Marc Forster to Direct Bond 22!

[Kung Fu master]

Awesome news, I'm so glad it wasn't Tony Scott.

 

[DACrowe]

Excellent director.

I liked Monster's Ball but I really loved Finding Neverland and Stranger than Fiction was damn good as well.

This came out of left field and blew me away. A great director choice.

 

[miltonh]

As reported on the SHH front page:


Not sure what to think about this. Hoped Campbell would have been back but Forster's list of movies all have gotten critical praise, so maybe this is a good thing.

I am happy. Forster is a good director so I am looking forward to the next James Bond movie...

 

[Mr Jide]

I'm pleased with this decision, hell I'm not even upset that Capbel isn't returning. We've got a good creative team behind this movie and I think the quality will be on par or even better than CR.

 

[Everyman]

I think overall everyone is concerned a little about the action. but if the guy can milk perfomances and do great story... isn't that enough to celebrate about? I mean the thing with CR is, it had a great story. Sure the action was great... but i liked have a subtle end to the villian in Le Chiffre. Now the sequence at the end with Vespers death... that was action but i think that he can make the sequences more about the emotion and story within the sequence much like Vesper's death and have the action take the background which i personally think is ok. Anyone else think it would be okay if the action was just in the background for the story, there was necessary but out when not?

I agree with you. Action has not often been the problem in Bond movies, it's often the story that was lacking. Only in DAD the action, with crappy CGi effects and amateurish camera works, genuinly sucked. And even then, it was more a symptom of the bad story, bad characterisation, etc. that we saw in that terrible movie.

In CR, as in the best Bond movies, the action help carried the story forward, they were not gratuitious and an end in itself. There is one thing however that Forster has to udnerstand early on: James Bond is first and foremost a spy, he is not a guy pushing buttons. So no need for supercars.

 

[Spidey Lover 10]

As reported on the SHH front page:


Not sure what to think about this. Hoped Campbell would have been back but Forster's list of movies all have gotten critical praise, so maybe this is a good thing.

well' lets see how well he does!

 

[Agentsands77]

I agree with you. Action has not often been the problem in Bond movies, it's often the story that was lacking.

Precisely.

Only in DAD the action, with crappy CGi effects and amateurish camera works, genuinly sucked.

Actually, I'd argue that TWINE was a bit worse in the action department. The Q Boat chase was excellent, mind you, but the rest of the action in that film was poorly conceived, poorly structured, poorly shot, and poorly edited (the caviar factory is really a trainwreck of an action scene... just shots of people firing guns and Bond jumping from explosions, rather than a coherent action sequence).

There is one thing however that Forster has to udnerstand early on: James Bond is first and foremost a spy, he is not a guy pushing buttons. So no need for supercars.

Exactly, and I'm sure he understands that. It was undoubtedly the exciting direction of CASINO ROYALE that attracted him, and I think he'll be more than happy to take on this edgier 007. I don't think a director of Forster's caliber would have been interested in another return-to-formula adventure.

 

[Golgo-13]

Sure it does, and we don't know anything. There is speculation. YOu can't know anything about an uncertain script. Forster is a prestigous director. It isn't common practice in Hollywood for a director of that nature to finish up someone elses' work.

Wrong again Matty. The writers have confirmed that Bond 22 is a DIRECT continuation of CR.

 

[Darkly Dexter]

I knew when we saw the list a few weeks ago they wouldn't have the balls to go for Tony Scott but i'd hoped for Proyas as second choice,still i guess this guy deserves a shot,he is good at drama and may well have an eye for action that he just hasn't had a chance to show yet.

Tony Scott is a mediocre director with mediocre films, IMO.

 

[Dark Knight]

Wow!

A little suprised at first.....but after reading his bio and resume.....this seems like an excellent choice! Thank goodness Sony and the Brocollis did there homework on this guy. He is an up and comer! Nice choice!

 

[Dark Knight]

Action has never been the problem with the Bond films.....it has been the lack of a great story, tone, and DRAMA!

 

[OddBob]

How so? CASINO ROYALE was still a far cry from FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE. And I don't mean that as a slight... CASINO ROYALE's my favorite Bond film of the lot, but there's definitely plenty of room to trim back the action and up the suspense and character development.

