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stockslivevan wrote:Dunno if anyone has heard, but Lazenby did put in some positive remarks on Craig's Bond, although he had the same complaint of Moore's about the films getting violent.
stockslivevan wrote:Dunno if anyone has heard, but Lazenby did put in some positive remarks on Craig's Bond, although he had the same complaint of Moore's about the films getting violent.
Which is odd, since OHMSS was noticably more violent than its predecessors.
I guess the older you get the more you dislike violence, unless you're Alfred Hitchcock.
Favorite Movies: Bullitt, The Long Good Friday, The Towering Inferno, Jaws, Rocky, Superman the Movie, McVicar, Goodfellas, Get Carter, Three Days of the Condor, Butch & Sundance, The Sting, All the Presidents Men
James wrote:Here is a recap of some of the mighty celebs who have expressed doubt about Daniel Craig's suitability to play James Bond.
How about Paul Morley? I remember him on telly when Casino Royale came out being dubious and declaring that Craig looks like someone who might have met the real James Bond in a corridor once at best.
Btw, all these names have been booked for the spring conference.
"I’m looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stunt-man." - Ian Fleming
"Those were the days when we still associated Bond with suave, old school actors such as Sean Connery and Roger Moore,"
"Daniel didn't have a hint of suave about him," - Patsy Palmer
Favorite Movies: Bullitt, The Long Good Friday, The Towering Inferno, Jaws, Rocky, Superman the Movie, McVicar, Goodfellas, Get Carter, Three Days of the Condor, Butch & Sundance, The Sting, All the Presidents Men
Blowfeld wrote:Ingrid Pitt, always had a fondness for her.
Talks a lot of sense that woman.
Much more sense than any of the previous Bond actors, or one of the world's most famous Oscar winning movie directors.
I'd take her opinion on what it takes to be Bond over those Z list nobodies any day of the week....
Imagine if the pro-Craigers had to cheerlead everyone who praised Craig, we'd be very busy! The anti-Craigers get a break by having a random celeb protest the casting every couple of months.
BAFTA voter Ingrid rates Daniel Craig very highly. But not as 007...
James Bond is NOT Daniel Craig! Daniel Craig is NOT 007! James Bond is tall, dark, handsome, debonair and always on top of things, whatever happens. He rarely runs but is always there, one step ahead of the villains who have names like Stavro Blofeld, Jaws, Rosa Klebbor Hugo Brax. The only platonic relationship he has is with his boss's secretary, Miss Moneypenny, who always knows when he has arrived by his hat sailing through the air and landing on the hatstand in the corner of her office. He gets begrudging orders from his handler, 'M', and gets tooled up by 'Q'. 'Q' always appears to be annoyed with Bond because of his casual attitude towards the wonderful gadgets he makes for him, which usually save his life or get him out of a sticky situation later in the film. He introduces himself as "Bond. James Bond" and likes his Vodka Martinis "shaken - not stirred." Films have titles like Goldfinger, For Your Eyes Only, Live and Let Die or The Man With the Golden Gun. The Bond Girls, a proliferating species that he meets along the way, have double entendre names like Plenty O'Toole, Pussy Galore and Holly Goodhead - many of which turn up dead.
The film always starts with a strident but appropriate song by a leading singer of the day and naked female bodies writhing across the screen in chiaroscuro. This is after some amazing feat carried out by Bond that often has no bearing on the film in question. And the two things that ALL proper Bond films have is the opening blood-dripping gun barrel scene and the explosive ending before Bond is contacted by 'M', or Mrs Thatcher, for a report on the operation as he is getting down to business with the female who has survived the mayhem.
When Cubby Broccoli was in charge there was no real problem. James Bond was Sean Connery, and, with reservations, Roger Moore. The films fell into an easily recognised rhythm and were loved by the cognoscenti. It wasn't until new wave actors came along and felt that they must add something to the Bond cadre that the oil began to leak out of the Bond motor. They wanted Bond more touchy-feely. To have some proper relationships. Cubby was still able to keep the essentials in place but after his daughter, Barbara, took over the Beretta, 007 began to change and ended up as Daniel Craig.
