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The Daniel Craig era of James Bond changed up the many decades-long film series in a number of different ways. Most notably was its tonal shift, steering further away from the goofier and campier elements of the series that the "Austin Powers" trilogy had so much fun lampooning. After all, once you make "Die Another Day," the only direction you can go is a more grounded one. But there had been serious James Bond films before, such as the earliest Sean Connery films or the Timothy Dalton era. The bigger change the Craig films made was taking a page out of the modern franchise booklet, and that was serialization.
The first 20 James Bond films may have brought actors and filmmakers over from one film to another, but the plots of those films rarely carried over. Part of the pleasure of...
The Daniel Craig era of James Bond changed up the many decades-long film series in a number of different ways. Most notably was its tonal shift, steering further away from the goofier and campier elements of the series that the "Austin Powers" trilogy had so much fun lampooning. After all, once you make "Die Another Day," the only direction you can go is a more grounded one. But there had been serious James Bond films before, such as the earliest Sean Connery films or the Timothy Dalton era. The bigger change the Craig films made was taking a page out of the modern franchise booklet, and that was serialization.
The first 20 James Bond films may have brought actors and filmmakers over from one film to another, but the plots of those films rarely carried over. Part of the pleasure of...
- 10/29/2023
- by Mike Shutt
- Slash Film
The Daniel Craig era of James Bond movies started strong with Martin Campbell's "Casino Royale" in 2006. Audiences reacted incredibly well to the gruffer, more brutal version of the character, as he fit handily into the world's post-9/11 political hopelessness. A dandyish cartoon James Bond did not fit into the zeitgeist of the '00s, and the character became Dionysian and brutish rather than Apollonian and refined.
The Craig Bond films also introduced a novel concept into the franchise: each film was a direct sequel of the one that preceded it. Ordinarily, Bond films stood on their own, not requiring much knowledge of the films that came before. Now, bad guys could be set up in one picture only to pay off in a later chapter.
Sam Mendes' 2015 film "Spectre" was a prime example of this. Throughout the preceding three movies, James Bond discovered increasingly suspicious clues that a massive...
The Craig Bond films also introduced a novel concept into the franchise: each film was a direct sequel of the one that preceded it. Ordinarily, Bond films stood on their own, not requiring much knowledge of the films that came before. Now, bad guys could be set up in one picture only to pay off in a later chapter.
Sam Mendes' 2015 film "Spectre" was a prime example of this. Throughout the preceding three movies, James Bond discovered increasingly suspicious clues that a massive...
- 8/27/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Henry Cavill’s name has been all over since it was announced that his believed return as Superman to DC Films wasn’t going to happen. This followed a cameo as the character at the end of Black Adam and then his exit from The Witcher series on Netflix. All of this was believed to have been so that he could focus on going back to being Superman.
With James Gunn and Peter Safran taking over as the head of DC Films, they have decided to focus more on a younger version of Superman. This means that Cavill’s return as the character has been put off once again. While this is devastating to fans, it does free him up to take over another franchise that his name has been linked to recently. James Bond!
That’s right, he could be trading his cape in for a well-tailored suit,...
With James Gunn and Peter Safran taking over as the head of DC Films, they have decided to focus more on a younger version of Superman. This means that Cavill’s return as the character has been put off once again. While this is devastating to fans, it does free him up to take over another franchise that his name has been linked to recently. James Bond!
That’s right, he could be trading his cape in for a well-tailored suit,...
- 12/19/2022
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
Stars: Daniel Craig, Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, Billy Magnussen, Christoph Waltz, Naomie Harris, Rory Kinnear | Written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge | Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga
No Time to Die, not to be confused with Too Young to Die, is the latest instalment of Bond, and the one where the title (almost) has some logical relevance to the plot. Socking it to Quantum of Solace. Bond, the Marble Arch, and Percy Pigs, Bond may be fictious, but he gives us Brits that warm feeling one gets when one dunks a hobnob into some milky tea or a piece of fried bread into an egg yolk. Even my snarky, black, liberal heart cannot sully the manly Jaffa cakes and Yorkshire tea wonder of a Daniel Craig Bond, and nor would I want to. I grew...
No Time to Die, not to be confused with Too Young to Die, is the latest instalment of Bond, and the one where the title (almost) has some logical relevance to the plot. Socking it to Quantum of Solace. Bond, the Marble Arch, and Percy Pigs, Bond may be fictious, but he gives us Brits that warm feeling one gets when one dunks a hobnob into some milky tea or a piece of fried bread into an egg yolk. Even my snarky, black, liberal heart cannot sully the manly Jaffa cakes and Yorkshire tea wonder of a Daniel Craig Bond, and nor would I want to. I grew...
- 12/17/2021
- by Chris Thomas
- Nerdly
Saturday Am: Refresh for chart and more analysis The wait is over as the 25th Bond finally hit U.S. movie screens yesterday grossing $23.3M, including $6.3M previews, on its way to a weekend of $60M at 4,407 theaters. This is where tracking spotted Daniel Craig’s swan song as 007, and as we continually wrote, if Bond was going to overperform, it would mean that an overabundance of older moviegoers (45+) came out. Bond inherently is a property that skews older, and not younger like the Marvel properties. CNBC brazenly, and incorrectly, declared that No Time to Die was poised to make $100M at the domestic B.O., and that number was never in any rival studio or MGM/United Artist Releasing’s calculations. Even though advance ticket sales were outpacing Venom: Let There Be Carnage, in the pandemic era all box office forecasting has been thrown off course. That in addition...
- 10/9/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
As a child of the 90s, previous decades seem almost mythical to me. I have only experienced the aftermath and the reputation that they have been granted. Because of this I like to think that I have much less nostalgia towards anything before the 80s. Therefore I can approach my argument in this article without as much bias as someone who experienced them.
As I was watching Ghostbusters the other day it made me realise something. The 80s was one of, if not the, best decades for Hollywood film ever. Many of you may not agree with this, but I believe that it is fundamentally true and shall now state why…
Stories Were More Creative Than Ever
Films nowadays are often described as being uncreative and uninspiring. In a large pool of remakes, sequels and safe bets, it’s hard to argue against this. So I won’t. Instead try...
As I was watching Ghostbusters the other day it made me realise something. The 80s was one of, if not the, best decades for Hollywood film ever. Many of you may not agree with this, but I believe that it is fundamentally true and shall now state why…
Stories Were More Creative Than Ever
Films nowadays are often described as being uncreative and uninspiring. In a large pool of remakes, sequels and safe bets, it’s hard to argue against this. So I won’t. Instead try...
- 3/19/2012
- by Addison Crosbie
- Obsessed with Film
For a while it seemed like we'd never get another Daniel Craig Bond movie, what with MGM being down the sewer money wise, but all that is over now and the 23rd Bond is set for October 2012 with - still can't believe this - Sam Mendes directing. Previously there had been rumours of both Rachel Weisz and Javier Bardem being cast, with the latter more likely as a villain, but it's been pretty quiet since then. Sure, the movie is a way off, but that doesn't mean casting isn't underway! Now via News of the World and Entertainment Weekly comes news that Naomie Harris is being tapped for a Bond Girl role. She's been in lots movies, playing Calypso in Pirates of the Carribean and starring in Miami Vice, 28 Days Later and recently Ninja Assasin, but hasn't yet had that standout starring role to catapult her to the big time.
- 6/7/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (Leon)
- www.themoviebit.com
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