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[HH007]

[quote name='Germanlady' post='780433' date='6 October 2007 - 17:40']He will quit, when he doesn

[Pierce - Daniel]

Now he's done with Batman
It's about time he got involved with Bond, he has gone on the record as saying OHMSS s one of his fav films ever.

[CaptainPower]

Now he's done with Batman
It's about time he got involved with Bond, he has gone on the record as saying OHMSS s one of his fav films ever.

Well nothings been confirmed yet as far as Batman goes.

Edited by CaptainPower, 18 June 2009 - 02:09 AM.

[Quantumofsolace007]

if there is one other franchise rought with tabloid nonesense besides 007 it's Batman.

Nothing Confirmed with nolan and Batman and I'd doubt he'd do another franchise.

that said i'd be fine with him doing bond 23

[Mr. Arlington Beech]

"Christopher Nolan needs to direct Bond 23!"

Perhaps, but the Bond series doesn't really need him.

[The Ghost Who Walks]

Certainly not. He's a great director, but I don't think he's right for Bond.

[double o ego]

Nolan would do a great job I'm sure, particularly when you have a real and credible tallent like morgan on board but then again, it might be wiser to choose a director with a strong track record that can handle the genre and is a more obscure name.

[Tybre]

Certainly not. He's a great director, but I don't think he's right for Bond.

Ditto.

[Zorin Industries]

And he doesn't want to do BATMAN III either.

[Judo chop]

He’s a dizzyingly mixed-bag of a director, and my feelings towards him directing Bond would be as mixed.

[Mike00spy]

I'd rather not see a 3 hr Bond movie where 007 goes out of his way to save the villain's life each and every time for a completely obvious attempt to set up for a sequel.

[Bucky]

I'd rather not see a 3 hr Bond movie where 007 goes out of his way to save the villain's life each and every time for a completely obvious attempt to set up for a sequel.

i doubt we would see that. nolan knows the bond character and bond is very different from batman. batman has the rule of not killing but bond is an assassin. i dont think it is fair to think that bond would save the life of the villain just because that is what batman did in nolan's the dark knight.

[Mike00spy]

The post was meant to be read with a bit or sarcasm, but I do stand behind what I said. Such an obvious attempt at a sequel. The villain in Batman Begins didn't get the same treatment.....

[blueman]

Not a big Nolan fan and hated his take on Batman. No thanks.

[tdalton]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

[CaptainPower]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

What, going back to basics and stripping away the wildly criticised excess? No, that'd never work.

[Mike00spy]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

What, going back to basics and stripping away the wildly criticised excess? No, that'd never work.

You want Bond to be even more dark and moody and filled with doubt?

[CaptainPower]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

What, going back to basics and stripping away the wildly criticised excess? No, that'd never work.

You want Bond to be even more dark and moody and filled with doubt?

Story and a lack of freefalling sequences would be a good start.

[DKnight007]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

Only "overrated" because it is the 2nd highest grossing film if all time?

TDK was a great movie, one of the best sequels of all time...ranked right there with the Godfather 2, Aliens, T2, and The Empire Strikes Back.

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

What, going back to basics and stripping away the wildly criticised excess? No, that'd never work.

^^Exactly! Nolan would be great addition to the Bond franchise.

[tdalton]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

Only "overrated" because it is the 2nd highest grossing film if all time?

I thought that it was overrated because does not, IMO, deserve the praise that it was given. I didn't enjoy the film, and really didn't find anything in the film that I really liked aside from Aaron Eckhart's performance as Harvey Dent.

[Mike00spy]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

Only "overrated" because it is the 2nd highest grossing film if all time?

TDK was a great movie, one of the best sequels of all time...ranked right there with the Godfather 2, Aliens, T2, and The Empire Strikes Back.

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

What, going back to basics and stripping away the wildly criticised excess? No, that'd never work.

^^Exactly! Nolan would be great addition to the Bond franchise.

Are we using Box Office Figures to say a film is great? I sure hope not.
And yes, it is overrated.

Anyways the point is that Nolan's take on Bond is way too dark and moody. How about some joy in Bond 23?

[tdalton]

Are we using Box Office Figures to say a film is great? I sure hope not.
And yes, it is overrated.

