Article: Who should direct the next James Bond movie?

Barbel

Sir Miles wrote:

Thunderpussy wrote:

Sir Miles wrote :

I LOVED the Shanghai and Macau scenes....and the boat scene too....I thought they were very Bondian indeed...and they looked spectacular....

I don't often agree with Sir Miles ( as he's usually wrong ) But
I loved these scenes as well. -{

Crickey ! Makes me think twice about those scenes now )

You know I'm right really...soon I'll have you converted on QoS

+1 re those SF scenes, I really enjoyed them and thought them totally Bondian. Less so on the QoS angle, though I have to admit it's growing on me (minus the first half editing and the abomination that passed for a title song, of course).

Sir Miles

Barbel wrote:

Less so on the QoS angle, though I have to admit it's growing on me (minus the first half editing and the abomination that passed for a title song, of course).

Abomination.....?.....and you call yourself a music fan

chrisisall

Sir Miles wrote:

Abomination.....?.....and you call yourself a music fan

Not something I'd listen to apart from watching the movie, but not really an 'abomination'. Sort of on the level of AVTAK I should think...

Barbel

Sir Miles wrote:

Abomination.....?.....and you call yourself a music fan

Too right I do! Here's how it should have been-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHu_ZKWcCQ

chrisisall

Barbel wrote:

Too right I do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHu_ZKWcCQ

Oh my GOD!!! That was AMAZING!!!!

Okay, I'm on board with 'abomination' for the song they did use now.

Barbel

chrisisall wrote:

Oh my GOD!!! That was AMAZING!!!!

Okay, I'm on board with 'abomination' for the song they did use now.

Thank you!

Thunderpussy

It is a wonderful song and Much, MUCH better than what we got.

chrisisall

Barbel wrote:

Thank you!

The Bassey song would have put you right for the film, the Keyes one was tolerable at best by comparison IMO.

Barbel

Composed by David Arnold ("Surrender", which should have been the main title theme for TND (he did the score) rather than the end title theme; "The World Is Not Enough" theme & score; "Only Myself To Blame" (also from TWINE; heard instrumentally in the score); DAD score (don't blame him for the Madonna song); "You Know My Name" & CR score; QoS score)

Lyrics by Don Black (TB; DAF; TMWTGG; "Surrender"; "Only Myself To Blame")

Vocal by Dame Shirley Bassey (GF; MKBB; DAF; MR)

If those aren't Bond credentials I don't know what is!

chrisisall

Song choice by committee. X-(

Barbel

Thunderpussy wrote:

It is a wonderful song and Much, MUCH better than what we got.

My point exactly.

Barbel

chrisisall wrote:

Song choice by committee. X-(

No, song choice by record company politics. Someone decided that having the title song sung by a 70-year old wouldn't sell the film.

chrisisall

Barbel wrote:

My point exactly.

Point taken totally. -{

song choice by record company politics. Someone decided that having the title song sung by a 70-year old wouldn't sell the film.

Tripe.

Barbel

chrisisall wrote:

Point taken totally. -{

Chris, I don't think I can afford your drinks bill if you ever come to Scotland...

Blackleiter

No doubt about it - they should have used Bassey's song.

Barbel wrote:

Sir Miles wrote:

Abomination.....?.....and you call yourself a music fan

Too right I do! Here's how it should have been-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHu_ZKWcCQ

chrisisall

Barbel wrote:

Chris, I don't think I can afford your drinks bill if you ever come to Scotland...

I'm mainly Irish; an inexpensive ale would do me fine. )

Blackleiter

I couldn't agree more about Surrender - a great Bondian theme song performed beautifully by k.d.lang.

