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People just have a hard time conceptualizing returning to a more playful style. It was the same in 2005, people would say you can't make a Bond film without gadgets, one liners, Q, moneypenny etc. We naturally err on the side of the status quo.
To be fair, I don't expect another TSWLM either.
If he brings something fresh, it is welcome.
Edgar Wright is a music video/commercial director in disguise.
Daniel Kelinman, David Fincher, Michael Bay, and the Scott brothers all started in commercials. Commercial directors are often very talented. I don't see what dig you were trying to make as you must not be aware of the background of many directors....
Yikes! This sounds like an unnecessary attack. Ok, as a general lover of arts, I'm very much aware of the backgrounds of Kleinman, Fincher, Bay, Tony, Ridley, Fuqua, Snyder, Adrian Layne, Simon West, etc. That said, we know this guys know how to shoot different angles in very stylistic ways. The thing is, visually they win. Apart from Kleinman who isn't a film director, as seen above...Fincher, Ridley and possibly Tony & Layne are the only ones who really care about their stories. Fuqua handled the story well in Training Day, though.
This means most directors who come from music videos and commercials, just set out to deliver eye-popping entertainment. There's nothing wrong with it. It's in their nature. It's their thing. They can't resist being stylish with every single shot. But I don't think their style fits into Bond's world.
Or do you want Bond walking in slow motion in a long corridor, with Gregorian chants playing...with his hair and suit blown by wind, as he draws out his PPK...all in a dutch angle shot?
I'm not saying directors shouldn't have a lot of creative freedom with Bond (they certainly did under the modern EON films all things considered), nor am I against big name directors. But I think Bond should be bigger than the director ultimately, and I'm not sure in practice we'll get good results with every individual director in that scenario (or at least we could get too many misfires).
Did not mean it as an attack, you just didn't make a clear argument. Also, here you basically just described the opening of Skyfall to me. So, point still unclear.
I don't mean to defend Wright as a Bond director, I also don't think he'd be quite right for the job, at least not leading the first outing. I could see him following up someone else's successful vision, but it wouldn't be my first or third choice.
Sure, they can make Brosnan/Marvel-style films again but it would be unambitious.
Like I said back in 2023 with Oppenheimer - I personally know people who have little idea who Nolan is and went to see that film. It’d be the same if he or someone like him did Bond.
Ok. Misunderstood you, then. Sorry about that. Oh, the opening of SF is far from what I mentioned, though. The opening of SF is stylish, yes. But it's more subtle, than what I mentioned above.
I agree with your views here. See the bigger picture!
The last Bond film had to switch directors anyway.
As far as I know, this is first bit of non-Eon James Bond property.
Good catch. I also noticed a change in the logos used.
In the original Project 007 teaser, it ended with logos for IOI, MGM, EON, and Delphi.
However, on the new site launched today, MGM and EON's logos were replaced collectively with the wordmark for "Amazon MGM Studios." No reference to EON at all.
https://ioi.dk/007firstlightgame
Makes sense I suppose, but still strange and a bit sad to see.
Forgot about those other releases!
Yeah it's why that lawsuit from that guy saying they haven't used their Bond trademark enough is even more baffling: they're using it all the time!
Yeah still really excited though
Or perhaps IO interactive were working with no notes or ideas from EON and they were just doing their own thing. I like the the idea of earning your 00 status
I think at one point IO said the tone was a bit more gritty and early Craig-esque. I don't know how much involvement EON had in practice, but I think they were at one point.
He should play a rebooted version of Zukovsky.
Good call. The actor who played Richard Jewell could be Wade.
That's a better way, I think, for Bond and Moneypenny to go, I think, "Oops we were lovers and now we're co-workers" rather than have it be an ongoing "Will they or won't they?"