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Ang Lee was considered back when Brosnan was still James Bond, so why not now?
I really liked his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and just about everything he has done since has been high quality. Ralph Fiennes is an interesting choice too, while I have not seen Coriolanus I would fine if he directed since he knows the actors and being from a theatre background proubly knows his stuff from a director's point of view.
I am not a fan of David Fincher, but otherwise, I think it's a good list. Of these, my choices would be Brad Bird, Rian Johnson, Steven Soderbergh, or Darren Aronofsky.
Soderbergh has retired.
I like Fincher, he has very good credibility. I also want to see Marty Campbell do it again, he nailed it with Goldeneye and well, dont need to mention Casino...
My first choice would be Brad Bird, though I think Paul Greengrass, Terence Davies or Steve McQueen (the director not the late actor) would all bring something different.
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I would like to see someone with experience but a little unexpected. Ang Lee would be an interesting choice, but I would be excited with Peter Weir (Master and Commander, Gallipoli, the Year of Living Dangerously, Witness). He has a record of making crowdpleasers with a more substance than your average action film and has worked with some high profile names.
I think I would like Christopher Nolan to have a go and I wouldn't be adverse to Guy Ritchie either as he seems to have matured as a director ( and rediscovered his talent since ditching Madonna).
I wasn't impressed with Sam Mendes at all, so not too upset at his non return.
I wasn't impressed with Sam Mendes at all, so not too upset at his non return.
Thank God not everyone is praying at the SF altar. )
Some bits of SF left me yawning. Got a bit arty and clever at times which I put down to the director. Same with Marc Forster in QoS.
Bond is primarily an action series and I would like to see a director who's first priority was the action and not focusing on some wistful faraway look across a Shanghai skyline.
I wasn't impressed with Sam Mendes at all, so not too upset at his non return.
Thank God not everyone is praying at the SF altar. )
Some bits of SF left me yawning. Got a bit arty and clever at times which I put down to the director. Same with Marc Forster in QoS.
Bond is primarily an action series and I would like to see a director who's first priority was the action and not focusing on some wistful faraway look across a Shanghai skyline.
I understand the need for action...but without a storyline its pointless....and I'm happy with a bit of arty-farty stuff every now and then )
I wasn't impressed with Sam Mendes at all, so not too upset at his non return.
Thank God not everyone is praying at the SF altar. )
Some bits of SF left me yawning. Got a bit arty and clever at times which I put down to the director. Same with Marc Forster in QoS.
Bond is primarily an action series and I would like to see a director who's first priority was the action and not focusing on some wistful faraway look across a Shanghai skyline.
The "arty and clever" bits are actually what I loved about SF and QoS. I love it when directors bring an arthouse sensibility to genre films. (Examples: Wages of Fear, Manhunter, Drive, Hanna, The American, the Bourne Trilogy, Ghost Dog, Dead Man, Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge, and so on.)
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I understand the need for action...but without a storyline its pointless....
Please, don't call SF pointess. Sure, it's storyline was even thinner than QOS', but it had smashing dialogue, and was a rousing tale overall! Bond's don't always need a story to make sense- look at DAD, thick plot, fairly well structured, and the movie still came out rather a mess from lacklustre direction. Mendes delivered in that dept.
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For every complaint like yours about not enough action in Skyfall, there's one like this from a recent post:
"Less action and more plot. Recent films seem to bounce from action sequence to action sequence. The films offer nothing but. It is tiresome to the point that I wonder if 24 is really viable or desirable."
Apparently it's not only the case that you can't please everybody, sometimes you can't please anybody! 8-)
Bond is primarily an action series and I would like to see a director who's first priority was the action and not focusing on some wistful faraway look across a Shanghai skyline.
I understand the need for action...but without a storyline its pointless....
Please, don't call SF pointess. Sure, it's storyline was even thinner than QOS', but it had smashing dialogue, and was a rousing tale overall! Bond's don't always need a story to make sense- look at DAD, thick plot, fairly well structured, and the movie still came out rather a mess from lacklustre direction. Mendes delivered in that dept.
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I understand the need for action...but without a storyline its pointless....
Please, don't call SF pointess. Sure, it's storyline was even thinner than QOS', but it had smashing dialogue, and was a rousing tale overall! Bond's don't always need a story to make sense- look at DAD, thick plot, fairly well structured, and the movie still came out rather a mess from lacklustre direction. Mendes delivered in that dept.
:v
Wow....let's take peoples words out of context to look clever 8-)
I expected better from you...I shan't make that mistake again.
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I really liked his work on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and just about everything he has done since has been high quality. Ralph Fiennes is an interesting choice too, while I have not seen Coriolanus I would fine if he directed since he knows the actors and being from a theatre background proubly knows his stuff from a director's point of view.
James Bond: Is Forster Set To Return As Director?
http://www.film-news.co.uk/show-news.asp?H=James-Bond:-Is-Forster-Set-To-Return-As-Director?&nItemID=18203
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http://youtu.be/VFCM6TZgTMI "It's a madhouse !"
Soderbergh has retired.
I like Fincher, he has very good credibility. I also want to see Marty Campbell do it again, he nailed it with Goldeneye and well, dont need to mention Casino...
Oh hell no. He's directed the same movie 8 different times. I dont wanna see Tarantino jacking off to himself for Bond 24
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I really love some of the movies he's done. I don't know why it seems like he always gets overlooked. Maybe I'm missing something ...
I wasn't impressed with Sam Mendes at all, so not too upset at his non return.
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Some bits of SF left me yawning. Got a bit arty and clever at times which I put down to the director. Same with Marc Forster in QoS.
Bond is primarily an action series and I would like to see a director who's first priority was the action and not focusing on some wistful faraway look across a Shanghai skyline.
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I understand the need for action...but without a storyline its pointless....and I'm happy with a bit of arty-farty stuff every now and then
The "arty and clever" bits are actually what I loved about SF and QoS. I love it when directors bring an arthouse sensibility to genre films. (Examples: Wages of Fear, Manhunter, Drive, Hanna, The American, the Bourne Trilogy, Ghost Dog, Dead Man, Le Samourai, Le Cercle Rouge, and so on.)
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"Less action and more plot. Recent films seem to bounce from action sequence to action sequence. The films offer nothing but. It is tiresome to the point that I wonder if 24 is really viable or desirable."
Apparently it's not only the case that you can't please everybody, sometimes you can't please anybody! 8-)
Wow....let's take peoples words out of context to look clever 8-)
I expected better from you...I shan't make that mistake again.
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For me my list is...
1. Christopher Nolan
2. Martin Campbell
3. Guy Ritchie...
...250. Michael Bay
....256. Marc Forster (Didnt mind QOS but dont want him doing another one)
-Casino Royale, Ian Fleming
my Blankie, in a dark room, rocking back and forth, crying...............
.... " The Horror, The Horror "
Don't get me wrong, I do like a story line too !!
From that point, SF was very good. A coherent plot made a welcome change.
What I really didn't like was the Shanghai and Macau scenes especially Bond on the boat thing going to the casino.
All got a bit 'American Beauty' for my tastes.
Anyhow, just my opinion. All I know is that I much preferred SF once Silva came on scene and things picked up.
I think I would prefer a more action based director. I quite liked what Ritchie did with 'Sherlock' so at the moment I would give him a bash.
I LOVED the Shanghai and Macau scenes....and the boat scene too....I thought they were very Bondian indeed...and they looked spectacular....
I suppose it goes to show just how different we each see Bond and what we regard as being 'Bondian'.... -{
I don't often agree with Sir Miles ( as he's usually wrong )
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