Cast or Miscast? With so many 007 fans still puzzled over how Daniel Craig was ever in the running for Bond, Why don't you try your hand at casting the next Bond with cast or miscast. Would this actor be miscast as Bond?
"The film is schizophrenic and works against itself--it aims to be a down and dirty realistic spy adventure while also trying to be a high octane popcorn action juggernaut. The film didn't mix these elements well."
James Bond didn't need a reboot, but this website did. Its origins were as a site arguing that Pierce Brosnan should be kept on as Bond and calling for a boycott of Casino Royale. However, the consensus on our forum was that this no longer reflected our aims as an online community. This site has acquired a new function. Casino Royale created a sort of herd mentality on other Bond fansites. Those critical of the current orthodoxy on Craig have been made to feel unwelcome on the traditional James Bond forums and most have either left, had their account deleted, or stopped posting altogether. The Daniel Craig is not Bond forum provides a haven where people are free to debate the current direction of the Bond franchise in a democratic fashion.
THIS IS NOT A DANIEL CRAIG HATE SITE. Daniel Craig is not the devil, merely a talented actor who we feel was miscast as James Bond. For some of us, the issue is the fact that he looks so unlike any of the previous actors to play the role or any general conception of James Bond. Others feel that he appears too uncouth compared to the suave Bond we know and love. This was a widespread view when his name was first linked to the part, even from those who mysteriously fell into line when he was cast in November 2005.
Many of us are also unhappy at the decision to "reboot" the series, ignoring the previous 20 Bond films and starting the series again from scratch. We feel this was an unnecessary and cynical move, aimed at expanding the fanbase by disparaging a series of films that we love. Whilst few of us would object to the series changing to reflect audience tastes, Casino Royale and its attendant publicity seemed to send out the message to long term Bond fans that the previous films were all rubbish and you were idiots for enjoying them. Casino Royale set out to be a Bond film for people who don't like Bond films. Well, that ain't us! If this is Bond 2.1, then we preferred Bond 1.0.
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Fans of Classic 007 who would like to protest the Bourne again "Bond" series have an opportunity to do so this weekend, by purchasing a tickets for: Bolt, Twilight, or Madagascar 2.
The opening of Bond 22 was moved seemingly with the intention of avoiding competition. Bond fans who would care to make a statement can do so by supporting the other movies competing for your business.
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Who's Prince Harry's Favorite Bond? (Hint: It's Not Craig)
Prince Harry is a big Bond fan, just not for the current Bond.
The Brit, along with heir apparent big bro Prince William, made the London world premiere of Quantum of Solace a royal affair Wednesday night, but would've much rather have had someone else star in the flick than Daniel Craig.
"There's only one Bond," Harry, according to People, told a military vet outside. "Sean Connery."
Negative response to Quantum of Solace from critics.
The first reviews have given the thumbs down to Craig's new "Bond"
Kim Newman from Empire says:
"while it’s exciting, it’s not exactly anyone’s idea of fun. To keep in the game, perhaps the next movie could let the hero enjoy himself a bit more."
Richard Brookes from The Times said:
“Bond is a boorish oaf who simply rushes from country to country with the manic speed of Jason Bourne, including sequences shot in Panama, Chile, Italy, Mexico and Austria, in a plot about holding a country to ransom over its water supply. Quantum of Solace lacks any wit, ironic or otherwise, which has been a strength of so many 007 films."
The Guardian’s Peter Bradshaw was
"disappointed there was so little dialogue, flirtation and characterisation in this Bond: Forster and his writers Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis and Robert Wade clearly thought this sort of sissy nonsense has to be cut out in favour of explosions"
The Mirror’s Dave Edwards said
"Quantum Of Solace “doesn’t feel like a Bond film at all. Not once does Craig say: ‘The name’s Bond. James Bond.’ There’s no Q or his gadgets"
The Express review said
"Quantum of Solace barely feels like a Bond movie, what with all the staple elements of the franchise stripped bare in an effort to make an even more “realistic” adventure.
There is not a single gadget, the villain is a dull nonentity and, as in Casino Royale, there is no Q or Miss Moneypenny.
Most disappointingly, it is devoid of humour, a quality vital to humanising Craig’s brutal Bond.
The picture is violent and dour, with 007 turned into something of a charmless thug.
Unlike Jason Bourne, Bond knows who he is so there’s no point trying to turn him into anyone else"
Bizarrely, some critics have praised Craig, despite dismissing his new Bond character!
It's nice to see critics are now saying those things Danielcraigisnotbond have been saying in the past few years....
sify.com IANS Wednesday, 10 September , 2008, 16:52 Actress Rachel McDowall is happy she doesn't have any sex scenes in the upcoming Bond movie Quantum of Solace because actor Daniel Craig reminds her of her father.
