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A satirical take on it!
Oh look, a new video interview by TimeOut with DC and since it's a video, nothing can be taken out of context this time.
Are you done with Bond?
Who should be next?
Watch him as he's saying that last quote. He's not angry, he's not being snarky, he's being open and honest. He cares about his tenure. Beyond that, he's done just like the rest of the actors. It's out of his hands, he has no say and he knows that. It's best not to think about it beyond that point of retirement.
That's not the point. The point is your voice is not being heard 'out there'. There is no contextualization in the blogosphere/internet. Just publicity without your keen finessed arguments & rationale, and it is at this moment.....just before the film's release.....the wrong kind.
As I said, they should just release another rumour to get the talking heads wagging (Bab's is retiring or something like that.....she should take one for the team to move this along.....).
Again, you're completely missing my point. My point is that it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what we think. It doesn't matter what they (the general public) say. They say one thing and do another. That's the internet. People strung up Matt Damon over his comments yet still flocked to see The Martian. People chastised Justin Bieber yet still bought his single enough to make it go to No. 1 on the singles chart. Hell, even better, people blew their tops over Writing's on the Wall being such a sad, depressing downer yet still got to No. 1 on the UK charts.
That is my point. People will complain to high heaven on the internet about anything and anyone just to have their voices heard and to ruffle a few feathers yet they'll still (and I'm willing to bet this with hard-earned cash) flock to see SPECTRE because it's a James Bond film. It doesn't matter what any actor says or how people take his comments. His comments are irrelevant. This has been proven time and time again by many movies, including most recently The Martian. They just. Don't. Care.
That's just priceless! Printed it out for my Bond collector's book :))
I'm with this guy. Always a pleasure to read your wisdom RC7
This is where you and I disagree. The stakes couldn't be higher for SP with the budget, delays and contract discussions post-Sony - not to mention heated competition this year.
DC is no Matt Damon, who has proven to be far more bankable and is part of the Hollywood machine.....DC is far from that.
I think on the margin, this, in combination with the negative Sony leaks, and the song, are going to have an impact to box office.
Let's see how this plays out. It's going to be quite interesting for sure.
Spectre will not be affected by this thing.
But Craig as a person has taken a hit that can't be denied and that's a shame.
He'll be quoted forever with those remarks.
Well the Scandinavians are a wise people or do you simply lack any newspapers up there? :)
British tabloids don t get quoted much here, unless it is royal gossip.
I like what Craig has done with the part of Bond. He'll go down, assuming SPECTRE is the hit I think everyone is expecting it to be, as my second favorite or maybe even tied atop the list with Dalton. But, if he's tired or soured on the role, then I'd rather see him leave and move on and open the role up for someone eager to take it on.
Because he brought sarcasm and humour to the interview?
He said this "cut my wrist"-line with a twinkle in the eye. One can read that in between the lines. And if you know how Craig talks in interviews, you know what to take serious and what not.
The thing is, I'm not even that loyal. I'm not afraid to admit it - I was part of the Anti-Craig bandwagon before Casino Royale and the only reason I like the new Bond films are the movies themselves, not necessarily the actor acting in them. They've noticeably gone from sub-par films to great films since 1998-2006 which is odd considering I think the exact opposite of Brosnan (great Bond, terrible movies overall aside from GE).
Craig's Bond is always going rogue and that annoys me but the villainous plots and the villains on the whole are solid as well as the cinematography and the overall production of the films. So I'm very 50/50 on the man as Bond himself but I cannot fault him for the media over-blowing comments nor can I knock him for speaking his mind in a profession that is (on the whole) insincere and fake.
Except it is comparable because Damon's comments are still being talked, he's still receiving backlash in the media and yet the movie is still doing well accordingly, in fact I believe it was No. 1 at the box office in the states for the (second?) week in a row. The same will be said for SPECTRE. As long as that film has good reviews and a good word of mouth, DC could say whatever and folks will still flock to see it in droves because that's just how people are. They don't care what an actor says or does, they only say they do because they like feeling like they have a voice on the matter. Makes them feel important. It's the curse of the internet. Everybody suddenly believes that they are somebody when in reality they are not.
