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[x007AceOfSpades]

 

 

 

Arnold himself stated his availability was not an issue for Skyfall's soundtrack.
 
He also said he's totally available for Bond 24 if they'll call him back.

I'd like to see Newman return again, and chances are high he will. His Skyfall score was a real grower to the point it became my favourite of the modern era.

Absolutely agree, Newman's score is by far, the one score for a Bond film I listen to the most. One score from Thomas Newman beat five from David Arnold, and even got an Oscar nomination (which I believe it should have won).

 

 

The fact it received a nomination doesn't mean it's a good score... a lot of movies won oscars they didn't deserve. Or, for example, Raiders of the Lost Ark didn't win the oscar it deserved.

Also, no. Newman's score is so unmemorable, lacks too much Bond's theme (he just used the vamp through the whole movie), his tracks are never fit the situations like Arnold's scores did, and he can't make epic action themes like Arnold.

 

 

His score is much better than Arnold's by far, which is basically just a barrage of sounds which fitted Brosnan's era perfectly, because that direction of films for that Bond Era wasn't particularly good in my opinion. Newman's style fit Skyfall and will continue to fit with his era, assuming he returns, which I don't the reason as to why he can't. Arnold's score is like something I heard in a generic summer blockbuster.

 

Newman's score was by far better than what was nominated. John Williams score for Lincoln was not great at all, and Williams hasn't produced something fantastic in years. Alexandre Desplat's score for Argo was like everything else he puts out and so on.

[sharpshooter]

How do I feel about this? Yay.

My advice: Different to Skyfall. New film, new aims. 

Would I like him to do a third? Yes, with Craig.

[Napoleon Solo]

I have 2 1/2 seasons of The Man From Uncle to sustain me...

...and possibly a movie version in 2014.

[007jamesbond]

is John Logan the only writer? I sure they will be other that just be uncredited........unfortunately there will be no news of casting or anything else until 2014.......

[Thevan7F]

Well I disappoint not next release but glad a year before 2016, it will be release 2015. I hope he get a new gadget car & I don't care if he use the classic Walther PPK. I keep my finger cross for the release in 2015.

[bill007]

As I have stated before, Sam Mendes is a great story teller.  And SKYFALL was a great story.  He is, however, not a great action director.  Action is used in his films as a tool to support the story.  Again well evidenced in SKYFALL.

 

That said, I really appreciated the final scene of SKYFALL.  It set the current storyline on a course open to where it all began.

 

Now, Mendes is coming back.  Is he capable of a film equal to FRWL?  Which, really, where we are at after SKYFALL.

 

FRWL was a great story, with some small amounts of very serious action.

 

That's the blend I hope will occur in 24.

 

One sympathizes

[sharpshooter]

Title wise, the fact Bond 23 was titled Skyfall makes one think anything is possible. A Fleming title isn't a certainty. 

[Leon]

Great news that Mendes is doing another but not great news that John Logan is writing again. Seriously, you can pay for way better writers if you're the Bond producers.. why do they keep hiring completely bland, average (at best) Hollywood writers? Even if you absolutely adore the writing of The Last Samurai, The Aviator or Star Trek Nemesis (why on Earth would you?) you have to admit that there is a trove of *great* writers around to hire from instead..

[x007AceOfSpades]

Great news that Mendes is doing another but not great news that John Logan is writing again. Seriously, you can pay for way better writers if you're the Bond producers.. why do they keep hiring completely bland, average (at best) Hollywood writers? Even if you absolutely adore the writing of The Last Samurai, The Aviator or Star Trek Nemesis (why on Earth would you?) you have to admit that there is a trove of *great* writers around to hire from instead..

 

The Last Samurai and The Aviator are fantastic films

[JohnnyWalker]

http://www.thesun.co...l-May-Care.html

 

The Sun has spoken!

Edited by JohnnyWalker, 13 July 2013 - 04:13 PM.

[Walecs]

If that's true, I'll finally have a motivation to finish reading the novel. I'm stuck on the middle of the book, and it's too boring to make me continue.

 

That said, the novel is so bad, I don't want it to get a movie adaptation. I'd rather have... oh, I dunno, some Fleming's books maybe? Like Live and Let Die or You Only Live Twice.

Edited by Walecs, 13 July 2013 - 04:34 PM.

[x007AceOfSpades]

If they were to choose the Non-Fleming Bond Novels, I'd go with the Gardner novels, with my personal favorite, Icebreaker.

[SecretAgentFan]

I´ve always liked the title.

 

But no way in hell has "The Sun" knowledge of the real title.

[tdalton]

If that's true, I'll finally have a motivation to finish reading the novel. I'm stuck on the middle of the book, and it's too boring to make me continue.