Thesun.co.uk reports that she plays a stewardess in the movie and doesn't get intimate with Craig.
She said: "No I don't, unfortunately. Actually, I shouldn't say that because he looks a bit like my dad, so that's a bit weird.
She added: "I was thrilled to be part of the new film however. I'm not in the film for very long. But it's a great thing to be in a Bond movie."
James Bond girls are feminist icons says Cubby Broccoli's daughter
James Bond girls are feminist icons says Cubby Broccoli's daughter
For decades the Bond girls who accompany 007 on his missions have been dismissed as sexist eye candy and lampooned for their suggestive names.
But now Barbara Broccoli, the joint owner and producer of the James Bond franchise, has publicly defended the depiction of women in the secret agent's early adventures.
She told The Sunday Telegraph: "The women were unique for their time. Pussy Galore, for instance, was a female pilot. A lot of them were sexual predators who gave as good as they got. They had professional careers and did extraordinary things. I think the early women were very progressive."
Miss Broccoli's comments have infuriated feminists. Fay Weldon, the writer and broadcaster, said: "These characters were male fantasy figures. These films were attempts by men to keep women in their place and to ensure they still ironed their shirts."
Kathy Lette, also a writer and broadcaster, said that the Bond women had always been little more than "a life support system to a pair of breasts".
Graham Rye, the editor of 007 magazine and the author of Bond Girls, agreed that very little had changed. "I think lip service is being paid to political correctness, but in the end they still end up in bed with Bond," he said.
THIS image of James Bond brandishing a metre-long machine-gun has been blasted for glorifying armed violence.
Campaigners want the advert for new 007 film Quantum Of Solace banned.
The poster shows Bond star Daniel Craig, 40, posing with the weapon.
Anti-gun campaigners are outraged that the advert has been allowed after the spate of gun attacks across the UK.
A similar movie campaign has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which ruled it could be seen to “glamorise the use of guns and violence”.
Two posters for Wanted, starring Angelina Jolie, 33, and James McAvoy, 29, were pulled..
Classic Bond Coming Home In High Definition This October
MGM/Fox officially announced the first next-gen release of a half-dozen James Bond catalog titles, which will hit Blu-ray this October in newly-remastered special editions.
Spanning several Bond eras (and lead actors), the six titles due to hit Blu-ray on October 21 (day-and-date with new DVD re-issues) include:'Dr. No,' 'From Russia with Love,' 'Thunderball,' 'Live and Let Die,' 'For Your Eyes Only,' and 'Die Another Day.'
MSN Entertainment reveals the nation's sexiest men in their twilight years As Sir Mick Jagger blows out the candles for the 65th time, voters decide the Rolling Stones front man is no longer Jumpin' Jack Flash as he's beaten to the coveted title of 'Sexiest Celebrity in his Twilight Years' by Mamma Mia and ex Bond star Pierce Brosnan, according to a poll by MSN Entertainment (entertainment.uk.msn.com).
The results of MSN Entertainment's online poll are below:
Britain's Sexiest Older Man 1. Pierce Brosnan 2. Sean Connery 3. Bryan Ferry 4. Jonathan Ross 5. Rod Stewart 6. Sir Paul McCartney 7. Mick Jagger 8. Tom Jones 9. Ozzy Osbourne
Actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright and five other members of the crew filming director-producer Oliver Stone’s new film, “W,” were arrested early Saturday during a bar fight in Shreveport, Louisiana. “W” began filming in May in Shreveport.
The police were called to a club called the Stray Cats bar at around 2 a.m. to break up a disturbance. Shreveport police Sgt. Willie Lewis said Brolin, Wright and five others were arrested for interfering with police.
They were all charged with interfering with police, a misdemeanor.
Arterton: "Craig is shorter than me and wears shoe lifts!"
DANIEL CRAIG was forced to wear stacked heels during the making of the new 007 film - because his co-star GEMMA ARTERTON is so much taller than him.
The actor stands 5 foot 10 inches tall (1.9 metres) but comes up short when 5 foot 7 inch (1.7 metre) Arterton wears high heels - so movie bosses insisted the star add some extra inches with a pair of special shoes.
Arterton insists that Craig was forced to wear the stacked heels in all of her scenes with her in forthcoming Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
She says, "Daniel is 5ft 10in but when you put me in heels, I was taller than him and it didn't look good on screen. The whole point of Bond is that he is masculine and hunky.
"And he has to be taller than his girlfriend. Daniel had to wear special shoes with a lift in them and stacked heels for a few scenes."
