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Report: Christopher Nolan to be offered Bond 24
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Dude, wut.
Ya heard me, ducky!
teruterubozu
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Might as well get it over with. Have Lana Del Rey do the theme song too.
GentlemanCrow
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The only recent Bond film that still holds any water is Casino Royale. They should have just followed with a more accurate Live and Let Die. But no we got a clip show.
BertramCooper
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The timing is totally off.
If he does do one, it's not going to be Bond 24.
If he does do one, it's not going to be Bond 24.
Diprosalic
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no please not pleeaaaaase.
Wiktor
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Sad that this movie had better fights than all Craig Bonds and Nolan's Batmans
Dice
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Fixed.
This will in fact be the first Bond movie where they explain and re-explain what will happen for 3/4 of the movie only to play out through disappointing action sequences that resolve all the things explained in the most predictable manner possible according to the completely uninteresting and heavy handed allegory in everything.
lol please tell me Solo wasn't banned for this post
When Cillian Murphy's character confronts his dad? YES!
What is wrong with Anne or Marion as actresses? Both very well accomplished actresses.
BTW I don't see this happening. He is busy with Interstellar so that would mean Bond 24 movie at the earliest would be released 2016. Considering how well Skyfall did worldwide I doubt the Bond team will want to wait 4 years between movies. Strike while the iron is hot.
Well wouldn't the only exception be that they do give up that creative control? Or because Nolan got into making movies cause of the Bond franchise (he grew up loving those movies), that he relinquishes some of the privileges he has earned and enjoys.
But yeah I would love for this to happen but I don't see it. Problem is if the producers can retain control and still get a highly reputable director like Mendes and make so much money, why wouldn't they go that route again?
A very small insignificant portion of the world when you look at the results of his movies critically and commercially compared to the "hate" on forums.
Wait what Sculli is banned too? What happened?
BertramCooper
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MGW and Babs would rather hire a nobody than relinquish creative control.
Do you really think the success of his movies has to do with him as a director or the marketing behemoth behind him? And critically Dark Knight Rises got a 78 metacritic which is pretty average http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-dark-knight-rises
.la1n
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My first thought. I like Nolan but movies involving close fight scenes like Bond need to stay far away from him. He could bring on a decent fight choreographer, that might help.
A very small and insignificant part? LOL. Everyone that matters agrees with you, right? Hate in quotation marks, you are gold.
Edit: Ah crap, you aren't the guy I initially replied to. Taking that context away makes your post less hilarious. Damn it. Still, I would argue the small and insignifcant part vehemently.
Femmeworth
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I'm sure somebody will step up to the plate.
If Nolan comes anywhere near my precious bond, I'll royale quantum his ass so goldfingeringly hard, he will be licenced to die with my permission to die, Alfred.
That's my audition
Starring Michael Caine.
Banned for praising Quantum of Solace. Shameful, Solo. Just shameful.
Banned for praising Quantum of Solace. Shameful, Solo. Just shameful.
Hari Seldon
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Glad to see all the hate for Skyfall. It felt like I was alone on gaf when that movie came out with my hatred of it.
Maninthemirror
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Id take a good Bond plot over action sequence any day
Skyfall was an entire movie that glorified everything that is wrong with bond films. Awful awful fucking movie.
Doctor Decimate
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Some people know Martin Campbell as "the Casino Royale and Goldeneye guy", actually. Nice try though.
Ninja Scooter
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Do what the Bond producers did when they had to go with their 3rd best choice and hire Daniel Craig.
It's like MGS4 on the gaming side which won GAF GOTY but sometimes it reads like it's the worst game ever made.
I love Nolan, and I loved Skyfall. What does that make of me :O
Although I'm guessing I loved Skyfall because it borrowed so much from Nolan's TDK. :lol I'd definitely like a Bond movie not only directed by Nolan but also with him involved in the creation of the screenplay. However, I agree that the timeframe is a bit too tight for this to happen. I guess it will depend on how much of a workaholic Nolan is and how much he wants the job. And we all know his lifelong dream is to direct a Bond movie, so we'll see.
