re: A Thought on How James Bond Films Should be done...In Short, go back to the origins!

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i agree with the films needing to be more character and plot driven. Skyfall was great in that regard, and Spectre likely could have been if not for the falling out at Sony during production. It seems like it has some good parts just thrown together.

The real blueprint for a good film that is a healthy dose of new and old is Casino Royale. I am completely biased to it as a personal favorite, but I try to overlook and see what makes it objectively good, and it has a lot of the elements that made the old films good too. With the exception of the 2006ish cell phones, the movie is almost timeless when you watch it, which is a common trait for a great Bond flick: character driven, straightforward plot, gadget-Mcguffins to a minimum, etc.

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Good comments...I agree.

I was thinking as I am enjoying the Bond Marathon on Starz this month that there is one really big way they could pull off a retro-Bond with all of the political incorrectness, misogyny and innuendo......Let Quentin Tarantino have the reins..He is a student of that era as is reflected in many of his films and people pretty have permission to allow anything to go in a Tarantino film....

Quentin Tarantino could make one hell of a 60's theme Bond film and would have the budget to make it the right way....I think his casting would be perfect and he would even to go so far as to get someone like Tom Jones, Carly Simmon or even Shirley Bassey to so the score if they are able to which was always a huge part of the Bond Films...

This is a fun discussion...very entertaining.