I’ll tell you even more: when I had a friend over years ago and she saw a framed photo of Connery as Bond, she asked who that was and when I said that’s Sean Connery, her response was: “Nooo! That’s not Connery, because he’s an old man with a beard!” I thought she was joking at first, but she meant it, she didn’t believe that the younger man in the photo had ever been Bond and that it was Connery, because she didn’t know him as that at all.
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It was like this photo but ofcourse without the name under it.
How could this ever be the old guy from “The Rock”?
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The (film)-world is doomed if there comes a time when Sir Sean is no longer the benchmark for a movie Bond… 
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Russo brothers interview in THR:
„ Citadel showed Amazon the power of a Bond-style franchise. Is directing an actual Bond movie something you would entertain now that Amazon has control over the property?
JOE We’re focused on the next two Avengers movies. But we love Bond. We love working with Amazon. We’ve got a number of projects at AGBO that we’re developing for us to direct right after the Avengers films.“
I hope they will stay too busy.
source: Russo Bros. Talk Electric State, Say Avengers: Doomsday Leak Was Fake
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I liked their Marvel entries, their spy dramas on the other hand…
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Yes. Stay VERY busy. Please.
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Like Davidov, buried with work.
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Quick question.
So, where will you need the first Amazon Bond to rank in your list to consider it a success?
Better than spectre for sure
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Setting the bar quite high.
Nice.
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Good question. One that for me isn’t answered quite so easily, actually. If we’re setting the bar really, really low, anything that manages to resemble a fairly entertaining two hours of generic, vaguely Bond-themed cinema fare able to lure people into theatres and recoup its budget with some profit on top would have to be considered ‘successful’ for the sole reason it puts Bond back into the game. Hurrah! (after a fashion)
On the other hand, I’d say it very much depends on what exactly they announce with what direction, tone and aspiration in mind. Who’s going to direct, who is going to write what kind of script, what budget are we talking about, what cast and so on. A Bond film can - and frequently does - fail on any of these criteria. And can still be a success. The final box office is only the last in a long line of elements that contribute to the overall verdict on the enterprise. And we know even a masterwork like ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE can fail that test without losing money.
For now I defer judgement until we see a little clearer what kind of production they have in mind, and under what kind of conditions that production will arrive. It’s by no means a given BOND 26/A1 BOND is already fast tracked to premiere…
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If it’s as successful, bold and innovative as GoldenEye, I’ll be a happy man.
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I’m not really into rankings, but it is interesting to consider what criteria I would use to classify the film as successful.
Did I enjoy it?
How was the new Bond actor?
Did they get more right than wrong?
Am I excited about the future?
At the end of the day, Amazon’s Bond will be the first of many, a launching point for an entirely new era of the Bond franchise. Decisions made within the production of this film will set the tone going forward, so it’s most important to get those elements right.
A strong performance from the new Bond will go a long way toward reassuring me of the future of the franchise.
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As long as it’s better than No Time To Die, it will be off to a good start.
But seriously, as Dustin and Vanya said, there are some important variables that will be key to the new film’s success–chiefly who they cast as the next 007 and whether they keep to the spirit of the EON series and the character of James Bond. I also think it is important for Amazon to keep the gun barrel as well as the James Bond Theme. Both are iconic and assure the viewer that they are watching a Bond film (gun barrel) and help support the character and give weight to his exploits (theme).
If they do those things, I think it will be a success, and that I will like the film. Where exactly would I place the new film in my rankings? I don’t know. I like all the Bond films except NTTD so that’s a pretty good hill to climb. But if I like it better than the majority of the Daniel Craig era, I will be pleased (which would be around the low teens).
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You can ask whether the movie was a success no matter who makes it. EON made good movies and bad movies and they would have continued doing so.
So let me answer the question this way - if Amazon gives me a Bond movie that I at least recognize as a Bond movie without any earth-shattering changes… I will at least breathe a sigh of relief and count it as a victory.
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Hear, hear! I can wholeheartedly support this position!
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Their first one will have to be extremely good in order to get me off the fence before I’ve seen the second one. I suspect that Mr Bezos won’t greenlight anything that does’t please him or doesn’t fit the political agenda of his new masters, but there’s a slim chance that he won’t see a need for the latter for the second movie, so that one is going to be the proof of the pudding.
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I have the opposite concern. I’m worried that they will just play the hits and lean too heavily on the familiar without giving us anything new. I’ve lost interest in a number of franchises recently due to their overreliance on fan service, I’d hate to add Bond to the list.
The Amazon era is a new start for Bond; these films must create their own identity while still being Bond. As with all things in life it will be a fine balancing act.
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100%
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I’ll tell you one thing, we would never get a Tomorrow Never Dies under Bezos…
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