The Casino Royale / Daniel Craig Thread

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by big screen satellite

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

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.

[dubman]

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

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by dubman

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

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.

[Deckard]

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.

[dubman]

Originally Posted by ffolkes

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.

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.

[ffolkes]

Originally Posted by dubman

the internet doesn't exist.

keep living in denial mate

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by dubman

the internet doesn't exist.

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.

[Leon]

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.

[big screen satellite]

Originally Posted by Leon

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.

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

[Deckard]

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.