What 2018 Movie Are You Most Lookig Forward To?

[sparker]

Since they put off the 25th Bond film until 2019 (but with no Christoph Waltz!) -- and I'm pretty picky about sci-fi and don't really give a rat's ass about horror, unless there's something really funny on the horizon, 2018 looks like a wash!

Shit!  They finally secured a director (Danny Boyle), but his prior commitments means Bond filming won't start at least until spring or summer 2019 -- which means a mid-2020 release.  Besides, Daniel Craig will have a newborn to take care of later this year.   That means effectively 5 years without a Bond flick -- the longest drought since '89-'95.  Let's hope it's worth it!   

[abefroman329]

Considering Daniel Craig will be 52 in 2020, I hope they'll have figured out who will play Bond next by then.

[english si]

With Episode 9, etc being made, I doubt there was much action studio space for Bond 25 until 2019.

And 52 is no way too old to play Bond - Moore was 58 when A View to a Kill came out.

[abefroman329]

With Episode 9, etc being made, I doubt there was much action studio space for Bond 25 until 2019.

And 52 is no way too old to play Bond - Moore was 58 when A View to a Kill came out.

58 was far too old for Moore to be playing Bond.  Even Moore himself admitted it, said he looked like he could be Tanya Roberts' grandfather.

[Desert Man]

I'm awaiting the Black Panther on DVD or Bluray, and the interesting concept of his home country Wakanda "the most advanced in the world" (fictional, but empowering since it's in Africa).

[sparker]

With Episode 9, etc being made, I doubt there was much action studio space for Bond 25 until 2019.

And 52 is no way too old to play Bond - Moore was 58 when A View to a Kill came out.

58 was far too old for Moore to be playing Bond.  Even Moore himself admitted it, said he looked like he could be Tanya Roberts' grandfather.

Roger Moore himself had recalled in an interview he did back in the '90's that one time during the View To A Kill location filming in San Francisco (his last Bond outing, and the one featuring Ms. Roberts) her mother came to visit her -- and she turned out to be several years younger than Moore.  He stated that was the moment he finally decided to hang up his PPK!       

[nexus73]

I'm awaiting the Black Panther on DVD or Bluray, and the interesting concept of his home country Wakanda "the most advanced in the world" (fictional, but empowering since it's in Africa).

Latveria, now that's the country Dr. Doom comes from.  It sounds like a very dark place.

Rick

[Max Rockatansky]

Since they put off the 25th Bond film until 2019 (but with no Christoph Waltz!) -- and I'm pretty picky about sci-fi and don't really give a rat's ass about horror, unless there's something really funny on the horizon, 2018 looks like a wash!

Shit!  They finally secured a director (Danny Boyle), but his prior commitments means Bond filming won't start at least until spring or summer 2019 -- which means a mid-2020 release.  Besides, Daniel Craig will have a newborn to take care of later this year.   That means effectively 5 years without a Bond flick -- the longest drought since '89-'95.  Let's hope it's worth it!   

Spectre sure wasn't worth it....talk about a huge let down after Skyfall.  I was really hoping that whole secret organization thing they were hinting at with Spectre in Casino Royale would have a way better payoff. 

[sparker]

Since they put off the 25th Bond film until 2019 (but with no Christoph Waltz!) -- and I'm pretty picky about sci-fi and don't really give a rat's ass about horror, unless there's something really funny on the horizon, 2018 looks like a wash!

Shit!  They finally secured a director (Danny Boyle), but his prior commitments means Bond filming won't start at least until spring or summer 2019 -- which means a mid-2020 release.  Besides, Daniel Craig will have a newborn to take care of later this year.   That means effectively 5 years without a Bond flick -- the longest drought since '89-'95.  Let's hope it's worth it!   

Spectre sure wasn't worth it....talk about a huge let down after Skyfall.  I was really hoping that whole secret organization thing they were hinting at with Spectre in Casino Royale would have a way better payoff. 

Spectre certainly was something of a letdown, partially due to Waltz' underplaying the Blofeld role (the whole family-related motivational plot mechanism was a bit of a stretch!).  I read the original Fleming Bond books back in junior high school (this'll date me, but Fleming was still alive during that time!) -- and the films still haven't got the Blofeld character completely right.  Physically, there is one actor who actually resembles the original Fleming character -- Alfred Molina.  With all due respect to Christoph Waltz' skill set, the casting could have been improved!

[Max Rockatansky]

Since they put off the 25th Bond film until 2019 (but with no Christoph Waltz!) -- and I'm pretty picky about sci-fi and don't really give a rat's ass about horror, unless there's something really funny on the horizon, 2018 looks like a wash!

Shit!  They finally secured a director (Danny Boyle), but his prior commitments means Bond filming won't start at least until spring or summer 2019 -- which means a mid-2020 release.  Besides, Daniel Craig will have a newborn to take care of later this year.   That means effectively 5 years without a Bond flick -- the longest drought since '89-'95.  Let's hope it's worth it!   

Spectre sure wasn't worth it....talk about a huge let down after Skyfall.  I was really hoping that whole secret organization thing they were hinting at with Spectre in Casino Royale would have a way better payoff. 

