Who should direct Bond 24 (and beyond)?

FieldsMan wrote:

j7wild wrote:

Another good French director:

Guillaume Canet.

I'm all for that if he directs his wife in the film!

Marion?

Why is Marion not in a Bond film?

I've wanted Marion Cotillard in a Bond film for a long time now.

Judd Apatow should direct in order to give a lighter feel. Or Joss Whedon in order to be cool. Or to be really cool get Nolan, Fincher, Tarantino since middlebrow college kids are obligated to gush over their films.

If you want uncommercial and unconventional then how about Terrence Malick, Michael Haneke, Lars Von Trier or Apichatpong Weerasethakul ?

Since we all love QOS here ;) (I still haven't actually seen it!) how about Ken Loach or Mike Leigh?

Or for the postmodern hipster irony value James Nguyen or Tommy Wiseau. (*Insert your own jab at EON here*)

I'd support a Tarantino Bond film. As much as I like Fincher, I don't think his visual style is what I want for Bond. Malick would be too non-linear for Bond, Lars Von Trier may just bring the 'Benign Bizarre' back to Bond (though I've only seen Melancholia of his).

And I actually do love QOS....;)

Welcome to the forums, by the by!

Actually I've been a member almost nine months. I thought my account would have been deleted by now. :D

Von Trier eh? Looking forward to some more mutilation of Bond's testicals and female genital mutilation now? :oops:

[quote="Triviachamp"]

Von Trier eh?

Do you remember the OHMSS trailer, with 'this time, they drop a mountain on him."

If you've seen MELANCHOLIA, then his Bond would be, 'this time,they drop a planet on him.' (isn't that how they killed Chewbacca in the Star Wars book?)

John Glen is still alive, isn't he?



I think they need to go back to the old days when the same director would direct more than one Bond film.

:cheers:

The old days of 2006...

[quote="trevanian"]

Triviachamp wrote:

Von Trier eh?

Do you remember the OHMSS trailer, with 'this time, they drop a mountain on him."

If you've seen MELANCHOLIA, then his Bond would be, 'this time,they drop a planet on him.' (isn't that how they killed Chewbacca in the Star Wars book?)

Yes. Vector Prime one of those post-post-post ROTJ books.

j7wild wrote:

John Glen is still alive, isn't he?



I think they need to go back to the old days when the same director would direct more than one Bond film.

:cheers:

Utterly bewildering.

j7wild wrote:

John Glen is still alive, isn't he?



I think they need to go back to the old days when the same director would direct more than one Bond film.

:cheers:

John Glen was an awful director, why would we want to go back to that?

Some have differing prospectives from one...or the few.

I thought he was an awful choice after we had Young, Hmailton, Gilbert and Hunt bring in their styles, Glen was very pedestrian. Dalton wasn't too fond of him as a director either.

Martin Campbell should come back!

I'm not so sure about Campbell. He's a good director, but he excels at making good, solid Bond films when the series needs it the most. That's not a trait I would want to abuse too much.

Plus he's 68. I don't think he's got it in him anymore.

Walecs wrote:

Martin Campbell should come back!

So he can make an awful Bond film like he made an awful Green Lantern?

Largo's Shark wrote:

Plus he's 68. I don't think he's got it in him anymore.

Ridley Scott is 74, and he managed just fine with PROMETHEUS ...

j7wild wrote:

So he can make an awful Bond film like he made an awful Green Lantern?

GREEN LANTERN's problem wasn't its direction. It was the script and the studio's assumption that there would be a sequel.

Prisoner Monkeys wrote:

Largo's Shark wrote:

Plus he's 68. I don't think he's got it in him anymore.

Ridley Scott is 74, and he managed just fine with PROMETHEUS ...

For once, PM, you and I agree on the same thing!

:cheers:

Makeshift Python wrote:

I thought he was an awful choice after we had Young, Hmailton, Gilbert and Hunt bring in their styles, Glen was very pedestrian. Dalton wasn't too fond of him as a director either.

IMO, John Glen made 3 of the best Bond Films ever:

For Your Eyes Only, The Living Daylights, Licence To Kill

Also, IMO, Peter Hunt directed the Best Bond Film of them all and it's a shame he was allowed to direct only one:

On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

j7wild wrote:

Walecs wrote:

Martin Campbell should come back!

So he can make an awful Bond film like he made an awful Green Lantern?

I suppose you're forgetting the two Bond films he made, which were both generally quite well received.

Jack Wade wrote:

j7wild wrote:

Walecs wrote:

Martin Campbell should come back!

So he can make an awful Bond film like he made an awful Green Lantern?

I suppose you're forgetting the two Bond films he made, which were both generally quite well received.

I didn't forget.

But after Green Lantern, I fear Martin is on a downward spiral.

One bad film does not make a spiral.

Prisoner Monkeys wrote:

One bad film does not make a spiral.

But you can make a spiral out of a bad film reel.

How about Kenneth Branagh?

Thor juggled action, emotion and humour pretty well imo without one overwhelming the other.

Late to the party here, but please no. Never Nolan. Ever. The guy has zero ability with humour, for one.

lachesis wrote:

How about Kenneth Branagh?

Thor juggled action, emotion and humour pretty well imo without one overwhelming the other.

Hmmmm.

The White Tuxedo wrote:

Never Nolan. Ever. The guy has zero ability with humour, for one.

In his scripts, perhaps. But what if he was not writing for once?