This is the same exact crap Casino Royale had to overcome. A risky reboot, an actor the majority did not want (Clive Owen I believe was the mainstream favorite), coming off the back of a universally hated Bond film, risking confusion over bringing back Dame Judi Dench. That film had just as much going against it, if not more, and yet it still performed extremely well. People see too much doom and gloom over something that is, on the whole, insignificant in the grand scheme of things at best.
IF this movie fails or doesn't do as well as Skyfall, the media will blame everything from it not being Idris Elba, to the script leaks, to DC mouthing off. But the truth of the matter is the film will only fail if it's a terrible film. That's it. Everything else doesn't matter and any film failing could be attributed to anything but that doesn't make it accurate.
No Bond is universally loved. But when it comes to Craig, posts that don't praise him get buried under those that do, very quickly.
True.
A good point. :P
Yes indeed.
But it's Daily Mail. You can't expect them to even understand a concept such as respect.
Bieber has done that, really? Oh my. How on earth does he still have fans?
Laughing here at Cruise "being an all-around madman" :)) He is, um, an interesting case... And yes, people still go and see his movies.
I do pretty much agree with what you're saying. I don't think many people care about what actors say or do most of the time. People may hear some of it and may comment, but it's unlikely to be a deciding factor in whether they see a movie of theirs or not. I think those comments were unfortunate especially how they've been presented and when, but I don't see this as a PR nightmare. People overreact here somewhat because this is a Bond forum and we care so much, but in the wider world, well...
I suppose Mel Gibson got into a PR nightmare, and never got out. A lot of the audience probably wouldn't have minded much, but the industry did. Compared to something like that this is surely pretty insignificant.
If people are interested in seeing the movie in the first place since it's a Bond movie, or because of good reviews or word of mouth, then they'll see it. If they mistakenly think the lead actor is ungrateful for the role... they'd still see the movie.
I know the complaints are not just Craig hate, it's obvious enough. All complaints are not coming from that place, and I understand people having concerns. People who are not going over the top and are merely expressing concerns are making sense for most part, and I certainly haven't meant that people having concerns are crazy. You, for instance, don't seem crazy in the slightest. :)
Thank you ...truly. ...I may have gone overboard ..pun intended. Such a big movie and tensions high.
Yeah Beiber's 15 minutes of fame are pretty much gone. He resorts to some stupid publicity stunts to stay popular. whether it be showing off his bits or singing to his grandmother naked. Tasteless attention grubber he is.
I just had to google that yesterday since I didn't have a clue, either. The other thing was started by this interview:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/sep/27/matt-damon-i-think-you-are-a-better-actor-the-less-people-know-about-you
(the bit about how people should basically hide their sexuality... but not heterosexuals, of course, it's not like he does himself)
The other was... oh, google his name and diversity.
In both cases he didn't seem to quite get the issues.
DTD
It wasn't the couch jumping episode (though this didn't help matters); it was the anti-depressant tirade he went on, calling out Brooke Shields for taking them for post-partum depression. The media came down hard on him over that. Cruise issues a heart-felt apology (which Shields accepted) but the damage was done, for some reason. And then there are the unsubstantiated rumors about his religious beliefs.
But note that Cruise has NEVER been...
busted for drugs or a DUI;
arrested;
caught going off on cast and crew;
rude toward fans, even when he was squirted with water at a premiere event;
in a fight with paparazzi.
In general, Cruise has been a pretty good guy. Not one of his ex-wives has ever had a bad word to say about him, and Nicole has even kept working with him (as a producer).
But I know several people who can't stand him, and it all comes down to the religion and the Brooke Shields comment, and I can't fathom so much distaste over such little offense.
Better hear that Bieber than seeing his...ahem... :))
I didn't hear about that thing with Damon either. That's not something that makes worldwide headlines, I'm always reading the entertainment section in the newspapers and that never came up anywhere here.
Unlike Craig which has even been today again in the papers...