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shimplyshocking007 wrote: » The Thin Red Line is extremely boring. For the life of me, I've never been able to enjoy any of Terrence Malick's films. Even Badlands.
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CrabKey wrote: » What is common place now was daring and pioneering back in the day. There is so much going on in this film that it requires numerous viewings. It's one of my favorites. It's so audacious. CK's a film I've come across numero…
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There'll always be that take and give with regards to whatever else is being released during the time of a Bond film. You can't really help it. It's how we make anything (or to use an arguably pompous term in this scenario 'art', and a slightly less…
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CrabKey wrote: » There are general entertainment films, which range from bad to very entertaining films. Classic films which are really fine films. And then there are the greatest films ever made. That last category is frequently tough, because…
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Well, if Craig was the 'new' Connery then that means we might potentially get the 'new' Moore at some point. And that didn't work badly for the series. I'm being glib of course, and I don't think there are any alternative versions of Connery or M…
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Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I’d say there’s way more of Fleming in Craig’s last ones than the above post implies. The tragedy of the literary Bond was that whenever he had a chance at a normal or ‘happy’ life something always b…
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Yeah, looks like it’s from 6 years ago. And of course Reddit has no reputation for members being pompous, opinionated, or writing overly long posts about niche topics 😉
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I’d say there’s way more of Fleming in Craig’s last ones than the above post implies. The tragedy of the literary Bond was that whenever he had a chance at a normal or ‘happy’ life something always brought him back into the spy game. You see that wi…
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mtm wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » None of them I think have based their interpretation entirely off of the books, and that's not a bad thing. Yeah I don't think they should either. For better or worse (depending on your viewpoint) James Bo…
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Well, to be fair Craig’s Bond is a jerk to Vesper initially! Fields to some extent too. And he tends to use sex as a means to get his job done, which gets at least Fields and Solonge killed. Fleming’s Bond didn’t tend to utilise sex in that way unle…
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Venutius wrote: » Didn't Dan say that he and Sam Mendes decided to read some of the books at the same time as each other and they ended up talking on the phone every few days, going 'what if we use this bit?', etc? Great that they were actively th…
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I think there's always going to be an element where you can't completely replicate Fleming's Bond as an actor. Just by virtue of the books giving us Bond's perspective on things we get much more a sense of his doubts, internal struggles, and off the…
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talos7 wrote: » His films are beautifully shot and have interesting stories; but they end up unsatisfying. I think he is better suited to be a cinematographer Well, probably not considering all his films have been shot by actual cinematogra…
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It's an extremely well crafted film. Everything about the filmmaking is meticulous - the cinematography, editing, sound design, sets, costumes, VFX etc. It reminds me a lot of Coppola's Dracula and has a similar classic feel to it (and has that roma…
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Directors get asked about doing a Bond film from time to time. We've even had a fair few rumours with specific names already (some of whom like Edward Berger have responded to it). But yeah, screenwriting's a bit more niche I guess. But I suspect so…
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zb007 wrote: » QBranch wrote: » Dalton for sure. 01:05:11 "Now, here we have Bond meeting Saunders in the Prater cafe. Thomas was great to work with. This was actually a set, filmed at Pinewood. Um, take 15, I think, as the coffee was rubb…
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To be fair if Nosferatu is a disappointment it's not a bad one to have in one's career. I was expecting him to put more of a twist on it I guess (again, Lighthouse is such a great film at integrating comedy into the horror, and Witch isn't far off).…
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sandbagger1 wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. A quote commonly misattributed to someone who made his living preaching pretty much the opposite! Sometimes a cigar is just an irrational fixation… or some…
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The Lighthouse is my favourite of his. I love how that film treads the line between horror and comedy to the point it’s unsettling. Also loved The Witch. Nosferatu was impressive, but it didn’t quite get me the same way those other two films did.
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I suspect even if certain actors said ‘I’m not interested in this role and would probably turn it down if offered’ outright, there’d still be a bunch of us here saying it’s not true and it’s some sort of effort to entice EON. I just don’t think that…
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No, it's really not a decision most actors in the know will take lightely. None of us have any idea how hard it is, and even actors in the know like Turner can't truly comprehend it. Many will simply not want to do it. I know some people here lik…
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HildebrandRarity wrote: » What's really impressive however is how much he's escaped being typecasted, unlike most actors who played James Bond and had to face a few years where the industry didn't really know what to do with them. He probably rece…
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- It'll be better than many of us fans expect and a majority of general audiences will have fun watching it. Not sure if that's in the spirit of the thread but I hope that turns out to be true, haha.
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It's a big decision, no doubt. Just imagine aspects of your personal life being scrutinised publicly from photos or stories which paparazzi/journalists have happened to capture. Oh, and your work life will be scrutinised too, with us fans and viewer…
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I think it’s known that MGM wanted Brosnan (although even then I know executives were worried about his leading man potential too), but it does seem like there were discussions about this at EON, with some seemingly split about whether to keep Dalto…
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Oh yeah, there’s many ways you can do the year 2 Bond. I wouldn’t call CR an origin story but more a year 1 Bond, and there are at least two examples of that in Bond media (the other being Forever and a Day, which interestingly actually leans into t…
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Ludovico wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Ludovico wrote: » I'll go for Craig too, for all the reasons above. Plus, I suspect Dalton might be somewhat bitter about his tenure. Y'know weirdly he's actually never come across that way fro…
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I think they'd cast a 44 year old if it was right for the type of Bond they wanted (probably in this case a bit more seasoned/at a certain point in Bond's career - think Brosnan in GE) and the actor was the best option. The actor could conceivably s…
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Ludovico wrote: » I'll go for Craig too, for all the reasons above. Plus, I suspect Dalton might be somewhat bitter about his tenure. Y'know weirdly he's actually never come across that way from what I understand. I remember reading on t…
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Either would be cool, but I'll go Craig. I think he'd have more to say about his films, and as said he was a producer towards the end of his era so might have more insight into the productions.
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