Tarantino Gripes Again
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http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=5328
Mi6 reports that Tarantino is griping again about not being involved in CR. If this is a true report I think Tarantino should give it up. I like his movies, but a) I don't think he would have done CR justice and b) CR was not his baby nor his original idea. Ian Fleming wrote it, the producers have talked about making it for years, and it was their choice on who to pick as director. Quentin, get over it.
On the other hand, if the report is false...stop trying to create tension between Tarantino and MGM/Sony Bond producers.
What do you all think?
Mi6 reports that Tarantino is griping again about not being involved in CR. If this is a true report I think Tarantino should give it up. I like his movies, but a) I don't think he would have done CR justice and b) CR was not his baby nor his original idea. Ian Fleming wrote it, the producers have talked about making it for years, and it was their choice on who to pick as director. Quentin, get over it.
On the other hand, if the report is false...stop trying to create tension between Tarantino and MGM/Sony Bond producers.
What do you all think?
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Of course there may be another side to his work, but I'll wager the only thing about "Casino Royale" that was of interest to QT was the torture scene.
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I enjoy Tarantino's stuff...but the Bond ship sailed without him---and is doing just fine, thanks very much. It's just as well, as Tarantino would never have danced to Eon's tune.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I share your pain Dan. I'm still awaiting acknowledgement from Stanley Kubrick's estate for Nicole Kidman's nude scenes in Eyes Wide Shut. I had thought showing Kidman butt naked was a great idea long before Kubrick did. Why can't they just acknowledge my input into that movie. They stole my idea and refuse to admit it. X-(
That was yours? What a great concept
I'm not a purist on all things, as some boundaries are good to be broken now and then. I am however, a purist when it comes to localization, culture-conversions, etc. For example, I don't think you should take a Daewoo Kalos (a Korean car), put a Chevy badge on it and call it "An American Revolution." I don't think you should take a foreign film and dub it into another language. Likewise, I don't think you should take Bond and render him in some unfamiliar fashion with ninja stars or something...
But that's just my opinion.
I'm with you there, but he did have the right idea on which film to do. Not to knock Craig, but it was a pity Brosnan didn't get the chance to do some real Fleming material.
Daewoo Kalos....Chevrolet badge, hahahahahahahaha!:)) Love it, so appropriate.
How interesting that would prove. I am such a fan of that novel, I really quite enjoyed it and I don't know how I feel about QT touching it. Of course, I don't know if I would trust QT with any Bond material. Again, like his movies, but don't like him matched with Bond.
That said, CR was last year's big smash and Grindhouse is a bit of a flop, so there you go.
I can see why Brosnan lobbied for Tarantino - how far they both got with this, and whether that sealed his exit, going behind the producers' backs, I don't know. Yet Brosnan has worked with the greats - Attenborough, Boorman, er Streisand and Ratner and yet they're not really classics in my view.
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