March 12, 2006
It Worked For Batman
The next James Bond film is going to be a prequel to all other Bond Films. This will mean few gadgets, no Q, no MoneyPenny, a spy who fails with the ladies and hates violence. Read the full story. Does such a film even deserve to be included in the 007 saga?
The same back to beginnings approached worked for the latest Batman movie, but the Batman movies before Batman Begins were utter crap, whereas we've enjoyed decades of successful Bond Films. Pierce Brosnan was a great Bond, so it's not like the formula was no longer resonating with audiences.
So why the switch? Are they writing the film to better suit Daniel Craig who now portrays the character? It sounds like the film is gonna be action filled. I love action movies, so i'm not anticipating it'll be bad, just wondering why they'd depart from the Bond legacy. Why not just make a whole new action character?
Posted by Guinevere at March 12, 2006 02:32 PM
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Wow, that's so innovative. Oh wait, that was the plot of On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Not a lot of qizmos, Bond is just starting out, he falls in love and gets married. His wife is killed and he can never bring himself to love another and becomes a womanizer who suddenly has no problem killing the sort of bastards that killed his wife. I suppose we could revisit the whole thing and update it but it seems a little redundant and don't try to drop it on the audience like its some sort of brave new take on bond. But my opinion might be a bit questionable as I'm still a big fan of the original version of Casino Royale too, with Woody Allen as the evil guy and David Niven playing a Bond close to retirement. Very funny.
Oh really? Interesting. It's been too long since I've seen that one- I was a kid when I saw it. I'll have to re-watch it.
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