Favorite Bond Movie: Dr No, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (the original), To Catch a Thief, Charade, High Society, Indiscreet. More recent: The Blind Side, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Someone Like You, Wolverine, Spy Game, Miami Vice, Fantastic Four, No Reservations, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, The Devil Wears Prada
Captain Nash wrote:Well Jane Seymour is a cougar.
No thought needed for that one.
And well if he was for England, then I guess.
Maybe a few ciders or bourbons first.
Ciders or bourbons? You'll need straight vodka or even absynthe to go through with that.
Lots of people used to joke that they could be the next Bond even thought they were unsuitable for the role. Then Eon cast someone who looks nothing like the Fleming/cinematic Bond, so anyone can be Bond now!
carl stromberg wrote:Lots of people used to joke that they could be the next Bond even thought they were unsuitable for the role. Then Eon cast someone who looks nothing like the Fleming/cinematic Bond, so anyone can be Bond now!
Equal opportunity! Yep, we'll have all sorts of people audition for Bond next time around,like little people(although wouldn't Craig be considered one? )
Favorite Bond Movie: Dr No, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (the original), To Catch a Thief, Charade, High Society, Indiscreet. More recent: The Blind Side, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Someone Like You, Wolverine, Spy Game, Miami Vice, Fantastic Four, No Reservations, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, The Devil Wears Prada
carl stromberg wrote:Lots of people used to joke that they could be the next Bond even thought they were unsuitable for the role. Then Eon cast someone who looks nothing like the Fleming/cinematic Bond, so anyone can be Bond now!
Equal opportunity! Yep, we'll have all sorts of people audition for Bond next time around,like little people(although wouldn't Craig be considered one? )
No one suggested Daniel Craig as a Bond candidate before 2005 when it was revealed that Barbara wanted her "close personal friend" to take over. Maybe Barbara has another bizarre choice lined up.
Bab's remindes Me of Other Rich Kids who take over their Parents Bisiness, and start getting rid of Loyal old staff to make way for new young people with great new Ideas to Improve the old Formula.After all what did Cubby Know about making sucessful Movies.
I can't believe the amount of control handed over to M Forester He basicly brought in his own Crew( a Wrecking crew ) and they signed off on it.I persume they were happy with the finished product,even if now they accept the editing was crazy In another way they seem to be sending out the signal that their like old people using computers but feel they need young people to show them how it works, i.e. They don't understand modern film making.
Favorite Bond Movie: Dr No, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (the original), To Catch a Thief, Charade, High Society, Indiscreet. More recent: The Blind Side, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Someone Like You, Wolverine, Spy Game, Miami Vice, Fantastic Four, No Reservations, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, The Devil Wears Prada
katied wrote:On the close personal friend thing:So does that mean that she has a bunch of equally unsuitable "friends of Babs" all at the ready when Craig retires?
Dear God, please no. The only good thing about this whole matter is that luckily Babs won't have nearly as much power as she used to. It's the ONLY good side of this horrid bankruptcy situation.
Otherwise, we really may find ourselves with Norman Reedus as a contender, like someone posted in the Bond alternatives forum
Favorite Bond Movie: Octopussy From Russia With Love The Living Daylights On Her Majestys Secret Service Doctor No .... Ah heck all of them
Favorite Movies: Lawrence Of Arabia, Forrest Gump, Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, Vertigo, The Odd Couple, Zoolander, Cool Hand Luke, The Great Escape...many more.
Location: Well here obviously. At the moment of course
carl stromberg wrote:No one suggested Daniel Craig as a Bond candidate before 2005 when it was revealed that Barbara wanted her "close personal friend" to take over. Maybe Barbara has another bizarre choice lined up.
Actually I have a cliping from a newspaper somewhere with Craig being mentioned as a 'frontrunner' for the Bond role dating back to 2004.
This was even before Pierce had vacated the role.
If I can dig it out, I'll scan it to show you.
Captain Nash wrote:
Actually I have a clipping from a newspaper somewhere with Craig being mentioned as a 'frontrunner' for the Bond role dating back to 2004.
This was even before Pierce had vacated the role.
If I can dig it out, I'll scan it to show you.
I found an article about DC denying getting the role on MI6 back in 2004. The responses indicate quite a shift in attitude since then.
