Casino Royale
 

I heard some rummours that Bond will not smoke in CR:eek:
What do you think of that?

Re: Casino Royale
 

will he still be drinking?
his wodka martini?

or will he end up as a vegetarian in this one?

Re: Casino Royale
 

Maybe his freshened lungs can help him chase down those bad guys!

Re: Casino Royale
 

He'll most like be eating the clam dish of the same name.

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He'll inject instead or just snort.

The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

It's not getting easy for him:

www.craignotbond.com

I feel sorry for the man, but can't help seeing the evident backlash already for Casino Royale.
In the worst case scenario the movie will bomb commercially (nevermind if it's a good film or not) and Craig will be out after one try.

PS. sorry for another 007 thread :D

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

no, these idiots need highlighting, while i agree that Craig might not be the right choice for the role, i do think we need to give the man a chance, afterall - its too late to start a campaign to stop Craig being Bond, he is the next Bond like it or not, and while i think making Casino Royal was a shite cop out, too, i think we should give the movie a chance before it gets slated...he's in a no win situation really, and i would like to see him in a 'new' Bond adventure, but thats at least a couple of years away...so we have and old story to judge him by.

All these 'craignotbond' idiots will have to see the movie to judge it...so the whole boycott thing is bollocks...

give the movie and the man a chance...afterall, its still gonna have the feel and flavour of the usual Bonds, just with a different man at the helm...who at least is British

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

I'm agreeing with you 100%, but i was mostly surprised with just how much animosity Craig is getting. I mean the whole site is insane, not to mention that petition to "boycott Casino Royale" etc.

I'd say give the man a break... i always knew that it'd be an uphill struggle for him, but this is ridiuculous. I wonder how EON's taking this?
They'll definitely go along with making the film, but i'm sure they are worried with the reaction as well.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

yer there's a site, but is that really the true feeling of fans? just because its bond it'll be a box office hit anyway, i mean die another day was complete toilet and it still took $400 million

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

exactly, in fact this may take more $$ because of the fact that people will want to see it...to see if its shite or not

we all know that the last three Star Wars movies arn't a patch on the first three but they are three of the highest grossing movies of all time, fans who slated TPM when it came out didn't do much to dampen fans enthusiasm for AOTC...and this is the same...Bond is stronger as a worldwide franchise than a piss poor site having a dig at the lead actor...

we will have to see if the film is any good, but by then it'll have taken big box office dollar, and it'll be deemed a BO success..

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

That depends entirely on what kind of a movie they end up making. If it's going to be an edgier bond it might be offputting for all the morons who loved Die Another Day.

Remember Dalton's bonds? He was closest to Fleming's original character and the movies were harder. Yet they still failed to ignite the boxoffice...
The initial motive of "people just want to see the new bond" won't carry too far.

And the star wars prequels were successors to the biggest movie trilogy of all time. So that alone, plus the years of fanboy waiting and massmarketing pushed the movie into huge heights. Lucas could've made all three movies by shooting at his own arse and it still would've made mad bucks.

Bond is not that bankable... It's only the later americanized Brosnan movies that have made billions. In fact the franchise was nearly dead until Goldeneye reinvegorated it.
As to the site: no question it is a crap dig at Daniel Craig, but there is a truth behind the concern over the lead of actor as 007. The diehard fans of Bond will surely see the new movie anyways, but what does that mean boxoffice-wise? Not much.

The money comes from the hordes of people who want to see easy entertainment, a "dark, handsome" lead as Bond and the same bullshit over & over. Seemingly as they will not be getting their usual meal, they might look elsewhere... And that's when EON is in trouble.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

the internet??!
a site i've never heard of making it not easy?

ha! hahahahahaha...

they care about as much as a 3am waitress at denny's is supposed to care

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

Just cos you didn't hear it doesn't mean it didn't get around.
The site caught enough attention to get mentioned in several entertainment news headlines... "fans boycott new bond movie".

That's already some damage for a site you never heard of.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

That site has also been mentioned on the BBC News homepage, and has received a fair amount of discussion across the airwaves. I can't see how EON could not have picked up on it. And given their own initial uncertainty in casting Craig (at least Michael Wilson's) and the now infamous lacklustre press conference, there's bound to be a few sleepless nights being had.

I'm really not sure what to expect from Craig. I remember people commenting on how Brosnan hadn't yet relaxed into the role in Goldeneye, despite it being an admirable film and performance. I can only imagine how nervous Craig must be feeling.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

noi ti's not, it's a news item within an entertainment industry that constantly laughs at little homemade petitions and websites that ALWAYS react too strongly and too pointlessly over this crap.

you're not convincing me that a c-grade designed site full of press photos and godawful bitching (blonde! aagh!) has enough of an audience to have any impact on how tough it is.

the internet doesn't exist.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

keep living in denial mate :)

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

try telling that to Harry Knowles

or the Artic Moneys....


i'm afraid that Eon will know about this, and they won't be laughing about it - it will be a mild concern, especially as it has had big publicity:

the headlines in one of the UK's papers was 'Fans Urged to Boycott Bond', now if they missed that they really are not keeping in touch with the world, and really won't care about anything.

