“It’s not politically correct”
Hate that phrase, can people who use it legitimately not conceive of showing kindness and empathy to others without personal gain?
If you add that phrase to excuse yourself from saying something racist, sexist or xenophobic, you should probably seek professional help.
More inhumanity has been done by man himself than any other of nature’s causes. - that Quote is from 1673 and yet still applies
But that also and often even more applies to people ridiculing something as “politically correct” when they just don’t want their bad behavior pointed out.
In other words: that newspaper calling Fukunaga a tree hugger and Bond driving an electric AM as PC just does not get it or or does not want to understand.
That latter.
So, does anyone know of a press conference scheduled April 1st? Seems that would help steer the legitimacy of this article, if there is any.
April 1st…
How fitting!
Since we’re between news and rumours right now I’d like to throw something out there:
A while back I suggested Gemma Chan for a Bond girl role, specifically as another agent.
The latest rumours suggest that one of the leading ladies will indeed be an Mi6 agent so I’d like to reiterate my suggestion of Chan. Not only is she beautiful and talented but her star is on the rise after roles in Crazy Rich Asians and Captain Marvel so she’d be a great addition to the franchise. On top of that her role in Captain Marvel required her to learned kickboxing and go to sniper school so she can definitely handle the action scenes.
One advantage (maybe the only one) to the delay is the fact they’ll be filming through the summer for the first time in decades, so we might get more of that sunny, blue-sky atmosphere of the earlier movies.
Good point.
Well, depends on where they are in the summer.
Also very good in the UK’s Channel 4’s Humans. And what little I saw of her in Chris Pine’s Jack Ryan movie.
The northern hem’s summer being the southern’s winter.
It’ll also depend on whether they opt for those awful filters that they used in Spectre as well. Here’s hoping that Bond 25 doesn’t look as though it was dumped in a vat of mustard before being released to the cinemas.
Yes, absolutely! But judging from Fukunaga‘s previous work he does love that look.
Basically it’s what I said when it happened, MGW and BB felt the script needed a fresh pair of eyes, Boyle had “The Beach” flashbacks. No Bond dying, no casting conflicts.
We don’t know that. And never forget: people giving interviews are likely to give answers that make them look good.
I actually think Boyle should have stayed silent. He obviously feels that he has to defend himself. Unfortunately he does so by alluding to something he does not describe and by saying he left due to loyalty.
That can’t be the whole truth.
I’m more inclined to believe it than Boyle/EON left because he/they really wanted to kill Bond and they/he disagreed, depending on what the tabloid felt like writing. Given it took him almost 20 years to repair the professional relationship the last time he chose a film over his colleague, I can see Boyle not wanting to risk it with Hodge, whom he relies upon far more than he ever did McGregor.