Having just seen The Bourne Supremacy and the fantastic Collateral - the cold, calculating spy/hitman has been reborn. Visceral, violent and NOT afraid to do their job. Jason Bourne and Vincent are these types.
We've seen these types before - and we're all in love with the shadowy life they lead. Of these Bond is arguably the most famous. So why does he live in ridiculous fantasy operas with scripts written by 15-year old English Literature failures?
Bond is crying out for a realistic story populated with realistic enemies and showing us all what he can *really* do. Just why is killing in cold blood (y'know - like ASSASSINS do) so avoided by screen writers? Particularly Bond screen writers. This, obviously, is only ONE beef with the direction Bond films have gone of late. The over use of gadgets and endorsements by car companies mean that the same freeze-dried formula is rolled out for every new installment. I'm no expert but I'm sure Fleming never meant this to be the lot for his British spy. I can't help but feel that the Bond franchise has been run into the ground by a selection of clueless film school hacks pressured by film studios to keep the action 'clean'. Fools. Long live the spy - but Bond needs to be put out of his celebrity misery by Jason Bourne. Or Vincent.
We've seen these types before - and we're all in love with the shadowy life they lead. Of these Bond is arguably the most famous. So why does he live in ridiculous fantasy operas with scripts written by 15-year old English Literature failures?
Bond is crying out for a realistic story populated with realistic enemies and showing us all what he can *really* do. Just why is killing in cold blood (y'know - like ASSASSINS do) so avoided by screen writers? Particularly Bond screen writers. This, obviously, is only ONE beef with the direction Bond films have gone of late. The over use of gadgets and endorsements by car companies mean that the same freeze-dried formula is rolled out for every new installment. I'm no expert but I'm sure Fleming never meant this to be the lot for his British spy. I can't help but feel that the Bond franchise has been run into the ground by a selection of clueless film school hacks pressured by film studios to keep the action 'clean'. Fools. Long live the spy - but Bond needs to be put out of his celebrity misery by Jason Bourne. Or Vincent.