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He also had that bad knee injury,which put him off the ski scene as well,thats why he stalks around in the PTS rooftop scene and escaping Blofeld's crater,he couldn't run.
He was in a lot of pain apparently,so he did well to disguise it.
Is that an actual fact from the Sony leaks or is it just speculation on your part? Because as an argument it has less validity than creationism:
1. Did Rog ski off the cliff? Did Broz do the bungy jump? Did Tim hang off the cargo net? No because it's too dangerous and that's what stuntmen are for.
2. Rog could ski and so could Laz but it doesn't matter if you are Franz Klammer (or indeed Hannes Oberhauser himself) no one is going to let their lead actor do something dangerous that might jeopardise completing the film.
3. So it's OK to CGI Dan's face onto a stuntman when Bond is riding a bike along the top of Istanbul or hanging out of a chopper over Mexico City but for a ski sequence it's imperative we see that it's him doing it all for real?
4. Did Dan do the crane jump in CR or roll the Aston. Oh no he wasn't up to that - so why weren't those sequences axed too?
5. So who flew the plane in the finished sequence? Dan (presume he remembered from when he learned to fly the DC10 in QOS as that must have been him otherwise the scene would have been shelved?) How is it any different cutting to close ups of him in a cockpit in front of green screen than it is on skis in front of a green screen?
6. The OHMSS ski sequence is better than any action sequence of the Craig era despite cheesy cutaway back projection shots of Laz. Just because you can see the actors face in a sequence doesn't automatically make it a brilliant action sequence. And as noted in point 5 above, in the finished plane sequence we barely see Dan's face anyway so what was the point?
I'm sure there more but suffice it to say that Craig not being able to ski being the reason to pull the scene is utter, utter bollocks. Presumably he doesn't kill people either but through the magic of cinema and, crucially, acting they make us believe he does.
Don't get me wrong it's nice to have your leading man in amongst it but, if true, is this another instance of EON ceding control to Dan? Dalton was as keen as Dan to do his own stunts but was firmly told 'no' when stunts were too big for him. And consequently his films have action sequences the Craig era can only dream of. Food for thought for B25.
PS - The TWINE ski sequence is bog average and that's on a good day. But that has nothing to do with Brozza's skiing ability or lack thereof.
He also had that bad knee injury,which put him off the ski scene as well,thats why he stalks around in the PTS rooftop scene and escaping Blofeld's crater,he couldn't run.
He was in a lot of pain apparently,so he did well to disguise it.
It's a completely moot point because he wouldn't be allowed to do it for insurance reasons.
Unless you are Steve McQueen or Tom Cruise with the clout to say 'Unless you let me do the dangerous stuff the picture doesn't get made' they don't let you do the really dangerous stuff.
It's true he can't/won't ski.
He said in an interview that he doesn't know how to ski.
And I don't know how many times I need to repeat it - it's utterly irrelevant as no Bond as ever skied on screen. Even Rog who loved skiing was on a sled in the scene when he skis with Bibi which looks pretty realistic.
Craig is co-producer. They would have let him, had he wanted to.
I would think they are more likely to do something under water.
That's the only thing he hasn't done yet,scuba diving.
I was just answering your question. I quite agree with you.
Aha! Finally some words of sense that lead us to the root cause of the problem. The Craig tail wagging the EON dog. You're a paid employee so how about just do what it says in the script instead of telling us what you do and don't fancy doing?
Where does it end?
The only thing that gets evident from your - as usual - much too lengthy post is that you didn't even comprehend the plot of DAD.
"a space laser weapon to destroy North-Korea"
Not really !
Good Bond? Debatable.
Good Bond girl? No.
Good Villain? No.
Good Soundtrack? No.
Good Plot? No.
Good Script? No.
Good dialogue? No.
Good action? No.
At least DAD was so bad, it is actually good. In the kind of way a Saturday morning Superhero cartoon is. Yes, it's an awful film, but it's entertaining.
SP fails on so many levels because everything it set out to achieve fell flat on it's face. DAD never tries to be intelligent, ambitious, sombre (except the torture scenes, but even then there was humour), or blow millions of dollars on a single shot of explosion "just because". DAD is quite unpretentious in that way.
Ooowh really greenie ;-). Be my guest and explain it to me. I think you can use another sentence, one or two, for that.
So
Pretty cold and rather surprising post from you, given you preach positivity only regarding SP. I loathe the film but I've never tried to knock those who enjoy it down a peg with a personal dig.
So by inference are you saying that SP is therefore for the intelligentsia? Because there's nothing more simple minded than SPs mish-mash of ideas, confused plot and flailing attempts at character depth along with Mendes' themes of 'The Dead Are Alive' hammered home with all the subtlety of a Lee Cattermole tackle from behind.