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Post by LetGoOfItSlappy on May 31, 2006 10:20:06 GMT -5
Saw a preview for this the other day and I must say that Daniel Craig may not be as bad as everyone thinks in this role. THe preview looked pretty good.
But then I do love the 007....Sean Connery is my personal favorite but judging by the preview Craig already looks better suited for the role than Timothy Dalton.
Speaking of Daniel Craig.....has anyone seen Layercake? Looked like an intersting cast and a semi-interesting plot anyway....is it worth a rental? Anyone?
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Post by Torgo on May 31, 2006 11:49:21 GMT -5
Haven't seen Layer Cake, but if you want to see Craig in a good movie, rent Munich.
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Post by LetGoOfItSlappy on May 31, 2006 12:12:47 GMT -5
Is he in that? Cool, the wife and were planning on renting that this weekend. Looks really good, it's just a matter of finding almost 3 hours to watch a movie when their are 4 little girls running around
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Post by Joseph Javorsky on Jun 2, 2006 18:37:19 GMT -5
its going to take a little getting used to the brownish blond hair on 007 for me
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Post by themanosguy on Jun 18, 2006 0:33:02 GMT -5
its going to take a little getting used to the brownish blond hair on 007 for me What about Roger Moore? His hair was brownish/Blonde AND looked like plastic. I have no faith in this movie. The whole idea of doing a prequel to the Bond series, I don't think it will work. Even if we do our best to ignore the obvious continuity problesm
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Post by donmac on Jun 18, 2006 9:47:36 GMT -5
It looks like another "Batman Begins" type of thing where the entire series is started over from scratch. I actually think that idea works better than endless sequels. But they then screwed it up by retaining Judi Dench as M. She is a good actress but she was terribly miscast as M in the Pierce Brosnan Bond films. With the "reboot" in this film, it was a perfect opportunity to recast M back in the classically stern British gentleman image as Ian Fleming originally wrote the character. But, no, the filmmakers were apparently still enamor by Dame Judi Dench and screwed up this golden opportunity.
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Post by themanosguy on Jun 19, 2006 7:48:44 GMT -5
It looks like another "Batman Begins" type of thing where the entire series is started over from scratch. I actually think that idea works better than endless sequels. But they then screwed it up by retaining Judi Dench as M. She is a good actress but she was terribly miscast as M in the Pierce Brosnan Bond films. With the "reboot" in this film, it was a perfect opportunity to recast M back in the classically stern British gentleman image as Ian Fleming originally wrote the character. But, no, the filmmakers were apparently still enamor by Dame Judi Dench and screwed up this golden opportunity. Maybe I sound a bit more like one of those pretentious film students, but Judi Dench is good in everything. We are not returning to "classic Bond" here. We are making a single prequel that may or may not have more direct sequels to follow. Probably because it's easier to do a prequel when the series is starting to go down hill. Pierce Brosnan may be the best Bond since Connery. However, the only decent Bond film he was in was "The World is Not Enough". So, what do we do? We get a younger guy and re do the series (when to be honest, Brosnan can and should still play Bond) and hope that some life can be pumped into the series after the travesty that was Die Another Day.
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Post by Ratso on Jun 19, 2006 17:39:34 GMT -5
It looks like another "Batman Begins" type of thing where the entire series is started over from scratch. I actually think that idea works better than endless sequels. I agree.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jun 19, 2006 20:55:43 GMT -5
I was just talking about this yesterday, I'm hoping that Casino Royale is completely different than the last few Bond movies, which in my opinion have degenerated into complete fluff and stupidity. I don't know too much about this one, but I have my hopes anyway.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jun 19, 2006 22:20:03 GMT -5
I don't think they were fluff and stupidity with a vengeance at least for the first few. I won't claim they were high art, but I will claim they were better than the mind-numbingness of the latest few.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Jun 20, 2006 19:40:23 GMT -5
I've never watched any Roger Moore ones, but from what I hear you are probably right. I've only seen the other actors.
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