Chris F Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050406/ennew_afp/afplifestylefilmbritainbondpeople_050406114945 Daniel Craig? I only remember him from Tomb Raider 2. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Still not official by the way What I find amusing is that just on Monday, there were reports that Brosnan was going to sign on to do one more film, and on Friday, there were reports that Clive Owen had hinted he had signed a deal to play Bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted April 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Yeah, just from reading around I got the idea it wasn't official yet. I just edited the topic to reflect that. Personally, I'd like to see Clive Owen as the next Bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark E Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I'd like to see Pierce Brosnan star in another good Bond film. The last two haven't done a helluva lot for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I bet a younger Sean Bean would've been great. He could've done a Connery-style Bond -- you know, all Rico Sauve, but with an undercurrent of brutal violence. Could he still pull it off now? I heard about the Clive Owen thing and, IIRC, Erica Bana. Any other personal favorites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Does anyone really care about 007 anymore? Bond is so dull...we need a new super-spy movie hero. Give me a Splinter Cell series over a corny Bond movie any day. Sam Fisher could gut the whole of MI6 without being seen. Seriously though, even the Bourne Identity films are a much more interesting spy series than Bond has ever been. The fact that the Bond films lack any grounding in reality just cause me to loose interest really fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldorado Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 And that would be, practically, a guy movie only. Bond has a much better chance at crossing gender boundaries and making more money. Not that I'm against a SC-style movie, but I don't think Bond is going anywhere for now. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Seriously though, even the Bourne Identity films are a much more interesting spy series than Bond has ever been. The fact that the Bond films lack any grounding in reality just cause me to loose interest really fast. Indeed, though as far as the question of anybody caring anymore is concerned it?s worth remembering that each of the Brosnan 007 outings progressively took more and more at the box office each time, despite the fact with each one his films got arguably worse and worse. Again it's my argument that audiences will put up with this kind of shit again and again... Heck I remember two years ago admitting even I liked elements of the last one, which I still do (story elements?and er? Roasmund Pike), but just when it was at least tolerable and on par with World is not Enough (also not that great but in my mind, his second best after Goldeneye) it actually fell into that which the series is parodied so often for and went into 'giant space laser' territory! Couple that with the smutty innuendo the writing team have the audacity to call "wit" and absolutely, I think audiences should be looking to something like the Bourne movies and challenging Bond to rise to that level of more grounded excitement. I think the Bourne films are good examples that you can do these rather large scale films and appeal to a wide spectrum of those wanting excitement and an interesting story with an above average screenplay. I?d also say films like Bourne and a more grounded sophisticated Bond could co-exist quite easily given there are certain aspects one simply can not take away from 007. You can perhaps take some comfort in the fact the Bond producers and director Martin Campbell have said Casino Royale will see Bond return to spy thriller territory rather than action film, but I believe the writers responsible for the last three (Neal Purvis and Robert Wade) are still on board to adapt the book so goodness knows how it may turn out. David Arnold might want to pull back just a little on the electronics on the scores too in future, though the poor man at least admitted they dominated the Die Another Day score so much due to his efforts to keep the music heard above the atrociously loud sound mix. Has anyone notice how each Brosnan 007 film gets progressively louder? Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbert Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Daniel Craig? Apparently, he's denied it today. The BBC talked to EON, EON stated they won't be making any decisions/announcements (allegedly...) until Campbell is finished with the new Zorro movie later this year. I suspect we may still end up with Brosnan & that a lot of this is politcs between the two parties for a better contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFo Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Does anyone really care about 007 anymore? Bond is so dull...we need a new super-spy movie hero. Give me a Splinter Cell series over a corny Bond movie any day. Sam Fisher could gut the whole of MI6 without being seen. I'm not sure if you're kidding or not, Camp, but if you have it already, grab your copy of Chaos Theory, go to the solo mode and select the Movie Trailer option. Ask and ye shall receive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Has anyone notice how each Brosnan 007 film gets progressively louder? Definitely - quite apart from how insultingly poor both story and visuals are in