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Nah, I don't. I'd like to see him return to acting in smaller, more interesting films.
It's a brilliant film. When Craig was announced as Bond, I watched films such as this and was then a firm believer. I haven't enjoyed his turn of career in the last ten years... admittedly I've missed a few of his films but.. his early films were great. I hope he returns to that kind of fare. His desperation to prove his comedic abilities is baffling. Yeh he can be quite funny, but so what? His earlier films such as Sylvia, Obsession, Some Voices, Infamous, and the series Our friends in the north really made me a fan. I can't say I'm a fan anymore...
I appreciate his past films and look forward to the next Bond....
Craig now seems to only care about what is currently popular, and his wage. He's the opposite of what I first liked about him and what first inspired myself to become an actor.
I don't think this is unfair, I'm basing it on the choices he's made over the last ten+ years...
Don t think this ever got an answer? Does anyone know?
Can you remember any more than that?
Only film I can think of with a gas holder like that is Shooting Fish, but no DC or look-a-like is in that from what I can recall.
I didn tmake that thread.
Could it have been one of his earlier films like 'Obsession'?
You're not entirely wrong.
I gotta say that on a rewatch, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a slight disappointment. I remember being enthusiastic about this film and a recent rewatch of Seven got me even more excited. However, TGWTDT is a little impersonal an affair for David Fincher. Though I enjoyed the moody and frosty Scandinavian landscape. This is a sleek but chilly thriller. Nothing in the movie matches the opening nightmarish Bondian credit sequence (Just imagine Fincher's 007 film!). Ultimately, this is an overly neat film - especially considering it comes from the same director of Seven and Zodiac - that feels as though it was mandated by a risk-averse studio.
The issue is that the mystery inertly unfurls and the characters are a tad bland. It's not to say that the film doesn't have atmosphere and there is also great chemistry between the leads. However, this kinda story has been told more compellingly before (notably by David Fincher). Nonetheless, this is grim pulp entertainment and, despite its length, has great pace. The appeal for Fincher was clearly the Lisbeth character and her avenging angel attitude. Unsurprisingly, this is Rooney Mara’s movie for the taking, and she snatches it up in dramatic fashion. Meanwhile, Daniel's role is a little colourless in comparison. However, he is perfectly cast as the ruffled, unkempt journalist. I enjoyed the relaxed and natural quality he brought to the role. Daniel sheds leading-man vanity to play Blomkvist as past his prime and somewhat cowardly. Also, he just looks hot in glasses.....😍😍😍
I'm not sure I can think of too many films of his apart from Bond that have been all that great. Knives Out was a riveting first watch, but it really didn't hold up for me the second time. Maybe it's just the whodunnit nature of the genre.
Layer Cake is still a great indie-style gangster film. I'd put that up there with my favorites of Craig's non-Bonds.
I do want to see Logan Lucky at some point, and I ought to revisit Road to Perdition.
Craig has had some great films under his belt outside of Bond but Munich is my favorite of those and easily one of my favorite films of all time.
That's a great and funny film.
"I said no peekin."
I have always loved this film. It's right in the middle of Fincher's "Golden Era": Zodiac / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button / The Social Network / TGWTDT / Gone Girl. That is a span of five nearly-flawless films.
Truth be told: TGWTDT turned me into a DC fan. I was ho-hum about him as Bond. I actually went to see TGWTDT because of Rooney Mara. Instead, I walked out of the theater more impressed by Craig. I immediately rewatched CR and QoS and I had a whole new appreciation of him. Then, the following fall, I was excited about SF, and it did not disappoint.
1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
2. Layer Cake
3. Knives Out
4. Enduring Love
5. Logan Lucky
6. Munich
5. Cowboys and Aliens
6. Flashbacks of a Fool
7. Archangel
8. Sylvia
9. The Mother
10. Defiance
I'm not entirely sure how this list is supposed to be read, but I kind of want to structure all future Top 10s this way. :D
LOL...I just now noticed. I have no idea. I used the "numbering" option. And I remember making the list and thinking, this is more than 10. Then it came out as 10, and I didn't proof it.
