Posted on 06/30/2008 7:22:11 PM PDT by pcottraux
Hi-res version on the film’s official website, 007.com. Much better quality.
Casino with Craig was such a relief after decades of utter crap, but Ian Fleming would not recognise this guy as Bond.
Oh, sure he would.
Huge Bond fan. Looks awesome. Love how they’ve taken it back to the begining, but with a modern stage.
I hope that not every Bond film contains Judy Dench “not trusting Bond”. Maybe if she watched previous Bond films, she’d get the point and figure he’s on the Queen’s side. (((sigh)))
I liked it too, but as a woman I do not find Daniel Craig’s face visually stimulating. He is a great actor, from the neck down. Clive Owen, Ben Barnes, Gerald Butler and Jackie Broyles are better choices and easy on the eyes./Just Asking - seoul62......
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Fleming’s original creation was a brutal, gritty, hardened killer. An alcoholic womanizer addicted to pain killers and a chain smoker and kind of an unstable manic depressive. Most of the suaveness came from the transition to the movies. And I actually thought there was a LOT of class and sophistication to the Craig-Bond...it was just a darker and more mysterious kind. I thought he had a real Steve McQueen quiet-loner-tough-guy kind of screen presence.
I dunno...my Mom said he was sexy. I wouldn’t know anything about that.
Sorry had a long day and I have a case of the giggles but I figured it out: Daniel Craig’s face reminds me of the Cro-Magnon Man, not easy on the eyes. Now, the actor Clive Owen would be perfect for the role and he is definitely easy on the eyes./Just Asking - seoul62......
“Easy on the eyes” doesn’t necessarily equal “Great choice for Bond”, IMO. I don’t think Clive Owen would have been a good choice at all.
“Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Fleming’s original creation was a brutal, gritty, hardened killer. An alcoholic womanizer addicted to pain killers and a chain smoker and kind of an unstable manic depressive. “
I would say that you are wrong. I’m no expert, but I spent an entire summer studying all of Ian Fleming’s work which at that time was kept at Indiana University’s Lilly Library (I’m not sure if it still is). The novel “The Spy Who Loved Me” is particulary interesting since it was written from the viewpoint of the woman.
I am partial to Clive Owen and I think he is a great actor./Just Asking - seoul62.......
He’s a fine actor, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’d be a good Bond.
Well, other said he was, so I just don’t know who to believe any more.
Lies! All lies!!!!
Folks
Fleming wrote 007 as the ultimate disgruntled loner who had lost everyone who he ever cared for and had only his job to make him whole. He had two loves in the 007 universe, Vesper Lynd, and later..Tracy...who was murdered. Everyone he ever cared for died on him. So he became sort of a controlled murderer who M turned loose at the proper time.
Well...thats how I saw him...I could be wrong.
As for the trailer, I think its gonna be better than casino royale, which, in my opinion, was the best movie of 2006 bar none..
Well..it was the only movie I went to see that year...so Im sort of jaded...
I even have my own walther P-99...can’t afford an aston martin so I settled for the gun.
Anyone remember (the highly-forgettable) "License to Kill" back in the 90's with the equally-forgettable Timothy Dalton?
He went off half-cocked on a revenge-quest on that one as well. The original "M" revoked his Double-0 status to try to prevent him from doing anything after baddies attempted to kill his FBI-pal Felix Leiter after his wedding (and succeeded in killing his new bride).
After seeing the trailer for "QoS", it looks kinda like a re-hash of "LtK".
Why do you think that? Hair-color aside, I really thought he was a pretty convincing Bond — and I say that, having read all Fleming’s books, and thinking Sean Connery has pretty much been *it,* Bondwise.
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