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My hope is that Knight was hired to handcuff Villeneuve and make it so his creative powers are channelled in a way that is correct for Bond. A bit like the serious director being handed the "fun" script that you often talk about happened with the likes of Lewis Gilbert and Terrence Young of the old days. I've said it before but if you take a look at the classic Bond films although they are humourous in their tone, they are directed very dry and stoic. I think Villeneuve would be great at bringing that on the screen, but only if he has the script to counterbalance his stoic direction. That's what I hope Knight is there to do.
To be fair to The Force Awakens, JJ's direction wasn't the problem with that movie, I think he did an really great job with it, just the story was far too derivative overall. In many ways I think JJ was the perfect modern director for Star Wars in a same way could be said for Villeneuve and Bond.
I wouldn't say he's there to handcuff Villeneuve. I have no doubt Knight was hired in large part because of his ability to craft action, create lively pacing, and form punchy dialogue. The other part is very likely because he saw eye to eye with what the producers and Villeneuve wanted to do with the story and was deemed the best writer to make their vision come to life in script form.
At any rate, a director is hired because of what they'll bring to the film, not to be shackled by a script. They have to understand how to tell the story, and as a producer you're going to want the director to bring their strengths to the project. It's the same with any other Bond director over the past few films - Campbell, Forster, Mendes, Fukunaga etc.
It's been a long time since I saw the film, but from what I remember I found it underwhelming. Anyway, that's kind of Abrams's thing - he'd made Super 8 which was an homage to 80s Spielberg fare (it was fine. Same issues with Force Awakens perhaps). And he'd rebooted Star Trek (films which kind of did what they said on the tin - again, fine. I liked them). They got the director to make the film they wanted - one used to working for big franchises/replicating all the stuff we've come to expect from them.
With Villeneuve it seems to me we've gotten a different kind of director. We'll see what he brings.
Even generic movie communities talk about it.
When? I don't see the discussion.
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and Reddit, for instance.
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Jesus @Mendes4Lyfe , why'd you do this?
And, lemme get this straight: you hope Knight was hired to "shackle" the director?!!
That's not how this works.
For God's sake Mendes, for someone so frantic about news on B26, READ THE NEWS WE HAVE: DV was hired because a pitch he gave the producers. The writer was hired to flesh out this story-idea that the director pitched-- not to shackle him. Are you nuts?!! Or just bored?
Take a chill pill.
Try and enjoy the ride.
You're making up things that won't happen.
Try and read a book. Do some breath work. Yoga.
But please, do us a favour and just calm down. Most of the things you've ever said about films and filmmaking is 99.9% inaccurate. That's not hyperbole. And this latest about shackling the director via script?!! I have no words...
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This reminds me of my suggestion that, for a while, Bond should die in EVERY film. A mature Bond, a new young one, a kid, a serious one, a fun-loving one, etc. -- it would bring in many different actors, and just when people get used to it and expect him to die EVERY bleepin' time - he lives ! But not too soon. THAT will get them away from annoying anyone with the same style film too many times. Tag line for one of them ? "Yup ! Dyin' again !"
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It was a very powerful explosive, but was it nuclear ? He pretty was vaporized, though