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Bond should never be "rookie." He may learn things (and probably should), but even if there is an "origin story" (first gadgets or first martini or whatever) we should never doubt Bond's capabilities and rarely doubt his judgement.
What I'm trying to say is, I'd prefer Bond is Bond, but if there's an origin story, Bond should still be Bond.
TBH, I'm rarely ever in the mood to watch any of those films. :(
I whant a Bond save the world mission with depth and growing in being Bond. Shaken Not Stirred, Distraction for an hour or two, Role of Honour, Commander Bond, Risico.
We know who traters are from the start. The villian takes a lot of people in his plan /falling for a lie.
Group vibe like Quantum. No more for play/pre production, but Greene (QOS) / Maxwell Tarn (Seafire from John Gardner) and Carver, Zorin, Goldfinger is big.
So disappointed in NTTD killing of Felix that soon, because he and Tanner should have been there on the atack on the island with suprise comeback of Paloma. In between we should have seen people who take action against Judi Dench M (court) should have Ralph Fiennes M arrest. Something that Tanner is told but deside to go a way (His way of saying No to ''When the storm arrives would you be seen with me'') and Moneypenny takes honours as M.
Yeah, agreed with all this.
I'm not desperate to see him as a rookie per se, but that doesn't mean that we can't see him put into a new situation and change from there.
How about a bit of both, a variation that kicks off with Bond being Bond, but also construct the story in such a way as to later include flashback sequences that are both relevant to the current mission and yet also serve to reveal the new Bond's backstory / origin (a la Godfather 2 / The Shawshank Redemption / The Usual Suspects / Memento)
It's a technique which I think might have helped to make SP, with it's Brofeld theme, work better as a story.
I think the audience will be impatient for an immediate "fix" of the new Bond, after 6 or 7 years of cold turkey, and rather not have to wait through an hour or so of origin story build up at the front end.
But having got that "at long last" / reunion release of emotion out of the way, then could be the time delve into what the what makes the new Bond tick?
That's right, killing two people in monochrome hardly makes CR an "origin story"
CR the book was an "introduction" to the character, not an "origin story"
In both cases Bond is already a secret agent when the story begins and it is not explained why he became one
Connery taking the role back in 62 I can't think of a time where he was portrayed as a rookie. Though he did throw up after the spider attack, and when Honey confides to being nervous at the end, he shares he is too. But there was nothing overt in saying he was a rookie. Until Craig we never saw him take the double-o-7 number, deal with being a new agent, etc.
I do think there is more to mine if they go in that direction. Though I wonder with Denis calling out the Connery films in his Press Release I have wondered if they will go the Connery route and not do anything overt to say he's a new double-o agent.
On to another question this one more general in nature.
Would you rather watch a more romantic Bond movie OR a more adventurous Bond movie?
I think back to the series and we have some great films where our man is in love or at least the romance is played up. I think of FRWL, TLD, OHMSS, and perhaps CR. The story dictates romance either due to the story or the time the film was released.
Then we have the more action heavy films where the romance is not front and centre. I think of TND, QOS, GE, FYEO, LALD, GF. These films still feature lovely ladies aiding Bond but their romance doesn't feed into the story.
If you have a choice are you throwing in a more romantic Bond film or one that downplays the romance but brings on the action.
Well, the romance bit was overplayed too much in SP and NTTD, it's time to give that a rest, the thing with romance in the last two films are a rehash of the Classic Bond romances (the train scene in CR, Madeleine challenging Bond's beliefs as how Natalya did to Bond, and their relationship which was very OHMSS).
Even the casual audiences for sure got tired of Bond falling in love (I know it happened in Fleming Books many times, but film is a different medium, it's not just meant for us who accept the character's emotions, it's meant to be watched by the people who haven't read the books).
I think they've overplayed it in the last two films, and it's time for a fresh air, so Adventurous Bond Movie, a good thing for the introduction of the New James Bond.
Like the common hopes: Stop the personal dramas a bit, and have Bond be fun and focus on the mission again, the next Bond needs to break from the Craig Era.