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Pierce Brosnan will be 007 in CASINO ROYALE - The Roulette Wheel Has Stopped'

Thank the sweet lord... by roncattobraathen	Apr 27th, 2005 08:54:58 AM
...see ya Clive, thanks for coming, though.
As long as Halle Barry doesn't show up... by Jeditemple	Apr 27th, 2005 08:57:51 AM
I'm fine with Brosnan as long as they cast a decent Bond woman to pair him up with. Let's face it, Denise Richards and Halle Barry were two of the worst Bond women ever.
Wonder if she'll get in trouble by Darth Kong	Apr 27th, 2005 08:59:14 AM
Haha. Do you think?
Hey Jarv... by Darth Busey	Apr 27th, 2005 09:01:20 AM
If you were a knowledgeable Bond fan, you would realize that Brosnan has never been the problem. Its that the plotlines have turned to shit. I sincerely doubt they do a straight up Casino Royale adaptation, since the book itself is all about tone and fairly light on plot; but even if they incorporated most of it, and played it as a straight up spy thriller (ala "You Only Live Twice"), it would be the best Bond movie in almost 30 years.
Orlando Bloom! Har yiggidy yaaarrr by Lone Fox	Apr 27th, 2005 09:07:59 AM
I think Brosnan is still the best choice for Bond. In a recent interview, Christopher Lee even said that Brosnan was the closest anyone had come to capturing the character (and coming from Fleming's cousin, that's good enough for me). All Brosnan needs is a good script.
Brosnam is as old as palpatine in ROTJ by Judge Doom	Apr 27th, 2005 09:12:49 AM
But he
Brosnan by Darth Busey	Apr 27th, 2005 09:18:03 AM
Jarv, I agree with you in that the last 4 movies have been crap. To be honest, I've only seen about 15 minutes combined of the last 2 movies, since they looked like horrible. I have read the Fleming source material. Brosnan has done a better than adequate job as Bond. Unfortunately, EON has complete control of the franchise, and unless Broccoli and Wilson go, things are not going to change. Dalton's performance was also closest to the Bond of the novels, but when you start putting Wayne Newton in featured roles, things aren't looking good.
Yes, I have read all the original Fleming novels, courtesy of my by Lone Fox	Apr 27th, 2005 09:18:36 AM
I agree on Dalton, unfortunately he came in after Moore, and the public wanted a 'Carry On' Bond again. Added to the poor storylines, he didn't stand a chance. Brosnan isn't that far removed from Dalton's take on the character, and as for the smoking thing-- that's not an essential aspect of 'character'.
Keep Brosnan, but dump Dench. by ExcaliburFfolkes	Apr 27th, 2005 09:33:52 AM
It was a terrible idea to cast her as M. And an even worse idea to send her into the field on a mission in "The World is Not Enough". Her character is too much of a nag to Bond, and a huge liability to the Brisitsh Secret Service.
Dear Sony/MGM: THANK GOD YOU CAME TO YOUR SENSES!!! by Commando Cody	Apr 27th, 2005 09:36:40 AM
Brosnan's been the best Bond aside from Connery, period. And ever since they even started work on GOLDENEYE, Pierce has been the guy everyone WANTED to see in the part and they clearly still DO, proven by the fact that every single one of his Bond movies made more then the one before it -- clearly a winning formula and show of fan faith in any sequeled franchise. Not to mention that in recent months, as all sorts of names were dangled as the "new Bond" the largest outcry was a very resounding "Fuck any new actor! Bring Pierce back again!" Besides Brosnan and Martin Campbell turned out a great Bond adventure in GOLDENEYE, so teamed again they should create similar magic. So this is the best movies news of the day by far. Thank God the suits at the studios came to their senses because DANIEL CRAIG OR CLIVE OWEN BOTH WOULD HAVE SUCKED! And if this is Brosnan's farewell, put either Hugh Jackman or Ewan McGregor into the role -- least they have movie star quality unlike Daniel "I look like a troglodyte" Craig or Clive "I exude have no onscreen personality" Owen.