 

That said, the novel is so bad, I don't want it to get a movie adaptation. I'd rather have... oh, I dunno, some Fleming's books maybe? Like Live and Let Die or You Only Live Twice.

 

The article is false, just something written to generate traffic to the site.  EON is not going to adapt DEVIL MAY CARE (or any other continuation novel for that matter).

 

I would imagine that we're in for something a bit more on the original side this time around.  YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE and THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN are the primary Fleming novels that remained mostly unadapted for the big screen, and I can't see Mendes returning to that material again, even if it meant actually adapting the story properly instead of lifting themes from it to apply to something else.

[007jamesbond]

with mendes back and Logan writing what are chances Blofeld will show up....

since SF reintroduce the classic character Blofeld is a important to Bond

[Mr. A Martin]

I'm Happy for my friends that liked Skyfall. I'm conflicted because something tells me it is more about the Sales worldwide than a great movie. I didn't like the tone, editing or story of Mr. Mendes first Outing( I know" everyone's a critic") I'm not trying to be a hater, I just hope since I will be 2 years older that this one will be much better.

[sharpshooter]

http://www.thesun.co...l-May-Care.html

 

The Sun has spoken!

The Sun being The Sun again. tdalton hit the nail on the head. Nothing to report here.

[tdalton]

 

http://www.thesun.co...l-May-Care.html

 

The Sun has spoken!

The Sun being The Sun again. tdalton hit the nail on the head. Nothing to report here.

 

 

I also can't imagine that EON would bring on board an Academy Award nominated screenwriter to simply adapt a continuation novel, and especially one that was as poorly received as DEVIL MAY CARE and one that the general public has almost surely forgotten about.  That's just something that I don't think that Logan would find worth his time, nor would anyone else at EON deem it a prudent investment of the money they're giving to Logan for his services.

 

We're going to get something more along the lines of an original story with BOND 24, I would think, although perhaps with the odd bit of Fleming thrown in from whatever is left over and the probable reappearance of an old foe for Bond to square off against.

[007jamesbond]

We are not going to know anything about the title until next year 

[S K Y F A L L]

Voted; 

-Mm-kay, s'pose, not bothered  

-Make it as different to Skyfall in tone/feel as possible (possible = commercially sensible)

-Slightly premature question, surely? Let's see how this turns out.

 

The things with Mendes is that there wont be as many surprises cause he normally  works with the same crew but who doesn't I guess. Its not up to him anyway, hopefully Logan will knock Bond 24 out of the park. 

[bill007]

But no way in hell has "The Sun" knowledge of the real title.

 

So very well said.

[Hansen]

Great news that Mendes is doing another but not great news that John Logan is writing again. Seriously, you can pay for way better writers if you're the Bond producers.. why do they keep hiring completely bland, average (at best) Hollywood writers? Even if you absolutely adore the writing of The Last Samurai, The Aviator or Star Trek Nemesis (why on Earth would you?) you have to admit that there is a trove of *great* writers around to hire from instead..

fully agree

[Hansen]

http://www.thesun.co...l-May-Care.html
 
The Sun has spoken!

I would not be surprised that the rumours comes from Faulks himself. He has often claimed that his book would be adapted by Eon, but IMO he does not stand a chance.

[The Shark]

More likely it's from the same sad individual who created that Rachel-Weisz-as-head-of Quantum rumour about 3 years ago. Probably has fingers in many pies, including The Sun.

[Iceskater101]

I think it's better for Bond movies to have 3 year breaks between because then it will hopefully have more thought into the script and the casting and so forth.

[rubixcub]

I put Yay, do a third but only with DC, and "shave" as my advice -- but to that end, my advice would be to "shave" a few minutes off the running time of the next one (by eliminating some extraneous and/or redundant moments).

 

Dave

Edited by rubixcub, 15 July 2013 - 01:03 AM.

[Rik]

I'm not saying they won't take a title from a non-Fleming story in the future but I doubt they will before all of Fleming's titles are used. It will either be one of the remaining Fleming titles or something original. That's what I think anyway.

[007jamesbond]

I would not be surprise if they decide to use 'Riscio" it seem like one of few short story from Fleming still unused or could use a chapter title from one of his novels 

[RMc2]

I put Yay, do a third but only with DC, and "shave" as my advice -- but to that end, my advice would be to "shave" a few minutes off the running time of the next one (by eliminating some extraneous and/or redundant moments).

 

Dave

 

 

Yeah the running time for SF really could've been shaved by a few minutes. Every time I watch SF, the early part of the casino scene drags compared to the rest of the film.

[Walecs]

I would not be surprise if they decide to use 'Riscio" it seem like one of few short story from Fleming still unused or could use a chapter title from one of his novels 

Only the title actually, the plot had been used for For Your Eyes Only.