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The DANIEL CRAIG Appreciation thread - Discuss His Life, His Career, His Bond Films

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  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I do want a stand-alone film as well, with Campbell and Craig and why not.
    There is NO reason at all to look back at SP or even further back.
    Bond was never about sequels and it never again should be like that.
  • SharkBaitSharkBait
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    I looked into my crystal ball and it told me that Craig will return for his fift Bond and that Soderberg will helm the movie.

    I just hope I'm reading this correctly.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    Yes, Yes and Yes to Campbell returning! As I said previously " reunite the "Casino Royale band" of Campbell, Craig and , yes Arnold. Let them do what they did with CR, a reasonably faithful telling of one of Fleming's novels. It would make a great bookend for the Craig era."
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    I tell you @talos7 the day it is announced Campbell will direct Craig again in his fifth Bond movie and David Arnold is doing the score I'll instantly die of excitement!
    Well, no...I'll wait with dying until I've seen it of course.
  • talos7talos7 New Orleans
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    :D
  • GermanladyGermanlady
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    My Chemical Bromance
    ‏@DJBrogero
    Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, and Adam Driver are currently 50 feet away, dancing like fools to @carseatheadrest and I can't stop laughing.

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  • NicNacNicNac Administrator, Moderator
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    Now that doesn't look like a vodka martini to me.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    edited September 2016 Posts: 11,119
    Are we really that stuck in our Bond-Fandom mindset that we....only consider Martin Campbell as director? Not that I dislike Campbell. On the contrary, he would be a serious option for me as well.

    But, as we were discussing good stories and better screenplays, then why not letting first EON Productions focus on that and afterwards look for a possible director to execute it. It has been done with GE, with CR and perhaps with Bond #25?

    Having said all that, and IF a damn good story is in place, I do have a wishlist of directors who could direct such a good story treatment:

    - Martín Campbell
    - Steven Soderbergh
    - Ron Howard
    - Christopher Nolan
    - Paul Haggis (as director)
    - Guy Ritchie
    - Denis Villeneuve
    - Paul Greengrass
    - Anthony & Joe Russo
    - Jon Favreau
    - Kathryn Bigelow
    - Matthew Vaughn, &
    - Alfonso Cuarón (how could I forget him @BondJasonBond006)
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    Germanlady wrote: »
    My Chemical Bromance
    ‏@DJBrogero
    Daniel Craig, Channing Tatum, and Adam Driver are currently 50 feet away, dancing like fools to @carseatheadrest and I can't stop laughing.

    596fbded-5cf5-48d8-a685-16b94af3fdd3_zpsawhalcwn.png

    Good to see good ol Danny having fun ;-). Love the man.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    Are we really that stuck in our Bond-Fandom mindset that we....only consider Martin Campbell as director? Not that I dislike Campbell. On the contrary, he would be a serious option for me as well.

    But, as we were discussing good stories and better screenplays, then why not letting first EON Productions focus on that and afterwards look for a possible director to execute it. It has been done with GE, with CR and perhaps with Bond #25?

    Having said all that, and IF a damn good story is in place, I do have a wishlist of directors who could direct such a good story treatment:

    - Martín Campbell
    - Steven Soderbergh
    - Ron Howard
    - Christopher Nolan
    - Paul Haggis (as director)
    - Guy Ritchie
    - Denis Villeneuve
    - Paul Greengrass
    - Anthony & Joe Russo
    - Jon Favreau
    - Kathryn Bigelow
    - Matthew Vaughn

    That is a great list. But you have forgotten the most important one.

    Alfonso Cuarón.
    Imagine him together with Alexandre Desplat doing the score.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Soderbergh would likely hate the long shoots and may not like the restrictions placed on his vision, like Nolan. Paul Haggis might make his QoS script a reality and have Bond and Madeleine raise a baby in the movie, so I'm unsure there. Guy Ritchie needs to get on making more Sherlock Holmes movies, so axe him from consideration. Paul Greengrass is out of the question, as I'd actually like to see the movie I'm watching instead of a constant blur of moving parts. The Russos are making Disney money and are doing the best Marvel films we've got yet, so let them do their thing there.

    Don't have much of an opinion on the others.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Hey, Martin Campbell gave us two of the very Best Bond films, that is some talent you want to keep tapped! :-bd
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    Alfonso Cuarón baby, Alfonso Cuarón.
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
    edited September 2016 Posts: 4,588
    Murdock wrote: »
    Hey, Martin Campbell gave us two of the very Best Bond films, that is some talent you want to keep tapped! :-bd

    GE was a good effort. I disagree about it being one of the best, thought the opening shot, on Contra Dam, is pretty "damn" impressive.

    From the list by @Gustav_Graves, I'd like to see Villaneuve given a shot at it.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
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    GE is now in the vulnerable spot to be 20 years old. I think movies hitting the 20th are always looking and feeling a bit dated. But in another 10 years GE will definitely belong to the few true classics the franchise has.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    Are we really that stuck in our Bond-Fandom mindset that we....only consider Martin Campbell as director? Not that I dislike Campbell. On the contrary, he would be a serious option for me as well.