The Quantum of Solace teaser trailer has been released. Those people who were unhappy with Craig's casting as James Bond are predictably underwhelmed by the trailer. But even though he still looks nothing like James Bond, and is still presumably playing the strange old "rookie" Bond from Casino Royale, some "anti-Craig" Bond fans feel Quantum of Solace will be a good high octane action movie, so therefore moderately watchable if not strictly a James Bond film: where this leaves those Bond fans who loved the so-called gritty and realistic feel of Casino Royale is another matter!
Critics of Eon's new direction for Bond felt the trailer showed that Quantum of Solace will be even more of a Bourne rip-off; the lack of Bond imagery was also apparent - with Craig looking nothing like Bond and his unBondlike use of a machine gun.
Quantum of Solace looks to be another generic action movie with a generic Bourne type action hero played by Daniel Craig.
Please Eon: start making James Bond movies again, with James Bond in them: BRING BACK JAMES BOND
"...Anyway, she has starred in more than 30 films, but is probably best known to non-French audiences as Princess Isabelle in Mel Gibson's Braveheart and slinky Bond girl Elektra in The World is Not Enough alongside Pierce Brosnan. I ask if she has seen Daniel Craig as Bond. She says not. I say he's gorgeous. She says. "Oh? I think he is more like a Russian spy." I say you should see him coming out of the sea in his Speedos. I'd follow that curve to the ends of the earth. She says: "Hmm, interesting," but she doesn't look that interested. "
When author Robert Harris published The Ghost, a political thriller about the nefarious deeds of a former prime minister and his freebie-loving wife, many read it as a thinly veiled attack on his one-time friend, Tony Blair. If indeed that was the case, Blair can at least take some comfort from the fact that the actor who will be playing the PM character in a screen adaptation of the novel is Pierce Brosnan, erstwhile James Bond and all round babe magnet.
In Harris's book, the premier is described as a man of little conviction, slavishly subservient to an incompetent US president, touchy about references to his student acting skills and with a brainy wife who "loved their summer freebies in the Caribbean". The “brainy wife” in the film will be played by Tilda Swindon, best known as an evil witch in the Narnia Chronicles, which some are saying is a perfect preparation for any portrayal of Cherie.
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - Sean Connery is set to shake and stir this year's Edinburgh Book Festival by unveiling an autobiography on his 78th birthday.
The Scottish actor who defined the role of secret agent James Bond and his literary collaborator, film maker Murray Grigor, discuss the book at the festival on August 25, organisers said on Thursday.
Under pressure from officials, a company is offering its customers their money back after exhibiting plasticized humans that could be the bodies of China's persecuted victims.
According to an ABC News report, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said the company might be displaying "the remains of individuals that may have been tortured and executed in China."
Some might remember the exhibit prominently featured in Casino Royale. No word yet if Bond producers will refund all who paid to see this travesty.
Leonardo DiCaprio may star as Ian Fleming in a biopic of the James Bond creator.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the actor’s production company Appian Way recently jumped on board to produce the film, based on the script Fleming by Damian Stevenson.
Producer Andrew Lazar said a film about the life of Fleming had the potential to be “fascinating”.
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The first James Bond movie, Dr. No, is being adapted as a radio drama by the BBC, which plans to air it on May 24 to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ian Fleming, Bond's creator. Dr. No was Fleming's sixth spy novel, published 50 years ago. Toby Stephens, who played the villain in 2002's 007 flick Die Another Day, will play Bond in the BBC audio drama. David Suchet, who played Hercule Poirot in the Bbc-tv series based on the Agatha Christie detective stories, has been cast as the villain, Dr. No. BBC Radio said that on the same night it also plans to air an audio documentary, James Bond, the Last Englishman, in which David Cannadine, director of the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, will argue that the Bond novels have played a key role in shaping his country's self-image.
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Plagued with a slow, steady list of mysterious troubles, rumours of a James Bond jinx on the set of "Quantum of Solace" have been shaking up cyberspace faster than 007 could down a martini.
Of course, if a Bond curse came packaged in the shape of Halle Berry, aka "Jinx" in "Die Another Day," the cast and crew wouldn't mind. But a string of disasters, as the 22nd Bond film moves from one location to the next around the world, has people wondering if this jinx might mean big trouble.
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Another mishap has befallen the set of “Quantum of Solace“, as a film’s technician has reportedly been knifed by a woman he picked up in an Austrian bar.
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Comninos suffered a fractured cranium during the filming of a dramatic 15-minute car chase which opens the ‘Quantum of Solace.’
His co-driver, Bruno Verdirosi, was also treated in hospital but is not said to be in a serious condition.
A helicopter on standby during the filming flew the seriously injured stunt driver to Verona, where he underwent surgery, said town spokesman Marco Girardi, who also was acting as a liaison to the production company.
He said the driver suffered serious head injuries.
