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Craig on the backlash before CR came out
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It was quite nice to see public opinion change after CR was released.
People did know about the new guy playing 007. They did EON a big service, might personaly be stupid offensive to DC, but they did put his name out there in their own special way.
Indeed the press, then the public had it in for him. People did hate the hair and the life-jacket. I remember clearly, at the time members of my family thought Craig was ugly. Why such a reaction was provoked I'll never know, what could have been done? I mean, just look at Brosnan's beard when he was announced.
I wonder who "one of my people" was? If it's a high up person, say Craig's agent, telling him it's "not looking so good" that really can't have helped as he then had to wade through pages of crap for five hours online whilst filming was underway. Must have made him feel awful, especially if it was like crack. Like a car crash, it's awful but I bet Craig couldn't look away, thankfully people online aren't the majority of the public opinion.
It's interesting to know that even at the premiere Craig was still unsure but it looks like it turned out OK in the end and now it's he who is "hungry for more" in the shape of Bond 23. I can't wait for it.
Most people were intrigued, it was indeed a huge publicity help for EON to promote the flick, which makes all of it an epic failure. Bond fans always should give the actor a fair chance, and Craig proved that all the negativity directed towards him was just a snowball effect from a few idiotic comments written by a few "journalists" who didn't like him.
QOS was more criticized, I wouldn't call his performance in it bad though. We'll see how he does after a more traditional outing, which is rumoured next.
And anybody else notice the moment when he looks at his ring? Can't help but be happy for the guy... :)
It didnt help that his films were rubbish either.
I dont remember Bond fandom being so split as the Brozzer/Craig handover. There were those who liked Moore, those who liked Connery...but nothing quite as rabid as those times. The rise of the internet I suppose?
I liked Brosnan and was surprised when he wasn't asked back after DAD, and some of the original reporting certainly had a "check out how unattractive this new guy is" angle to it. But Craig won me over instantly and, to my surprise, all of the women I know love him. Good to know for those of us that don't look like Brosnan that personality and presence can count for a lot too ;-)
I have been a Bond fan since 1977 and have seen Brozzer, Moore and Dalton leave the series. Also Laz was probably the first one to be sacked or given an insulting offer so that it was made sure he left the series. But never have I seen the furore of Brozzer going and Craig arriving.
But setting up a website in the soul intention of h8ting on an actor is pretty low,
I hope when Daniel leaves the series his successor isnt subject to such abuse....
I suppose those very early press conferences gave the press amunition aswell.
The press had a field day announcing that Bond 'fans' had turned their back on Craig. The actions of the DCNB croud meant we were all lumped together. I had been a fan of DC since Our Friends In The North and followed his career carefully. When he was announced I was pleased and intrigued. The only thing about him when I saw CR was he was even better than I had hoped.
I was disappointed that Brosnan wasn't returning but interested to find out more about this new guy having never (to my knowledge) seen him in a film before. Turned out I had seen him in Tomb Raider but I didn't realise that until some time later.
Anyway, I watched him in Layer Cake and thought he was pretty good so I was ready to accept him.
Oddly though when I watched Royale for the first time I wasn't too impressed - it was only during a second viewing a few days later that I realised how good it was.
The plus for the internet is that fact-checking is much more common than on talk radio. While people present their opinions as fact or just invent statistics or "facts" on talk radio they often go unchallenged. On the internet they're far more likely to get called out for presenting untruths.
The same can happen on the 'net though. Someone repeated an "urban legend" about Craig here and when I pointed it out as such and asked to have a credible source cited the poster told me that I was the one who should research it (it's commonly accepted that the person wanting you to believe something should be the one providing evidence). Some people will just believe what they want to believe no matter how much evidence there is against it (Saddam was behind 9/11! The moon landing was faked in a Hollywood studio!) so it's best not to support them and give them attention if they aren't willing to have a true discussion.
Having said that, I enjoy coming here as there is a lot of respectful disagreement amongst members. Very enjoyable when compared to the sucks/rules! dichotomy found on other fan sites on the 'net.
Like many here, I was one who had no problem with it. Though I hadn't really seen Daniel Craig in many films, I did decide to give him a chance. I would let the end result speak for itself. With the dividing of fans and the mass stupidity that seemed to go on for far to long, the end result to many is that Daniel Craig is an excellent James Bond.
Of course you can't please all of the people all of the time, (but those who still can't just get over it aren't worth worrying about anyway. Far to much time on their hands) only some of the people most of the time.
I was so pleased that CR was a massive hit, after all the backlash it was satisfying to see the film, and all that we'd argued about turn into a success. I could never understand the backlash that dragged on for months before the film was released. The life jacket, the inability to drive a stick shift / car with gears, the loss of a tooth??? I seem to recall something about that. Give the guy a chance to prove himself, before you write him off.
Fun, yet confusing times. But to be honest, I hated being labelled a Bond fan who was against Craig as all Bond fans seemed to be at the time. Nope only a few nutters with overly worrying obsessions, the rest of us were right behind our man Craig.
Maybe it´s the fact that over time I´ve gotten used to the image of James Bond as the very english, and darkhaired gentleman. Where as DC especially in CR looked more Scandinavian or Russian to me, with the blond hair and the steel grey eyes. Personally I think he would have done wonderfull as a ´Badguy` in a bond movie, but not as Bond.