"He's the one that doesn't smile" - Queen Elizabeth II on Daniel Craig
Favorite Bond Movie: Dr No, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (the original), To Catch a Thief, Charade, High Society, Indiscreet. More recent: The Blind Side, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Someone Like You, Wolverine, Spy Game, Miami Vice, Fantastic Four, No Reservations, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, The Devil Wears Prada
Captain Nash wrote:
Actually I have a clipping from a newspaper somewhere with Craig being mentioned as a 'frontrunner' for the Bond role dating back to 2004.
This was even before Pierce had vacated the role.
If I can dig it out, I'll scan it to show you.
I found an article about DC denying getting the role on MI6 back in 2004. The responses indicate quite a shift in attitude since then.
Quite amusing to read how some changed the tune huh? At least I can happily say that I knew he was wrong, I firmly opposed the casting idea and I wasn't proved wrong once the movies were released. Quite the opposite, they reinforced my negative opinion. Yeah, I don't care about the box office. That's because it's James Bond, not because Daniel Craig is the actor. Bond brings in the money, not Craig. Not to mention that about QoS there are lots of doubts whether those results are actually nearly as good as they seem, especially considering the non-existent DVD sales.
Favorite Bond Movie: Octopussy From Russia With Love The Living Daylights On Her Majestys Secret Service Doctor No .... Ah heck all of them
Favorite Movies: Lawrence Of Arabia, Forrest Gump, Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, Vertigo, The Odd Couple, Zoolander, Cool Hand Luke, The Great Escape...many more.
Location: Well here obviously. At the moment of course
To be fair, if you read that thread at Mi6 you'll notice that of the four pages worth of comments, only 2 or 3 members are still posting on that site.
Hardly evidence of a change of opinion, to be honest.
Unlike myself though, who always has given Craig the benefit of the doubt. Whilst QOS is terrible, I do not blame Craig for this.
I'm a firm believer of waiting for the finished product (in this case CR) before commenting on how good or bad a film is.
Something many fans cannot claim to have done. Writing him off before a single frame had been shot.
Each to their own I guess.
Favorite Bond Movie: Dr No, Goldfinger, Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough, License to Kill, The Spy Who Loved Me.
Favorite Movies: Sabrina (the original), To Catch a Thief, Charade, High Society, Indiscreet. More recent: The Blind Side, Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, Someone Like You, Wolverine, Spy Game, Miami Vice, Fantastic Four, No Reservations, The Wedding Date, 27 Dresses, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, The Devil Wears Prada
007 wrote:A problem for a lot of the doubters was they thought Craig didn't look like Bond. It doesn't really matter what the film is like if you feel that way.
That's also a good point. If I don't see the main character, James Bond, in the movie, the movie will never be a Bond one to me. And I sure feel this way about Craig. But, to top it off, they also dumped ALL the essential elements that make Bond who he is in the movies. And QoS was just BAD. I thought CR sucked too, but the consensus on that one is different. Still, no self-respecting Bond fan can say QoS was even a decent movie. Even Craig knows it wasn't good and demanded a change.
Favorite Bond Movie: Octopussy From Russia With Love The Living Daylights On Her Majestys Secret Service Doctor No .... Ah heck all of them
Favorite Movies: Lawrence Of Arabia, Forrest Gump, Jaws, The Shawshank Redemption, Vertigo, The Odd Couple, Zoolander, Cool Hand Luke, The Great Escape...many more.
Location: Well here obviously. At the moment of course
katied wrote:Apparently they're just casting anyone as far as villains goes.I'm sure we'll have a motley bunch of candidates next time around.
I was reading that Steven Berkoff aka General Orlov, would love to appear in another Bond film.
I say let's do it. He's a great villain, and a wonderful actor.
I feel that jerry sadowitz would make an excellent james Bond. with his darkly cruel good lucks and rougged handsomness, not to mention his sexy Scottish accent..he 'd have all the bad guys quaking in their boots and the the female villians changing sides in no time! yes, he'd ahev to cut his hair but is it just me, or can others see how exciting this could be? I'm nt sure if his height 's up to scratch, but in all other departments, the guy is virile, sexy and "physical". Also the fact that he's a bit of an "unknown" lends itself to the role of the enigmatic charismati spy. (Wasn't Sean Connery relatively little known befoe he took on the role as the super sleuth?). Also, he's in the right age bracket. He's certainly dreamy to me! Girls..are you with me on this one??
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