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If they begin filming with a new actor who starts at age 50, alongside the rate they manage to churn out Bond movies these days, then yes, it's too old for Bond. He'll get two, three movies max by the time he's 60.
Did you know that Liam Neeson in the FIRST taken film wasn't much younger than Moore was AVTAK. Just goes to show.
Did you know that the FIRST 'Taken' film centers around an aged, retired agent, unlike Bond? I never said 50 is too old for action, I said it's too old for a Bond actor's very first film.
Yeah, I agree. It always helps to be on the right side of history in these matters. seems kinda obvious, tbh.
Craig is so much better than any suggestion made thus far. He just owns the role, and, to take a page out of Naomie's book, it's kind of disrespectful.
Instead of calling for the head of the man who's entertained and wowed us, we should be calling for the heads of the writers who need to catch up to the pace that DC is moving at. Just my two cents.
Exactly right. Well put. =D>
Cheers to you too Mendes. We must respect the actor who, whether the script is up to par or not, continues to give us a 007 who always delivers (that's a talented actor who rises above the drivel he was fed)...
... but saying that, although I know this film has issues, it also had so many wonderful qualities as shown in our favourite quotes discussion.
There is much to love in this film (and, yes, it will grow over time as a damn fine piece of entertainment, headlined by an old-school, charismatic leading man-- a man's man that the men admire and the ladies go, yah, that's a man I'd be with...)
But it's kind of his own fault. When he himself is casting doubt and a lack of clarity about his return it's only natural people will start going on about who the next Bond should be. Also, Craig's a smart guy and he knows how the media can be, afterall, the abuse he experienced first hand when he was cast should reinforce how he interacts with them; WE know what his wrist-slitting comment meant and how it was intended and I suspect many of the media did too but the words were too good to pass up to not use it as a means to over sensationalise Craig possibly being done with the role.
Anyway, I really hope he comes back for a 5th at least and I'm pretty sure he will. Unfortunately we just have to wait.
ABS O F Uc Ki N g LuTeLY
Craig: stay or go.
Having just watched SPECTRE again, no matter what you think of the film, this man in the tux absolutely should stay. He's too commanding in the role. Even with a knee injury, the guy is full of energy, charm, sarcasm, yet can turn the cold on (again, no matter what you think of the scene where Madeline breaks off the relationship with Bond, it's played beautifully. And when DC gets in the car with M, he's as cold as an air conditioner on the hottest day of summer).
I would hate to be BB and MGW. DC is too good in this role. As I stated in another thread (or maybe this one), take whatever actor you have in mind to replace Craig, then imagine specific scenes of Craig Bond vs the Actor. For example:
Craig vs Actor fighting atop a moving train, seducing Monica Bellucci, in a gambling sequence, in a face-off against M... and so on...
Can this Actor come out on top of most of these scenarios vs Craig?...
Love this!
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While think the chemistry between Craig and Lea was fine the problem was the script, an actress of her ability did what she could with such an under written role a bit like Almaric in QOS though I think he was more memorable despite the criticism's levelled at his villain, she certainy doesn't get anything as great as that Medrano moment where Greene reveals he's been conned, Mathieu utterly shines here.
I don't see how she could have had better chemistry than Green had with Craig though, I understand you might prefer it but to say way better I just don't see it.
Eva's Vesper still remains the Bond girl to beat in this era and I've no doubt she'll go down as it's Tracy in fans minds long after SPECTRE has been released.
The acting isn't the problem with the film it's the material they were given, Waltz comes across as going through the motions to me but I think that is more to do with he just has some of the dullest dialogue to spout considering who actually is revealed to be playing.
Vesper is one of those aspects of CR that is overrated. the fact that she is the yard stick used to measure all subsequent Bond Girls against is ridiculous. Both Camille and Madeline are better Bond girls than Vesper. That's my opinion.
I also think Seydoux and Craig had perfect chemistry.
Eva Green more or less outplayed Craig in CR and very much so. One of the reasons I doubted Craig's ability to be a 100% Bond back then.
Green stole every scene.
As for Vesper, she was a special Bond girl, like Tracy. In that regard I can't really compare her (and Tracy) to other Bond girls.
But I did like Vesper very much, not for the written character but for the actress Eva Green who is simply puts CR on a higher level.
To be honest I think Lea ends up doing most of the work in her scenes with Craig during SP. The train scene right before the fight is a good example. She's the one I'm smiling at and feeling engaged with. In the equivalent scene with CR, the two actors were on a far more even keel. Craig seems a bit like he's going through the motions sometimes. He's better in the earlier scene with Lucia.