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Ok we have already had a series of threads discussing who we would like to see become the new James Bond and who we'd like to have as his next arch nemesis but who would you like to see orchestrate this encounter? All suggestions welcome and discuss what you think they would add to the Bond series (i.e. in the sense of there own unique style).

jerry bruckheimer would be ok.. i like him as a director hes good for big mainstream action films.. but id like to see someone a little weirder who could add a unique touch... quinton tarantino would be very cool.. but it would never happen

ahha i just realised i said bruckheimer hes a producer duh!

I never look at who directs a movie, so I don't really care

George Lucas.... haha

how do u nto look? and george booo

Well, whether you care or not who directs a movie, it is obviously the single most important person in determining on how good or bad a movie ends up. I think the last guy, Lee Tamahori did a terrible job on the last film, basically turning it into a poorly animated video game in the last 2/3 of the film.

I vote for Doug Liman who did 'The Bourne Identity'. That movie had much more suspense than any recent Bond films, without relying on crappy CGI effects and gigantic explosions every few minutes. I like his directing of great hand-to-hand combat in that movie, which I would like to see more of from Bond instead of machine guns and invisible cars. The old Bond movies had all those great fight scenes, but now it's just guns & explosions.

We all have to remember that Bond movies are so unique that they are not exactly a massive action flick, sucha as a Bruckheimer film, and niether are they as well-made or BRILLIANT as any tarantino film. They need a director who has experiences making a bond film. I wanna see TERENCE YOUNG again!! lol

yeah, I know I should pay more attention to the directors, but I just fail to do so

The Bond franchise missed it's opportunity by not hiring the brilliant action film director John Frankenheimer - now deceased - to direct a Bond film. His work on his last(?) film RONIN is exceptional. A fine testament to his filmic career.

The Parisian car chase at the end of RONIN is THE best car chase put on film. EVER.

tarantino!

For a complete reinvention - or re-imagining as it's known these days -I'd like to see what David Cronenberg would do with the Bond series.

Seriously though, and I know I was HALF joking, I'd give Brian De Palma or Steven Sonderbergh a chance. Both have excellent track records in terms of style and making a meal out of the leftovers so to speak. And their films, for the most part, look damn nice too!!!

Brian Singer is rumored... the guy who did X-men 1 & 2 and the Usual Suspects

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay I like him

Bryan Singer is not going to direct the next Bond, he is busy with other stuff like Logan's Run remake, next Superman movie and so on.

that's what I thought too... but in these times of rumors, everything goes

Dig up Frankie...that's what I say!!!

Frankie?

Stein.

Frankenstein?
oh my, I really don't follow

Only kidding, old boy...lost ya sense of humour??? I was, of course, refering to the late great John Frankenheimer...

giv a shit, wot a borin topic, dale winton is a suitable fit 4 the job, haha
bond is crap anyway init,repetative ,borin en not worth the time its taken me to write this post

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call The Queen's English...Her Majesty must be so proud!!!

den don't come en write posts like dat, which are wastin' your precious time

Beat me to it again, old girl!

(young girl )

but your post is above mine... darn

didn't Frankenheimer do TV-work mostly?

isn't it:

den dont cum n rite posts like dat, they waste ur time
?

Frankenheimer...tv work...one's mind boggles...

I even looked it up on IMDB TR! they said so

They??? The Ultimate Mind F*ck #2???

what did he show then?

IMDb = for wankers. I can't stand 'em! Self servient little condescending money spinning pr*cks. I'll set you right with some DECENT film related links soon...

but I just wanted to know what he directed

Right...off my anti-IMDb horse I'm getting... Frankenheimer did GRAND PRIX, 52 PICKUP and the totally excellent RONIN to name but three...

Don't you read ANY of MY posts, old boy???

I do, I just forget them fast... I should get that Ronin

What's wrong...short memory span...or is it too cluttered with STAR WARS crap???

the first unfortunatly

I don't speak that language

I just pick up some words here and there cause I hang out with this ultracool group of people

Oi! I happen to go to that site ...

Erm, you DO realise that the IMDB is THE most comprehensive film website in the world, right? If that's not a decent site, I don't know what is ...

he would post the link soon

Hotdogs...IMDb...you really are setting yourself up for it, are'nt you???

well, where is your link TR?

I don't like the tone so I'm keeping it to myself...

Newsflash, Redeemer! Just because you don't like something, it doesn't make people who do abnormal ...

You gotta do better than that, A*hole!!!

hey! no name calling, not even if you joke

That's it!!! I've let too many comments from you just slide The Redeemer. I was trying to be a nice guy about it before; I just wanted to be reasonable and civilised. It's obvious now you don't care about any of that stuff ...

Sorry - but whatever actions I may or may not take now are you own damn fault ...