    But, as we were discussing good stories and better screenplays, then why not letting first EON Productions focus on that and afterwards look for a possible director to execute it. It has been done with GE, with CR and perhaps with Bond #25?

    Having said all that, and IF a damn good story is in place, I do have a wishlist of directors who could direct such a good story treatment:

    - Martín Campbell
    - Steven Soderbergh
    - Ron Howard
    - Christopher Nolan
    - Paul Haggis (as director)
    - Guy Ritchie
    - Denis Villeneuve
    - Paul Greengrass
    - Anthony & Joe Russo
    - Jon Favreau
    - Kathryn Bigelow
    - Matthew Vaughn

    That is a great list. But you have forgotten the most important one.

    Alfonso Cuarón.
    Imagine him together with Alexandre Desplat doing the score.

    Edited my post with the list ;-)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    GE's reliance on dated computer tech destined it to be badly outdated, but that tank chase, Bond vs. Alec fight and Natalya and Xenia will always be great, so those elements will keep the film alive.
  • GetafixGetafix
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    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    GE is now in the vulnerable spot to be 20 years old. I think movies hitting the 20th are always looking and feeling a bit dated. But in another 10 years GE will definitely belong to the few true classics the franchise has.

    Nope.

    GE will just keep on looking more and more dated.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Dated Shmated! It adds to the charm from which it came from. :P I love old tech and those classic computer clicking sounds. Ahhhhh. Classic.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Getafix wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    GE is now in the vulnerable spot to be 20 years old. I think movies hitting the 20th are always looking and feeling a bit dated. But in another 10 years GE will definitely belong to the few true classics the franchise has.

    Nope.

    GE will just keep on looking more and more dated.

    @Getafix, I wouldn't be too sure. Hell, the fact that GE will inevitably date badly is what will keep it alive. Years from now, our grandkid's grandkid's grandkid's will be watching GE on a projection screen inside their heads while they're dreaming, remarking at how funny those "computer" things must have been in an age without time travel, AI slave robots, hover cars and military warrior bots.
  • GetafixGetafix
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    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    GE is now in the vulnerable spot to be 20 years old. I think movies hitting the 20th are always looking and feeling a bit dated. But in another 10 years GE will definitely belong to the few true classics the franchise has.

    Nope.

    GE will just keep on looking more and more dated.

    @Getafix, I wouldn't be too sure. Hell, the fact that GE will inevitably date badly is what will keep it alive. Years from now, our grandkid's grandkid's grandkid's will be watching GE on a projection screen inside their heads while they're dreaming, remarking at how funny those "computer" things must have been in an age without time travel, AI slave robots, hover cars and military warrior bots.

    They will marvel at the amount of styling mousse in Brosnan's hair.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Getafix wrote: »
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote: »
    Getafix wrote: »
    BondJasonBond006 wrote: »
    GE is now in the vulnerable spot to be 20 years old. I think movies hitting the 20th are always looking and feeling a bit dated. But in another 10 years GE will definitely belong to the few true classics the franchise has.

    Nope.

    GE will just keep on looking more and more dated.

    @Getafix, I wouldn't be too sure. Hell, the fact that GE will inevitably date badly is what will keep it alive. Years from now, our grandkid's grandkid's grandkid's will be watching GE on a projection screen inside their heads while they're dreaming, remarking at how funny those "computer" things must have been in an age without time travel, AI slave robots, hover cars and military warrior bots.

    They will marvel at the amount of styling mousse in Brosnan's hair.

    Child of the far future: "Mum, did you see that?!"

    Mother of the far future: "What, honey?"

    Child of the far future: "That man there hung upside down in a lavatory, punched a man right in the face and his hair stayed in one place!"

    Mother of the far future: "You've not seen nothin' yet. Later, he pilots a tank in a country they used to call Russia, and he tears the place up with it, but guess what? His hair stays right in place. Amazing. Just amazing."
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    edited September 2016 Posts: 9,020
    No one can adjust his tie like Brosnan in a tank on the streets of St. Petersburg or in a jet boat while being under water.

    That's class!
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Superman is supposed to have perfect hair. ;)
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  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Brosnan could fix his cuffs and tie underwater in a tank of pond scum that's hanging upside down, swinging like a pendulum, AND with two sets of handcuffs on locked behind his back....blindfolded!
  • TripAcesTripAces Universal Exports
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    Murdock wrote: »
    Superman is supposed to have perfect hair. ;)
    1ZaF3uf.jpg

    Except, Brosnan's hair looked horrible in GE, far too long on the sides.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Brosnan does look like Superman there. Is this from DAD?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    No, I believe it's from The Thomas Crown Affair or TWINE.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    He wears a Superman costume in both of those?
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Nooooo. Haha, The image of Pierce I used. :))
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