Article: Who should direct the next James Bond movie?

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  • PPK 7.65mmPPK 7.65mm Saratoga Springs NY USAPosts: 1,227MI6 Agent
    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.
  • Moore ThanMoore Than EnglandPosts: 3,173MI6 Agent
    This will probably raise a few eyebrows. Marc Forster has moved ahead of Guy Ritchie in the latest betting on who will be the director of Bond 24.

    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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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    I'd have no problem with Forster returning, in fact I think it's a smashing idea. -{
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    On hearing Forster that Might be in the running for Bond 24.


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  • 96mn1296mn12 Posts: 632MI6 Agent
    From The Week:

    http://theweek.com/article/index/240966/who-should-direct-the-next-james-bond-movie

    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...
  • 96mn1296mn12 Posts: 632MI6 Agent
    Tarantino.

    Oh hell no. He's directed the same movie 8 different times. I dont wanna see Tarantino jacking off to himself for Bond 24
  • MustonMuston Huncote, Leicestershire Posts: 228MI6 Agent
    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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  • canoe2012canoe2012 Posts: 25MI6 Agent
    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.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Weir!!! Great choice!!!
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,704MI6 Agent
    Peter Weir has been one of my favourites for years.
  • canoe2012canoe2012 Posts: 25MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Weir!!! Great choice!!!

    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 ...
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    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.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Lady Rose wrote:
    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. :))
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    chrisisall wrote:
    Lady Rose wrote:
    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.
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Agreed.
    Dalton & Connery rule. Brozz was cool.
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,418Chief of Staff
    Lady Rose wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    Lady Rose wrote:
    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 :))
    YNWA 97
  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Lady Rose wrote:
    chrisisall wrote:
    Lady Rose wrote:
    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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  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    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
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  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    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-)
    Lady Rose wrote:
    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.
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Yep!
    chrisisall wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    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
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,418Chief of Staff
    chrisisall wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    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.
    YNWA 97
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,646MI6 Agent
    Time for the return of John Glen? :007)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisisallchrisisall Western Mass, USAPosts: 9,061MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    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.
    Sorry Sir Miles, you made it too tempting with your wording. As a martial artist, I can't resist an easy target. ;%
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  • James SuzukiJames Suzuki New ZealandPosts: 2,406MI6 Agent
    Time for the return of John Glen? :007)
    YAY!!! He's retired and 80 yrs old but still Awesome!

    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)
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    If Marc Forster gets anywhere near the next Bond, I'll be wrapped in
    my Blankie, in a dark room, rocking back and forth, crying...............
    .... " The Horror, The Horror " :(
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  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    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 :))

    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.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,418Chief of Staff
    Lady Rose wrote:
    Sir Miles wrote:
    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 :))

    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'.... -{
    YNWA 97
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    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 ) :D But
    I loved these scenes as well. -{
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BlackleiterBlackleiter Washington, DCPosts: 5,615MI6 Agent
    Allow me to chime in and agree on this point as well. (Do you think we're building some momentum here? :)) )
    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 ) :D But
    I loved these scenes as well. -{
    "Felix Leiter, a brother from Langley."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,418Chief of Staff
    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 ) :D 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 :D
    YNWA 97
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