Craig - Daniel Craig

Oct 14, 2005 by Mike Browne in Movies and TV

CBC Arts: Craig - Daniel Craig - confirmed as new Bond
Sure Daniel Craig will do a bang up job with what is put in front of him script-wise, but there hasn't been a truly decent James Bond film since Roger Moore as "Bond, James Bond" in The Man With the Golden Gun in 1974. Bond hasn't evolved at all since then and has become a mindless sissy ass who relies on gadgets to get his job done and overcompensates for latent homosexual tendencies by bedding everything female with a weird name he meets. He gives brits a bad name frankly.

Bond needs an overhaul. Bond needs to go away from the upper class snobbery and be a more working class everyman. Perhaps more like an ex-SAS operative than the Queen's butler. Bond and Miss Moneypenny should be doing the nasty and he just blows off all the other advances out of loyalty to her. That's cool. Also, he needs to be a little tougher. Bring some big monkey (Jaws from Moonraker size) in and have Bond scrap it out with him winning only by inches. He can have brains and brawn and some class too, but I sure as hell don't relate to him as he is.

Want a real everyman's hero? Watch Raiders of the Lost Ark again. Indiana Jones is the best.

Comments

Oct 14, 2005, 11:14:19 Carol Boylan wrote:

Hi Mike & Carol...Dianne is on her way...she just left work to go home and get ready...enjoy your visit!! I'm glad you enjoyed the Charles Shultz thing...I don't very often pass those on, but thought that was worth sharing. All the best...Carol Boylan, Berwick, N.S.

Oct 14, 2005, 12:57:49 prairiewoman wrote:

Good grief, isn't it time for Bond to bloody retire anyway. I saw Sean Connery as the first Bond in Goldfinger, and methinks one remake with a new actor is PLENTY for a character. Give it a rest

Oct 14, 2005, 14:41:52 Tommyboy wrote:

Craif will do great. I'm glad to see someone that brings qualitites I don't expect. But what really burns me is the lack of Q and M. No, the keys are still here on my keyboard, but I read that they are not in the next movie! How lame is that! Instead, they are going to focus on finding the best Bond Girl. Look, all they need to find is Pretty + girl + Big boobs (Natural one, so this could limit the field by 3/4) + Trinity like kung fu moves = Perfect Bond Girl. DONE!! Now they need to get off their bottoms and go get John Cleese back. Damm, he's been under used in the last two, and it's these guys that help make Bond...well...Bond! Dammit!

Oct 15, 2005, 09:43:19 monkeyhugger wrote:

WORD to prairiewoman. RETIRE, but then, the thought of John Cleese being James Bond really brought a smile to my face. Fawlty, Basil Fawlty! While he loses his sh%t while bashing his car with a tree. I think I just dated myself.

Oct 15, 2005, 09:45:02 monkeyhugger wrote:

Oh wait, one more thing. I think Daniel Craig has an apple doll face. We watched "Layer Cake" and that's all I kept being reminded of. Apple doll = Daniel Craig.

Oct 15, 2005, 16:02:25 prairiewoman wrote:

You know if John Cleese was Bond I'd even go back to the theatre. THAT i'D LIKE TO SEE

Oct 17, 2005, 08:58:14 zookeeper wrote:

John Cleese. What an awesome idea! He would actually REVIVE the Bond Character.