Daniel Craig is a wonderful actor but I repeat, not James Bond. This fact was driven home to me over the holidays by the happenstance of seeing Defiance immediately after being bored rigid by Quantum of Solace. I think Felix The Cat would make a better fist of it than Craig. He never seems to stop running. All the humour and nonchalance has gone from the character of Bond and been replaced with ???? What's more, it is derivative of all the other Bond films only with added CGI. It has also been contaminated with the Bourne films and delivers Bond as a dour clone of Matt Damon. What the Fleming franchise needs is a humour transplant. More lines like, "No, Mr Bond, I expect you to die," delivered with glee by Goldfinger himself, Gert Frobe.
I didn't know Ingrid was still around. Good stuff.
Favorite Movies: Bullitt, The Long Good Friday, The Towering Inferno, Jaws, Rocky, Superman the Movie, McVicar, Goodfellas, Get Carter, Three Days of the Condor, Butch & Sundance, The Sting, All the Presidents Men
stockslivevan wrote:Imagine if the pro-Craigers had to cheerlead everyone who praised Craig, we'd be very busy! The anti-Craigers get a break by having a random celeb protest the casting every couple of months.
`random Z list celeb' Stocks. You forgot to add that to your post......
stockslivevan wrote:Imagine if the pro-Craigers had to cheerlead everyone who praised Craig, we'd be very busy! The anti-Craigers get a break by having a random celeb protest the casting every couple of months.
`random Z list celeb' Stocks. You forgot to add that to your post......
Edward Fox, Sophie Marceau, Gemma Arterton etc "random C-List celebs"?
Favorite Movies: Bullitt, The Long Good Friday, The Towering Inferno, Jaws, Rocky, Superman the Movie, McVicar, Goodfellas, Get Carter, Three Days of the Condor, Butch & Sundance, The Sting, All the Presidents Men
stockslivevan wrote:Imagine if the pro-Craigers had to cheerlead everyone who praised Craig, we'd be very busy! The anti-Craigers get a break by having a random celeb protest the casting every couple of months.
`random Z list celeb' Stocks. You forgot to add that to your post......
Edward Fox, Sophie Marceau, Gemma Arterton etc "random C-List celebs"?
With the exception of Edward Fox, comparing those other `mighty celebs' to Connery, Brozza, Moore, Dalton, Owen and Spielberg, I'd say most certainly.
Favorite Bond Movie: Moonraker Goldfinger The Spy Who Loved Me
Favorite Movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Crazy For Christmas, The Empire Strikes Back, League of Gentlemen (1960's British film), Big Trouble in Little China, Police Academy 2, Carry On At Your Convenience, Commando, Halloween III: Season of the Witch,
The polite praise for Daniel Craig from the likes of Tim Dalton, Steven Spielberg and Clive Owen is not suprising. The snipes coming from the celebrity critics is. They could have just been polite like the others, but chose to speak their mind.
Favorite Movies: Bullitt, The Long Good Friday, The Towering Inferno, Jaws, Rocky, Superman the Movie, McVicar, Goodfellas, Get Carter, Three Days of the Condor, Butch & Sundance, The Sting, All the Presidents Men
Capt. Sir Dominic Flandry wrote:The polite praise for Daniel Craig from the likes of Tim Dalton, Steven Spielberg and Clive Owen is not suprising. The snipes coming from the celebrity critics is. They could have just been polite like the others, but chose to speak their mind.
Snipes from Z list celebs, either has-beens, or insignificant TV stars trying to get above their station and making a name for themselves with a catchy headline. Also, where has Gemma Arteton said she hates Craig? From the reports I read, she was gushing all over him?
Either way, Craig has enough proper support now from enough quarters to guarantee he'll be Bond for the forseeable future. Sorry to spoil your fun guys and bring you back down to planet earth.....
London : British actor Edward Fox has slammed Bond filmmakers for their latest instalment "Casino Royale" because he thinks Daniel Craig doesn't suit the role of the famous secret agent.
Fox, who has starred in hits like "The Day of the Jackal", is unhappy with the way Craig looks and says a blonde Bond would not have been approved by its creator Ian Fleming, reports contactmusic.com.
Speaking of Craig, he said: "So ugly! He is utterly wrong for Bond. The opposite of what Fleming intended, and I knew Fleming."
"I’m looking for Commander Bond and not an overgrown stunt-man." - Ian Fleming
