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·Thats a good point, and its been done again and again in the series.
Bond - a bit of topic
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hen
·I kind of liked Craig as Bond. It appears to me they might move forward towards a woman 007. It’s the new Hollywood craze of changing a character as much as possible from the original intent. I like the new Bond watch even though I’m still not crazy about the Bond gimmick and definitely not about the price.
I like Craig as well, just didnt like the directors decision to go for a darker more realistic Bond. To me Bond film has to have humor and totaly over the top stunts. The casino scene of Casino Royal was way too long and boring, and I do not like the torture scene, or any torture scene for that matter.
And Quantum of Solas...meh
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·I think the writers said he was dead, no? In any case Craig isn't coming back, and he probably wanted his Bond written off so there would be no way for him to come back no matter how much money he'd be offered.
So does that mean we dont get a new Bond as 007? Its going to be "Agent McSpyface 007" and not use the Bond name? I dont think they would do that.
Moore had to do more films than he wanted and realy had a problem with beeing a leading (old) man to the young Bond girls. Good old Roger!
Sean Connery came back twice! (Trice, if you count "The Rock") so if the money is good, who knows.
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·I like Craig as well, just didnt like the directors decision to go for a darker more realistic Bond. To me Bond film has to have humor and totaly over the top stunts. The casino scene of Casino Royal was way too long and boring, and I do not like the torture scene, or any torture scene for that matter.
And Quantum of Solas...meh
I share exactly the same opinion ! Bond film has to have the sense of humor and the top stunts, to me they were all good, and in my opinion Pierce Brosnan was the last "real JB". As Hen said, Graig is too darker and without any humours...
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gbesq
·As long as they keep featuring Omega watches and women who look like this, I don’t care who plays Bond. 😀
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SpeedyPhill
·Be great to see a pre bond - bond . How did he become a 00 & the training involved .
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gbesq
·😉 it's all about British author Ian Fleming (1908-1964) ... and the watch he described was a Rolex based on his own 1016 Explorer 😗
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerI like Craig as well, just didnt like the directors decision to go for a darker more realistic Bond. To me Bond film has to have humor and totaly over the top stunts. The casino scene of Casino Royal was way too long and boring, and I do not like the torture scene, or any torture scene for that matter.
And Quantum of Solas...meh
IMO Craig has been the best Bond so far. The tone of the movies is perfect, and I personally loathed the rather dumb unrealistic movies with Roger Moore in them. But to each their own...
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·Understated and underrated ……but shaken and not stirred…
Currency pegged to a gold standard …. Bond and his crazy off the wall plots ;0)
Currency pegged to a gold standard …. Bond and his crazy off the wall plots ;0)
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chrisb732
·I don’t think that will happen since Bond is not one to post his watch on Instagram trying to get likes and followers.
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·Also……anyone think some of the books were better than the movies? Obviously some can’t be compared such as The Spy Who Loved Me since the movie is just a title and has nothing to do with the book. But I think Moonraker was a better book than the movie. Maybe a new movie could be based on one of the Anthony Horowitz books.
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··Ash @ ΩFJust going to say it, the best Bond was the Australian. He really did nail it, OHMSS is still my favorite
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·Also……anyone think some of the books were better than the movies? Obviously some can’t be compared such as The Spy Who Loved Me since the movie is just a title and has nothing to do with the book. But I think Moonraker was a better book than the movie. Maybe a new movie could be based on one of the Anthony Horowitz books.
I agree most definitely the Moonraker book is better than the movie. But the current Casino Royale is better the original novel.
Think I've read most of the books which aren't Ian Fleming written - but continue James Bond and agree all very good and would make good movies. I've got to get through the Fleming one.
Colonel Sun however I'm finding a very difficult read - feels like the author is trying too hard to be Fleming, but also clever at the same time.
Unfortunately I expect like Casino Royale novel - they are of their time - stereotypical racism etc.
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··Omega Qualified WatchmakerYes its called camp I belive. Let me put it this way; how do you think the Lethal Weapon francise would have done in the box office if it was a "serious" action movie?
Am I not allowed to like what I like in your world? As I said, to each their own. If you like that sort of movie, that's fine. I don't, and think the Craig era was a much needed reboot and refocus of the series. Dalton played it well in my view, but the Brosnan era seems very dated even now.
