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Caig, bodywise looks nothing like Arnie. He just happens to be in superior better shape than previous Bond actors. Side note, unless you're either under weight, obese or lazy as hell it's not difficult at all to get a similar looking body as Craig in CR.
Thank you!
The thing is, even navy seals have their muscles not from tactical training, but from lifting weights. I can´t really imagine any incarnation of James Bond lifting weights with such enthusiasm. Fleming´s Bond would probably be much more interested in training methods used by people like Ido Portal or Connor McGregor. Especially McGregor could be a good template for Bond´s physical appearance, lean and animalistic.
Agreed. Lifting weights strikes me as anathema to Bond.
Nah, I'd be 49 by then, and I don't fancy that idea. But it's true, it was not until Craig made CR, that audiences noted the physical workout. Especially Sir Rog would not do any workout back in the 1970's. Why bother, if you have a stuntman stepping in for you.
You mean like MI 5 used Blenheim Castle plus an Aston Martin parking outside?
I really don’t like the emphasis he puts on having this super fit bulky physical presence. Bond simply wouldn’t go there. His build makes him seem more intimidating than most of his adversaries.
On balance though he’s a much better Bond than Brosnan it doesn’t bother me too much. Wish his suits fitted sometimes though.
Quite. He should be in shape, but they don’t need to focus on how and why. I want him to eat and drink to excess, I’m not interested in how he keeps fit (which should be a combination of swimming, climbing, running etc).
Completely agree on this. I'm sure it's very possible to achieve the "Craig fitness" for the everyman, as some here have mentioned, but I find Bond more Bond when he's a bit slimmer - which would suggest a workout like the ones you mention here, @RC7.
Toss in a healthy appetite of punching people in the face and engaging in lots of sex for good measure.
Naturally!
he gives off a bouncer/bodyguard vibe whenever he’s on screen.
None of the animal grace of Connery or suaveness of Moore.
Still, he’s a decent Bond and it gives him a different presence from the others.
Now aesthetically, some may not like Craig’s look, but his is a modern Bond and his physique is more than realistic considering the character’s background.
Basically from my perspective the issue is his body type and basic build - height to width ratio and all that. He just doesn't give off the same suave elegance as the others in my view, even though he's not really big -it's a matter of proportions. As a counter example, Gerard Butler, who is relatively tall, was superbuilt for 300 and he looked just fine to me. The same goes for Damon when he built up for the Bourne films. He looked fine too. Again, this is just my opinion. I agree that he doesn't look elegant in his suits, particularly in the last few, but that's probably more down to cut. Now that Temime is out, perhaps some sanity will return on that front.
Looks are certainly subjective indeed. Craig isn't what I'd call handsome but he has a certain something to him which makes him compelling onscreen (although I feel that element was much stronger when he was younger because he was a very intense actor then). I don't really mind his looks, but for the next chap I hope they go back to the classic tall dark and handsome cinematic template.
The November slots are taken by 'Wonder Women 1984' and 'Frozen 2'.
Not word on international markets yet.
Bond went down on his hands and did twenty slow press-ups, lingering over each one
so that his muscles had no rest. When his arms could stand the pain no longer, he
rolled over on his back and, with his hands at his sides, did the straight leg-lift
until his stomach muscles screamed. He got to his feet and, after touching his
toes twenty times, went over to arm and chest exercises combined with deep
breathing until he was dizzy.
As you can see, he did bodyweight exercises, which include press-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups, dips, etc. So he didn't limit himself with swimming and running, he also did some strength training. Albeit, without weights.
Skyfall and SPECTRE had their IMAX releases announced after the films production began so I wouldn't worry about bond 25 not appearing in IMAX yet
I’m a straight male and to me discussing an actor’s appearance is no different then discussing a director, composer, writer, locations, cars, weapons, supporting cast, and on and on. It is an element of the film. If someone perceives something else , possibly some soul searching is in order for that individual.......Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
But I agree with @RC7 and @Remington about swimming, climbing, running, and bedroom wrestling ;-).
Anyhow, how long would you estimate would such muscle mass last once the man doesn´t do this intensive kind of training any more?
Exactly. And with bodyweight exercises you look different than with weight lifting exercises. Craig´s Bond looks more like a weight lifter than a body lifter.
Well, apparently every woman asked who knew Connery swoons over his attraction, regardless of the size of his muscles.