If Only the Films were More like the Books

mrbond

If only the films could be more like the books. Moonraker would have been better, so would Live and Let Die and even You Only Live Twice. Mr Fleming was a god and and Eon mucked them about too much. Probly going to get killed now for saying that by Eon's assassins. But I might live long enough to hear your opinons. What others would be so much better? Which villain they should have kept?:))

Golrush007

I would love to see a faithful adaptation of YOLT in particular (i.e. keeping the story, as well as the period and setting rather than updating it as they did with CR). The snag there is wouldn't be as successful commercially. But if done well it could make a stunning film. It is one of Fleming's best, and darkest books.

Loeffelholz

Yours is a very Flemingist^TM sentiment... -{

But all we can hope for, I think, is that Eon continues to attempt to capture the spirit of Fleming's work---they certainly did with CR, slightly less so with in QoS...but I personally see quite a bit of Fleming in Craig's Bond.

I'm with Golrush, re: YOLT...but what we'll probably get (someday) is a reinterpretation of some of that novel's story elements, which I think would make for an excellent film. The TSWLM, LALD, DAF and MR novels all have elements that are crying out to be used---and Craig's tenure is a perfect time to do them B-)

j.blades

well some of the golden moments in the novels still havnt been used and it seems that, eon will incorporate these scenes into the new movies.

Mr. Arlington Beech

i see them as separate but awesome. they are related but only fleetingly so in some cases.

and there is nothing wrong with that .

blofeld#1

Moonraker would have been a lot better movie if they followed the book. Same 4 LALD. Goldfinger good thing they didn't follow the book. But all in all I would to see Risico made into a movie.

Wint and Kidd far-out

It certainly would be interesting if one day somebody had authorisation to make a new film series faithfully adapting the novels. For it to work perfectly of course they would have to be made in chronological order so they'd follow Fleming's stories precisely. Maybe For Your Eyes Only could be an anthological movie with all the short stories included.

Thing is I am not sure how the public would overall take to them. It might work but most people would probably tend to prefer the original movie series.