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[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by Swordfish941

After seeing Looper and Brick, Rian Johnson gets my vote to direct a live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop. And get Joseph Gordon Levitt as Spike.

I think it really depends on what kind of Bebop story the movie should be. There are tons of homages to genres in the show from John Woo style, to the Robert Rodriguez style, Noir, blackspoltation, etc. The movie adaption needs to be one of those and then a good director can be picked from that

[funkychinaman]

So the word is, Skyfall is really quite good.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Skyfa...ion-33554.html

[Excalibur]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

So the word is, Skyfall is really quite good.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Skyfa...ion-33554.html

I've heard that before.

[Spartan198]

Just under 5 days until Warfighter. I'm so psyched.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

So the word is, Skyfall is really quite good.

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Skyfa...ion-33554.html

Originally Posted by Excalibur

I've heard that before.

Yeah. It seems as though every James Bond film gets good reviews when it comes out in theaters, regardless of the film's actual quality. It's only after repeated viewings on DVD/Blu-Ray/Netflix that critical and popular opinion sings a different tune. I won't forget how many positive reviews "Die Another Day" received, which I blame on the fact that it was the 20th Bond movie, and all of the hype surrounding Halle Berry at the time. Even "Quantum of Solace" - which I hope most of us now agree is quite possibly the worst Bond film in memory - got at least mixed reviews when it came up.

As for "Skyfall", it has the potential to be good, but I feel like too much of the hype comes from the fact that Sam Mendes is directing. Mendes is a director whose entire reputation rests on one movie - "American Beauty". Every movie he's made since has never lived up to the hype that is inevitably thrown at it (I am not such a huge fan of either "The Road to Perdition" or "Jarhead"). Plus, I think this whole practice of putting "artsy"/indie directors at the helm of Bond movies is a very bad idea, and I think "Quantum of Solace" epitomizes why. Bond films tend to be far better in the hands of directors who are far more concerned with staging exciting action scenes than making pretentious Oscar-winning "art". Does anyone think it's just a coincidence that the two best Bond films of the last 20 years - "GoldenEye" and "Casino Royale" - were both directed by Martin Campbell, whose entire resume consists of no-frills action cinema? I seriously wish that they'd just admit that he's the best director to happen to 007 in a long time, even if he'll probably never win an Oscar for his work, and give the franchise back to him.

[funkychinaman]

Originally Posted by MT2008

Yeah. It seems as though every James Bond film gets good reviews when it comes out in theaters, regardless of the film's actual quality. It's only after repeated viewings on DVD/Blu-Ray/Netflix that critical and popular opinion sings a different tune. I won't forget how many positive reviews "Die Another Day" received, which I blame on the fact that it was the 20th Bond movie, and all of the hype surrounding Halle Berry at the time. Even "Quantum of Solace" - which I hope most of us now agree is quite possibly the worst Bond film in memory - got at least mixed reviews when it came up.

As for "Skyfall", it has the potential to be good, but I feel like too much of the hype comes from the fact that Sam Mendes is directing. Mendes is a director whose entire reputation rests on one movie - "American Beauty". Every movie he's made since has never lived up to the hype that is inevitably thrown at it (I am not such a huge fan of either "The Road to Perdition" or "Jarhead"). Plus, I think this whole practice of putting "artsy"/indie directors at the helm of Bond movies is a very bad idea, and I think "Quantum of Solace" epitomizes why. Bond films tend to be far better in the hands of directors who are far more concerned with staging exciting action scenes than making pretentious Oscar-winning "art". Does anyone think it's just a coincidence that the two best Bond films of the last 20 years - "GoldenEye" and "Casino Royale" - were both directed by Martin Campbell, whose entire resume consists of no-frills action cinema? I seriously wish that they'd just admit that he's the best director to happen to 007 in a long time, even if he'll probably never win an Oscar for his work, and give the franchise back to him.

I think QoS suffered a lot following up Casino Royale, but I definitely wouldn't call it the worst. A View to a Kill?

And while we can argue about the results, I give the producers credit for trying to keep the franchise fresh.

[k9870]

QOS was a bit weak but i wouldnt say it sucked as bad as everyone said, it was a fun enough movie to watch, just made you mad when you know craig can do so much better.

Casino Royale as awesome.

[SPEMack618]

I liked The World is Not Enough ad Tomorrow Never Dies, and Goldeneye is my all time favorite Bond movie.

As a literary geek, I love the idea of Daniel Craig as Bond, but have yet to be impressed by the execution of said idea.

[MT2008]

Originally Posted by funkychinaman

I think QoS suffered a lot following up Casino Royale, but I definitely wouldn't call it the worst. A View to a Kill?

And while we can argue about the results, I give the producers credit for trying to keep the franchise fresh.

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.

[SPEMack618]

With the exception of Moonraker or perhaps Octopussy, I couldn't stomach any of the Roger Moore films.

That being said, I liked both of the Timothy Dalton films.