MGM has officially announced the next Bond movie will be out in 2012. As yet Daniel Craig is still in place as 007. Let`s hope for a return to more traditional form after CR and QOS.
J Mark Oates
It`s Grand To Be Daft
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The last 2 efforts were dire. The bond novels may be one thing, but the movies are something else entirely, the Daniel Craig movies were straight out of the Bourne mould. Completely straight-laced without a hint of humour or irony, and therefore dull
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Always been a Bond fan, but the last two have brought a new lease of life to the franchise & given a much deeper insight into Bond & his motivations.
Character development in the past went as far as who was his next squeeze & if she was likely to survive or not, excepting where Roger Moore is at the grave of George Lazenbys deceased wife.
I consider myself an optimist, albeit an optimist with cynical tendencies and a dark side that Lucifer himself would find a little creepy. (Perhaps you've noticed.) You don't normally associate cynicism with an upbeat pov. But I have exactly that combination and will defend it.
Never has so little had to be explained by me to so many so often.
I liked Casino Royale, not Quantum of Solace so much, but saying that, i`d have classed it at the same level as the Pierce Brosnan ones as a bit of throw away watch, but nothing to get too excited about.
Die Another Day was pretty bad, I`ve only seen half of it, but even though having a potential interesting start (being in prison, but being cheesy).
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I enjoyed the last two Bonds, don`t get me wrong (but then I`m incapable of not enjoying a Bond movie). My main problem with CR and QoS was that they stepped too far away from the signature elements of the franchise as established, and took Bond into the realms of the Bond-wannabes (like Bourne). I`m happy for them to explore the character and his motivations, it`s just I don`t want them to turn the franchise into the run of the mill action picture genre when Bond has his own special schtick which sets him aside - Q, M and Moneypenny; the gadgets; the humour; shaken-not-stirred and the megalomaniac baddies with the whacko plans for world domination.
J Mark Oates
Life`s Too Short To Take It Seriously
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