few years back in The Last Confession. What an incredible actor. I've never seen any of his Poirot episodes though and perhaps should purchase the entire set.
I'm still open to Branagh though. I think he'd only take it on if there was a recast.
So why bother with it at all?
Mine was death on the Nile as well and it got me into serious Agatha Christie reading mode to the effect that I have probably have read every Poirot and miss Marple novel of hers.
To this day I would maintain that she was the greatest mystery crime writer of all time,especially since she gives the reader always a fair chance to solve the problem himself. Unlike Doyle for example.
I would qualify that statement by noting that this only is true for the books she wrote for,let's say, the end of world war two.
My review of the film is below, for anyone interested:
https://www.mi6community.com/discussion/comment/809454/#Comment_809454
Wouldn't be surprising if that happens again, the way things are progressing now. When should we expect them to begin shooting Bond 25?
http://deadline.com/2018/02/james-bond-danny-boyle-john-hodge-daniel-craig-bond-25-queen-elizabeth-ii-mgm-trainspotting-1202298157/
Says that apparently Trainspotting scribe John Hodge has been quietly writing his own Bond script, which won't be done for a few months. Broccoli/Wilson could then either decide to go with what he's done, or go with Purvis/Wade's script, and likely a different director.