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  • Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » 007HallY wrote: » Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » Lewis Gilbert's films seem paced too fast. YOLT jumps about from tangent tangent and Moonraker also has the feeling of rotating settings. TSWLM has elements of this: Bon…
  • This is one of the few ironclad laws of the bond fan community: If an actor is getting a lot of buzz that you don't particularly like, you say they're the next Clive Owen, and If someone else has a dislike of an actor that you think is right you …
  • The problem is screenwriters, for whatever reason have lost the art of subtlety in their scripts, so what was once communicated through the actors performances, or through a single line now has pages of dialogue to hammer home to the audience what t…
  • 007HallY wrote: » I recently rewatched Blade Runner 2049. Not my favourite film in the world (like I said, something about Villeneuve's films don't always excite me) and Jared Leto is a pretty lame villain (although I think he's a bit of a lame ac…
  • After mulling it over alot, and seeing the reception Dune part 2 is getting, it does seem like Denis Villeneuve could be THE director of the 2020's. I'm officially sold on him directing Bond 26, as I believe he would bring back the world of Bond th…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Clive Owen was the Theo James or the Aidan Turner of the time. People say this and just insert whatever actor they have a distaste for and don't want to see become bond. Its a time honoured tradition at this point.
  • Another youtuber, this time Robert Meyers Burnett, has categorised the difference between Denis villeneuve and Christopher Nolan as such: "one is a lover (romantic) and speaks French, the other is a thinker". I like this, and I suppose by that disti…
  • I saw a youtuber late last year say that as long as there's an announcement by the end of April then we're on track, and I've been using that as a guideline ever since. If we get to May 1st and there's still no word it's probably time to start panic…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » If the next film is under 2 hrs 20 minutes I will be very pleased, as it means they have been able to rein in some of the excess of the past 2 films. Its really a shame that in order to watch a Bond film…
  • If the next film is under 2 hrs 20 minutes I will be very pleased, as it means they have been able to rein in some of the excess of the past 2 films. Its really a shame that in order to watch a Bond film which breezes by you have to go back to the l…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » https://variety.com/2024/film/news/pierce-brosnan-aaron-taylor-johnson-james-bond-1235953078/ Pierce Brosnan Gives Aaron Taylor-Johnson His Blessing to Be the Next James Bond: ‘The Man Has the Chops, Talent and the Charisma…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » The best Bond films have a relatively grounded first hour or so and then somewhere around 2/3rds mark completely let rip, and tu…
  • DEKE_RIVERS wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » The best Bond films have a relatively grounded first hour or so and then somewhere around 2/3rds mark completely let rip, and turn into an all out romp. OHMSS does this after Bond escapes Piz Gloria, T…
  • The best Bond films have a relatively grounded first hour or so and then somewhere around 2/3rds mark completely let rip, and turn into an all out romp. OHMSS does this after Bond escapes Piz Gloria, TSWLM does this after Bond and XXX join forces, G…
  • 007HallY wrote: » Venutius wrote: » Didn't Dan say that he refused point blank to do something that Campbell asked him to do at the screentest and then just walked out and went home halfway through? He did have a bit of a reputation for being …
  • It's crazy that after 60 years, there's still so much buzz around bond and the next films. Die hard will forever be tied Bruce Willis, Indy to Harrison Ford, Jason Bourne to Matt Damon, MI to Tom Cruise, etc. Bond is one of the only few brands that …
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ wrote: » The DB5 and David Arnold's "The Name's Bond...James Bond were really overused, though. Something new and still Bondian would be really appreciated. There's nothing which illustrates how lacking creativity the Crai…
  • Does anyone else think Dalton Aston has the potential to become the new DB5? Seeing that again in Bond 25 got a massive reaction from fans, and even though the DB5 got overplayed in recent years, bond still needs some kind of signature vehicle which…
  • Because I don't count Casino Royale 67 or Never Say Never Again as "official", since they weren't produced by EON productions. If you include them, maybe it's bond 27?
  • Reflsin2bourbons wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Once you get into the nitty gritty, Brosnans films are much more bondian and representive of the series as a whole than Craigs films are on average. Does Bondian mean pop culture's view of Bo…
  • It's still crazy to me that the time from Casino Royale 2006 to Bond 25 is the same as Dr No to The Spy Who Loved Me.
  • thelivingroyale wrote: » Speaking of what’s acceptable today, read this earlier https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68596039.amp “Sadism for the whole family” might be on the way out. I think Bond will probably end up biting the bu…
  • Once you get into the nitty gritty, Brosnans films are much more bondian and representive of the series as a whole than Craigs films are on average.
  • The true arch villain of certain prolific procrastinators at EON headquarters.
  • peter wrote: » Colonel_Venus wrote: » bondywondy wrote: » but we've gone from February 2024 Barbara Broccol: "There is nothing happening yet" to March 2024 Taylor-Johnson signing this week and filming beginning later this year at P…
  • Henry cavil is uninspired, ATJ is just a solid choice. I think he could prove himself to be a brilliant bond, and he certainly has more of the enigmatic quality of brosnan than Craig did. If these rumours persist, EON might find themselves in a simi…
  • Benny wrote: » So you believe that ATJ is the best man to play Bond now. No.
  • Benny wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » buddyoldchap wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Yes, the pieces are all there. EON's unexplained silence from 2021 - 2023, Villeneuve suddenly having a secret project which has to happen quickly (why woul…
  • People love comparing any actor they aren't keen on to Clive Owen, it's always a blast. :))
  • "ATJ hasn't really stood out to me in the past" surely that's the best place to be for a potential actor. You want bond to make the actor, so the public forever associates them together. The last thing you want is people saying "oh yeah, that guy."