dirtybenny wrote:I'm afraid Craig isn't going anywhere anytime soon. First is Babzy, even looking beyond her sickening moonstruck school girl crush on the man she can't let go of him because she'd be out of her depth when it comes to recasting the role and she knows it. I mean she totally cocked up Brosnan's replacement, it was just sheer luck the public took to Craig after CR, chalk that up to having an actual Fleming story to pin their frame work on, can you imagine if they came out the gate with any of the other 3 films? Add to that the fact Hollywood is creatively bankrupt, just look at the spate of remakes, reboots, retreads and regurgitations coming down the pike as proof. While it makes creative sense to recast, it's easier to just plod along with Craig and collect the easy buck.
I think there are other people out there who may advise Barbara to re-cast the role because people right now are just bored with Craig. People might have called it refreshing back in 2006 but now it's just stale. Plus there's the whole "slashing wrists and doing it only for the money" public fiasco which didn't do Craig any favors.
There's also the whole issue of continuing that dismal thing they called a "story" from the last movie. If Craig comes back will they just ignore it? But how,since they were so d**n consistent in making everything connected(which made no sense AT ALL).
They were grasping at straws to make something of that movie and it won't be any easier next time if Craig comes back around. I would argue it would actually make everything easier if they recasted the role not to mention that the public would be more interested.
I wouldn't expect from Barbara to make a really great Bond movie(you could argue she never did ever since she took over the franchise after her father passing) but at this point I would be perfectly happy with a simply satisfactory one.