If Spielberg did a Bond film....

MilleniumForce

......what do you think it would have been like? He was considered around the time of MR, so I imagine we would have had another big and bold Bond film, with a big villain and lair. Destroy the world plot as well. Can you think of anything else?

Gassy Man

Spielberg would have turned in a pretty strong contender. In his prime, he had the adventure genre wrapped up, and Raiders of the Lost Ark is essentially a Bond film, with all the formula elements -- teaser, headquarters sequence, girl/old flame, loyal helper, villain with an army, plot to take over the world, getting captured and breaking out to wreak havoc, hero with a signature theme, etc.

The story goes that Speilberg did Raiders after being turned down for Bond.

broadshoulder

Wouldn't work.

Why?

Because of Cubby Broccoli. Broccoli used to employ 'yes men' on his films ie Lewis Gilbert, John Glen, etc. They done their own thing but towed the line. Cubby always had final say on what would work and what wouldn't have worked. He would have butted heads with Speilberg continuously

After Speilberg made Jaws he had total control over his films - and would have clashed with Cubby..

hehadlotsofguts

I think he would love the chance to direct a Bond film if he did have the chance to direct a Bond film or two: I hope they would be good thrillers like Duel for instance.

Gassy Man

broadshoulder wrote:

Wouldn't work.

Why?

Because of Cubby Broccoli. Broccoli used to employ 'yes men' on his films ie Lewis Gilbert, John Glen, etc. They done their own thing but towed the line. Cubby always had final say on what would work and what wouldn't have worked. He would have butted heads with Speilberg continuously

After Speilberg made Jaws he had total control over his films - and would have clashed with Cubby..

You might be on to something there. I know Cubby was steadfast in his opposition to an American directing a Bond film, but it certainly could have been more.

Spoff

broadshoulder wrote:

Wouldn't work.

Why?

Because of Cubby Broccoli. Broccoli used to employ 'yes men' on his films ie Lewis Gilbert, John Glen, etc. They done their own thing but towed the line. Cubby always had final say on what would work and what wouldn't have worked. He would have butted heads with Speilberg continuously

After Speilberg made Jaws he had total control over his films - and would have clashed with Cubby..

I agree with this, Spielberg seems a pretty affable guy, but I bet he liked his creative control after Jaws. And rightly so with the nightmare he had actually getting Jaws to the screen, have a read of "The Jaws Log" by Carl Gottlieb to see what kind of pressure Spielberg was under whilst filming, it was off the scale.

But given freedom to make his own film I reckon it would have turned out very good.

Silhouette Man

...it would be crap. Cubby did not ever want to hire Spielberg.

Spoff

Silhouette Man wrote:

...it would be crap. Cubby did not ever want to hire Spielberg.

I thought they were in talks about it at one time?

Silhouette Man

Spoff wrote:

Silhouette Man wrote:

...it would be crap. Cubby did not ever want to hire Spielberg.

I thought they were in talks about it at one time?

They could well have done at some point. I've not read about it anywhere so I can't comment further unfortunately.

AlphaOmegaSin

Indiana Jones is really his own Version of Bond.

Silhouette Man

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Indiana Jones is really his own Version of Bond.

Indeed, that mixed with the Saturday serials you used to get in the cinemas.

MilleniumForce

AlphaOmegaSin wrote:

Indiana Jones is really his own Version of Bond.

He made it in a response to not doing a Bond film. Lucas said Jones was a character better than Bond.

AlphaOmegaSin

Lucas will say anything daft 8-)

Thunderpussy

We'd have a shooting star in every night scene.

broadshoulder

And close ups of weeping children..

Thunderpussy

We'd have John Williams do the score.

Silhouette Man

Everything would be filmed in CGI...oh! wait, we've already had that! )

broadshoulder

Thunderpussy wrote:

We'd have John Williams do the score.

First disagreement with Cubby - who would have pushed for John Barry.

MilleniumForce

Silhouette Man wrote:

Everything would be filmed in CGI...oh! wait, we've already had that! )

Back when he started, he was big on practical effects. If he had done it then, we would have had some great effects.

AlphaOmegaSin

And it would have had either Snakes, Insects, Rats or Ants )

Blackleiter

I think Spielberg would make a terrific Bond film.

hehadlotsofguts

Plus he's a massive Bond fan too. He gave the MR crew permission to use the alien call sign from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind in the film.

AlphaOmegaSin

It would be interesting to see what he could do with it -{

Napoleon Plural

The closest he came to a Bond film is 1) Indy and the Last Crusade, esp the whole Venice bit but also the bike chase, plus all the Bond regulars... and 2) Sounds a bit tasteless to say it and I don't mean it that way, but Schindler's List. Until the full horror is unleashed it is a tense and brilliant thriller with superb bits of understated humour. The 'hero' is unveiled much like Bond, with his suit and outfit laid out on the bed and then Neeson's brooding presence... No wonder Cubby wanted him for Bond.

Yet for all that, both films obv has something else going on, and I am not sure that Spielberg would be quite right for Bond. Catch Me if You Can also had Bond touches, but for me lacked that something else to make it a cool Spielberg movie, it just seemed formulaic imo.

Thunderpussy

To be honest, I still think Spielberg is a great director but I think he's
Lost his edge as far as action films go, perhaps he's matured too much.

broadshoulder

Napoleon Plural wrote:

Yet for all that, both films obv has something else going on, and I am not sure that Spielberg would be quite right for Bond. .

Cubby would not have gone for Speilberg. he was always a star director with Jaws and Close Encounters. he'd have been off doing it has own way - after clashing with Cubby

On the Bonds the producer always had final say - not the director..

Brosnan_fan

If Spielberg had made a Bond film...

-Bond would be brooding for a bit, complaining about his absentee father.

-Bond would be joined by either one or a couple of kids, who at some point would end up saving the day.

-The Bond car would fly off a cliff into the air, and slowly sail across a full moon, making a silhouette as it went on its way.

-There would be the need to emphasise the dramatic/emotional scenes, and the actors would be delivering Oscar-worthy performances.

-Bond would be showing off his more cultured, knowledgeable self.

-Much of the dramatic moments would lead up to grand crescendos, accompanied by memorable John Williams music.

-Bond would flirt with the Bond Girl, but not go to bed with her, because Spielberg would consider it "not family-friendly".

AlphaOmegaSin

Brosnan_fan wrote:

If Spielberg had made a Bond film...

-Bond would be brooding for a bit, complaining about his absentee father.

-Bond would be joined by either one or a couple of kids, who at some point would end up saving the day.

-The Bond car would fly off a cliff into the air, and slowly sail across a full moon, making a silhouette as it went on its way.

-There would be the need to emphasise the dramatic/emotional scenes, and the actors would be delivering Oscar-worthy performances.

-Bond would be showing off his more cultured, knowledgeable self.

-Much of the dramatic moments would lead up to grand crescendos, accompanied by memorable John Williams music.

-Bond would flirt with the Bond Girl, but not go to bed with her, because Spielberg would consider it "not family-friendly".

Junior! )