Neal Purvis and Robert Wade

Scribe74 · December 2012

Greetings, fellow Bond enthusiasts!

It's been a while since I've posted here, but I'm hoping to get back into the fray . . . forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere. I'm just wondering what other 007 fans think of the departure of screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

Personally, I'm glad they'll no longer be penning Bond scripts. The World is Not Enough was terrible and Die Another Day didn't do much to redeem the series. I felt sorry for Brosnan. I firmly believe that Casino Royale and Skyfall (both outstanding films) excelled due to the rewrites of Paul Haggis and John Logan, respectively. (I'm willing to blame the writer's strike for the subpar QoS.)

John Logan is a brilliant writer . . . and I look forward to seeing what he produces for Bond 24, if he does indeed stay on with the series.

minigeff · December 2012

I think they've had a great run, but like brosnan, their era is over and they probably shoukd have gone at the same time.

I think they did a great job but their style doesn't quite fit the new DC bond.

I really wish arnold had done the score though.

Barbel · December 2012

Apart from one or two misfires (whioh may not have been their doing, given the collaborative nature of Bond screenwriting on top of the acknowledged rewrites) I'd say P&W have done an excellent job and am sorry to see them go.

perdogg · December 2012

Scribe74 wrote:

Greetings, fellow Bond enthusiasts!

It's been a while since I've posted here, but I'm hoping to get back into the fray . . . forgive me if this has been posted elsewhere. I'm just wondering what other 007 fans think of the departure of screenwriting duo Neal Purvis and Robert Wade.

Personally, I'm glad they'll no longer be penning Bond scripts. The World is Not Enough was terrible and Die Another Day didn't do much to redeem the series. I felt sorry for Brosnan. I firmly believe that Casino Royale and Skyfall (both outstanding films) excelled due to the rewrites of Paul Haggis and John Logan, respectively. (I'm willing to blame the writer's strike for the subpar QoS.)

John Logan is a brilliant writer . . . and I look forward to seeing what he produces for Bond 24, if he does indeed stay on with the series.

Take Haggis and Legend with them.

Colonel Shatner · December 2012

Scribe74 wrote:

(I'm willing to blame the writer's strike for the subpar QoS.)

I wouldn't say that QoS was that much worse written than Skyfall (ie a mad genuis who could've taken over the world but blew his budget and minions on wild goose chases and petty revenge), but there was a feeling that QoS felt undercooked and some of its good story/characters ideas were not really well executed.

Outside of Casino Royale (based on Fleming's first Bond novel) I thought that Purvis and Wade scripts from GoldenEye all way )nearly two decades later) to Skyfall generally felt disjointed and slightly shallow.

chrisisall · December 2012

Colonel Shatner wrote:

I thought that Purvis and Wade scripts from GoldenEye all way )nearly two decades later) to Skyfall generally felt disjointed and slightly shallow.

Ummm, why do I count TND as my favourite of the movies during that run?

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Colonel Shatner · December 2012

chrisisall wrote:

Colonel Shatner wrote:

I thought that Purvis and Wade scripts from GoldenEye all way )nearly two decades later) to Skyfall generally felt disjointed and slightly shallow.

Ummm, why do I count TND as my favourite of the movies during that run? )

TND deserves more acknowledgement than it gets and has aged surprisingly well in the past 15 years when we've seen media companies colluding with states to invade countries, terrorists more like the terrorists seen in TND's PTS, the rise of China's importance, the Cult of Steve Jobs, and the brutality of Private Military Companies.

However it has its weaknesses (they shouldn't have directly shown Carver directing the stealth boat operations from his headquarters, adding some mystery to who is brewing WWIII, and Chang could've done more than being seen twenty seconds in a corridor, etc) and it now seems more cliche' ridden than the Craig movies (with the meshing of 1960/70s spy cheese with Bay style bombastic 1980/90s action 'n 'splosions is not to everyone's taste, though it worked for me).

Anyway Neal Purvis and Robert Wade had a good 17 years run and they have to leave so as to stop creative inbreeding.

Moore Than · December 2012

Some news that may be of interest. Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have been hired by Universal Pictures to write the script for a film version of the 1970's TV series Kojak. Those of a certain age (like me) will remember the TV series starred Telly Savalas as the New York City cop Lieutenant Theo Kojak, who loved lollipops and spoke the memorable line "Who loves ya, baby?" Vin Diesel is set to take on the role in the film.

Universal Sets 'Skyfall' Scribes Purvis & Wade To Script 'Kojak' For Vin Diesel
http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/universal-sets-skyfall-scribes-purvis-wade-to-script-kojak-for-vin-diesel/

Peppermill · December 2012

Colonel Shatner wrote:

Outside of Casino Royale (based on Fleming's first Bond novel) I thought that Purvis and Wade scripts from GoldenEye all way )nearly two decades later) to Skyfall generally felt disjointed and slightly shallow.

But Purvis and Wade didn't write the screenplay for GoldenEye....

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade

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