The car being used in the latest James Bond film plunged into a lake in northern Italy while being driven to the set.
Producers say the driver of the Aston Martin (Fraser Dunn) was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. They say James Bond’s iconic car was being delivered to the filming unit in heavy rain on Saturday morning when it went off the road and plunged into Lake Garda.
Teacher Ben Appleby, who lives near the scene, said: “The car was travelling very fast on an extremely narrow and bendy road. It’s a dangerous stretch so it’s not surprising something happened.”
Italian state TV has shown footage of the smashed, black car being hoisted out of the water.
A stunt driver has crashed the car used by movie secret agent James Bond into Italy's Lake Garda during filming of 007's latest movie, Quantum of Solace.
The driver was delivering the iconic Aston Martin DBS to the film scene in heavy rain when he lost control around one of the lake's narrow curves.
The driver was quickly rescued and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Italian TV showed the car, reportedly the only one available for use in the film, being winched out of the lake.
Filming for the movie - starring Daniel Craig as the latest Bond - has already taken the crew to England, Panama, Chile and Mexico.
The newest film in the long-running 007 franchise is to be released later this year.
From the BBC: The Aston Martin DBS is retrieved from Lake Garda
Chilean Mayor Arrested After Driving a Vehicle at the Cast on the Set of the New James Bond Film
The mayor of a remote Chilean town has become the latest Bond villain after driving a vehicle at the cast on the set of the new James Bond (Quantum of Solace) film.Carlos Lopez made his unscripted appearance on the set of Quantum of Solace in a small saloon car, which he reportedly drove between Daniel Craig, the James Bond star, and the cameras before braking. Mr Lopez was protesting over his small town, Baquedano, being used for the filming.
“Chile is Chile. We’re not Bolivian Indians. Imperialist British out.”
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Bond Producers Deny Reports of Trouble During Panama Filming
”Quantum of Solace” producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, denied reports today that filming had been affected by violent protests in Panama City.
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Craig Has Been Caught Up In a Real-life Action Thriller!
The 39-year-old actor found himself at the centre of a deadly gun battle after movie crews upset a fragile truce between rival mobsters.
Police guarding the star have already “taken out” one gangster in a hail of bullets. And that led to an explosion of violence that has left dozens injured.
While the stars try to film death-defying action scenes, they are also having to brave genuine gun battles on the streets of Panama.
The amazing scenes of violence in Panama City were kicked off by rioting gangsters who are battling for control of protection rackets surrounding 22nd Bond film Quantum Of Solace.
Now movie insurers are so worried about the danger facing the stars that they may order makers to suspend filming and completely rewrite the script to get them out alive.
A source on the film’s set said: “It’s a war zone out there. There are literally hundreds of masked people taking to the streets. We’re having to film between protests and riots. It’s so dangerous.”
Daniel Craig had a narrow escape on the set of the next Bond film Quantum of Solace after a gang war kicked off in Panama, reports WENN.
A gun battle erupted between rival gangsters during filming for the 22nd franchise installment in Central America and cast and crew were caught in the crossfire.
EON Productions, which produces the Bond movies, has hired armed guards in to protect cast and crew in case of further violence.
A representative for the company said: “Armed guards have now been called in to guard the film’s cast and crew in fear of further attacks.”
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Daniel Craig is insisting he is a friendly guy. Strange 'friendly guys' usually do not have to insist that they are friendly. In a follow up to CRAIG IS AN A***, Daniel Craig rather wanting in the humour department., 007 Dan looking glum, Craig sick of Martini offers. & Daniel Craig is unfriendly on the set of his movies. Not to mention the numerous interviews where he was described as glum or shown as much life and charisma as a Kipper on a cracker (as we saw in his Letterman interview of 2006).
This correspondent does agree that a fan following anyone to the bathroom to take a photo of them is going to far. However Craig's previous behaviour does not leave me with much hope that his irate behaviour is actually because of something 'fan' has done improperly.
Daniel Craig said, “People try to take pictures of me when I’m having a (expletive) and it’s not welcome and never will be”.”I have to keep hold of my sense of humor, because you can lose it very quickly and start retreating into yourself - then you can’t go anywhere unless you’re with armed guards”.
Craig has a history of griping about his fans. The star recently revealed he wears a disguise to the pub to stop people recognizing him. “I wish, sometimes, I could just go sit and spend the afternoon in the pub”, Craig said. “Well, you know, if I’m quiet and I wear a hat, a pair of sunglasses and a false beard, I could probably get away with it”.
Daniel Craig recently said he hates being branded “difficult” by the media. Daniel Craig says that he does not like being projected by the media as a moody actor because this image almost cost him James Bonds role in “Casino Royale”.
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