I would say quality over the quantity, but the movies from 1995-2020 for the most part aren't good (Goldeneye & Casino Royale are exceptions) so I don't know what to say. I guess we should be happy that they take forever to make, it would be awful to see Daniel Craig every other year and have him end up staring as James Bond 7 times.
Does it take longer to make movies now and / or actors more demanding? In the beginning we were getting a Connery film every year and as we transitioned from Lazenby to Connery to Moore to Dalton it was pretty much every other year like clockwork. Brosnan was every other year until DAD, which was three years. QOS was two years after CR, and that was clearly rushed. 4 years after that Skyfall, 3 more to Spectre, and 5!!! more until NTTD.
I'd like to go back to every other year, but I think it should be no more than 3 years. 4 or 5 years is ridiculous.
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TreeShaman (806)
5 years ago
One of the dumb reasons there is such a delay is because they are waiting for unimportant supporting actors like Ben Whishaw and Naomie Harris to become available. The producers didn't wait around back in the 60's. Desmond Llewelyn only got the role of Q because the original actor from Dr. No wasn't available for From Russia With Love, so they moved ahead without him. Why would they wait months or years for actors to become available when they're only in the movies for no more than five minutes? It's completely idiotic, and these particular actors don't deserve to be waited on for so long. What have they contributed to this series that is so special that they deserve the privilege of taking years to commit to the next production? Nothing. This is what an obsession with continuity gets us.
But it also goes to show how irrelevant the series is now. The biggest film series in history now has to wait around for some B-list actors to want to make another film. Bond is not their first priority, and probably not even their fifth priority at any given time. Sad.
It also hasn't been clarified whether the production team solved the issue of Craig's injury interfering with Malek's schedule because his scenes were scheduled to be filmed while Craig was out of action. I would expect some pretty awkward scenes and dialogue between these two because the editors are probably trying to salvage and re-cut whatever they can in the editing room to compensate for this issue. I bet they were never able to properly re-schedule these crucial scenes.
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LordBAElish (2015)
5 years ago
Waiting on Craig was part of the issue - will he wont' he return as Bond. I hope they just move on from him right away and don't keep waiting on him to decide. The search for a new Bond could take a while, unless they already have that person picked out...
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