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Actually it was only SF that made big league money. SP's ratio of invested money to earned one is probably quite poor.
Still did pretty well in terms of gross profit.
Sure, Robert Downey Jr utterly slagging off the director (a certain Stuart Baird) when interviewed for US Marshals - and that's just off the top of my head.
An irritant.
It's quite simple really. Eon and Craig don't give a toss about PR.
After all it's us fans who owe them for the millions they've made. /sarcasm
Surely we can discuss a position without going there.
It's not. Let's remain civil and not start targeting one another because we don't all have the same viewpoints. If the spats must continue, do so in a PM, please.
Shhh @RC7. Please use the nicer, biologically more accepted word: penis. Or fallus.
Obviously, I'm sure he's not. But the sustained digging out of Craig at every possible opportunity is as tedious as watching a test match. It's a Bond forum - he's going to be defended. Get over it.
But no it's just still people banging on about an off the cuff comment by a bloke who had just finished a gruelling shoot that buggered his knee.
Thankully the internet wasn't around when Sean made his 'I'd like to kill that damned James Bond' comment during the filming of TB or the 'best Bond ever' would have been lynched on Twitter.
I really struggle to understand how some people cannot appreciate the difference between a throwaway remark and someone genuinely hating his job and the character.
If he really despised the role don't you think he would have issued an official statement saying he was done by now?
Not that you knew how a real one looks.
https://www.timeout.com/london/film/daniel-craig-interview-my-advice-to-the-next-james-bond-dont-be-shit
Interestingly, the "slash by wrists" comment isn't mentioned in the headline and it comes up pretty late in the interview. It was when other outlets summarized the interview that "slash by wrists" became prominent.
Also, FWIW, there was a follow up question and answer after the "slash by wrists" comment.
You want to move on from Bond for good?
‘I haven’t given it any thought. For at least a year or two, I just don’t want to think about it. I don’t know what the next step is. I’ve no idea. Not because I’m trying to be cagey. Who the fuck knows? At the moment, we’ve done it. I’m not in discussion with anybody about anything. If I did another Bond movie, it would only be for the money.’
Maybe even people like him, who apparently don't care for money at all, have a hard time to reject their last chance to cash in a cool 20 or 30 millions. Just saying. And you people can argue all day long, it was still highly unprofessional of him to say it.
Also, you hardly can compare Craig's situation with Connery's. Connery hardly could move without having a crowd of girls in his hair at this time. We will never be able to imagine what kind of hype it was back then. And, probably quite important as well, Connery had the distinct feeling that he wasn't getting his fair share of the profit. I take it none of you thinks Craig has any reason to do so . I also take exception to the notion that I somehow hate Craig. It's just that I try to infuse some measure in all this fan hype of some of yours.
Some seem to think it hasn't had an impact. If he's back I think you'll see it has, at least in the way the film is received, since that comment has taken on a life of its own and will always be incorporated into the media narrative.
The only way it won't is if B25 is a complete killer.
Wasn't that's the time when he didn't get his head out of cocaine bags and, coincidentally, wasn't he on the "Hollywood do not touch" list for quite a few years afterwards?
Sorry, but I am really having a very hard time to believe that. Mostly because he also said that if he came back it would only because of the money. You can't tell me that this is humor. Also, he must have known what kind of impression he gave. After all, he wasn't born yesterday, was he?
He's an actor and not a PR man. From what I can tell he doesn't guard or mince his words. He speaks his mind and tells it like he feels it at the time. A genuine bloke.
At that particular time, he probably did feel that way, but it probably wasn't a well thought out or rational response with consideration to the implications. It was an 'in the moment' answer given during a period of exhaustion and frustration. Which is why he said he needed time away to think about it afterwards.
That's very different from the way the media narrative was handled. That's where things were botched imho.
I repeat this gem for all to get a mouthfull of it - WE need YOU to get our facts straight, WE need YOU to not get into fan hype, to not become too positive or optimistic.
Thank you, Sir. Thank you. Please tell us, how we can make up for all this wisedom of yours, shared and thrown at us for better use of our poor little brains.
...and no, I don't think, ignoring this sort of arrogance and negativity will lead to anything.
Come on, you can do better than that. Even @Germanlady brings better retorts and she's German... and a woman.
So if everyone agrees it was unprofessional can we stop harping on about it? Because I literally have no idea what the end game is here? Do we all gather round and perform some sort of forum-based Jonestown; renouncing Craig before slitting our wrists in unison?
This is true. I just hope going forward Craig can have a full understanding of how callous and manipulative the media can be and be a bit more mindful of that fact. It's not his fault per se as he was speaking in the moment, like someone pissed at another and drops a throw away line like, "I'm gonna kill you" or "you're a dead man" but obviously the person saying it isn't a homicidal, premeditating murderer. If Craig needs to come off as too guarded in interviews then serves the media right. They unfairly spin anything just to cultivate a controversial narrative even though anyone with half a brain can read and see the context in which Craig spoke.
hollywoodreporter.com/features/megan-ellison-can-hollywoods-millennial-mogul-make-as-a-studio-head-1025689
For those still hoping MGM goes with Annapurna, here is a very insightful look into the company from THR.
Come on, you can do better than that. Even @Germanlady brings better retorts and she's German... and a woman.
Just go and get yourself a man. I mean it.
Why do u think Stuart Baird returned to editing? Actors wouldn't work with him. Coke or not, Downey Jr spoke out. As did Connery when he trashed the director of TLOEG at the London premiere. Point I'm making is actors speak out. And break from the PR script.