As for the way Quentin comes across in this interview, he comes across like he usually does... like a big-headed, egotistical

Posted 31 July 2009 - 09:30 AM
Posted 31 July 2009 - 10:32 AM
Posted 31 July 2009 - 11:25 AM
Say what you will, but I still think Tarantino would make a brilliant CR with Brosnan. He wanted to do this film and I 'm sure he 'd be willing to comply with the parameters Barbara referred to (if he wasn't, ignore this post completely, a pure-Tarntino Bond would not work). I watched Kill Bill I and II two days ago for the 10th time, and I still think there were inspired moments in the films which capture Fleming's spirit more than any Bond film we 've seen since the 60s. I 'm talking about cool, about sadism, about sexism, about brutality. Whatismore, it would end Brosnan's tenure on a high, it's sad that a potentially good Bond left without a single good film.
And, for what it's worth, I still don't buy the reboot thing. I 've read the book recently and there is no indication that Bond was that much of a novice or naive. And Vesper is not his first love, just because CR was the first book. All this fuss about Vesper is completely unjustified, especially in QoS. There is practically no mention of her in the LALD novel. It all removes the cool from Bond, resulting in dialogs like all the ones with Judi Dench's M involved.
Posted 31 July 2009 - 01:22 PM
How can you take this guy seriously???
Well, here are six good reasons:
RESERVOIR DOGS
PULP FICTION
JACKIE BROWN
KILL BILL VOL. 1
KILL BILL VOL. 2
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (yes, I know none of us has seen it, but advance word is that it's terrific)
Tarantino is a genius of cinema. That said, though, I'm glad we had Eon's and Martin Campbell's CASINO ROYALE instead of Tarantino's CASINO ROYALE. Even if it had been an amazing film (as I'm sure would have been the case), I value the Eon series too much to see it stopped in its tracks by any one director's Personal Vision. I love me my Bond and I love me my Quentin, but not together.
Posted 31 July 2009 - 04:02 PM
How can you take this guy seriously???
Well, here are six good reasons:
RESERVOIR DOGS
PULP FICTION
JACKIE BROWN
KILL BILL VOL. 1
KILL BILL VOL. 2
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (yes, I know none of us has seen it, but advance word is that it's terrific)
Tarantino is a genius of cinema. That said, though, I'm glad we had Eon's and Martin Campbell's CASINO ROYALE instead of Tarantino's CASINO ROYALE. Even if it had been an amazing film (as I'm sure would have been the case), I value the Eon series too much to see it stopped in its tracks by any one director's Personal Vision. I love me my Bond and I love me my Quentin, but not together.
Posted 31 July 2009 - 04:52 PM
Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:31 AM
With all due respect, I don't agree with anything you are saying, pgram. Suggesting that the entire Brosnan era is useless and that CR is a bad movie makes you a very unique person here on a James Bond fan site's message boards. You are most certainly entitled to your opinions, and you are entitled to express them on this site, but you may want to list these things on a different thread. If you are going somewhere with all of this that relates to the original topic, aside from what you said in your first post, I'm interested to read it.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 11:53 AM
Brosnan could never come close to the acting skills that Craig exudes. After 4 forgetable OO7 films the producers knew they were on a runaway train heading for a cliff.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 02:27 PM
Brosnan could never come close to the acting skills that Craig exudes. After 4 forgetable OO7 films the producers knew they were on a runaway train heading for a cliff.
I have stated many times that Brosnan was one of the weaker actors to inhabit the tux, but this "runaway train" business is pure hyperbole. Even the most knee-jerk Brosnan hater has to admit that each film was profitable,and the general masses accepted him as 007. Craig may have more Juliard scenery-chewing prowess, but he didn't save the series from anything close to self-destruction. In fact, according to P & W, the original CR script wasn't even going to be a re-set. Like FYEO, it would simply have re-grounded things.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 03:45 PM
Craig may have more Juliard scenery-chewing prowess, but he didn't save the series from anything close to self-destruction. In fact, according to P & W, the original CR script wasn't even going to be a re-set. Like FYEO, it would simply have re-grounded things.
Posted 03 August 2009 - 05:54 PM
Posted 04 August 2009 - 12:26 AM
Tarantino is a genius of cinema.
Posted 04 August 2009 - 04:24 AM
Posted 04 August 2009 - 03:44 PM
If they had stayed with Mr Brosnan after Die Another Day, the film would have been successful financially.
Posted 04 August 2009 - 05:26 PM