This has gotta be the best laugh riot I've encountered since The Austrian Oak was elected guv'nor of Silicone Valley...

Newsflash! I'm not Arnold Schwarzenneger ...

You just crack me up...!!!

As much as I enjoy listening to you insult me, perhaps it'd be best if we stick to the topic, hmm?

Oh God...I just can't resist...#...hotdogs, jumping frogs... Albuquerque...#

ah come on guys lets play friendly

It's all part of the act, old boy...Ahnold's big enough to know taking the piss when he sees it...and vice versa...

I hope so

Jeez...as the late great Kenny Everet once sang... #it's all done in taste...in the best possible taste...#

that's what directors (note the topic) say when they want actresses to do a nude-scene

What immediatley springs to mind is Nicole Kidman's bottom in EYES WIDE SHUT...

OMG - you think I'm acting? When you laugh at someone, demean them, call them a "loser" and an "A hole" that's not taking the piss, The Redeemer; that's just MEAN.

But I digress. We should at the very least try and remain on topic ...

see! it's all falling down now

You sound like a baby...what I said is called OPINION...get used to it!!!

you guys aren't even trying!

I'm resisting bringing out THE BIG GUNS...

good thining, keep resisting and get it on topic again

That scares me in every way imaginable ...

And while I would just LOVE to express my "opinions" of you {as you put it} I'm actually trying to be civilised here!

TOPIC

Back on topic then ... what do you think the berg would make of a Bond film? We know he's a fan; that's why he hired Connery to play Henry Jones Sr. in "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" ...

I'm still resisting...

was that the reason?

"Don't make me angry...you would'nt like it when I'm angry..."

Erm, anyway ... do you think the berg would be a good choice to direct a Bond film?

Don't know the quote, huh?

It's Bruce Banner in "The Hulk" ...

TOPIC

Well done, A...there's hope for ya yet!

I haven't seen the movie lately, so I can't judge

Which movie? Indiana Jones?

It's also in the tv series with the late Bill Bixby...

yeah, any indiana jones movie for that matter I'll try to squeeze it in tomorrow

Or try SPIDERMAN...

haven't seen that either actually

Please stop the fighting. I don't want to take this matter any further...

but now we were back ontopic, raz

Give Steven Sonderberg a go at it...or Brian DePalma...two interesting directors that would make a good stab at a Bond film...

it all depends what you want the bond movie to look like

I asked earlier - what do you guys think of Stephen Spielberg directing? He's certainly shown he has a flair for directing action and drama ...

Both have a great visual flair...DePalma sets up some absolutely fantastic sequences like the art gallery one in DRESSED TO KILL and the train station shootout in THE UNTOUCHABLES to name but two...

Sonderbergh can seemingly turn his hand to anything...ERIN BROKOVICH, TRAFFIC and the excellent LIMEY are poles apart but still terrific films...

Both would make an interesting go at a Bond flick...but I'd still like to see what David Cronenberg would do with the franchise...

And don't forget Ocean's 11 ... that was one hell of a cool film. Well, not that Bond isn't cool already ...

I haven't been much impressed with Speilberg lately...I think he peaked in the '70s with JAWS and CEOTTK...both SHINDLER'S LIST and SAVING PRIVATE RYAN are excellent BUT stuff like AI and MINORITY REPORT just left me cold...

I have to agree with TR... the last umpteen movies of spielberg aren't that good

I'll agree with you about "AI" {it was more Kubrick's movie, really}, but I thought "Minority report" and "Catch me if you can" were both superb.

And yerss? In another thread, you said that you didn't think Spielberg would be interested in a Bond film ... but he has said so himself! He stronly considered making one in the mid seventies, and cast Sean Connery in "Indiana Jones" because of it!

sorry, I didn't know that
but the 70s were 30 years ago

BUT the guy's got talent BUT it seems to be wasted in dead end projects...visually appealing maybe but none of that rousing human slant that made JAWS and CEOTTK so great...

But then again, we are speaking hypothetically in any case ...

on that note, I found the FX in Jurassic Park greatly overblown

For their time, they were revolutionary though ...

I really thought Lee ONCE WERE WARRIORS Tamahori would have dragged the Bond film from the doldrums with DAD but no dice...it seems the *copyright owners* have such a grip on the product that no director is going to get any leeway...they may as well have Bob the Builder directing Bond #21...

Great EFX I thought but a distinct lack of humanity to go with it...

but DaD was to purely be a hommage to bond, don't take the movie serious

Bond is always *series*...

but this one was to top it

Until Bond 21...

nono Bond 21 is a normal one again, so they need a normal director

Er, Engy Benjy???

who is that?

A fire engine!!!

not a person? boy, had me fooled

You're not the only one!!!

you fooled yourself or are his movies as interesting as a fire engine?