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He will be nearly a year older in Bond 25 compared with the BAFTA's last month.
For me the worst offense was the run in SP prior to the building collapse. Bloody awful and the fact that this was in the PTS just pulled me right out of the film. Craig doesn't run like that, and they should have known that some of us would have picked up on it. The helicopter had something similar. It's just cheap. Better not to do the stunt than make it so obvious. This is not Marvel. It's meant to be grounded in reality. Give me the CR staircase fight any day of the week over these fancy but poorly conceptualized and enhanced digitized sequences.
AVTAK would have been better if they changed the story so it was more suited for an aging Bond, like SF. But honestly, I can enjoy the film and can look through Roger's appearance. It's a different time now though. But I believe Craig will indeed look better once he is prepared for filming.
Just had another look at the BAFTA photos of him. Don't know if it's just the lighting, but he looks ill in those photos. His skin complexion is so pale.
He's a strange cat. Sometimes he looks like crap and sometimes he looks pretty good. It will be more difficult for him now, but as a professional I expect him to do what's necessary.
That's not my problem with him coming back. It's all the rubbish around his tenure, and particularly what has transpired over the past couple of years. It's all been about him when it really should have been about Bond. He really has become a bit of an unwelcome distraction.
They have decided to proceed with him again despite my wishes, so all I can do at present is hope for the best for B25. If it's to be him then I really hope they get it over with for 2019. I wouldn't want to see him as Bond in 2020.
I still think the fact he had power in decisions and possibly writing etc affected the film,even ignoring the apparent bust-up he had with Mendes.
He took his eye off the real side of his job,the convincing acting that we saw in the 1st 3 films.
And with the US still being the biggest movie market, that is a cause for concern. In any case, the film was highly problematic and it just shows the US largely were the ones to most see through the BS.
He's actually said that it was always their (I'm assuming he means him, BB and MGW) intention to get Bond back to the Bond of before, which they couldn't do at the point of CR because of Austin Powers.
Haha, I remember and I get your point. It took a little time before I was convinced too. I wasn't totally convinced after that first photo I must admit. :-P
This photo horrified me at the time,from the Sun I think,with the 'Bland,James Bland' headline :
https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1463423/daniel-craig-as-james-bond.jpg?w=736
The naff looking watch and bow-tie,the unshaven look and the almost greasy hair.
Ironically, I think he was closest to the classic cinematic template (at least in terms of nonchalant demeanour) in CR. That film fit him like a glove and Campbell was able to coax out the right level of insouciance while also bringing some of the grit that had been missing during Brozza's run.
Ironically, that was the photo which made me think he could do it.
This is what horrified me.
Indeed. The UK press went cock-a-hoop over SP. 5 star reviews all round from what I remember. It’s no wonder EON are more than happy for Craig to do another.
Word of mouth was like a match at the Emirates though.
SF everyone was talking about it at work, on the tube etc it's the first time I ever felt such buzz for a Bond film. You were almost a social pariah it you didn't go and see it.
Now whether that was down to the Olympics/50th/Adele bounce is irrelevant. SF had that buzz. SP was tumbleweed.
You wonder how many of the people who went to SF and then hung around for SP will come back for more?
It's true that the film did very well in the UK and Europe. It didn't quite catch on in the US or China (the two largest markets by the way). So they will have to consider how they position going forward. The distributing studio will be American.
That was the case in the US as well. I was there on work during SF's release. Same thing in Canada where I now reside. SF was watercooler stuff. A phenomenon. SP was just another Bond film.
This is the key question. No doubt a lot of the initial audience for SP came over from SF's goodwill. Is there similar holdover now? We shall see.
To frame by frame I go! I never noticed this before.
Haha! Do you by chance have a comparison scene I could use from CR/QoS/SF?
Thank you. I'll look out for that. Cool.
No. The yanks, to their credit, saw through it first. I know many a people who thought Spectre was perfect but now sort of shrugs when I mention the film.
And a lot of other people. I am just saying what I feel, that is all.
Yeah.
I liked that photo. Even more than the reshooted picture.
I really want Sony to be involved in B25 for one more go, then MGM/Annapurna can have it back and they can take it to new heights. If Sony doesnt get B25 or exits after B25, we should nickname it the Sony Bond series...
Wait... Glickman is an MGM exec... or did he move to Sony?
Then I simply edited the URL (http://007elements.soelden.com/urlaub/EN/SD/007/) where I found the ticket prices and when* they're selling lol! This isn't even meant to be made public yet.
*Online on April 2nd.
I would love to go there