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[tonyvenhuizen]

Bond is known as a globetrotter, and the "travelogue" is an important part of the films. SkyFall features scenes in Istanbul, Shanghai, Macau, and Scotland - in addition to London of course. Most other Bond films include several locations like this.

There are a handful, though, that are in a single location for almost the entire film (excepting the London/MI6 preliminaries and the pretitle sequence in some cases):

• Dr. No in Jamaica
• Thunderball in the Bahamas
• You Only Live Twice in Japan
• Licence to Kill in "Isthmus" (Mexico)

Several others have a couple locations, but the majority of the film is in a single setting:

• FRWL in Istanbul/Orient Express
• OHMSS in Switzerland
• DAF in Las Vegas
• Octopussy in India

Some films have suffered from too much jumping around, in my opinion: Moonraker (California, France, Venice, Brazil, "Outer Space") comes to mind.

I enjoy the multiple settings, and I think it is a good thing overall. But it might be a nice change of pace to have another Bond film that takes place in a single locale, and explores that location more completely.

Thoughts?

[MkB]

Agreed, I would appreciate a film with less but more meaningful locations. In SF, some of the locations are sorely underused.

[007jamesbond]

Skyfall really went to three areas

Eastern Europe-Turkey
Southeast Asia-Shanghai, Macau, Japanese Island
UK-London/Scotland

I think that the Japanese Island could be used more

[Walecs]

^You forget YOLT?

 

I agree with you, and they could even make a proper adaption of Fleming's YOLT.

[seawolfnyy]

Macau was the locale that was really underused in Skyfall. All you see of it is the inside of Bond's hotel room and the Casino boat. I think a film centered on one location would be great and a true adaptation of YOLT would be fantastic. I'm thinking for Bond 25....Shatterhand.