I could actually even do with less action in FRWL. The helicopter and especially the boat sequence feel like unnecessary tags to me. I'd be happy with them not being in there and the fight with Grant being the action climax of the film.

But that opinion aside, it'd be great if 22 was like a modern FRWL.

 

[Agentsands77]

I could actually even do with less action in FRWL. The helicopter and especially the boat sequence feel like unnecessary tags to me. I'd be happy with them not being in there and the fight with Grant being the action climax of the film.

Same here.

But that opinion aside, it'd be great if 22 was like a modern FRWL.

Yeah. It won't happen, but hey, we can hope.

 

[OddBob]

Well, they can try.

Try for FRWL and end up with Thunderball, as the Wilson quote goes.

 

[Agentsands77]

Well, they can try.

Yup. I'll be happy as long as it remains on the CASINO ROYALE level (though I do think that BOND 22 will take it further... usually when a direction strikes gold, it's taken further in the follow-up).

 

[Golgo-13]

Action has never been the problem with the Bond films.....it has been the lack of a great story, tone, and DRAMA!

Good point.

 

[Dark Knight]

I knew when we saw the list a few weeks ago they wouldn't have the balls to go for Tony Scott but i'd hoped for Proyas as second choice,still i guess this guy deserves a shot,he is good at drama and may well have an eye for action that he just hasn't had a chance to show yet.

Yeah...i'm glad they didn't go with T Scott. It would have been a mistake. Forster seems like the right choice.

 

[Dark Knight]

Good point.

Oh and also before Casino the main problems were the reliance of too much gadgetry and silliness in the story.

 

[Everyman]

Yup. I'll be happy as long as it remains on the CASINO ROYALE level (though I do think that BOND 22 will take it further... usually when a direction strikes gold, it's taken further in the follow-up).

The main obstacle for it is that Bond 22 has no material from Fleming to take its ideas from. Not directly anyway.

 

[Everyman]

Precisely.


Actually, I'd argue that TWINE was a bit worse in the action department. The Q Boat chase was excellent, mind you, but the rest of the action in that film was poorly conceived, poorly structured, poorly shot, and poorly edited (the caviar factory is really a trainwreck of an action scene... just shots of people firing guns and Bond jumping from explosions, rather than a coherent action sequence).


Exactly, and I'm sure he understands that. It was undoubtedly the exciting direction of CASINO ROYALE that attracted him, and I think he'll be more than happy to take on this edgier 007. I don't think a director of Forster's caliber would have been interested in another return-to-formula adventure.

I would say that TWINE's action scenes were not as bad, as they needed less CGI (if any) and were not as gratuitious as the ones in DAD. Not the best of the series, but at least there was a story to back them up.

I am sure as well Forster understands this. He sure already treats the character of Bond and the series with more respect than Tamahori.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I agree with you. Action has not often been the problem in Bond movies, it's often the story that was lacking. Only in DAD the action, with crappy CGi effects and amateurish camera works, genuinly sucked. And even then, it was more a symptom of the bad story, bad characterisation, etc. that we saw in that terrible movie.

In CR, as in the best Bond movies, the action help carried the story forward, they were not gratuitious and an end in itself. There is one thing however that Forster has to udnerstand early on: James Bond is first and foremost a spy, he is not a guy pushing buttons. So no need for supercars.

The action was lame in TWINE as well (except for the boat chase). Check out the finale; a laughably weak punch-up between a soggy Brosnan and Robert Carlyle.

Brosnan's movies really hit an action peak with TND; regardless of the quality of the movie overall, it had first class action scenes.

 

[Everyman]

The action was lame in TWINE as well (except for the boat chase). Check out the finale; a laughably weak punch-up between a soggy Brosnan and Robert Carlyle.

Brosnan's movies really hit an action peak with TND; regardless of the quality of the movie overall, it had first class action scenes.

I never liked TWINE's last fight, and Robert Carlyle, while an intriguing underdeveloped villain, was utterly unconvincing fighter. Then again, he wasn't half as bad as RoboGraves.

 

[Bond]

The only decent part of TWINE was the PTS.

 

[Everyman]

The only decent part of TWINE was the PTS.

Well, the story was pretty good.

 

[Agentsands77]

Well, the story was pretty good.

In concept? Yes. In execution? Not so much.