1. KNIVES OUT
2. LAYER CAKE
3. ARCHANGEL
4. LOGAN LUCKY
5. ENDURING LOVE
6. DEFIANCE
7. ROAD TO PERDITION
8. THE GOLDEN COMPASS
.................and there's a handful I still haven't seen.
Have you not seen 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'? Worth seeing, Craig is very good in it, and you should also check out 'Munich', a smaller role, but impressive non the less!
Haven't seen either of those yet. Something for me to look forward to.
Check out both ASAP, they're phenomenal.
Enduring Love is a great example of 00s British cinema, even if it does skew towards middle-class North Londoners who frequent wine bars. Nonetheless, it is artfully directed. In particular the photography is striking and inventive; especially in the more action-oriented beats (it does make you wonder what Roger Michell would have done with Bond). Daniel Craig is pretty excellent as the haunted lecturer. His trauma and slow descent into madness is compelling. It's an internalised performance, persuasively normal until his even-tempered calm is cracked. The film captures the grief and helpless rage of those who witness disasters about which they can do nothing. Rhys Ifans adds an engrossing wrinkle and helps accentuate that our protagonist is loosing control. However, there are some moments where Ifans feels more like a Batman villain. The film begins by asking ethical questions and then gradually descends into thriller material. However, this doesn't derail proceedings and actually heightens the maddening quality at the centre of the story.
Next up was Munich. It is really no wonder that Steven Spielberg is so lauded. His filmmaking here is top-notch. The framing and shot compositions are flawless. More often than not Spielberg shoots in elegant, unbroken shots 👌👌👌. His handling of the action sequences are Hitchockinan and pulse-quickening. Nonetheless, this is a surprisingly tough film for the usually saccharine director (aside a misjudged sex scene). I enjoyed the murky world of espionage explored here. However, what could have been a heart-pounding two-hour drama emerges as an overlong morality play which runs out of steam. It doesn't help that you cannot engage in the bland Eric Bana's growing crisis of conscience. The best performances come from a pair of Bond baddies - Mathieu Amalric and Michael Lonsdale - as French underworld figures. Daniel Craig is eye-catching as the fiery blond South African. Whilst his character may be the 'wildcard' of the team, he isn't really all that feral. If anything, his appearance reminded me that Spielberg should cast him in his mooted Bullitt sequel.
I subjected myself to Dream House. However, much to my surprise, I actually rather enjoyed the film (at least the first two-thirds). The film is a sanitised attempt to emulate Kubrick’s The Shining, and naturally does not reach those heights. Instead, this is closer to the B-films that were prevalent in the studio system in 90's and 00's (usually starring big names in tension-free, 90-minute affairs). It most reminded me of the disposable Johnny Depp film, Secret Window. The script clearly had dramatic potential, which may explain why Jim Sheridan and the cast signed on. Nonetheless, the generic approach and godawful third act (that stinks of reshoots) kill the film. I actually think Craig is incredible in the film. It's interesting seeing him as the family man (he has brilliant chemistry with Rachel Weisz) and his transformation in the second act is sympathetic. The film works best when it's a story of ghosts conjured out of grief and the exorcism of hidden traumas. It's almost a shame Craig is giving such a strong performance in this film. Sadly, there is a version of Dream House on the cutting room floor which is probably closer in spirit to Scorsese's Shutter Island. Sadly, we won't see that version. On a final note, Daniel sports some *ahem* interesting hairstyles......
I rewatched Layer Cake last week it was great, Daniel's performance is amazing, his star quality shines off the screen. No doubt in 2005 there was no other man that could have been Bond #6, it had to be Craig.
It's funny when you watch Being James Bond because they reference almost all of Craig's other pre Bond filmography but Later Cake, when most people see that as the film that got him Bond. It's like EON don't want to admit it, the film was a perfect audition