Is this as big as a Bond film will get?

walther p99

With this year being the 50th anniversary as well as all the excitement ramped up because of the "dream team" of talent in front of and behind the camera for Skyfall, do you think the subsequent Bond films wont seem as big or special as Skyfall?

chrisisall

No, they will be as big or intimate as the box office of the preceding film indicates, as always.

minigeff

After skyfall, some films will be bigger, some wont be. But regardless, there will always be bond fans, and anyone who takes over from BB and MGW would be extremely daft to either mess it up or call it a day.

And there's no point in these negative loaded questions.

Thunderpussy

I think after they dropped the ball with QOS, the Producers will keep more
control over the films, and I think given the early reviews Skyfall will be
as good as Casino Royale. So hopfully the high standard will be maintained.
There are many more anniversarys 60th, 75th & 100th ) to look forward to.
and the ever changing face of Bond, with each new actor there'll be loads of
publicity. So I think there'll be many more "Big Bonds" For years to come. -{

superdaddy

Thunderpussy wrote:

I think after they dropped the ball with QOS, the Producers will keep more
control over the films, and I think given the early reviews Skyfall will be
as good as Casino Royale. So hopfully the high standard will be maintained.
There are many more anniversarys 60th, 75th & 100th ) to look forward to.
and the ever changing face of Bond, with each new actor there'll be loads of
publicity. So I think there'll be many more "Big Bonds" For years to come. -{

Apparantly Craig has been signed to do them all 60th,75th and 100th )

Thunderpussy

Superdady wrote :

Apparantly Craig has been signed to do them all 60th,75th and 100th )

) ) )

Number24

I think they can get bigger if Christopher Nolan gets to direct

jasper_lamar_crabb

No, it still won't match the hugeness of the 1960s where Thunderball took a billion dollars in today's money.

Gassy Man

It could, but modern filmmaking -- especially the Bonds -- is terribly uneven. There's no reason to expect consistency in anything, including the 007 films, and the fact that EON/Sony drag their collective feet to make them instead of following immediately on the momentum of a hit makes things even worse.

chrisisall

Gassy Man wrote:

It could, but modern filmmaking -- especially the Bonds -- is terribly uneven. There's no reason to expect consistency in anything, including the 007 films, and the fact that EON/Sony drag their collective feet to make them instead of following immediately on the momentum of a hit makes things even worse.

Sadly & ridiculously true.

Thunderpussy

I'd say Connery in DAF is as Big as I'd like to see Bond get. )

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

I'd say Connery in DAF is as Big as I'd like to see Bond get. )

Heh heh. Will you be here all week? )

double o ego

Gassy Man wrote:

It could, but modern filmmaking -- especially the Bonds -- is terribly uneven. There's no reason to expect consistency in anything, including the 007 films, and the fact that EON/Sony drag their collective feet to make them instead of following immediately on the momentum of a hit makes things even worse.

Dragging their feet?? I don't know about that. Once Casino Royale came out, EoN/Sony were quick to rush out QoS 2 years later, so much so that the film suffered from the effects of the writer's strike. Many people would argue that they should have waited until after the strike before going ahead with QoS. As for the gap between QoS and SF, again, this was something out of EoN/Sony's hands. MGM were going through a financial crisis and restructuring, which I'm sure you're probably familiar with.

Blackleiter

Exactly. Thanks for putting things in their proper perspective.

double o ego wrote:

Gassy Man wrote:

It could, but modern filmmaking -- especially the Bonds -- is terribly uneven. There's no reason to expect consistency in anything, including the 007 films, and the fact that EON/Sony drag their collective feet to make them instead of following immediately on the momentum of a hit makes things even worse.

Dragging their feet?? I don't know about that. Once Casino Royale came out, EoN/Sony were quick to rush out QoS 2 years later, so much so that the film suffered from the effects of the writer's strike. Many people would argue that they should have waited until after the strike before going ahead with QoS. As for the gap between QoS and SF, again, this was something out of EoN/Sony's hands. MGM were going through a financial crisis and restructuring, which I'm sure you're probably familiar with.

Blood_Stone

To the OP, no. I'm hoping history will repeat itself and Craig's 4th film will be his most financially successful as we've seen in the past for the other actors:

Connery - Thunderball

Moore - Moonraker

Brosnan - Die Another Day

Thomo

Thunderball earnings adjusted for inflation is massive, knew it was big but not that big

BIG TAM

Interesting title for this thread when from the reviews I've read the last act appears to be more introspective than most 007 adventures.

I don't know how SKYFALL will end, but it might lead us into a big THUNDERBALL-like extravaganza in Bond 24. I can just imagine Daniel Craig commanding a battalion against some armed-to-the-teeth nemesis in a replay of those Big Climaxes of old. Perhaps an SAS operation to defeat Quantum?