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Originally Posted by ffolkes
That's all... It seems that Craig is already getting a huge pummelling from the fans, so i tried to explain my thoughts on some reasonable level. What do you think of the whole casion royale/daniel craig thing, matt?
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well personally, i'm not fussed, he was great in Layer Cake, and i think its not really up to him to make the role good its up to the writers to put him in a decent situation and make a decent film...Bond doesn't have to be this or be that (young, aggressive whatever), he's Bond - plain and simple.
Roger Moore didn't play Bond like Flemming wrote it, the most realistic Bond is the least liked, Dalton...as long as he plays the role well, good luck to him...
the trouble is fans still want Brosnan
for some reason (many i hear) he wasn't asked back...a shame, but then again, perhaps the best thing for him, because the movies after Goldeneye were progressivly turing him into a Roger Moore Bond....too cheesy (although i must add he is my fav Bond, Moore...)
as much as DAD was panned i kinda liked some of it, there are some great action sequences in typical Bond fashion, and you can't fault all the nods to the entire series, which are great, and tbh Moonraker doesn't get panned, but DAD is the same kinda set up, hokey villians, unfeasible plots, but thats Bond all round...and if they change the set up too much fans will drift away too...we want cars, gadgets, girls, villians (& sidekicks) etc...
the problem is we now have Bourne to contend with and times have changed, when Brosnan came in with Goldeneye there was not a lot else to stand up against it, xXx tried to emulate it and failed, Brosnan made three more movies, two of which were pretty lame (plotwise) DAD & TND, but TWINE was pretty good...its a tough descision on where to take the franchise, and still keep it fresh
anyway back to Daniel and him playing Bond, well one he's British...Blonde (so what!), and is up for it to take on the role, he knows the responsibilty, and the burden of Bond, but he's gonna do it...good i say
i hope they don't fuck it up for him, because he'll get the blame, but its the writers adapting Flemmings story for him that needs to be spot on...
i really hope that the writers have seen some of the comments made by fans, after all its us who will be paying to see Bond 21...we just want likeable believeable charachters, and a decent plot
i see its still scheduled for Oct 2006, which i think is too soon, they need to take time and get it right,
and releasing it then is also missing such a decent marketing opportunity and a way to get fans back on side, because they really would have done better by releasing it in 2
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anyway there's not a lot anyone can do about it now, people are always gonna slate Craig if they start off doing it...i'm always one to give the benefit and see what happens, after all its not life and death its just a film...some people take everything too seriously (mainly film critics who are self righteous scumbags in the main...)
anyway
live and let live,