Should They Continue The James Bond Film Franchise ?

[Steve Harrison]

They are actually very good time capsules in which each movie reflects the social and political climate and shows the latest fads and gimmicks at the time by following a macho hero as he struggles to remain a macho hero through almost exactly the same series of adventures in an attempt to remain relevant and as socially acceptable as possible.

Oh, and they're great fun.

 

[Toby Frost]

True, I've only recently realised how Bond films have followed trends like parkour, Blackspoiltation films and Star Wars. I think a new Bond film set in the 1960s could work quite well.

 

[Robert Zwilling]

I always thought the first Craig films were from a reimagined 60's. The original Casino Royale was 60's through and through, seemed out of place but ended up setting up the formula that came later for more good natured humor, reduced viciousness and playful cynicism.

 

[Ian]

I wish they'd let the series die when they ran into legal problems in the late eighties as it had clearly run its course. For me James Bond really doesn't work in the modern world. Fleming's 007 was very much a product of the fifties and sixties, the jet set glamour and exotic locations of those original tales (both books and films) has now been rendered dull by mass tourism in the 21st Century. Clearly Daniel Craig has his fans, but he just seems like an anonymous thug in a tuxedo in a series of bland films that all blur into each other. Those early movies made in the sixties and seventies had a distinct identity and sense of atmosphere that seems unattainable in today's relentless (and tiresome) action cinema. Perhaps if they made them as "period films" set in the late fifties, early sixties, they might capture some of the flavor and excitement of those early films, but that seems unlikely. Still, as many have pointed out, as long as they make money, the studio will keep churning 'em out.

 

[paeng]

He's like James Bourne, Jason's older brother.

 

[Harpo]

 

[Ray Zdybrow]

How about if they make it how Bond goes on a routine job and ends up in a bunker with two familiar faces from his younger days? Long flashbacks to Bond origin, etc.

Lots of banter between the three, ending in a Mexican standoff between Bond, The Doctor, and Have I Got News For You.

Titles, applause, three birds with one stone.

 

[BAYLOR]

Perhaps they should go the tv series route with Bond ?

 

[Lady of Winterfell]

I realize I'm in the minority with this, but I've only seen the Daniel Craig Bond movies. I enjoyed them and would watch the next iteration of Bond, unless they cast someone I really didn't like. Generally speaking, I don't mind the big franchises like this if they are done well. You pretty much know what you're going to get, and sometimes that's not a bad thing. Others have mentioned the Bourne movies, and I will admit these are my favorite and I would rank them above the Bond movies.

 

[BAYLOR]

I realize I'm in the minority with this, but I've only seen the Daniel Craig Bond movies. I enjoyed them and would watch the next iteration of Bond, unless they cast someone I really didn't like. Generally speaking, I don't mind the big franchises like this if they are done well. You pretty much know what you're going to get, and sometimes that's not a bad thing. Others have mentioned the Bourne movies, and I will admit these are my favorite and I would rank them above the Bond movies.

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