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Venutius wrote: » No to raceswapping. No to blackwashing. Yes to Sope Dirisu as Bond. It should be about the actor, not the agenda. What is blackwashing in this context?
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007HallY wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » George_Kaplan wrote: » DewiWynBond wrote: » Someone said a black Harry Potter, haha, that tickled me. There's just no need to change his race. Focus …
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropriate to the story, but it should never be the …
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Just make a fun movie under 2hrs 15 minutes - there's no need to overcomplicate things. Characterisation can fit in where it's appropriate to the story, but it should never be the primary consideration. The focus on modern bon…
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https://www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/article/wheres-james-bond-gone-how-an-amazon-deal-put-007-on-hold-h0qf80k22 Ajay Chowdhury makes a very good point that I hope is true: “When Disney bought Lucasfilm there wasn’t a film for three years. Tons of wo…
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Mallory wrote: » If their Bond game is indeed an origins story of sorts, Bond will be late 20s to early 30s, so wont look much like the picture above. What would be cool (though very unlikely) is if there was a character creator, and you could …
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Venutius wrote: » Rather than the SP plane chase, I think I'd've preferred the original 'parkour on skis' sequence that Logan wrote or the snowmobile chase that replaced it, tbh. I could be way off but I think the reason that sequence went …
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I don’t think Bond needs Nolan or that Nolan needs Bond but that combination is money in the bank. I can’t think of a franchise and director with better creative/brand synergy in today’s film market. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nolan never directs a …
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Daltonforyou wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Daltonforyou wrote: » I just wish we could get away from the drama directors, bring in somebody like Paul Fieg or Guy Ritchie. And those two are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Who’s arthouse…
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007HallY wrote: » I feel some members don't understand what arthouse films are here. None of the Bond directors have been arthouse directors. As @Burgess implied, the recent Bond directors (and I'd argue all of them save for Hunt or Glen to be hon…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » I just wish we could get away from the drama directors, bring in somebody like Paul Fieg or Guy Ritchie. And those two are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Who’s arthouse versus commercial seems like a fluid spectrum.…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » Burgess wrote: » I’ve never understood why audiences are so concerned with film budgets. It’s not our money. That’s not to say budgets shouldn’t matter to the people spending them, but I don’t really understand the armcha…
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I’ve never understood why audiences are so concerned with film budgets. It’s not our money. That’s not to say budgets shouldn’t matter to the people spending them, but I don’t really understand the armchair punditry about how much a film should or s…
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CrabKey wrote: » The less I know about Bond's gut health, the better. I recognize the Higson novel was a rush job, but it felt like fanboy Bond with a few modern bits and pieces thrown in to announce itself as contemporary. To apprehend Bond as…
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » sandbagger1 wrote: » I find this a rather frustrating discussion. A lot of us (I won't say all because I feel Mendes4Lyfe is a bit of an outlier here) who are saying we want a film that isn't dependent on big charact…
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CrabKey wrote: » @Burgess - Clean break between DAD and CR, I get that. I am interested in where you believe the series went. How do you define Craig's Bond? I define Craig's Bond as interior made exterior. Fleming's novels have the benefit…
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CrabKey wrote: » @burgess - The Casino Royale script, before Craig joined, was already hinting toward where EON wanted to go with Bond. In your opinion, where was that? Making the first Bond novel as the next Bond movie raises some essentia…
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Only EON knows for sure but I believe Broccoli when she says that they're feeling their way into a new direction. I also believe that Broccoli won't be rushed into a new film without being on solid creative footing.
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007ClassicBondFan wrote: » I don’t think there was any sort of vision for Craig’s Bond anymore than there was for Brosnan or any of the previous actors; I just think Craig had the benefit of having his creative ideas listened to by EON whereas the…
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Daltonforyou wrote: » Burgess wrote: » peter wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can understand you're not 14 anymore as you said you were when you got into Bond, and perhaps these recent Bond films just don't fill you wit…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Burgess wrote: » peter wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can understand you're not 14 anymore as you said you were when you got into Bond, and perhaps these recent Bond films just don't fill you with…
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peter wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » I can understand you're not 14 anymore as you said you were when you got into Bond, and perhaps these recent Bond films just don't fill you with the same sense of joy/escapism you got with o…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » I understand and appreciate that Bond needs something beyond just a ticking clock to struggle against in order for a film to be truly satisfying on an emotional level, and that doesn't always have to mean losing a loved one ei…
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Zekidk wrote: » Burgess wrote: » Zekidk wrote: » Burgess wrote: » show me a list of the top films in any genre that don't reveal anything about the character's opinion of themselves or their place in the world. That would be the C…
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Zekidk wrote: » Burgess wrote: » show me a list of the top films in any genre that don't reveal anything about the character's opinion of themselves or their place in the world. That would be the Connery and Moore Bond movies. Wasn't much…
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peter wrote: » Burgess wrote: » mattjoes wrote: » Burgess wrote: » A satisfying element necessary for any film to be good, no matter the genre, is the character’s journey. Not necessarily a character arc, as someone like Bond doesn’t n…
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Zekidk wrote: » Burgess wrote: » WhyBond wrote: » There is no other options to take Bond. We have had and seen it all. There is just no more ways to innovate the character and if you do it's not Bond anymore. The only thing they can do is…
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mattjoes wrote: » Burgess wrote: » A satisfying element necessary for any film to be good, no matter the genre, is the character’s journey. Not necessarily a character arc, as someone like Bond doesn’t need a complete change, but the protagoni…
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WhyBond wrote: » There is no other options to take Bond. We have had and seen it all. There is just no more ways to innovate the character and if you do it's not Bond anymore. The only thing they can do is make a great spy action flick and see wh…
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Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » In many ways The Living Daylights is the perfect bond film in that it encapsulates the day in the life, breezy bond adventure with just enough of the Moore Over-The-Top cheese, and just enough of the Daniel Craig grounded grit…
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