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  • CrabKeyCrabKey
    Posts: 2,218
    Who continues to surprise and amaze?
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,640
    Who's the private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,644
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    I'm pretty sure that's more due to O'Russell being an abusive lunatic rather than his career naturally fizzing out. Although it always amazes me he's still working.
  • Scaramanga1974Scaramanga1974
    Posts: 908
    007HallY wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    I'm pretty sure that's more due to O'Russell being an abusive lunatic rather than his career naturally fizzing out. Although it always amazes me he's still working.

    Didn’t George Clooney punch Russell on the set of Three Kings as he was being abusive to a crew member?
  • 007HallY007HallY
    Posts: 5,644
    Scaramanga1974 wrote: »
    007HallY wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    I'm pretty sure that's more due to O'Russell being an abusive lunatic rather than his career naturally fizzing out. Although it always amazes me he's still working.

    Didn’t George Clooney punch Russell on the set of Three Kings as he was being abusive to a crew member?

    Yes. That's amongst many issues he's had with others throughout his career (and even personal life).
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    edited July 28 Posts: 858
    peter wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    Spielberg isn't anywhere close to where he was in the late 70s and early 80s. Scorsese , Coppola... No one sustains their peak indefinitely, but I don't think that makes them a flavour of the month.

    I think that title belongs to the like of Max Landis and Josh Trank types.

    And no, @HitchBondUSA , no one has been hired to write B26 yet.

    I agree, I feel there are great directors who are popular at this moment in time, and they always go to the height of the bond director wish list, and there are equally talented directors who for whatever reason are not as popular a name, and they are not really considered and I wish that wasn't the case.
  • CrabKeyCrabKey
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    I like Spielberg and a lot of his films, but I wouldn't want him to helm a Bond film. Produce maybe, but not direct. He would make a technically great film, but I'm not sure it would have the edge.
  • DEKE_RIVERSDEKE_RIVERS
    edited 8:41am Posts: 2,260
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    Spielberg isn't anywhere close to where he was in the late 70s and early 80s. Scorsese , Coppola... No one sustains their peak indefinitely, but I don't think that makes them a flavour of the month.

    I think that title belongs to the like of Max Landis and Josh Trank types.

    And no, @HitchBondUSA , no one has been hired to write B26 yet.

    I agree, I feel there are great directors who are popular at this moment in time, and they always go to the height of the bond director wish list, and there are equally talented directors who for whatever reason are not as popular a name, and they are not really considered and I wish that wasn't the case.

    When did EON hire a director because of his popularity? Even Sam Mendes was not at his best.

    Maybe Lewis Gilbert after Alfie.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    Posts: 18,640
    CrabKey wrote: »
    I like Spielberg and a lot of his films, but I wouldn't want him to helm a Bond film. Produce maybe, but not direct. He would make a technically great film, but I'm not sure it would have the edge.

    Yeah I'd have liked him at the time he wanted to i.e. late 70s/early 80s, but not now, and I can't believe he would be interested anyway.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    CrabKey wrote: »
    I like Spielberg and a lot of his films, but I wouldn't want him to helm a Bond film. Produce maybe, but not direct. He would make a technically great film, but I'm not sure it would have the edge.

    Apparently Cubby was against ever hiring Spielberg to direct a Bond film. I suppose that there's the danger that it would end up being a Spielberg film as opposed to a Bond film. The director of a Bond film should never really be bigger or more showy than the material itself. That's also why the idea of Tarantino as the director of Casino Royale didn't fly either.
  • mtmmtm United Kingdom
    edited 11:31am Posts: 18,640
    Which seems a bit mad to me in a way (imagine a Spielberg Moonraker instead of 1941!) but I guess maybe after Jaws he might have been getting percentages of gross (I don't know, I expect the info is out there) and Broccoli certainly wouldn't have wanted that. Although by '77 he'd had two massive hits I think Bond's name would have still been the bigger one but maybe not. It's hard to imagine it not being great though, shame.

    I guess we're off topic! :D
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited 12:19pm Posts: 6,882
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    Spielberg isn't anywhere close to where he was in the late 70s and early 80s. Scorsese , Coppola... No one sustains their peak indefinitely, but I don't think that makes them a flavour of the month.

    I think that title belongs to the like of Max Landis and Josh Trank types.

    And no, @HitchBondUSA , no one has been hired to write B26 yet.

    I agree, I feel there are great directors who are popular at this moment in time, and they always go to the height of the bond director wish list, and there are equally talented directors who for whatever reason are not as popular a name, and they are not really considered and I wish that wasn't the case.

    When did EON hire a director because of his popularity? Even Sam Mendes was not at his best.

    Maybe Lewis Gilbert after Alfie.

    I said that a few weeks ago. They're getting Villeneuve at his peak, which is highly unusual for Bond. This gives me hope.

    Spielberg is not at his peak, and I find his current films labored and sentimental. I think his last great ones were around Catch Me If You Can and Schindler's List. Even Scorsese seems to be repeating himself now.

    Let's be honest. Eon was pretty cheap with salaries, especially under Cubby and Harry. You don't pay a lot for Adolfo Celi and Rick Van Nutter, and they didn't want to pay for Spielberg in the '80s.
  • DaltonforyouDaltonforyou The Daltonator
    Posts: 858
    DEKE_RIVERS wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    peter wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    Spielberg isn't anywhere close to where he was in the late 70s and early 80s. Scorsese , Coppola... No one sustains their peak indefinitely, but I don't think that makes them a flavour of the month.

    I think that title belongs to the like of Max Landis and Josh Trank types.

    And no, @HitchBondUSA , no one has been hired to write B26 yet.

    I agree, I feel there are great directors who are popular at this moment in time, and they always go to the height of the bond director wish list, and there are equally talented directors who for whatever reason are not as popular a name, and they are not really considered and I wish that wasn't the case.

    When did EON hire a director because of his popularity? Even Sam Mendes was not at his best.

    Maybe Lewis Gilbert after Alfie.

    I'm not saying its the sole reason, but it certainly plays a big role. He's a Nolan disciple, somebody who makes commercial films but feel artful at the same time.

    Nolan is the biggest "name" director working today besides Spielberg, Scorsese or Tarantino. Villeneuve is talked about as being in a similar league as them.

    In some ways, I don't feel he's the right choice to helm Bond 26. But he's a popular director at this time, and I believe that played a big role in him getting the gig.
  • HitchBondUSAHitchBondUSA USA
    Posts: 281
    peter wrote: »
    Daltonforyou wrote: »
    Nobody thinks they're a flash in the pan until it happens. David O Russell was red hot in the early 2010s and now he's not. Still, he's very talented and still making movies, but he's not where he was a decade ago.

    Spielberg isn't anywhere close to where he was in the late 70s and early 80s. Scorsese , Coppola... No one sustains their peak indefinitely, but I don't think that makes them a flavour of the month.

    I think that title belongs to the like of Max Landis and Josh Trank types.

    And no, @HitchBondUSA , no one has been hired to write B26 yet.

    Whoops 🤭 hehe well my bad @peter
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