MSM 126 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 What would your ultimate Bond Movie look like regarding to cast and crew?Mine's here:Director: John WooWriting Credits: Ted Elliott, Michael Colleary, Ronald D. MooreMusic: John WilliamsJames Bond: Russell Wong (or Christian Bale)Villain: Anthony HopkinsBond Girls: Diana Kruger, Courteney Cox, Nicole KidmanN: Maggie SmithS: Rowan Atkinson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo 33 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Not "ultimate", but I'd like to see Tarantino direct a Brosnan-Bond film, with David Arnold doing a techno-less score. I'd have to agree with you for Anthony Hopkins as the villain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SturgisPodmore 0 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Jason Isaccs (Lucius Malfoy, Tavington, Captain Hook) was born to play villians. He might be good, too.~Sturgis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Director: Terence YoungWriting: Richard MaibaumMusic: John BarryBond: Sean ConneryVillain: Robert Shaw--Oh, never mind. But seriously, John Woo or Quentin Tarantino? :?- Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSM 126 Posted March 1, 2005 Author Share Posted March 1, 2005 Director: Terence YoungWriting: Richard MaibaumMusic: John BarryBond: Sean ConneryVillain: Robert Shaw--Oh, never mind. But seriously, John Woo or Quentin Tarantino? :?- MarcIn my view, John Woo did some rousing action movies, like Face/Off and Mission Impossible 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Director: Terence YoungWriting: Richard MaibaumMusic: John BarryBond: Sean ConneryVillain: Robert Shaw--Oh, never mind. - MarcAgreed! The only thing missing from From Russia With Love is a Maurice Binder title sequence. I think the last thing the Bond films need at this point is an action director like Woo. He has proved in the past that his style doesn't always work well in the Hollywood system. What Bond really needs is a return to being a thriller. Personally my dream director for a Bond film would be Roman Polanski, but that's never gonna happen. As for music, well much as I hate to say this I'm not that impressed with David Arnold. His music is a little too much like John Barry's previous themes. The main theme in Die Another Day is almost note-for-note the theme song from You Only Live Twice, only not nearly as good (or original). I don't think Williams would be right for the job. Maybe Elliot Goldenthall. His score for Heat worked really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 In my view, John Woo did some rousing action movies, like Face/Off and Mission Impossible 2.Face/Off is awesome, but his last few movies have been duds.John Woo put in a nice effort with M:I-2, but the film suffered very much from being a big Tom Cruise commercial. I find the film actually picks up when Cruise isn't smirking all over the screen.Also, some of the studio decisions of this film really bothered me. The PG-13 version seems very tame and is obviously censored (it still received a 16 rating over here, and I'm disappointed we didn't get an uncut release), and Paramount's insistance to keep the film's running time below 2 hours made for some nasty cuts to be made in the plot.And I just don't see Tarantino doing a Bond film. His ultra-violent and profanity-riddled films are so out of tone with the Bond franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 John Woo put in a nice effort with M:I-2, but the film suffered very much from being a big Tom Cruise commercial. I find the film actually picks up when Cruise isn't smirking all over the screen. I second that, apart from your first clause. What an awful film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bondo 33 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 And I just don't see Tarantino doing a Bond film. His ultra-violent and profanity-riddled films are so out of tone with the Bond franchise.Obviously that wouldn't be the style for Bond, but who says he has to make films like that his entire career? Such a thing as 'variety' exists, and he could bring his strong writing sense to it, rather than just bringing in every action director available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 John Woo put in a nice effort with M:I-2, but the film suffered very much from being a big Tom Cruise commercial. I find the film actually picks up when Cruise isn't smirking all over the screen. I second that, apart from your first clause. What an awful film.I meant that Woo gave the film a certain style and some of his own touches. Woo's effort on this film was nice, looking merely at the directing part of it. But in the end, the film still stank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Don't we have enough Bond films already? Justin - Who thinks Bond needs to take a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,193 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 A De Palma-directed Bond would be interesting.And Goldenthal can do anything.Marian - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Don't we have enough Bond films already? Justin - Who thinks Bond needs to take a break.You should be horsewhipped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 Justin - Who thinks Bond needs to take a break.But then who would save the world? FLASH??? 8O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge 0 Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 But then who would save the world? FLASH???Who undoubtly has the ability to save everyone of us!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter 0 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 What about a Spielberg-directed Bond film?We know we'd get great direction, great editing, a great story, great acting, and, of course, a great score!Just a thought... well really just wishful thinking.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 I'm not sure about that. It might become too much of "a Steven Spielberg film" instead of "a James Bond movie." I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Director: John Woo Good God, NO,John Woo is one of the worst directors out there. He has no sense of pacing, no true visual style. His movies are all crap.Face Off was crapMI2 was crapthat movie about the stolen nuclear bomb with Ravolta was crap.He should never be allowed to touch a property like Bond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Director: Peter HuntWriting Credits: Richard Maibaum & Michael FranceMusic: John BarryJames Bond: Sean ConneryVillain: Christian BaleBond Girls: Are there even any good hot actresses anymore?Title Song Vocalist: Shirley BasseyNeil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Yes Neil,Julianne Moore, Sandra Bullock, Jennifer Garner, Carrie Anne Moss, all would make good bond women.Julianne would be the love interest, Sandra would be the dumb one, whose really smart and duplicitous, and Garner would be the young seductress who Bond kills in the first act. Moss would be the one who kicks the crap out of bond in the first act, and who dies a horrific death in the final act.If your using Connery, then as a villian, I suggest Harrison Ford, or Patrick Stewart, or both, working for SPECTRE.I don't care who directs as long as its not John Woo, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Well my Bond film is stuck in time, since two of the contibutors are dead and one seems to be retired, but for some reason I wanted modern actresses. Of the women on your list I don't think any of them are beautiful enough to be a Bond girl. Believe me, I had thought of Julianne Moore and I just can't see her being glamorous enough.And my Connery Bond would be a young Connery vs. a modern Bale. That would be intriguing.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 realistically I think the Bond series has run out of steam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin 2 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Finally someone says it.Justin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixie_twinkle 48 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Please don't judge the future of the series on the decline of the last 3 films. Die Another Day was so horrible that with any luck it'll force the producers to re-think the whole franchise and get away from the silliness of DAD. I just rewatched Moonraker, and for all it's OTT-ness and jokiness it is still far more realistic and more serious than DAD. Casino Royale is definitely the way to go, but how the Heck are they going to handle the torture scene??? In the book it's disgusting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Who hasn't had a carpet beater to the balls? Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Director: Brian HelgelandWriting Credits: David Koepp & Robert Towne Music: David ArnoldJames Bond: Pierce BrosnanVillain: Rowan Atkinson Bond Girls: Liv Tyler?Lotman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Rowan Atkinson as the villain? Oh my.I mean, I know he rocked in Blackadder, but as a Bond villain? Hmm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Yeah I know, I'm probably more curious to see how it'd turn out, than that it would be an essential ingredient for my 'ultimate' Bond film. But there was some rumour once that he'd play Sirius Black, or Voldemort? That got me fascinated, I'd like to know how he'd come off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 There was a joke rumor once that said Atkinson was going to be Voldemort.Then again, there also once was a joke rumor that Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson were going to be Frodo and Sam (complete with slug hill audition scene, where Sam had a "cunning plane" to disguise himself as a slug - i.e.: balance a slug on his upper lip). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fommes 153 Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Was it even more cunning than a fox who's just been appointed Professor of Cunningness at Foxford?Anyhow, Atkinson would probably be burdened by his comical roles.But never mind, I find the category 'director' is the most interesting in this discussion. Definitely not Woo, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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