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Taking Bond back to his roots?


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Nolan rumoured to be wanted to make up to 3 films with Bond as a period film set in the 50s dold war era.

Too good to be true?

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His idea, or the company's? If that's from Eon it sounds ominous to me. I get the feeling they're struggling with ideas to 'reinvent' Bond, and that whilst I liked NTTD it left them in a 'WTF do we do now?' position. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Bond ended up taking a rest for a few years.

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He'll only truly being going back to his Roots if he is played by Geordi La Forge and he refuses to say that his name is James Bond, but instead will only introduce himself as Kunta Kinte.

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Yeah, I'd like to see cold war era depicted in Bond movies, considering that 60's Bonds never were really about that. Instead Bond fought against fictitious Spectre and other villains. Soviets were the baddies only remotely (closest in From Russia with Love).

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I would love to see Nolan take on Bond, here’s hoping!
I would like to see a cross between Munich and Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy.
Something founded on a well written narrative, with a more serious tone, more grit and less flash, more survival wit and less gadgetry, and I could do without the maniacal villain, as it relates to insanity, hyper violent is fine by me.

I like Aaron Taylor Johnson for the role!

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Sounds cool, Munich is one of my favourite movies and one of the best movies of the 00's...

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Am coming round to the idea of Johnson as Bond. It is sounding like an inevitabillity regardless of Nolan taking some control or not. He was great as a villain in Nocturnal Animals.

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He's too serious. Bring on a director who understands these movies should be fun!

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I have no problem with either way. My favourite Bonds are Casino Royale (2006), Moonraker, From Russia with Love, The Spy Who Loved Me... so both styles can produce good movies.

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No - you hire Martin Campbell so he can introduce his 3rd Bond actor.

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I get your thinking but the guy is 80 now.

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he is still working on projects though. The dude made huge blockbusters and the best bond pictures out of any that the respective actors have been in.

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‘Cause life ends at 80.

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Don't know where you're from. In my country (UK) people tend to retire by 65 for obvious reasons, look at the President acoss the pond.

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Artists tend to work past the official retirement age, though. Clint Eastwood is over 90 and still making movies. And Ridley Scott is 80+. John Williams, 90+. I guess some people don't have time for retirement when you have too much fun at work.

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This would end up being something like a 3 hour and 30 minute BOND movie under Nolan

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Yeah, with flashbacks, mumbled dialogue and Zimmer score galore. And people not knowing what the hell is going on.

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...and if "you don't get it", then "you are dumb".

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