You might as well have someone like Marty as Bond once DC retires.The Sweeney wrote:As for BO predictions, it looks like my predictions for Skyfall are still right on track - biggest Bond film in years (adjusted for inflation too).
See I don't get the odd double standards. Alien to Bond, bizarre, surreal, serious romp.The Sweeney wrote:I posted this in another thread, but thought it worth duplicating....
This is very encouraging from James Bond 007 Magazine -
It's my contention that the tone of a Bond film is the hardest thing to get right - too flippant (à la Moonraker) and you lose all sense of reality; too serious (à la Quantum of Solace) and the glamour evaporates, leaving you with nothing more than a hollow series of action sequences; equally fatally, if you attempt but fail to balance humour and seriousness, you risk a fiasco like the irredeemably awful Die Another Day. It's therefore to Mendes' credit that he gets the tone and tenor of Skyfall spot on; this is a Bond film which provides some outrageous spectacle, as well as incorporating some bizarre almost surreal touches which would be at home in a Fleming novel, as well as some killer one-liners reminiscent of the Connery era at its best. However, this is also a film which maintains an admirable seriousness of intent, most notably in its determination for its characters to have three dimensions, rather than act as bland ciphers or clothes horses. Skyfall never becomes too light-hearted but, equally, the joyless earnestness that plagued Quantum of Solace has been banished. It might sound like a contradiction in terms, but perhaps the best way I can characterise Skyfall is to call it a 'serious romp'!
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Let's wait and see. Not long now.....bjmdds wrote:According to Sweeney's sources Bond 23 will open as high as Twilight...........NOT
I think this is exactly why it is getting rave reviews. Mendes has somehow managed the impossible of combining all these elements into a film where it actually works. Heaven knows that EON have been trying for years to do this successfully. Looks like now they have finally managed to do just that.Dr. No wrote:See I don't get the odd double standards. Alien to Bond, bizarre, surreal, serious romp.The Sweeney wrote:I posted this in another thread, but thought it worth duplicating....
This is very encouraging from James Bond 007 Magazine -
It's my contention that the tone of a Bond film is the hardest thing to get right - too flippant (à la Moonraker) and you lose all sense of reality; too serious (à la Quantum of Solace) and the glamour evaporates, leaving you with nothing more than a hollow series of action sequences; equally fatally, if you attempt but fail to balance humour and seriousness, you risk a fiasco like the irredeemably awful Die Another Day. It's therefore to Mendes' credit that he gets the tone and tenor of Skyfall spot on; this is a Bond film which provides some outrageous spectacle, as well as incorporating some bizarre almost surreal touches which would be at home in a Fleming novel, as well as some killer one-liners reminiscent of the Connery era at its best. However, this is also a film which maintains an admirable seriousness of intent, most notably in its determination for its characters to have three dimensions, rather than act as bland ciphers or clothes horses. Skyfall never becomes too light-hearted but, equally, the joyless earnestness that plagued Quantum of Solace has been banished. It might sound like a contradiction in terms, but perhaps the best way I can characterise Skyfall is to call it a 'serious romp'!
It looks like the miracles are now starting to happen BJ.........bjmdds wrote:Mendes as an action film director? Keep dreaming. "Twilight fans in Vancouver will get an exclusive opportunity to watch a live stream of the Nov. 12 world premiere of "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part II" at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles -- if they win a contest. They'll scream and shriek as Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart walk the red carpet for the first time since they got back together." November 12 2012 Bond 23 gets buried in the press in the USA by Twilight. Bond 23 gets 3 days here. Sweeney believes in miracles.
) Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Twilight movies don't make that much money honestly, but the fan base is crazy. I don't see that kind of rabid enthusiasm Sween.The Sweeney wrote:It looks like the miracles are now starting to happen BJ.........bjmdds wrote:Mendes as an action film director? Keep dreaming. "Twilight fans in Vancouver will get an exclusive opportunity to watch a live stream of the Nov. 12 world premiere of "Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part II" at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles -- if they win a contest. They'll scream and shriek as Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart walk the red carpet for the first time since they got back together." November 12 2012 Bond 23 gets buried in the press in the USA by Twilight. Bond 23 gets 3 days here. Sweeney believes in miracles.
Chief of Staff, 007's gone round the bend. Says someone's been trying to feed him a poisoned banana. Fellow's lost his nerve. Been in the hospital too long. Better call him home.
Usually when critics go completely overboard for a movie, there tends to be something in it. For that reason alone I am now really excited to see Skyfall. I remember when press previews came out for QoS, they were very mixed, and I had a very bad feeling before that movie - especially Graham Rye's review.Dr. No wrote:I don't know Sween. Contradictory praise worries me. I think it indicates traditional element are either not used correctly or completely ignored but brushed over.
Ive been going over Superman Returns it had incredible positive hype, the purest positive reviews but was a miserable Superman movie. Not going to assume that s what happening here but I'm not a fan of the reboot with Craig any way it departed from the path of Bond, maybe they are trying to bring it back. But one thing bugs me "Bond talks to M about his parents" I can't see that fitting with M in the books or any of the men cast as Bond doing this in a movie.
I can see this being praised for some emotion depth even though its wrong for both characters. But what the hell put the gun barrel at the end of the movie and let Bond wear a track suit the whole movie
All hail the Ant 
His whole life revolves around around a lemon faced jerk being deemed suitable in the role? What is so compelling about Cr-egg as Bond to you EA? Do you forget his looks http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-J6huhYaJPJ8/T ... raig_6.JPG when watching it? DC is more like a stuntman than an actor.English Agent wrote:If Graham Rye says 'Skyfall' is good, then that sounds very positive, i mean his whole life has revolved around the Bond franchise.