Spectre certainly was something of a letdown, partially due to Waltz' underplaying the Blofeld role (the whole family-related motivational plot mechanism was a bit of a stretch!).  I read the original Fleming Bond books back in junior high school (this'll date me, but Fleming was still alive during that time!) -- and the films still haven't got the Blofeld character completely right.  Physically, there is one actor who actually resembles the original Fleming character -- Alfred Molina.  With all due respect to Christoph Waltz' skill set, the casting could have been improved!

Tossing that awful family plot line from the book would have been a huge start towards making that plot line infinitely more viable.  Even with all the silliness the original run of Bond movies had that little lot thread was totally cast aside.  The recent movies have been a mixed bag with Casino being pretty good and Skyfall being excellent.  I'd put Quantum of Solace ahead of Spectre but not by much.  At least the movies are higher in quality than the Brosnon era.

[sparker]

Funny thing -- the villains' deaths in the Fleming books were much more interesting than in the movies (I guess "standards & practices" had to tone those down a bit to make them acceptable to wider audiences):  in the book version of You Only Live Twice, Bond strangles Blofeld with his bare hands -- fitting, since the latter killed the former's bride.  And Dr. No is buried under a pile of bird shit rather than getting boiled in a nuke cooling pool -- what an exquisite way to off a nasty character!  And, bloodiest of all, Mr. Big's (Live & Let Die) head is severed from his body by barracuda, then swallowed by a shark.  Fleming didn't pull any punches with character demises!  But the films still seem to handle such stuff in a more subtle manner.  Tarantino apparently had expressed interest at one time in doing a Bond film -- I'd wager we'd see some very explicit killings if that had actually transpired!

[english si]

When I think of Blofeld, I can't but get the son of the guy who Fleming went to school with and stole the surname of for the character from.

This would be much more interesting (even if not true to the books) Bond Villan than Waltz's version - a fast talking, incredibly posh person who tends to come across as a teddy bear.

[sparker]

When I think of Blofeld, I can't but get the son of the guy who Fleming went to school with and stole the surname of for the character from.

This would be much more interesting (even if not true to the books) Bond Villan than Waltz's version - a fast talking, incredibly posh person who tends to come across as a teddy bear.

That Henry Blowfeld bit is hilarious -- sort of a Python sketch come to life! 

I know I'll get blowback on this one -- but IMO the best film Blofeld so far was Charles Gray's take on the character in Diamonds Are Forever -- alternating between an air of authority and withering sarcasm, as with this "throwaway" line: "........my satellite's over Kansas......if I were to destroy Kansas, the world might not hear about it for years!". 

[english si]

That Henry Blowfeld bit is hilarious -- sort of a Python sketch come to life!

Here's a Fry and Laurie sketch that mocks his tendency to talk about buses while commentating on cricket (his dayjob until last year, when he retired aged 78, after nearly 50 years) - he even ended up being honoured with a bus named after him, just because he said "and a bus heads down the Loughborough Road" everytime he saw one doing so.

They missed off pigeons, which 'Blowers' loved to talk about. And the commentators don't get so happy about English stuff that isn't actual play (other than the caps in the clip below) - though they mostly talk about stuff like this (no Henry until the end, when it enters the box):

Henry is still rather good at telling anecodes in a funny way and tours the country's theatres telling stories.

[abefroman329]

Deadpool 2 by a country mile.

I'm mostly looking forward to seeing the filming locations. As with Deadpool 1, it's filmed in and around Vancouver. I've already spotted a bunch of film locations from the trailers, although I suspect the final production will hide a lot of familiar sights and labels that make it easy to find many of the sights.

This was fantastic, and probably chock full of Vancouver-filmed scenes.

[ET21]

Deadpool 2 by a country mile.

I'm mostly looking forward to seeing the filming locations. As with Deadpool 1, it's filmed in and around Vancouver. I've already spotted a bunch of film locations from the trailers, although I suspect the final production will hide a lot of familiar sights and labels that make it easy to find many of the sights.

This was fantastic, and probably chock full of Vancouver-filmed scenes.

The bridge sequence was definitely Vancouver, recognized it immediately after doing a cruise underneath it about 10 years ago

[jakeroot]

Deadpool 2 by a country mile.

I'm mostly looking forward to seeing the filming locations. As with Deadpool 1, it's filmed in and around Vancouver. I've already spotted a bunch of film locations from the trailers, although I suspect the final production will hide a lot of familiar sights and labels that make it easy to find many of the sights.

This was fantastic, and probably chock full of Vancouver-filmed scenes.

The bridge sequence was definitely Vancouver, recognized it immediately after doing a cruise underneath it about 10 years ago

In that scene, the only thing they really attempted to hide was the actual size of downtown Vancouver. For some reason, as in many of the overhead shots, they digitally made the city appear to be much larger than it really is.

In many of the downtown sequences, even in the final film, many of the street blades and restaurant names remained unchanged from real life.

[kkt]

Maybe war movies become the Next Big Thing.  If so, I would love to see a trio based on the great sea battles that set into motion the world we have.  Trafalgar, Jutland and Leyte Gulf were seminal moments for war at sea.  With today's CGI and very good set builders, we would get quite the show from these famous battles!

Rick

How about the Battle of Salamis?  Hundreds of triremes on each side!  A key battle for western civilization!