Although I'm guessing I loved Skyfall because it borrowed so much from Nolan's TDK. :lol I'd definitely like a Bond movie not only directed by Nolan but also with him involved in the creation of the screenplay. However, I agree that the timeframe is a bit too tight for this to happen. I guess it will depend on how much of a workaholic Nolan is and how much he wants the job. And we all know his lifelong dream is to direct a Bond movie, so we'll see.
What the hell are you smoking? And where do I get some?
I enjoyed Quantum of Solace more than Skyfall, and I fucking hated QOS. Even though it was a badly made movie, it still felt like a Bond movie, compared to that crap that was Skyfall which basically felt like a B level action movie starting Daniel Craig.
Nolan's movie can't be any worse than the last 2, why the fuck not? Because he made Rising?
Nolan's movie can't be any worse than the last 2, why the fuck not? Because he made Rising?
PhoncipleBone
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So, you have never seen a Bond film but think Nolan is perfect for it? That makes no sense.
Nolan is a good director, just not the right fit for Bond. Like someone else said in the thread, Joe Wright would be a good fit. That guy would give us a killer Bond film if given the chance.
British Monsoon
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I thought it was remarkably well restrained and exactly what the franchise needed after Quantum of Solace. It hardly glorified everything that's wrong with Bond - you only have to look to the latter day Brosnan Bond films to see that.
I don't know where people are getting this. I doubt he'll wan't to get involved while he doesn't have the freedom to really put his own stamp on the franchise (certainly not 24 if the script is already written), but my understanding of the man is that it's like his life's ambition to direct a Bond film.
Anton Sugar
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Guess any hopes for a well-developed female role in this are now out the window.
For those saying Nolan is not the right fit: what, exactly, makes him the wrong fit? Many of his movies are about obsessive/vengeful males. That's not far from similar motifs explored with the Craig Bond movies.
For those saying Nolan is not the right fit: what, exactly, makes him the wrong fit? Many of his movies are about obsessive/vengeful males. That's not far from similar motifs explored with the Craig Bond movies.
Can Crusher
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Oh is that why he always wanted to do a Bond movie, and when they didn't let him he made Inception which was... his Bond movie....
Man even Steven Spielberg wanted to do a Bond movie. Hell Quentin Tarantino got turned down.
You guys are smoking heavy shit trying to downplay just how big Bond is. But I'll let you boys and girls have your cake and eat it.
Skyfall already happened. It's basically a Nolan movie, but much better looking. No need to repeat the deed.
I think you underestimate how much he loved Bond growing up. He probably could do any of his own projects but this might be a dream job opportunity he can't pass up.
Well for his Batman movies, the success and reception of Begins helped TDK, and then obviously the huge reaction to TDK helped build the hype for TDKR.
But yes a lot of carry over success does come from people enjoying his movies. He built his name up to the point now that his name alone guarantees a certain amount of audience at the box office. Inception is proof of that. New IP, right dab in the middle of summer, and a story while not earth shattering, wasn't as straight forward or even full of action as your typical blockbuster.
Of course marketing his movies and his name now is a big part of it.
78 metacritic is average now? Batman Begins isat 70 and TDK at 82. The best reviewed of his 3 Batman movies sits only 4 points higher. Yes that is better but TDKR isn't far off. My point was that the hate on the message boards doesn't correlate one bit with the success commercially and critically overall.
I think most movies which get a 78 metacritic, 87 rotten tomatoes, and make over a billion dollars at the box office would be considered at least good. BTW a lot of the top movies last year (the ones nominated for best picture) also hover around high 70s to mid 80s.
BTW don't mean to say critics and their views are more important than your own taste, likes, and dislikes or that their word is gospel. And of course movies are so subjective there can never be consensus or a perfect 100% reviewed movie.
Yes insignificant if you look at the performance of the movie with critics and audiences. If you went just on the reception here on GAF you would think it was one of the worst movies released last year and made no money.
Anton Sugar
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Batman Begins at 70 on metacritic? lol
A lot of movie-GAF were also in a hurry to claim The Hobbit was a flop after its first couple of weeks.
Anticitizen One
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Can't be any worse than Mendes who was basically Nolan-lite
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Anton Sugar
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Now that Pfister is doing his own thing, it will be interesting to see how Nolan's action sequences turn out. I always wonder how much of it was his directing, the DP, and/or the editor.
No love for The Dark Knight at least?
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