Barbel wrote:

Composed by David Arnold ("Surrender", which should have been the main title theme for TND (he did the score) rather than the end title theme; "The World Is Not Enough" theme & score; "Only Myself To Blame" (also from TWINE; heard instrumentally in the score); DAD score (don't blame him for the Madonna song); "You Know My Name" & CR score; QoS score)

Lyrics by Don Black (TB; DAF; TMWTGG; "Surrender"; "Only Myself To Blame")

Vocal by Dame Shirley Bassey (GF; MKBB; DAF; MR)

If those aren't Bond credentials I don't know what is!

chrisisall

Blackleiter wrote:

I couldn't agree more about Surrender - a great Bondian theme song performed beautifully by k.d.lang.

I'll pay for YOUR drinks, my friend! -{

Barbel

Blackleiter wrote:

I couldn't agree more about Surrender - a great Bondian theme song performed beautifully by k.d.lang!

Oh yes; YOU try holding those notes as long as she does! Superb singer, great song.

Barbel

chrisisall wrote:

I'm mainly Irish; an inexpensive ale would do me fine. )

) suits me.

scottmu65

I'd rather Lee Tamahori return than Marc Forster...

Blackleiter

I'll pass on trying to hold those notes - look what happened to poor Tom Jones when he tried it on Thunderball! )

Barbel wrote:

Blackleiter wrote:

I couldn't agree more about Surrender - a great Bondian theme song performed beautifully by k.d.lang!

Oh yes; YOU try holding those notes as long as she does! Superb singer, great song.

chrisisall

scottmu65 wrote:

I'd rather Lee Tamahori return than Marc Forster...

My calm has been damaged... )

Barbel

Blackleiter wrote:

I'll pass on trying to hold those notes - look what happened to poor Tom Jones when he tried it on Thunderball! )

) )

scottmu65

chrisisall wrote:

scottmu65 wrote:

I'd rather Lee Tamahori return than Marc Forster...

My calm has been damaged... )

I meant to type '...and that's saying something' on the end of that post )

chrisisall

scottmu65 wrote:

I meant to type '...and that's saying something' on the end of that post )

X-(

)

Sir Miles

Barbel wrote:

Sir Miles wrote:

Abomination.....?.....and you call yourself a music fan

Too right I do! Here's how it should have been-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAHu_ZKWcCQ

That's ok...bland...but ok...but it doesn't 'fit' the film at all...QoS is a rampage of a film....tearing all away to get to the truth....not Bond in 'reflective' mode...

Guess I'm buying my own drinks then ) -{

Barbel

Sir Miles wrote:

That's ok...bland...but ok...but it doesn't 'fit' the film at all...QoS is a rampage of a film....tearing all away to get to the truth....not Bond in 'reflective' mode...

Guess I'm buying my own drinks then ) -{

Stereotypical, I'll give you. Contrived, I'd accept. Old-fashioned, definitely. Bland, never!
And I'd say the lyrics do fit the film!

("Er, that was stirred, not shaken, wasn't it?"
"Perfect".)

Napoleon Plural

I didn't care for the Shanghai scenes though I liked what they were trying to do. Craig's Bond seemed like a tailor's dummy and I had this sneeking suspicion with Mendes that it's deliberate, and there's some subtext I can't see. The modern movies move fast so when they slow down they seem to come to a total halt. I liked the idea as in the look of the skyscraper assassination scene (not the morality of it, though), it was all neon and Pearl and Dean 1960s advertising. Personally I wasn't taken by the directing of it however.

If that song posted above is Bassey doing No Good about Goodbyes, I thought it was actually done after QoS! My God, that really should have been the finale, and just think of the publicity they'd have got, having Bassey. You can't buy that. Well, okay you can but it involves Heinken. If that's what they did, no wonder Arnold felt not so bad about being off Skyfall.

BIG TAM

Doesn't look like Matthew Vaughn will have time for BOND 24. He's making Mark Millar's THE SECRET SERVICE. Sounds an intriguing premise - the world's greatest secret agent acts as mentor to his wayward nephew. Could be KICK-ASS meets 007. If slick (& successful) enough could give EON pause for thought. Yet another gear change in the continuing restyling of the Bond series? Good grief, how will fans cope??