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Abit over sensitive? Or no one was safe on set from his groping.
Not even close.
"[Roger] played it more comic."
It would have helped if he was actually funny. Dalton's humor in his two Bond films was actually well done.
touchiness... lol
Never. As more actors play Bond and do multiple films he will be forgotten. Thankfully, it was a Fleming novel adaptation he starred in, so there's hope he won't be. By some anyway.
Not always. The "looks like he came to a dead end" line in LTK falls flat and feels forced in.
Babs and MGW seem determined that nu-Bond always have issues.
I think that is Craig to an extent. Though this needn't mean Craig can't bring the suave cool to Bond that Connery did, as it's the plan to do just that with Skyfall. Craig has even said as much.
Example: the "of course you are" line. When connery says it it's dry yet clear and authoritative. In other words witty. When Craig says it in Quantum he pretty much mumbles.
=D> =D> =D>
Agreed sir, these are great days to be a Bond fan.
Don't get me wrong, I like Craig's Bond, but it lacks the snobbish element to be closer to Connery and Fleming's Bond.
Anyway, that's how I feel about it.
It might be that Craig can't pull it off. Connery was/is a great actor. With guidance from Terence Young, Sean created and perfected the on-screen character.
Perfect, just as it should be.
This guy (a lover of Craig) doesn't think so :)) :))
(I know Ive posted this review several times on here but its just SOOO epic :D ).
I think that alot of the Brosnan fans are still bitter about the fact that everyone was so sure Craig would fail big time and EON would come crawling back to the metrosexual middle-aged Brosnan. But the exact opposite happened. CR blew anything Brosnan did out of the water. Better reviews, higher grosses, and an overall renewed sense of interest in a stale series for many people. One can argue GE did the same thing only CR did it much bigger.
I would actually re-watch TND or TWINE (watching TND as we speak) True they aren't as "deep" but they are more entertaining. Its really strange, I remember a hardcore fan saying that some of the "worse" entries had more of a re-watch value and...you know what...I agree.
I'm no Craig hater. Im growing to like him more and more BUT he isn't immune to making a weak film - something the Craig worshippers won't admit.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/reviews/622/Quantum-of-Solace
Certainly not for me. I think the worst films have the least re-watch value. I'll re-watch the likes of CR, FRWL, DN, and OHMSS but rarely ever go back to watch DAD, TWINE, TMWTGG, etc.
they are entertaning they paid off sure they arent the strongest storywise but atleast they made F$((ng sense Qantum is utterly a mess i cant believe people defend it.. i enjoyed Daniel in Casino Royale because it had a clear story and made sense and i hope to god that Skyfall doesnt end up a Skyfail
I thought that when I left the cinema in 2008 and still think it now. I don't consider it the worst but its certainly very underwelming.
Though Kermode is perhaps a bit harsh I can completely see where he's coming from. His review is more fun than the entire film. In the preperation for SF it seems that Quantum is now being seen as a "blip", not only by the public and by fans but by the people actually involved in making it.
I guarantee that Quantum will be considered a relitively forgettable entry in the future.
That's exactly how I think about it!
Therefore I really do hope, that those rumours about Bond quitting the service - again - are not true. I don't want to see him in a troubled state of mind again, having lost his faith - or guts or whatever! This is why I'm not so happy about this first photo, as Craig looks rather dark and gloomy, again.
Well, you stated that very succinctly for me, too, Kennon. I totally think that way.
I'm of the opinion that Craig does capture that relaxed arrogance, and he does look comfortable in his skin. Which is why MW makes these comments.
Dalton and Brosnan tended to play Bond with the weight of expectation on their shoulders. You could see it in their eyes that this was a big part and a tough ask. The history of the part was always shadowing them. Dalton tried to be different but tried too hard. Every movement of his face and body was calculated and actorish. It was like watching a stage play of a Bond adventure. Brosnan simply played Bond four different ways, looking for the way that suited him best.
Roger Moore succeeded in part because he couldn't care less about the history of Bond and Connery's part in it. The same to a degree with Lazenby.
Now Craig has clearly thought it through, and tried to develop Bond in a way that addresses the usual problem with making a film ie scenes are shot out of sequence and sometimes (Brosnan especially) Bond's actions in one scene don't somehow represent the happenings from the previous scene. Craig never falls in to that trap and neither did Connery. Great screen actors both of them.
A scene which demonstrates the "relaxed confidence" perfectly is the PTS of Royale.
I agree with both being great actors. And I agree with Craig looking comfortable in his skin, as well. The problem - or merely the point, as it's actually not a "problem" - is not about Craig but about how the script describes Bond. We could see Bond's "relaxed arrogance", this certain light-heartedness in maybe the first half of CR. But then again he had not fully grown into beeing a double-0. During the course of CR he did grow into being 007, but at the same time the events that made him become 007 made things personal for him and he let these things get to him. That's why the connery-esque light-heartedness got lost, in parts at least. And it never returned in Qos.
This is nothing I blame the writers for! Actually I like the way the character developed a lot, as this is completely different and more credible than anything we have seen in ages before Craig!
But, what I wanted to say is, that we are yet to see Craig being his closest to Connery in the way mentioned above. And I am looking forward to that!