Should Daniel Craig be the next bond?

[Orrin_73]

Some fans refuse to accept Daniel Craig and set up a website www.craignotbond.com to oust him. This will be nice to follow. I dont know Daniel Craig and have never seen a movie of him I just hope it will be a worthy sequel to the good franchise.
Some 007 fans give Craig a rating of 0 as new Bond
Anti-Bond campaign
Craig Detractors Bash Blond Bond

[gollygee]

1. I think he looks good as Bond

[Orrin_73]

2. I agree

I think he will be a good bond, he's got the good looks a bond is required to have.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

3. I think he's kind of ugly

But what do I know?

I was curious to see the new one until I read some details about it. No Q, no Moneypenny, very little gadgetry, no ridiculously over-the-top supervillain. It's apparently supposed to be very character driven.

Don't get me wrong; I normally like character-driven stories, etc. However, this is a Bond movie -- the only reason I like the Bond movies is because of the elements I listed above. If I want to see solid characters and development, I'll go see Brokeback Mountain again (or something similar). The entire appeal of the Bond genre (for me) lies within its cartoon-y action elements and archetypes.

[Liberalynn]

4. For Me It's Less about Daniel than the Production Entities

I kind of think people shouldn't be judging how Craig will do before the movie is even finished filming. Didn't filming just start? I have to admit, that even though I have reservations, it isn't really fair to criticize him personally in advance.

I will, however, criticize EON for their shabby treatment of Brosnan and I don' think he should have been replaced at all. If Julian Mcmahon, had gotten it, and he was reportedly up for it, I confess I would have gone as his dutiful and loyal fan, and drooled in my popcorn, and my drink, and on the person next to me, and in the aisle, and all the way out to the car. Even then, I still would have felt angry about how EON and the Brocolli's handled the whole situation with Pierce. Now though I can feel okay about my decision not to go see the next Bond movie, because none of my personal favorites are involved.

I don't know if what I just said makes any sense at all. Or if it sounds hypocritical?

All I mean is that I won't go see the new Bond movie just because I am personally angry it is not either Pierce (my #1 choice) or Julian my #2 choice, although it is kind of hard to believe even for myself that Julian would be anything other than my first choice for anything. Okay so I am harmlessly, mildly obsessed with Mr. Mcmahon. :blush: ;)



I just loved Pierce as Bond. But in the end it is nothing personal against Daniel Craig.

[Orrin_73]

8. Yes, but Brosnan asked a huge fee

Thats one of the biggest problems facing succesful franchises that their stars are asking stellar paychecks.

[Liberalynn]

9. That would make more sense then and be more acceptable.

and understandable if that is why Pierce was replaced. I had read "rumored" reports it was because the Broccoli's and the studio felt Pierce was too old, and also heard rumors it was one of the reasons they rejected Julian too because they felt he was too old at 37. If that were the true reason that to me wouldn't be too cool or accurate or fair in my HO but then again it is EON's franchise so they are free to do as they wish, like they are any way.

Actors deserve to make their living too but they shouldn't price themselves out of the job market either, if that was indeed the case with Pierce. Not a smart decision on his part. JMHO.

[Hugin]

5. No... I think it should be someone completely different...

Hugh Laurie!

Hey, they want different... Give them Hugh!

[DerekG]

6. Those purported Bond fans are daft

The problem lies not with the hiring of a great actor who happens to be blonde, but with the sad fact that there hasn't been a superlative Bond film since 1969 ("On Her Majesty's Secret Service").

This languishing franchise is a joke, and we have no one but the producers and writers to blame.

[Orrin_73]

7. I found that to be one of the weaker movies

of the franchise, Lazenby did not fit in well. Thank god that was his first and the last bond with him.

[DerekG]

11. The film certainly has its detractors

Nonetheless, OHMSS is lauded by many critics as the series' finest, and I prefer Lazenby to the Connery we saw in the wretched "Diamonds Are Forever."

[Ediacara]

10. Daniel Craig not Bond-worthy?

Hmm.... What other terrible terrible terrible Bonds have we seen? Pierce Brosnan comes to mind..... As does Roger Moore..... And Timothy Dalton..... And George Lazenby..... And Sean Connery.....

They all sucked in their own special ways. The character of Bond that they each created was a laughable parody of a human being. This group of whiney anti-Craigs seem to focussing solely on the fact that Craig is short (so what?) and blonde (get hair dye!).

Why don't they similarly focus on terrible writing (Dalton era), unbelievable-even by Bond standards-scripts (Connery era), an actor sleeping through his lines (Brosnan era), or a descent into Batmanish camp (Moore era)?

I'm all for Daniel Craig and I am pretty convinced that he'll revive the Bond franchise and take it out of the major suck-fest it's been languishing in since the early 80s..... And if not, he couldn't make it any worse.

[AtomicKitten]

12. he's definitely sponge-worthy