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:)) For that, they could very well get some of the suggestions made.
Whishaw so dreamy. :x I honestly think he could play the role for the next 40 years. One of the things people are agreed on is that he is the greatest thing about SPECTRE. ;) :)
Well we had the "light" TSWLM (in which Bond kills Stromberg with cold blood), and we had the "serious" FYEO (in which Bond defeats a hockey team on ice). So there are quite many ways to proceed :)
The biggest challenge for Craig is to get out while people would still miss him when he has gone and not celebrating his departure.
Connery came back (twice, if we include NSNA) but had started to look old in the first and ancient in the second. Moore should have gone a film or two before VTK but he didn't and we were left with a man on the cusp of his pension. Brosnan's departure was also celebrated in some quarters but he, in my opinion, left at the right time and the celebrations were due to a decline in film standards that was wrongly attributed to him.
Elsewhere, Lazenby and Dalton got out in time and neither really had much choice in the matter.
Craig is now 47 years old and will be around 50 once B25 wraps up. Could he pull it off? Maybe, but he is starting to look his age, albeit not to the extent that Connery was in DAF, in my opinion, and 3 years may leave us with something that Bond shouldn't be, an old man.
I will miss him once he does step aside but would rather miss him than have a James Bond who does not look like the way the character should.
By 47 Moore was only his 2nd film. Brosnan started filming DAD at 49. Craig is in great shape and looks great and SP was him at his Bond best. He'll do 1 more at the very least.
Welcome :)
Rememeber that Connery was only about 40 in DAF, so the fact that Craig looks younger now than he did then is a testament to how well Craig has aged in the role. I think it is understandable that Craig is starting to show his age, and I think it could become alot more noticeable in another 3 years. Moore looks 10 years older in AVTAK than he did in OP but there was only 2 years between them :-O
1. He feels physically able to play the part the way he wants to (which is to do a lot of his own stuntwork...for which, btw, few people seem to applaud him);
2. The script is good;
3. The director is good (and maybe even Mendes coming back); and
4. There's a lot of money on the table.
Take any one of these out of the equation, and DC is gone. My sense: All four will be in place by 2017.
I'm not so certain. Craig looks to me like a guy who is done with the role... just a sense I get having seen his tv appearances of late. These 2 films with Mendes is what he wanted to do with the role, that seems pretty clear.
And mark my words, Craig or not, the wheels are in motion on B25 as we speak. ;)
There is a certain cynicism that wasn't there before and it's somewhat pervasive and underlying. I can feel it too. There is no more enthusiasm left. He seems like an honest chap, so I don't think this is just a negotiating ploy.....he just seems to have had enough.
Some time away may cause him to rethink (and no doubt EON will do whatever he wants) but I think there needs to a compelling creative vision (I really don't think money is all that important at this point.....it wont' be the motivator but rather the clincher) to get him back. I just don't know what that could be in a Bond universe.
Yeah, I agree with you there. He seems a bit worn out.
I wish he comes back because I just can´t see any potential candidates for the role right now. And Daniel Craig has defined the modern Bond just like Sir Sean defined the original cinematic Bond. It will be a huge task to follow Craig. I already feel sorry for Craig´s successor...
But all in all, it all depends on the man himself, the story, the director, the timeline...
I´ve always wanted him to do six films like Sir Sean did (NSNA doesn´t count in my universe). Hope he does!
I think it's brilliant what they have done. I would assume you are a huge Brosnan fan because his run was the king of formula and safe film making. Blah. I like certain aspects to Bond films and it's great when we get them but it's also boring, predictable, and lame. This series survives on variety and doing what they've done with Craig's era is exactly they needed to do. Churning out episodic stuff over and over got very stale when Brosnan walked away. You can't keep doing that forever. It must change and be rejuvenated with a fresh look. Taking 4 films to lay down the foundation of a character that has lasted over a half century is not too many considering the longevity the series has enjoyed and hopefully will enjoy for another 50+ years.
You gotta think long term here.
I'm afraid walking out of Spectre last night, formulaic and safe was exactly how I described this latest Bond film. We are right back to where Peirce Bronsan left the series, so we've come full circle.
Bond could have been played by Moore and Brosnan. :)
My opinion.
But this is about whether Craig will stay and honestly I hope he does
He beats the living shit out of him.
If he did decide to quit now, he would at least have the distinction for a long term Bond actor of going out on a high (as opposed to doing a DAF, AVTAK, or DAD).
I thought SP struck a much better balance than SF. The humour in SF is stunted and jarring, it's pretty much seamless in SP and there's enough character and action beats to keep it flowing.
His legacy is intact and secure if he leaves now. If he does one more in a few yrs time, anything can happen. Even now some are saying this film is a little beneath his considerable talents.
It's difficult for an actor/performer/perfectionist like him.........just like a boxer.......you've got to know when to hang it up.
Hopefully he makes the right call for him, whatever that is.