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Should have rewritten that bit; What I meant, was that Owen showed some Bond-like qualities, rather than «That's the closest I've seen him to a Bond-like character». Never seen him in The Pink Panther or The Hire. Will have to see those at some point.
Ooh, that reminded me of that show which had a The International-esque theme song. What was it called again?
There certainly are, but he's up there for me. Generic and lacking charisma. The International is possibly the best thing he's done, but on the whole he's just a bore. He's got zero verve and a voice that drones. Anyhow I'm sure a lot of you guys would've have loved him, for me, I'm just glad that ship has indeed sailed.
What do you think about Dominic Cooper as Bond? I did like him a lot in Fleming.
No, it wasn't that, but I found it! It was the theme song of the short-lived tv series Rubicon I was thinking about:
Really liked that tv series, but it wasn't that kind of show that was for everyone. Don't think it even has been released on DVD/Blu-ray.
Self contained stories or not in the end it's a car advert. It's meant to sell car. There's no shame making adverts it's most actors's bread and butter, but to make an advert THE argument for casting someone as Bond is very thin. Just like saying X looks good in a suit thus can play Bond. And yes I've read such arguments and I'm fairly sure so did you.
The International really have a nice score, I think. Good example of a score that mirrors the tone and atmosphere of the film.
Sigh all you want, a fancy car advert is a poor argument for casting. Especially when as it is often the case with non fans, it becomes the sole selling point for Bond. Clive Owen wore a suit and looked mysterious in so and so, Aidan Turner wore a tux in And Then There Were None, Jude Law wore a tux in whatever gala he was in, and so on and so forth.
I think he might be good, but he's too short (5'8").
Not a fan of the suggestion of Cooper. Height aside, I wasn't impressed in the few clips I saw of him in Fleming.
With that said, this is becoming tedious and like a dog chasing his tail so I'm moving on.
I don't think he should be bond it's just when you have names being throw out there like turner I would rather have hardy in 2 seconds, though yeah he's not ideal
We already have ideal: his name rhymes with blasffender
You are putting words in my mouth and building a strawman. I don't see Owen as Bond but I might be wrong. Difficult to know now. I didn't even dismissed his work as an actor, I didn't say Clive Owen is not Bond. I didn't even criticized his work in that BMW advert OR the fact that he did this advert. I merely say that using this advert as a casting argument for the role of Bond is rather poor.
Maybe I'm condescending (although I don't think I am here) but you could stop being self righteous a moment.