Main reason why Craig is not Bond..

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What is your main criticism of Craig as Bond

Doesn't look the part
37
51%
Lacks "Bond essence"
20
28%
Too old for rookie Bond
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6%
Lacks charisma
8
11%
Too short
3
4%
 
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Christmas Jones wrote:I do not have any particular problem with Daniel Craig as James Bond. Sure he does not look like 007 but he is an excellent actor. I have a problem, though, with all James Bond actors, from Barry Nelson to Daniel Craig, because no one has really convinced me he was James Bond. Timothy Dalton was great in The living daylights and so was Sean Connery in From Russia with love, but they only played James Bond, they were not him.
I am sure I would have been convinced by Jason Isaacs. He is the only actor to me who could have been James Bond, while the others only act. It's my biggest regret the producers never thought about him.
And now Cavill Miss Jones?
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If you want reasons why Craig is not Bond look at the photos of him from the Skyfall set: ridiculous.
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Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:If you want reasons why Craig is not Bond look at the photos of him from the Skyfall set: ridiculous.
Almost-gray beard. Definitely not a young Bond.
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Almost-gray beard. Definitely not a young Bond.

Has Daniel Craig never heard of Just For Men? Or Grecian Formula? :mrgreen:
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katied wrote:
Almost-gray beard. Definitely not a young Bond.

Has Daniel Craig never heard of Just For Men? Or Grecian Formula? :mrgreen:
Not sure if he's heard of just for babs , or obsession by barbera brocolli.

Sorry (bad jokes) just trying to nail it home reg babs obsession with cregg.

Reg grey beard, cregg's starting to remind Me of wormtongue in lord of the rings, (the weird hobgoblin looking guy who always follows sauroman around in his tower like his pet, same way cregg always follows babs around in her tower ie the eon studio :lol: ).
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The beard needs to go..sooner rather than later..it really ages him.
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Can we add "have a look at the Craig pictures from the Skyfall set" to the poll?
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Agreed, To know why Craig isin't Bond material. Just look at those Photos.
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I have many complaints about the geezer as Bond. I voted lacks charisma as he is wooden as Bond.
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Once again, welcome aboard Bejams. I agree, Craig certainly lacks that classic Bond charisma, amongst many other things. His Bond character is a constantly gloomy and depressed soul, it's almost like having Eeyore in a tux. They might as well have a CGI rain over Craig's head throughout the film. I also can't figure out why some people will go on about how Craig's Bond is the most hardcore. He goes around with his tough guy pouty face, and uses his muscular physique to pulverize wimpy villains that are half his size. So how is that considered more hardcore in comparison to the other Bonds?
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Bejams is a welcomed addition. Unscramble it and you get James B :!:
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I have to agree with most everyone here and mention that he just doesn't look the part. I have no idea why he was cast, or what they were thinking when they picked him of all people to play Bond. Why did they think that would be a good idea? What drugs were they taking when they made the decision? Did they ever sober up and realize what a terrible, terrible decision they'd made?

Daniel Craig doesn't look like Bond - he looks like one of the villain's thugs that Bond would kill halfway through a mission.
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Welcome to the forum 005! :cheers:

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Now that's my kind of new member :!: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: 005, pick out a nice avatar for yourself. :up:
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bjmdds wrote:Bejams is a welcomed addition. Unscramble it and you get James B :!:
:shock: :shock: thats a coincidence, My name is an old British supermarket.
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Thanks for the welcome, guys! I was so depressed after seeing Skyfall - I felt like I was the only one who hated Daniel Craig and wished for another actual Bond movie. So I took to the Internet to find if there were any others like me, or if I was the last of my kind, and I found this forum! That REALLY made me feel better. :D
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005 wrote:Thanks for the welcome, guys! I was so depressed after seeing Skyfall - I felt like I was the only one who hated Daniel Craig and wished for another actual Bond movie. So I took to the Internet to find if there were any others like me, or if I was the last of my kind, and I found this forum! That REALLY made me feel better. :D
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FormerBondFan wrote:DCINB has been famous for the last 6 years.
Really? In that case, I wish I had found out about it sooner! Either way, I'm happy to be here now, and I'm even more happy that a community like this exists. :D
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This forum was singled out when Cr-egg became the Bond boy toy in 2005 as an opposition to his casting couch role. This is your home base now :!: :up: Another east coast member too. I am from NYC.
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