I'm know for a fact that Eon or its parent company will employ a number of people who deliberatley scoure the web & news media for any mention of the word 'Bond', and they will 'cut' and 'clip' the articles for their press files, every major company does this, the company i work for does this, you HAVE to know what the world is saying about you and your business, good or bad, and often you have to react.

Eon won't be changing anything in the movie because of this, but i bet they Market the film in a way that counters the lead actor's bad press, they have to get people to this movie, because this is a make or break film, imo.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

Doesn't anyone see? This is all just to hype up the new James Bond film. It wouldn't even surprise me if those "fans who are mad" get payed.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

nice theory, perhaps this is some kind of eon/sony offshoot website...??

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

In public, he behaves with great dignity and endorses Craig's acting ability.

But working undercover, he's busy setting up websites to chip away at Craig's credibility.

Who is he?

The name's Brosnan.... Pierce Brosnan.... and this time, it's personal.

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

Heh this movie must be big, cos here in Karlovy Vary, where its being filmed the government must rebuilt a part of the town. To look better in the movie...


All for James:D

Re: And you are...? -"Craig, Daniel Craig."
 

A whole raft of Bond news and features seem to have come out today.

This interview with Broccoli and Craig is interesting... covering the bad press, the music, and Bond 22, among other things.

Also little bit of info on the black and white pre-title sequence over at Empire.

Casino Royale (1967)
 

Have you ever seen this movie?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0061452/

Re: Casino Royale (1967)
 

Yes, a couple of times. A real curiosity piece.

Amazing cast. Great score. Apart from that, I thought it was dire!

(though it certainly has its fans who'll vehemently disagree with me)

It sure aint A Bond Film™ in any recognisable sense.

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

the teaser trailer....

has this been posted before - couldn't find it....

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/

they also have a countdown to the official site launch...

but this is showing a lot of promise...

another one to look foward to

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

yet another rehashed property
brought back....

leave bond alone....sean connery
was pretty much it..

none of the others matched up
to him..

this one doesn't look like it will
either..

later
-1

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

owch...

Bond is a franchise and what you are saying is that after Connery, Bond was ruined, which is entirely not true...

unfortunately we needed new actors ever so often and its a case of different strokes for different folks, i loved Moore, because i grew up with him as Bond, but now I would say Brosnan is how i expect a Bond to act these days, and perhaps with Craig, we've got a Bond for the 21st Century

i'm not sure its a good idea to (re)make a film of the past, although this Bond movie was never made by the original production company, so its not really a rehash...its just the original story told how Flemming imagined, with a modern up to date twist...

Fans will always clamour for Bond movies, and the franchise has to keep moving and changing with the times, and despite the last movie's over use of CGI and crappy story lines, it was still a classic Bond, and this trailer leads me to believe that this will be one of the better recent Bonds - its probably back to how Flemming wanted him to be...a no nonsense spy

you're either a fan of Bond as a franchise of all Bonds or just one, which i know a lot of people are... its not a matter of matching up to Connery, its a matter of matching up to Bond

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

saw this a couple of days ago...

must say that i still have mixed feelings about it.
the trailer wasn't really excellent, so it might just be a case of "good film, dud trailer". Then again it could be the old "dud trailer, crap film" as well.

naturally i'm hoping for the best.

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

stimpee - any chance a moderate this post ^^^^

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/site/

the official site is now up and running

worth checking out

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

I must say I'm crazy excited for this movie. I thought Brosnan was great but the prospect of another Brosnan bond film sounds flat out boring. After seeing the black and white part of the trailer I kind of wish the whole thing was shot in black and white.

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

Nice to see Mads Mikkelsen in a major role outside of Denmark. Definitely looking forward to this. :)

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

Aston Martin DBS will debut in new Bond movie

*droooool* :cool:

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

God I wish I was rich. That car is beautiful.

Can't wait for the movie, too...I hope the stunts don't make my eyes roll too much.

trailer's up
 

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_p.../casinoroyale/

looking good :)

Re: trailer's up
 

yeah, all that fuss about daniel craig on the internet is REALLY affecting peope's descisions on whether they would see it or not now.

ahahahahahahaha...

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

Never been a James Bond fan, but this guy works as far as smooth goes.

And he's sexy too.


(fuuuuuckin' faaag, there, I said it for you)

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

i am so dissapointed that they chose this guy.

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

Explain? I think Craig's a bit more cro-magnon, which is right for the part.

Re: The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread
 

After seeing Layer Cake I think Craig can pull it off.