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At the recent press event, director Sam Mendes (third from left) and the cast confirmed that the title of the 2012 Bond movie is Skyfall. He also confirmed rumours that Javier Bardem (left) will play the central villain. Mendes confirmed that Skyfall will include 'everything we expect from a Bond movie'.
Connery was ok for the era that his films were made, a time when the reality of shootings weren't as graphic as they are now and when Connery's misogynystic Bond could get away with naff one-liners, puns and an ego bigger than the character.
Craig is by far the best Bond IMHO. He is gritty and believable. His films more closely portray the menace and sinister nature of what being a '00' agent is all about, and his character is infinately more human than any previous Bond.
Sadly, much of Connery's support is based on nostalgia. Ask those who are watching Craig and Connery side by side for the first time which they prefer and my guess is that Craig will come out well ahead.
It's time to remake the whole franchise and let Craig prove beyond all doubt that he's the one and only Bond.
Anyone who thinks Daniel Craig cant act is obviously a complete numptie and a fan of the Statham School of Non Acting. Craig is a fine classically trained actor with the skills and looks that projected Bond back into mainstream success and critical acclaim.
I have yet to see him perform less than brilliantly in anything in which he has appeared on either stage or screen.
Have to agree though that Lewis Collins would have been a very good choice at the time.
They need to give bond a constant pain to worry about, not just crazy individuals.Develope a
evil organisation with a head who is out to destroy Bond the free world etc..THIS is supossed to
be a young bond and to miss out on these baddies is a great chunk of bonds life gone.
I am really disappointed to see that Samantha Bond as money penny is being replaced, she just suited the part so well & i think everyone was pretty turned on by her, lol
I hope that John Cleese also turns up for the role of Q branch & some decent gadgets are back.
Also, why can't we have the original setup of the good ole Bond film, baddie trys to take over the world, Bond meets a stunner, kills the baddie & saves the day.......rather than these never ending storylines.
That said, i can't wait for Bond 23!
I fear the same will happen to Daniel that happened to Pierce (in my opinion of course).
Goldeneye was an excellent movie with a cast to match and will always be one of my favorites and even though each film got worse following, made me still regard Pierce as one of my favorites! but with each one following the stories and script (not neccessarilly the cast) got weaker and weaker which ended in what I thought was an emabarrising way for Pierce to part, especially with the shockingly bad animation when the dragster like car went over the edge of the cliff in Die another day (I am not in any way saying that was the worse part, but that was when I started laughing). The story was terrible and left me feeling like it was a massive copout that to be honest tainted the series for me and left me thinking "Bond is better than this"
Then along came Daniel with casino royale, and what an excellent movie that was!!! I was really impressed by it and thought "excellent! a decent story that isnt far fetched with animation for the sake of it". But then quantam of solace came along with high expectations and to be honest i was severly dissapointed and thought "here we go again" :/
