Bond 25: 10 Things That We Need In The Next 007 Film
3. A Creative Villainous Scheme
Although we live in a world increasingly dominated by technology and bizarre geopolitical shifts, that’s no reason for the Bond films to be limited by real-life parallels. Franchise screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade have pondered the idea that reality has become more fantastical than fiction, therefore increasing the challenge of writing a Bond film exponentially.
Recent films have therefore focused on cybernetic villainous schemes to control governments, abuse mass-surveillance and hack intelligence services. Fitting for the current social climate, but hardly inspiring.
What the screenwriters are forgetting is that Bond films, and their vast array of colourful villains, have always been larger than life, providing an ideal and fantastical escape from reality.
James Bond films are renowned cinematic extravaganzas, and for Craig’s final film, the producers need to aim for a considerably bolder, brasher plot that ups the stakes just like Thunderball and The Spy Who Loved Me.
Remember when 007 would face the threats of industrial lasers, stolen atomic bombs, the destruction of mankind, and still come out on top? Nobody does it better, after all. Bond’s current missions seem a little below his pay-grade.