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  • bondjames wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » bondsum wrote: » LeonardPine wrote: » Sod Danny Boyle. After seeing The Foreigner today, Martin Campbell is well up to the job. Action, drama and getting good performances. Got it in spades…
  • There's a beautiful establishing shot of a snowy mountain side on a fresh morning. In the distance a man and two boys are skiing down the side of a ridge into the shadows. The man is Hans Oboerhausers, and the three laugh as they glide playfully in …
  • Birdleson wrote: » One of my favorite aspects of Boyle's films is the crisp energy and spontaneity he infuses them with. Whether dark or light, humorous or nauseating; his films never fail to feel vibrant, fresh and alive to me. That quality is …
  • That's becoming more common. "The nice guys" (2016) did that, too.
  • The only parts that are outright horrible is the end song. The rest is dated, sure, but still very loved for its time. People didn't start criticising the score until after the millennium.
  • bondjames wrote: » TheWizardOfIce wrote: » The reason I am keen on a Nolan trilogy is that a) he reportedly has this big idea all mapped out which sounds more than just a one film deal but who knows b) he would get a grip of things, be complet…
  • bondjames wrote: » RC7 wrote: » I’ve said it before - I still don’t understand the now accepted view that ‘if’ Nolan does it, he’ll do a trilogy. If the guy has anything about him and is as savvy in his knowledge of the films as he claims then…
  • Germanlady wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » Tuck91 wrote: » P&W probably developed a concept or outline & babs used that as a base starte…
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » Tuck91 wrote: » P&W probably developed a concept or outline & babs used that as a base starter for hodge & Boyle. If Boyle is helming exp…
  • PanchitoPistoles wrote: » Amazing news! P & W are FINALLY out! Also: TOLD YOU! I knew Danny Boyle directing a musical in the summer does not mean he is OUT! jake24 wrote: » A totally lame and uninspired choice. Extremely disappointed. …
  • bondjames wrote: » jake24 wrote: » patb wrote: » Is it fair to say that Layer Cake had a bit of Boyle in it in terms of style? Or am I looking for styles/connections that aren't there. True, Layer Cake is very Boyle. Mendes4Lyf…
  • bondjames wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » jake24 wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Almost all of Danny Boyle's films are under 2hrs, so we can assume he won't make a 145 minute epic like 3 out of the 4 last films have been. That's a plus in …
  • DonnyDB5 wrote: » I think I'd be let down if the runtime is less than what we've been accustomed to. I want a nice, long send off for Craig. I don't think that's what we will be getting. Boyle's longest film is 122 minutes.
  • jake24 wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Almost all of Danny Boyle's films are under 2hrs, so we can assume he won't make a 145 minute epic like 3 out of the 4 last films have been. That's a plus in my book, as I'm really looking for something mor…
  • Almost all of Danny Boyle's films are under 2hrs, so we can assume he won't make a 145 minute epic like 3 out of the 4 last films have been. That's a plus in my book, as I'm really looking for something more succinct and rewatch value.
  • barryt007 wrote: » Do we really need more bloody emotion ?! Babs and Craig clearly think so. Personally, I think they dipped their toe into the formula Bond and got burned with SP. I think they are running back to what they know best, and p…
  • bondjames wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » MajorDSmythe wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » Tuck91 wrote: » P&W probably developed a concept or outline & babs used that as a base starter for hodge & Boyle. If Boyle is helming expect…
  • MajorDSmythe wrote: » FoxRox wrote: » Tuck91 wrote: » P&W probably developed a concept or outline & babs used that as a base starter for hodge & Boyle. If Boyle is helming expect a smaller budget & fewer a list stars. Walt…
  • As long as there are no delays, I will reserve judgement until I see the film. One positive is that P+W have finally been given the boot. Bond 25 should feel different, even if it's not in a way that's particularly desirable.
  • Wiz, don't forget that Boyle is directing something else this summer, so Bond 25 will be a rush job again. Oh, and Boyle has no experience working on a franchise like Bond, it's another punt on an auteur which will probably mean some elements will f…
  • I just hope they get things back on track with Bond 26. It's hard to see how they could push the current direction further than having Boyle come in. CR was a decent script enhanced by a capable workmanlike director. That's all it was, and now we're…
  • I don't mind it as much as some, but can easily see where the criticism comes from.
  • Benjamin_Weekly69 wrote: » The spectre chase scene remains a mystery to me. I have never seen a chase scene that is so lethargic. Combine that with the fact that it was the same year Mad Max and Rogue Nation came out which blew it out if the water…
  • ToTheRight wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » ToTheRight wrote: » I probably wouldn't mind Tom Hardy. Aidan Turner either. I do feel it's going to be, at the very least, half a decade before things get rolling on the first post Craig Bond. …
  • ToTheRight wrote: » I probably wouldn't mind Tom Hardy. Aidan Turner either. I do feel it's going to be, at the very least, half a decade before things get rolling on the first post Craig Bond. Yes, 2022 seems likely at the moment, but ther…
  • Tom Hardy is back as the favourite. https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/928874/James-Bond-odds-Tom-Hardy-James-Norton-Daniel-Craig-Dunkirk-McMafia-Christopher-Nolan I imagine once the new series of Poldark gets underway soon Aidan Tu…
  • I am positive that we are in for a large than life entry after Craig is done, whether it's Nolan or whoever. That "Arthouse film on steriods" approach is very mid 2000's. I'm enjoying the current cinematic climate, as we are moving in a more structu…
  • bondjames wrote: » What impresses me the most about Nolan is his ability to tell relatively complex stories with many moving parts in crowd pleasing ways. I'm always amazed by his capacity to weave so much into 2.5 hrs. Inception and Interstellar …
  • noSolaceleft wrote: » I don't think so at all. Simply because I don't think there will be another Craig James Bond movie. I just can't see any new distributor/investor coming on board with the way he looks these days. Even if he now goes for eigh…
  • Someone's having a mid life crisis. Not to worry, it's natural, just like teenagers act like they have everything figured out. Everyone goes through the same phases in life. ;) I have no problem with things changing, I understand they can't rema…