Or, perhaps how many movies (Including the 2 already made) until they hit:
- Late Sean Connery campy
- Roger Moore mega campy
- Pierce Brosnan standard Hollywood action movie with lame carried-over elements from 30 years back
I’d guess 4, 8, and 12.
My guess is the next one after Quantum of Solace. Third time often seems to be the bad-luck charm.
The third Bond film was Goldfinger, which was definitely not a stinker. In fact, it established the convention of Q equipping Bond at the beginning of the film.
My guess is negative 1.
I didn’t like Casino Royale, and I initially hated the choice of Craig but I must say he did grow on me. I’ve seen the previews for QOS and I think it looks genuinely badass, although the theme song does suck okapi cock.
(Enough with the MP5s though! Man up and get yourself a .308!)
Bond will be ruined again if they turn it into a Bourne-style quick-cut-cut-cut, shaky-cam fest, pathetically trying to make it look “real” instead of making it look like a well-shot movie.
I didn’t much care for Craig’s attempts at being emotional. He’s far better as a sociopathic killer than trying to be “normal.”
I agree. That seems to be the time they hand it to a director who “knows exactly how to do it, and follows the lead from the previous two” except he doesn’t, and completely fucks it up because he has no clue.