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I like the idea of Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Bond but who is this Flemming guy? 
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I hope they truly ditch Dame Judi Dench for good, after her portrait showing in NTTD. All she did was yell at Bond and make bad decisions and blame others for them. I know Iām beating a dead horse here, but I hope some of the higher ups at Amazon tell EON no Purvis and Wade. I know a lot of people donāt care about Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood, but Iām happy that it doesnāt have P & Wās āprofessionalā Bond influence and experience. Iād rather see another Bond novel by Jeffrey Deaver, William Boyd, Sebastian Faulks or Raymond Benson than see another Bond screenplay by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. At least they knew when to quit.
Making bad decisions seems to be EONās go to character trait for M. Wasnāt just confined to Denchās M. Fiennesā is an even worse offender, I think.
Itāll continue, though. There will be minor tweaks in direction as a natural consequence of a new actor taking over, but things will largely continue down a similar path to what weāve seen in the post-LTK franchise.
I think Sean Connery would have done more Bond if Broccoli and Saltzman gave him more creative control. I also think that if they both would have left the series, Connery would have returned if asked. Look at Never Say Never Again or the From Russia With Love video game. EON gave Daniel Craig too much creative control, with a mixed bag. He chose Marc Forster and Sam Mendes as directors, for starters. Pierce Brosnan in particular didnāt get enough creative say. Thatās one of the biggest missed opportunities for EON. For the next Bond EON, donāt bow down too everything that they want (RM, DC), but give them a decent say in direction (SC, PB).
Respectfully disagree. Connery basically phoned it in in Diamonds are Forever. I think he treated filming it as a chore. I also happen to believe he agreed to NSNA just to spite Broccoli and Saltzman.
Sir Sean always wanted to establish himself as a major actor on the likes of Olivier, Wells, etc. Although he made some bad choices post Bond he did have some memorable performances.
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Study the film. Connery didnt want to be there. He was doing it for the paycheck.
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I have. The āI-do-not-want-to-be-making-this-movieā Connery performance is YOLT, which Stbernard has termed the greatest work action/stoppage performance in film.
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Itās his fourth completely separate performance as James Bond ( YOLT is the physical embodiment of industrial action )
ConneryBond 1 - Doctor No FRWL - cool sardonic yet grounded and a killer
ConneryBond 2 - Goldfinger - glib hip surface masking all feeling.
ConneryBond 3 - Thunderball - superheroic sexually predatory shark.
ConneryBond 4 - DAF - comedic commentary on consumerism a send up of a send up
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If anyone has studied DAF, itās MrKiddWint.
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Ohā¦ definitely
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Weirdly or serendipitously (take your pick), just yesterday, I was reflecting on the exact breakdown Stbernard has posted vis a vis Conneryās performances:
DN & FRWL: Intro and first peak
GF: Second (higher) peak, and the template is set
TB: Predatorās Ball (Connery starts getting bored and looking for the exit)
YOLT: Connery goes AWOL (and still gets paid)
DAF: Louche Uncle Jimmy (who doesnāt always put his toupee on straight): āPay no attention. Heās handsy, but harmless.ā
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Predators Ball hahahhaaha
Completely agree with MrKW on YOLT.
Iām going to offer a very slight variant on the general sense of SCās DAF. It really is an extension of the original selling point - Sean Connery IS James Bond. But unlike YOLTās āI donāt want to be here but itās in my contract,ā DAF is more āI donāt need to be here, but the contractās great as is the golf.ā So to get really Freudian about it all, in DAF, Sean Connery ISNāT James Bond. No, heās Sean Connery playing Sean Connery playing James Bond.
SCās return to the role is the final nail in the coffin that James Bond isnāt really a cinematic character in his own right - instead just a jacket that the star puts on. Sir Rog and EON made an effort in LALD to have a character that the actor squeezed into (and the James Bond of OHMSS is very clearly a proper character, rather than a star-turn), but by TSWLM, theyād learned that the actor was something that you squeezed the character into.
In DAF, weāre not watching James Bond, weāre watching Sean Connery. Being Sean Connery. As James Bond. On the surface, FRWL James Bond and DAF James Bond are the same. But in reality theyāre not, the DAF James Bond a piss-take. FRWL is a character; by DAF, a caricature.
āOh my God, youāve just killed James Bond.ā
āIs that who it was? Because thankfully, I, Sean Connery, am completely fine.ā
Itās the first time SC is overtly over-playing him, trying to keep the āthis whole Bond thing is ridiculousā at armās length. Because SC isnāt Sir Rog, who could effortlessly blend character with who we thought Sir Rog was and for all that sometimeās Sir Rogās Bond took the mickey, Sir Rog never did.
SC isnāt Sir Rog - and so itās easier to seen the line between actor and character. In DAF, SC isnāt playing James Bond. Heās playing himself - or who we want him to be. Because by even showing up for DAF, he thinks heās doing all of us a favour.
I know Iām not really making sense, but you know me - Iāve convinced myself Iām onto somethingā¦ 
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