Cary Fukunaga Will Be Directing The Next James Bond Film

[Cicada 5]

Cary Fukunaga, best know for directing the entirety of True Detective's first season, has been chosen as the replacement to Danny Boyle.

https://news.avclub.com/true-detectives-cary-fukunaga-to-direct-the-next-bond-m-1829189690#amp-YzbAaKBSmXoQsI7zK_vGj1zwNY2s9ucWQDLelNi2-OWJxnoVD-z-810F59F8N4jP

Should be interesting. I believe he's the second American to direct James Bond.

 

[Samtemdo8_v1legacy]

Eh. I have to be honest, other then Goldeneye, I don't think I truly cared for James Bond movies.

Like I tried watching the older Sean Connery movies and just could not get into them.

Roger Moore's movies are just utter cheese that its just dumb at this point.

Never cared enough to see Timothy Dalton's films and George Lazenby's only film.

Heck even the Pierce Brosnan movies after Goldeneye were rather mediocre to me.

Daniel Craig movies so far, Casino Royale was the only good one, but still pales in comparison to Goldeneye. Skyfall is overrated and just copying the Dark Knight. Quantum of Solace was shite. And Spectre was meh.

As I said before, Goldeneye is the greatest one for me and the only one I bother watching. Great cast of characters, a more compelling villain to rival Bond, heck the famous N64 game could not have picked a better movie to base itself on then Goldeneye.

So yeah, Bond movies don't appeal to me that much except for that one movie.

 

[Specter Von Baren]

They really need to go the opposite direction of the recent movies of "gritty punching REAL violence" take on the series. I'd much rather they go for a calculating, suave, James Bond that manipulates enemies and makes plans and thongs like that. Essentially a British Lelouch. The whole Taken angle just takes away anything that makes the series distinct from others.

 

[Cicada 5]

They really need to go the opposite direction of the recent movies of "gritty punching REAL violence" take on the series. I'd much rather they go for a calculating, suave, James Bond that manipulates enemies and makes plans and thongs like that. Essentially a British Lelouch. The whole Taken angle just takes away anything that makes the series distinct from others.

Actually, the recent films were closer to what Bond was like in the novels. And isn't what you suggested they do basically just doing the Mission Impossible movies but with a British guy instead of an American one?

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I think the Bond movies are one of the rare cases where the star is more important than whoever directs it.

 

[Squilookle]

Actually, the recent films were closer to what Bond was like in the novels. And isn't what you suggested they do basically just doing the Mission Impossible movies but with a British guy instead of an American one?

I would much, MUCH rather they go the Mission Impossible direction (which itself is just a more sophisticated version of early Bond films) than going anywhere near the books. Gritty = Forgettable.

Daniel Craig movies so far, Casino Royale was the only good one, but still pales in comparison to Goldeneye. Skyfall is overrated and just copying the Dark Knight. Quantum of Solace was shite. And Spectre was meh.

Exactly. The Craig movies have become a bloated artsy wankfest. Did you know that explosion in Spectre was the largest gasoline explosion ever put on film at the time? Yeah I didn't either, and watching it again you'd hardly know it was supposed to be, given how utterly bored the actors are watching it go up. Just compare how lacklustre the Bond handling is here:


With how a previous record holder presented it's boom-boom:


It doesn't help that all that in Spectre was triggered by a single burst from Bond's gun. Honestly the Craig-era lairs are the flimsiest structures Bond's ever encountered.

The more of these gritty blunt borefests they make, the better and better it makes the Roger Moore films look, honestly.

 

[Specter Von Baren]

They really need to go the opposite direction of the recent movies of "gritty punching REAL violence" take on the series. I'd much rather they go for a calculating, suave, James Bond that manipulates enemies and makes plans and thongs like that. Essentially a British Lelouch. The whole Taken angle just takes away anything that makes the series distinct from others.

Actually, the recent films were closer to what Bond was like in the novels. And isn't what you suggested they do basically just doing the Mission Impossible movies but with a British guy instead of an American one?

Never read the books but its not what we're talking about here is it? The movie series has been going on long enough that it is its own entity, most people probably don't know that they're based on books at this point.

Mission Impossible isn't what I'm talking about either. MI also got into the gritty territory later and they harken back more to the gadget aspect of the Bond films which isn't necessarily what I'm talking about. I'm saying be more sophisticated, have Bond actually talk his way into or out of things rather than having everything boil down to a fight.

 

[Cicada 5]

edited post.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Meh, I don't know who that is and I've never really cared about James Bond. I've seen some of the movies, mostly the Pierce Brosnan ones and enjoyed some of them, but am still not really a fan of James Bond.