No Time to Die (2020)

Gravity's Silhouette wrote:

CJB wrote:

bitchcraft wrote:

There's talk that Rami is really Dr No

It's one thing to bring back a recurring character like Blofeld (as bad as it was) but rebooting one-time villains would truly signal the series is out of puff.

I'm actually okay with rebooting old characters if they're done right. Blofeld was not done right. I don't think Dr.No has so captured the public's consciousness that the character is untouchable. If we can recast 007 we can recast a character from 1962.

I've had this odd idea in my head for years that EON should adapt NOBODY LIVES FOREVER and bring back some of the older villains in a free-for-all as different assassins or teams of villains try to bump each other off in order to capture 007 and claim the bounty. Sort of a rogue's gallery of past Bond villains out to claim the reward for bringing Bond's head to SPECTRE. Will never happen, but I can dream.

I don't think a new version of one-time villains would enhance the legacy of the series. Any sense of denouement upon watching DN will swiftly fade knowing the character features in another adventure. Or like when I was watching OHMSS recently, I couldn't help but have a flash of Lazenby and Salavas as kids learning to ski by their (adoptive for Bond) dad. To quote the dench Dench, they "really fucked it up this time".

Yeah, Dr No should stay in Dr No. That film, like so many others in the series, are unique because of the one-off characters that feature in the story arc. There's no artistic value in digging them up and rehashing them for the Age of Woke. I want my image of the good Doctor to forever be Joseph Wiseman doing a bit of a squint, Mao suit and rubber gloves at the ready, not Freddie Mercury-meets-Phantom of the Opera.

https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1213125850587127808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1213125850587127808&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fheroichollywood.com%2Fdaniel-craig-james-bond-armed-no-time-to-die%2F

Bond entering Safin's lair, by the looks of it.

A goofy Ana de Armas and a quite happy! looking DC.

‘No Time to Die’: Hans Zimmer Takes Over as Composer on Bond Movie

https://variety.com/2020/film/news/hans-zimmer-james-bond-composer-no-time-to-die-1203458908/

From what I hear about Hans Zimmer, he runs a factory of composers. He composers motifs personally then palms off his scores to his underlings. Not sure how much of that his true or whether that would be the case for something as big as Bond.

I quite like his scores for The Holiday and The Lion King - if they're truly his, that is. I quite liked his music for Hidden Figures, actually. For action films however, I've been less impressed, and I fear his work will continue that clinical sound the Craig era-- and modern cinema in general - tends to endorse. It doesn't help that he is a frequent collaborator of Nolan.

I've heard that about Zimmer too. Wouldn't surprise me if he does the arrangement of the Bond theme himself for NTTD, then as you say has his underlings do the rest.

Salomé wrote:

A goofy Ana de Armas and a quite happy!    looking DC.

DC really showing his age, I must say. Maybe it's just the black-and-white.

Well he does turn 52 in March, so probably not reasonable to expect him to look like he did when he started out as Bond in CR.

On that note, gravitating towards a light-hearted detective franchise like Benoit Blanc might be a smart move on his part.

Salomé wrote:

Well he does turn 52 in March, so probably not reasonable to expect him to look like he did when he started out as Bond in CR.

On that note, gravitating towards a light-hearted detective franchise like Benoit Blanc might be a smart move on his part.

Yeah, but I daresay he's looking a bit long in the tooth even by the standard of 52-year-old Hollywood actors. If I do say so myself, I'm 52 and--praise be to God--look younger than DC. Considerably...

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney... all older than Craig and look younger.

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang wrote:

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney... all older than Craig and look younger.

they clearly have better surgeons

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Salomé wrote:

Well he does turn 52 in March, so probably not reasonable to expect him to look like he did when he started out as Bond in CR.

On that note, gravitating towards a light-hearted detective franchise like Benoit Blanc might be a smart move on his part.

Yeah, but I daresay he's looking a bit long in the tooth even by the standard of 52-year-old Hollywood actors. If I do say so myself, I'm 52 and--praise be to God--look younger than DC. Considerably...

True, but we are starting with a man who looked older than his 37 when he first got the gig. So he isn't suddenly going to start looking younger than his age.

Hilly wrote:

Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang wrote:

Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney... all older than Craig and look younger.

they clearly have better surgeons

Pitt clearly had surgery and he is caked underneath layers of make-up whenever he attends awards shows.

There are moments in his recent films which cannot quite hide his real age.

Shaken, not stirred. Did Beyoncé just hint she'll be singing the new James Bond tune?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/10/entertainment/beyonc-james-bond/index.html

Gawd, I hope not! That would be the last straw.

Doubtful. She's not trending. Feels like a diversion like Ellie Goulding was for Sam Smith/Spectre. Oh how much more desirable that alternate reality is...


It'll be Dua Lipa.

Perilagu Khan wrote:

Gawd, I hope not! That would be the last straw.

what's wrong with her? I ask as someone indifferent and can't name one of her songs. The worst I have heard by far is the one for Casino Royale

She's a caterwauling banshee. Fingernails on a chalkboard. And a classic example of how the popular "culture" promotes people with no talent up through the ranks.

You know I figured in the trailer, Bond was driving an OHMSS-era DBS and yet in the photos I'm browsing, the Aston has the same reg plate as the V8 in Daylights.

Either I don't know my Aston's anymore or we're getting the best of Bond's AM...

Reboots clearly not only reset your timeline, they reassemble cars you self-destructed back in the day too.

Ha, indeed. The V8 is my favourite Bond Aston (and if I had the money, one I'd get myself) but seems out of place here. Sooner the DBS as it got little screen time really.

I don't believe it is the '69 DBS in the trailer, Hilly. Just the Vantage.

Blunt Instrument wrote:

Reboots clearly not only reset your timeline, they reassemble cars you self-destructed back in the day too.

No Time to Die's runtime is apparently 2 hours 54 minutes.

Christ. Quantum of Solace just keeps getting better.