Quote:
Originally Posted by MT2008
When I said the "worst in memory", I meant within my own living memory. Although I was born in 1985, I'm not old enough to remember any 007 movies prior to "GoldenEye" (which is the first I saw in theaters). There are plenty of Bond movies I like less than "Quantum of Solace", but none within the last 20 years.
As for keeping the franchise fresh, this is a case of not all progress being good. My intuition is that the franchise is better served by directors who have demonstrated adeptness at directing quality summer action films rather than Oscar bait. Martin Campbell is exactly that type of director; Marc Forster and Sam Mendes are clearly not.
|
I think the Bond franchise is one of the few that can afford to mix it up a bit. People are going to go see Bond films because they're Bond films, not because of who the director is. Besides, I don't know how good QoS could've been even with Martin Campbell at the helm.
Here's a hypothetical then: which Bon film would you rather see, one by Quentin Tarantino (who apparently has always wanted to do so) or one by established summer action movie director Michael Bay?