DAD, the main reason I have no intention of watching my DVD a second time is that I have to turn it up enough to wake the whole street just to make out the dialogue. It's a completely insane mix; probably the worst in my collection. But you're also right that things have just got progressively worse. Arnold's TWINE score is probably one of my most played soundtrack CDs, but you can barely hear his excellent work in the pre-credits chase over the irritating whine of motor-boat engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Does anyone really care about 007 anymore? Very much so. I would disagree with the soundtrack on DAD. No problems with the dialog even at lower levels. I just wish they'd make up their mind already on the whole Bond thing. I don't mind any of the 3 choices right now. I just hope they took clues from how Bourne is made and adapt some. The whole Bond saga(as much as I love it) has become more of a big marketing campaign. Seriously though, even the Bourne Identity films are a much more interesting spy series than Bond has ever been. I would utterly disagree. Bourne as good as it is doesn't hold the jockstrap of Sean Connery and Bond in that era. Icamp can't be serious with this comment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry the Clown Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Definitely - quite apart from how insultingly poor both story and visuals are in DAD, the main reason I have no intention of watching my DVD a second time is that I have to turn it up enough to wake the whole street just to make out the dialogue. I like the first forty odd minutes of the story, not so much the execution of the story which is certainly flawed, but certainly the blueprint behind it with Bond being dismissed by M and so on, that?s all rather interesting (though a semi-reprise of him getting his license revoked in Licence to Kill of course). Swanning soaking wet into the hotel foyer to the brassy undertones of the theme tune is something that always made me chuckle. Things take a turn for the worst when Halle Berry appears and is used as a tool for smutty innuendo, and then the facial surgery nonsense comes into it, then the invisible car and finally the movie just collapses in on itself entirely as soon as he gets out to the ice palace. It's a completely insane mix; probably the worst in my collection. It no longer resides in my collection I have to say. I recently decided the desire to own every single Bond film, even the ones I disliked, purely on the bases that for a cinephile, it?s a collection to have, had since left me. I left myself with all of Connery?s save Diamond?s Are Forever (which is garbage) and On her Majesty?s Secret Service. A couple of the Moore ones are ok (Live and Let Die I rather Like), but I may put those back in my collection in HD one day. Arnold's TWINE score is probably one of my most played soundtrack CDs, but you can barely hear his excellent work in the pre-credits chase over the irritating whine of motor-boat engines. I think his World is Not Enough is his best 007 score. He got the balance of orchestra and electronics just right there. I yearn for an expanded release of that one, but even in promotional form nothing surfaced, which is a shame as a legitimate expanded Tomorrow Never Dies came out to buy some years back and I have a complete two-disc score promo for Die Another Day in my collection. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camp Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 I would utterly disagree. Bourne as good as it is doesn't hold the jockstrap of Sean Connery and Bond in that era. Icamp can't be serious with this comment. I am quite serious. I was also discussing the 'modern' Bond more so than Connery's Bond. The Connery films were, as a whole, much better than everything than came afterwards. The modern Bond films are just goofy. I prefer the Bourne style where the story and action actually feel as if they could be happening right now -as opposed to the campy fantasy world James Bond lives in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainRon Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Bring brosnan back for one more movie. Get tarantino back into talks, he said that he would do one with brosnan. Would be cool to see a new take on the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 ICamp, In that regard I would agree with you but I treat the Bond franchise as a whole. Apparantly Craig has been annointed the new bond. He is all over the news according to my friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted April 8, 2005 Report Share Posted April 8, 2005 That was Wednesday. Thursday's Bond news was Craig denying everything, and the BBC managing to get a comment out of EON that nothing at all will be confirmed and definite until Martin Campbell finishes up The Legend Of Zorro and is ready to start work on Casino Royale anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris The Rock Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Found this link on The Drudge Report.... http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/18193208?source=Metro&ct=5 Looks like Pierce Brosnan stays on as Bond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted April 27, 2005 Report Share Posted April 27, 2005 Found this link on The Drudge Report.... http://www.thisislondon.com/showbiz/articles/18193208?source=Metro&ct=5 Looks like Pierce Brosnan stays on as Bond. thank god. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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