'Bond 22' Director Rumors - Marc Forster

[Terry]

The CR honeymoon is coming to an end now and the film is being appraised more realistically.

One swallow doesn't make a summer. There have been isolated reviews and comments like this ever since CR was released, but our view is still the minority one AFAIK.

I didn't say negative reviews of CR were a majority. However in the wake of the release of the film AIC was in full 'Oh man this was awesome, I wet myself, the best film ever made' mode. I thought it was interesting that a June 2007 AIC talkback on CR was much more edgy with criticisms of Craig and the film.

[stockslivevan]

Here is the AIC talkback for this news with some interesting passages below for anyone who can be bothered to read them. The CR honeymoon is coming to an end now and the film is being appraised more realistically.


http://www.aintitcool.com/talkback_disp ... nt_1579956


Craig is a one-note scowling charmless and classless Bond who doesn't have an ounce of the unflappable style the role requires. Oh yeah, and he's FUGLY. I mean, serious fugly. He looks a lot more KGB Putin than 007. "But he was just BECOMING Bond..." Yeah, we'll see if he can actually BE Bond in the next one. It takes more than scowling and mumbling and lifting weights.

CR was a Bond film for people who don't like Bond films. What I want is a Bond film that feels f**king Bondian and has all the fun and excitement I associate with the series. "Lowbrow". Did you actually f**king say that?? How big of a snobbish dick are you? And Pierce Brosnan did a great job ACTING Bond and I think Connery - do you know him? - yeah, I think he could act too...you POMPOUS ASSHOLE. Craig's glowering face is not the end-all and be-all of acting. Not in my book. I don't get what everyone's talking about, I really don't. He's the same morose prick through the whole movie. Is he a good actor just because he's so d**n fugly?? I think this is just the overpraise you expect with whoever's new - but if he doesn't broaden his interpretation and let a little more style and sauveness and humor into it next time around (that's Bond, buddy, that's what Bond is, whether you like it or not - not a muscle-bound thug), I think that audience you think all agrees with you is going to tire of him very quickly.

I called you a pompous asshole because you were standing on high and saying that Daniel Craig was the only REAL actor to ever play Bond. Please. That's just a ridiculous statement in my eyes. Craig's performance had a few nice moments, but overall was too leaden and one-note for me. But you insulted every other actor that played the role and I just could not disagree more. Craig has a loooooong way to go before I put him in the same category as Connery, and Brosnan is much more adept at covering the full range of Bond. I'm looking forward to the new film as well - cuz I'm a fan of the CHARACTER and the whole series. I think Forster is an interesting, maybe even inspired choice and I'm hoping against hope that Craig polishes up his Bond and surprises me. CR was a little too joyless and drab for me.

I LOVED the script when I read it for just those very reasons - it was the execution that I can't warm to, both Craig and Campbell. I don't mind GLIMPSES into Bond's inner life and emotions, but I don't want it to take over the series. It's an action/suspense series first and foremost and that entertainment should always be the focus. Of course a great story makes a difference. It's a balancing act. I'm just afraid they're going to take this ball and run with it and we have another grim f**king revenge story that will be a drag ala "Licence To Kill". I hope they keep that balance. Also, I'm just not a fan of sullen. Sullen is what American actors do when they want to come off tough on screen (I'm a Yank), what makes Bond special is that British charm and enjoyment of the finer things in life, the ability to live it up right before he dies. If they continue to whittle that away, I'm not sure who this guy is anymore.

I was really behind Craig coming on board, he got me excited. Then I saw the film. He is just not right, no charisma, not suave, not smooth, not slick, just a lunkhead, and way too bulky to be Bond.

The movie started out balls to the wall great, but the last half hour was coma inducing - not what you want in a Bond movie. I have faith the next one will be good, but I haven't even seen Casino again and have no real desire too.

Poor fool, he really is missing out.

[Skywalker]

Wow, some of you guys seem to be having a bad day.
Forster is very good at character and getting performances from actors. He even got Halle Berry to act in Monsters Ball. Some might say amazing.

He did do well with Monsters Ball, which is a fine film and like you said showed that Halle Berry is a top actress if directed well. With the excellent although vey inconsistent Paul Haggis on board, hopefully we could get and great story and a well directed film. I hope Craig's Bond is developed and has 'much' more refinement.

[Captain Nash]

I guess only time will tell.
I'll be checking Mi6 and CBn for any Bond 22 related news, but I had thought of avoiding any B22 spoilers. Unlike CR where I chose to find out all I could about it's production, I was thinking of trying not to do this with B22. See it without knowing to much. Go in fresh.
Of course I'm not sure my will power is that strong, and I'd probably have to avoid any Bond site from dec'07 untill nov'08.
Put the flags away, it hasn't started yet.