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JumpCutz 10-06-09 10:48 AM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by resinrats (Post 9754182)
Please new actor for James Bond. Get back Pierce & go back to classic Bond. Gadgets, cheesy one-liners, over the top stunts. No more of this moody one from the past 2.
:eek: You're kidding right? Right? Cheesy one-liners.-ohbfrank-

Solid Snake 10-06-09 10:54 AM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by RichC2 (Post 9754423)
Really? Weird. I think Goldeneye is easily the best of the Brosnan Bonds but Casino Royale still pisses all over it.
Yeah, Goldeneye is the probably the best Bond within it's formula. Royale kinda changes that and it came out fantastic..and very believable. QoS was a bit too much of the cliched Bond formula but it was ok, just not a Bond film I wanted.

islandclaws 10-06-09 11:01 AM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by resinrats (Post 9754182)
Please new actor for James Bond. Get back Pierce & go back to classic Bond. Gadgets, cheesy one-liners, over the top stunts. No more of this moody one from the past 2.
Pierce Brosnan was the worst Bond. Seriously.

I worry if this is true. Fox will fuck this shit up hardcore.

roger_d 10-06-09 11:05 AM
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I can't stand the new bond, hope they do get a new person. Personally the last two was very bad. That's just my opinion.

Hokeyboy 10-06-09 11:12 AM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by Snowmaker (Post 9754404)
I'll take Goldeneye over Casino Royale any day.
Statisically speaking, someone has to...

The Bus 10-06-09 11:35 AM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne (Post 9754077)
Tom Rothman, the current head of Fox, has a tendency to micromanage and interfere with Fox's flagship properties. During his tenure he has rushed the Fantastic Four into production and run it into the ground and destroyed the X-Men franchise by putting release dates before talent, among other "business decisions". The idea of him getting his hands on the Bond films, especially after their successful restart, could very well be worrisome.
From the OP, it looks like this is on the distribution and marketing side.

DonnachaOne 10-06-09 12:01 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Mr. Salty, The Bus; Finkpish already pointed that out.

Supermallet 10-06-09 12:35 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by james2025a (Post 9754789)
Brosnan just seemed to play the character too smugly for my liking. It felt like he was trying to recapture Connery. But he was better than Moore and Lazenby.
Brosnan was clearly cut from the same cloth as Moore. His movies and Moore's movies focused most heavily on humor and gadgets. I still think his movies fared better than Moore's, if only because Brosnan never looked like a geriatric in any of his films.

As for Lazenby, I think he gave a thoroughly underrated performance and On Her Majesty's Secret Service may very well be my second favorite Bond film after From Russia With Love.

Ash Ketchum 10-06-09 12:40 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
LICENCE TO KILL (1989), with Timothy Dalton - the only decent Bond movie made since ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969).

Hokeyboy 10-06-09 01:11 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by Ash Ketchum (Post 9755135)
LICENCE TO KILL (1989), with Timothy Dalton - the only decent Bond movie made since ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (1969).
Balderdash... LTK has the WORST acting in the history of the Bond franchise (from everyone EXCEPT Dalton) and a tired storyline. I prefer The Living Daylights, a more straightforward yet thrilling Bond adventure (easily in my top 5).

The Brosnan Bonds are interesting. I like them all for different reasons. GOLDENEYE is a really good Bond in the "classic" mold, daftly mixing Connery's grit with Moore's cheeky fun. TOMORROW NEVER DIES is sort of a big 90s action film mixed with generic-to-silly Bond elements, but it works for what it is. I actually like THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH a lot, despite its flaws (Ms. Richards and lack of a thrilling finale). DIE ANOTHER DAY is 1/2 of a great Bond film, 1/2 of a totally ridiculous one.

RocShemp 10-06-09 01:54 PM
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Die Another Day was the greatest Bond film ever until Bond left Cuba and left the good screenwriting there. When he's back in England, it turned into an okay Bond movie. Once he got to Iceland (or wherever the hell the climax took place), it turned into a shitty Bond movie. Although the dueling cars sequence was entertaining.

rexinnih 10-06-09 02:01 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Always happy to have a new Bond movie and will take it on it's own merits.

FRwL 10-06-09 05:42 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
I also like Goldeneye over Casino Royale. Not a fan of the introspective/moody trend these days, take that Lifetime channel twaddle elsewhere. The Connery Bonds didn't have to resort to that melodramatic nonsense to be great, they simply had unique and creative plots and villains. Bond came from pulp tales not reader's digest. Also i thought Brosnan was a good Bond and Die Another Day was entertaining. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a great one agreed totally, the deeper theme yet also retain that pulpyness.

davidlynchfan 10-06-09 06:09 PM
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I thought Casino Royale was just a big long Sony commercial. Don't get the many love on that one.

The Bus 10-06-09 06:09 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 9755335)
Die Another Day was the greatest Bond film ever until Bond left Cuba and left the good screenwriting there. When he's back in England, it turned into an okay Bond movie. Once he got to Iceland (or wherever the hell the climax took place), it turned into a shitty Bond movie. Although the dueling cars sequence was entertaining.
Agreed, somewhat.

wm lopez 10-06-09 06:27 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 9754389)
"HOORAY FOR FORMULA AND PREDICTABILITY! MORE INVISIBLE CARS! MORE CGI SURFING!"

I'll give you, QoS was weak, but nothing in the Brosnan era can even touch Casino Royale.
The opening title songs!! For one.

Hokeyboy 10-06-09 06:43 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by FRwL (Post 9755878)
Bond came from pulp tales not reader's digest.
And yet CASINO ROYALE came straight from the novel, albeit with an extended intro.
Also i thought Brosnan was a good Bond and Die Another Day was entertaining. On Her Majesty's Secret Service is a great one agreed totally, the deeper theme yet also retain that pulpyness.
The Fleming books were not pulp novels.

Hokeyboy 10-06-09 06:44 PM
Re: 20th Century Fox buys the James Bond franchise???
 
Originally Posted by wm lopez (Post 9755983)
The opening title songs!! For one.
Yeah those totally shitty Madonna, Garbage, and Sheryl Crow songs were something else!

Tina Turner, I'll give you...


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