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<font color=blue size=7><b>CR's success had more to do with Craig('s acting) than with Fleming's words.</b></font>
They destroyed the original novel more than anything else...
That and the desire to see if Craig would screw up.
Agree.
Yeah, that did but audiences loved all the parts not from the novel. eg. the freerunning.
Why couldn't they just film the book? It can't have been that difficult.
Wishful thinking of mine: just imagine Michael Fassbender in an eight episode HBO series set in the 50s. Completely faithful to the novel. An Alfred Hitchcock-like thriller. Not an action oriented movie. It would be awesome.
Well we have the 1954 version. I think that's great and the best we'll ever get.
*runs...*
Brilliant. You have me drooling. And then the rest of the series - in the right order. EON could make it happen. They would make money out of it and it wouldnt have to interfere with the film series. HBO would probably put up all the money and EON could get half the profits for doing nothing. Bond is a licence to print money and HBO would agree to such terms as it woud be a real moneyspinner if they did it right. Could film 3 a year and that way Fassbender could do all of Flemings novels back to back. Punishing schedule but would be awesome and stuff like CR,OHMSS, YOLT and TMWTGG done properly coupled with the responsibility of playing Bond would give an actor of his quality a reasonable challenge.
Look at Sherlock Holmes. Currently a film and TV series with very different takes on the character but both in good health and enjoying success.
Why couldnt we have a retro, faithful to Fleming Bond and a modern action packed spectacular Bond at the same time?
This would've been brilliant. But I think I'd rather have had a modern day adaption with Tarantino.
054- DISAGREE I don't think it was craigs acting OR flemmings book.
CR was controversial from the start, people were already saying craig couldn't do it, and that he looked nothing like bond.
I think it was a huge success because of all the backlash against craig and the reboot idea, people wanted to see how it turned out.
It being that well liked only helped the end result.
Daniel was not allowed to really act, they just sunk a house.
Both of you guys hit the nail on the head perfectly. Though I will say having it be the first film in years to be based and named after a Fleming novel definitely helped with advertising.
The series ended on a poor note with Brosnans last release, big things were expected and Craig was a fairly well established actor by 2005 and some had high hopes for Casino Royale and were interested to see what the man could add to the long running series. But we can't pin the success of that release solely with Daniel Craig
I'm going to give Craig the nod. My jaw dropped the first time I saw the African rundown. The Miami airport chase of Carlos was almost as brilliant. Craig convinced me he was the right man to be Bond before Fleming's CR was introduced into the film. CR is not in my Top 3 novels, but CR is in my Top 3 films.
<font color=blue size=7><b>Darwinian theory: the Bond series has to evolve or it dies.</b></font>
....well obviously!!? ;)
Evolve Evolve Evolve......get my drift!! :-B
Need to keep up with the current times.
DaltonCraig007
You will say anything to be controversial.
Your like my 16 year old nephew arguing that sky is pink...
Mod edit: please avoid double posts by using the edit button.
What did I say ? I just said that if you change too much the Bond formula you risk of alienating part of the fanbase, and even moviegoers.