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I can finally sleep easy - thank you for solving what’s been a mystery to me since 1995 :)

At the risk of being “that guy,” the Goldfinger titles originally promised Bond would return in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but was updated at some point either during its original release or during a reissue to the Thunderball mention that’s on the home video releases now. I suspect but...

There’s also the following discussion open for spoiler talk on all Bond films: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/watching-all-the-james-bond-movies-spoilers.373659/

Before the film’s release we talked about trying to keep it spoiler free for ten days after the domestic release but we’re well past that now. I don’t think anyone would be faulted for omitting them now.

If someone takes the plunge, let us know if it’s the standard 2.40:1 version or (far less likely) the IMAX version. I’d pay to rent the IMAX version but not the standard.

He’s been on big budget exile since Green Lantern disappointed, and his most recent film from earlier this year was also not particularly successful. He could be a guy with something to prove.

Martin Campbell. They’ve had success with him before, he’s done his best work when them, he still works, and he’s more interested in launching installments than doing every film. I can’t imagine him not getting consideration. They would have stuck with him after GoldenEye and Casino Royale if he...

I’m rewatching the early films now and I like the way Dr. No introduces the concept of SPECTRE, From Russia With Love develops it further, and Thunderball has a full on meeting. I think You Only Live Twice squandered this somewhat by making it a bit more ridiculous and over the top, but the...

I don’t think it’ll be a reboot in the sense that they’ll start with a green young agent learning the ropes again. My guess is that they’ll do what all pre-Craig films did and Bond will simply exist as Bond, no further explanation necessary. I’d love for them to go way back to the 1950s of the...

I had never looked at it that way!

I’m asking this in all seriousness and not intending to be obnoxious: where’s the middle? Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace represent the beginning, and Bond (and the audience) are frequently told he’s too young, inexperienced and impulsive for the job. Quantum ends with Bond seemingly...

I can confirm it’s 1.43 at that location. Any of the auditoriums with 1.43 screens showing the film should have it at that ratio. The museum type installations that are film only, what few remain, may be out of luck but I don’t think the Natural History Museum and the like were gonna be...

I know the Fandango and AMC sites allow you to cancel up until showtime. I will normally buy in advance because it’s such a production to arrange childcare and transportation that if I were to do all of that and get to the theater and find it to be sold out, there goes my whole day. Even...

It’s merely the same actor playing M, not the same continuity.

Keep in mind that on HTF, the informal rule for theatrical releases has been no spoilers until the second weekend of U.S. release has passed. Please also keep in mind that many people differ on what constitutes a spoiler, and that it is best to err on the side of caution. For instance, because...

Select sequences were shot with the IMAX film cameras. In IMAX theaters capable of showing a taller image, it will alternate between 2.40:1 and 1.44:1. For IMAX that don’t have that extra height, it’ll be 2.40:1 and 1.90:1.

It’s a great deal for MGM, but the partner studio doesn’t get much beyond bragging rights and a chance to meet Daniel Craig.

The terms of the deal MGM wanted weren’t great - it was something ridiculous like the new partner was expected to pay 50% of the cost, but only receive 25% of the gross, and only after MGM had been paid. The Sony email hack ended up revealing that for Skyfall I think, Sony invested hundreds of...

Spectre started as Logan, they were then brought in to rewrite Logan. No Time To Die started with Danny Boyle and his usual group. Their work was ejected. Purvis & Wade brought in to rewrite. Waller-Bridge is reported to be doing dialogue polish for the lead female agent, not a structural...

Yeah but that tradition is running in reverse now. In Albert’s day, they’d hire Maibaum to figure out the basic script and story structure, and then bring on guys like Mankiewicz to add whatever shading and color they were trying to add to the film. Nowadays, they start out with new writers and...

They wouldn’t get screenplay credit if they weren’t involved - the writer’s guild is not generally known for giving out unearned credit. My intuition is that the Broccolis appreciate their ability to unify disparate elements into something of a cohesive whole, which is why they weren’t meant to...

Have you guys seen anything else directed by Cary Fukunaga? He likes a slower burn, slower paced, high intensity style. And he’s pretty good at it. I’m not concerned about the length or the direction - I am always eternally concerned about Purvis and Wade.

Has there been a reason to believe they wouldn’t? As we’ve all been discussing, the problem with moving is there’s nowhere to go. People will either see it or they won’t. All that’s left to do is let the chips fall where they may.

The biggest and most impactful change that Eon/MGM (and potentially Amazon) could make would be to jettison the writing team of Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. They’ve had a hand in every film since The World Is Not Enough over twenty years ago, and the producers seem addicted to them for reasons...

I expect they will keep it. There’s really nowhere else to go. The thought of there being a nice, neat and tidy ending to the pandemic like a light switch flipping off is no longer in the realm of possibility. We’ll have further variants and flair ups worldwide for the foreseeable future...

I think that it’s a double is much more visible on Blu-ray at 1080p and 4K than it ever was in theaters. With a theatrical release print, when you go from negative to interpositive to internegative to release print, between generation loss and the optics of projecting a moving piece of film, the...

I think GoldenEye was pretty good but that it was all downhill from there. With Craig, I enjoy him in the role and his first film was nearly perfect - but I’ve liked each subsequent film less than the last.

I just want different writers. Everything else is secondary.

If May is a no-go for Disney with Black Widow, I wonder what they’ll do. At this point, they have two fully completed MCU films sitting on a shelf, more on the way, and Disney+ shows at various stages of completion that all need to be released so that other installments they’re currently filming...

Whatever happens, it’ll be interesting to see how it plays out. But I think there’s certainly a possibility that MGM could find themselves disappointed with the result. Warner bet big on Tenet and that didn’t work. Something similar could happen here. If it’s true that it cost MGM about $50...