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In 1962 a legend was born. The small, low-budget, British Film ‘Dr No’ was expected to make a modest profit, but not much more than that. Instead, what the producers got was the rights to what is now an almost instantly recognisable cinematic empire resulting in a further 21 films and countless other products and franchises. What I aim to find out is how the relationship between the audience and the screen, and what the consumer expect to see has changed and how Directors of the latest Bond films have risen to the challenge of creating a British super-spy for the 21st century.
The Bond films were adapted from the unpopular Novels written by ex-Naval intelligence operative, Ian Flemming. It had been decided that in order to make this film a success, an actor with a large public following and a clean
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Firstly, since the time of Pierce Brosnan the themes and contents have been slowly americanised through a dramatic increase in long, drawn out action sequences and car chases. Bond was originally created as a model of British society, class and culture while still managing to be a fast and effective killing machine. He is now seen to spend the majority of his time chasing criminals around the world in fast cars and engaging in gunfights, which seem to make up most of the content of the films. This could not be further from the original ideas in which Bond got into the occasional scrap coming out just as he went in with a witty remark fitting to his character. This was one of the conventions that made James Bond unique but it has been seemingly pushed aside. The stories need padding out with a greater focus on a story rather than just the action, action, action style that the films have taken on over the years. This was a great strength of the old films and I believe that with the right writers and storylines Bond can once again become a true British
Beginning in 1962 with Sean Connery, the fictional MI6 spy James Bond has been played by a plethora of actors. At first, Mr. Bond was notorious as a cold, deadly killer and a conniving womanizer. However, as the actors for the role began to turn over, so did the portrayal of 007. For nearly fifty years the role was in constant transition with directors trying new things like adding humor or making Bond less promiscuous in an effort to craft the role to each new actor. In the end, Bond returned to his roots as a brutal, undisciplined agent played by Daniel Craig. While James Bond is no George Spiggott and Ian Fleming is no Christopher Marlow, a similar turnover can be seen between the works Dr. Faustus and Bedazzled. To begin with, the 1967 film Bedazzled is somewhat of a satirical retelling of the Faust narrative from the 1600s, and although many years separate each story, they are still very comparable. The relationship between these two works provides a social commentary on the perception of the Devil’s power during each time period and helps highlight humanity’s changing connection with God as a result of this.
Beginning the mid 1920s, Hollywood’s ostensibly all-powerful film studios controlled the American film industry, creating a period of film history now recognized as “Classical Hollywood”. Distinguished by a practical, workmanlike, “invisible” method of filmmaking- whose purpose was to demand as little attention to the camera as possible, Classical Hollywood cinema supported undeviating storylines (with the occasional flashback being an exception), an observance of a the three act structure, frontality, and visibly identified goals for the “hero” to work toward and well-defined conflict/story resolution, most commonly illustrated with the employment of the “happy ending”. Studios understood precisely what an audience desired, and accommodated their wants and needs, resulting in films that were generally all the same, starring similar (sometimes the same) actors, crafted in a similar manner. It became the principal style throughout the western world against which all other styles were judged. While there have been some deviations and experiments with the format in the past 50 plus ye...
While in MR, Anderton is trying to accept the inevitability of retiring and what may be his less useful future, in the movie, much of his struggle is with his past, and the guilt he feels. His conflicts still revolve around evading Witwer and Lamar, whether to murder to prevent murder, and his own inner turmoil.
He tweeted: "I am honored to finally announce that I will be singing the next Bond theme song." The latest tune will be available on the market and online streaming on Sept. 25.
Whilst the comparisons between the Bond and Power series to some are far-reaching and absurd, to many viewers including myself, they are far more sophisticated than the
Bond, Jeff. "God Almighty! FSM Finally Talks to John Williams." Film Score Monthly 8.1 (2003): 10-13. IIMP. Web. 6 Dec. 2010.
In recent times, such stereotyped categorizations of films are becoming inapplicable. ‘Blockbusters’ with celebrity-studded casts may have plots in which characters explore the depths of the human psyche, or avant-garde film techniques. Titles like ‘American Beauty’ (1999), ‘Fight Club’ (1999) and ‘Kill Bill 2’ (2004) come readily into mind. Hollywood perhaps could be gradually losing its stigma as a money-hungry machine churning out predictable, unintelligent flicks for mass consumption. While whether this image of Hollywood is justified remains open to debate, earlier films in the 60’s and 70’s like ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ (1967) and ‘Taxi Driver’ (1976) already revealed signs of depth and avant-garde film techniques. These films were successful as not only did they appeal to the mass audience, but they managed to communicate alternate messages to select groups who understood subtleties within them.
Small, Pauline. (2005) New Cinemas: journal of Contemporary Film Volume 3, Queen Mary, University of London
Ian Fleming published his first novel, Casino Royale, in 1953. Later on, in 2006 a film was made based on the novel. Fleming published his novel pertaining a man, James Bond, who is a British secret agent and is licensed to kill. Bond is told to gamble with Le Chiffre, who is a member of the Russian secret service. James Bond is assigned a female partner, Vesper Lynd, who is actually a double agent for Russia and Great Britain. Throughout Casino Royale, James Bond is brought to the readers as very hard and insensitive. Whereas the film in 2006, Bond is brought to the film watchers as sensitive and caring. Men in the 1950’s society treat women than in today’s society. A lady should be treated with respect and given dignity. Men should
...n the air and the anticipation for the new Bond movie Bond 23 is already making rounds. All the Bond fans like James Bond for a reason, we like him because he is someone who has all the qualities that must be liked. He is a charming rake whom not just women like but men want to be like him too. It does not matter how many Bonds there has been on the silver screen, each one of them does it differently than the other and is sometimes better in his own way.
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The Fast and Furious franchise has been going on since 2001. Since then there have been seven movies to come out. Fast and Furious 7 may be the last movie in this series. With the actor Paul Walker, Bryan in the movie dead, there may not be any other way to produce another film. With that said, I thought the movie was very good and well thought of when coming to filming the rest of movie without Paul Walker and digitally having his face put in. In some scenes near the end of the movie you can tell that something is off and seems a little weird when looking at Paul’s character but aside from that it was a brilliant job done by the
“Entertainment has to come hand in hand with a little bit of medicine, some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything’s okay. I don’t make those kinds of movies. That, to me, is a lie. Everything’s not okay.” - David Fincher. David Fincher is the director that I am choosing to homage for a number of reasons. I personally find his movies to be some of the deepest, most well made, and beautiful films in recent memory. However it is Fincher’s take on story telling and filmmaking in general that causes me to admire his films so much. This quote exemplifies that, and is something that I whole-heartedly agree with. I am and have always been extremely opinionated and open about my views on the world and I believe that artists have a responsibility to do what they can with their art to help improve the culture that they are helping to create. In this paper I will try to outline exactly how Fincher creates the masterpieces that he does and what I can take from that and apply to my films.
If James Bond was completely rebuilt for this current generation, that would be the Kingsman. Kingsman: The Golden Circle is the sequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) directed by Matthew Vaughn, the returning director/screenwriter who also brought us X-men: Days of Future Past. Matthew Vaughn, famous for action scenes, satisfies us with the dramatic and over the top action sequences.
The only problem with the series is I wish there was more. After watching each movie, I feel lost and gain a sense of sadness knowing that there is not more for me to watch. If there were any possible way for a new movie to come out when I finished the last one, I would have laid down whatever needed to make that scenario a reality. It fascinates