Completely agreed. If Box Office figures were the only determination as to how good a film was, then TITANIC would be the greatest film ever made, which it certainly isn't.

While I wouldn't mind seeing a Bond film that was dark and moody, I would like to see it done much better than it was done in THE DARK KNIGHT.

[Orion]

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

Only "overrated" because it is the 2nd highest grossing film if all time?

TDK was a great movie, one of the best sequels of all time...ranked right there with the Godfather 2, Aliens, T2, and The Empire Strikes Back.

I can't say that I'd want to see Nolan direct a Bond film. His two Batman films are wildly overrated, and I don't want to have the Bond films go in a direction that's similar to the recent Batman films.

What, going back to basics and stripping away the wildly criticised excess? No, that'd never work.

^^Exactly! Nolan would be great addition to the Bond franchise.

Are we using Box Office Figures to say a film is great? I sure hope not.
And yes, it is overrated.

Anyways the point is that Nolan's take on Bond is way too dark and moody. How about some joy in Bond 23?

In fairness, Nolan's aim was to be relaistic, so when you have a story about a man who takes up quite extreme vigilantism after witenessing his parents murders, light and joyful is hardly going to be the most relaistic approach.

[Tubes]

I'm not so big on bringing Nolan to the franchise. While I consider him a great talent and his films have been terrific for the most part, he doesn't fit the franchise for two reasons.

-He's famous enough to take the focus off of Bond and have it be cast on him.
-He likes to have a lot of control on his films, which is the opposite of the producer driven Bond franchise.

[blueman]

If Nolan's aim was to be realistic, he failed: both his Batman films feel more like unfinished treatments doused with too much budget than decently told stories, IMHO. The "realisim" he was aiming for gets lost in all the hubris. Happens.

[tdalton]

If Nolan's aim was to be realistic, he failed: both his Batman films feel more like unfinished treatments doused with too much budget than decently told stories, IMHO. The "realisim" he was aiming for gets lost in all the hubris. Happens.

Completely, 100% agreed.

[Zorin Industries]

How the tables have turned. I like Nolan. Just. I like both BATMAN films a lot. Though they are a flawed (most films are). THE DARK KNIGHT is uneccesarily complicated for a threadbare thin story and Bale is increasingly distracting in everything he does (that might just be me - and I used to think he would make a great Bond).

But Nolan doesn't feel like an Eon director. And that is all it would ever boil down to whether it was Hitchcock or Gerald Thomas they were looking at.

[Bucky]

i dont think that nolan's approach to bond would be dark and joyless. sure his batman films have been pretty dark but that is what batman is. anyways i think it is up to the producers to decide what kind of bond film they want. if they want a more fun affair then i am confident that nolan would be able to deliver.

[Orion]

I am a fan of Nolan's, have loved all six of his films (Following, Memento, Insomnia, Batman Begins, The Presitge and The Dark Knight) however what with the Bond films being much more of a producer led franchise and Nolan liking to have a hell of alot of control on his films, i don't think he would be quite suited to working for EON. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he could make a great Bond movie, Nolan is a Bond fan and would know what style and tone would best work but i'm sure both EON and Nolan would be put off working with each other due to both wanting so much control.

[KENDO NAGAZAKI]

Did EON really miss the boat with Quantum Of Solace to finally bring in a master director? After all, the kind of goodwill received by Casino Royale was very rare for a Bond film - people were even talking about awards and taking the franchise seriously.... could EON have approached Chris Nolan or Michael Mann at this point? Either way, it's a point I don't think the series will reach again any time soon - at the very least, I can see it being a good ten years or more until the series reaches that high level of acclaim and respectability again. In the meantime, Craig's tenure will peter out in the usual action-packed fashion, another Pierce will come in to lighten things up for ten years and then we'll maybe get that "breath of fresh air" harder take on the character coming back around, maybe even in a period piece by that time.

The long and the short of it is that I feel the likes of Nolan were approachable on the back of Casino Royale, but I'm far less certain about the potential acquisition of great directors for Bond right now on the back of Quantum Of Solace and certainly once Bond 23's done and dusted and the whole thing's struggling for new ideas and fresh approaches all over again.

Edited by KENDO NAGAZAKI, 18 June 2009 - 08:18 PM.