"Nobody does it better" than Dalton by delsol	Apr 27th, 2005 09:51:45 AM
when it comes playing the Bond in Fleming's books. I agree with Jarv and Lone Fox, who seem to know the material and who understand the fundamental problems plaguing the series. Dalton was absolutely perfect. He showed the character's cruel side to the extent he was able, given the ludicrous plots of those two movies. (Carrie Moss was a kickass Bond woman in the second BTW.) But the public didn't like him, which is why he was dumped, which enabled them to pick up the Golden Boy (Brosnan) who was now available. That being said, I've never thought Brosnan a bad Bond. He's right up there and I know he's capable of playing the darker side very well. Look at some of his early works as a young tough, or even the sleazy Tailor of Panama. For about 30 years, the problem has been the overemphasis on gadgetry and the public's need to see awe-inspiring special effects. No f/x? Not a blockbuster.
SO WHY THE HELL COULDN'T TARANTINO DO IT?!! by The Real McCoy	Apr 27th, 2005 09:54:05 AM
He wanted Brosnan and Casino Royale. Why isn't he directing it? Anyway, Brosnan is THE best Bond if you're talking about who best embodies the character from the books. It's just a sad fact that all of his Bond films have sucked save one. I also agree with those saying Dalton was better than Moore. Moore was good but Dalton was better.
who's james bond? by dr.bulber	Apr 27th, 2005 10:16:46 AM
and why isnt anybody him if no one knows who he really is?
Jarv, you have to be kidding about box office. Face it -- IT MAT by Big Dumb Ape	Apr 27th, 2005 10:48:17 AM
Bottom line, box office is a translation of people voting with their pocket book. As Cody pointed out, each Brosnan film has done better than the one before, which is (for the most part) an unprecedented occurence in "sequel" trajectories. And given that Brosnan started off big to begin with (with GOLDENEYE) and certainly managed to bring back Bond to the screen in a big, big way after a multi-year absence (the failure of LICENSE TO KILL), Cody's right about another thing: clearly the public has taken a real love to Brosnan in the role. So when you say you're sick of all this talk about box office, your bitching is falling on deaf ears. Because the bottom line is far more people than you want to see Pierce in the role...have found his movies to be fun...and for crying out loud, the studio certainly isn't out to make a box office LOSER (or a modest money making "break evener") simply so diehard Bond purists like you will be happy because you're getting a pitch perfect book interpretation. I mean who the hell sets out to make a movie and says "Well, so long as we please the book reading purists and only break even, we can say we created art and we'll satisfied." That might be a nice sentiment in some parallel universe dream world, but come on -- it's fucking Hollywood AND big business and OF COURSE box office is ALL that matters. It's the driving motivation. And in Brosnan's case, he's had solid box office AND is really loved by millions of fans in the role. So as far as Sony goes, it's a no brainer. You write the man a check and get him back.
Even if it's Brosnan's final one, five just seems a much better by BoyNamedSue	Apr 27th, 2005 11:01:51 AM
It just wasn't time to pass the torch..........yet. I ASSUME this means the script will no longer portray Bond as younger?
Why isn't Tarantino directing? I'll tell you... by BigTuna	Apr 27th, 2005 11:02:54 AM
Because of the Brocoli's. They are control freaks and would never in a million years let QT near it especially after talking about how he wanted to change the series so much.
The 60s & 70s Bond movies can never be topped or remade well, as by Pizza The Hut	Apr 27th, 2005 11:11:54 AM
NOW it's nothing but ALL tech, ALL action, BLARING music, LAME forgetable villians, and a 007 who never acts relaxed, but instead with a stick up his butt. Brosnan is good, but he's not "that good".. There's your problem with the modern-day Bond, in a nutshell.
Brosnan rules. by I Dunno	Apr 27th, 2005 11:39:29 AM
He and Connery get it. They both know when to look like you're having fun in the casino, chugging vodka and banging women who have no business being as hot as they are, given their professions and balancing that with being a cold blooded killer. Timothy Dalton's Bond may have been the most faithful to the character of the novels but the character of the novels does not translate to modern film. His Bond seriously believes that he can ride a violin through a border and is deadly serious when ordering a vodka martini at a casino. Connery and Brosnan get it. I agree that they've gotten too heavy on the action and less on the actual spying and I have to sadly admit that "Die Another Day" kind of sucked but Brosnan is a great Bond and "GoldenEye" was the best Bond film ever. Here's hoping that Brosnan does one more.
Re: I Dunno by Darth Busey	Apr 27th, 2005 12:10:19 PM
You had me until you declared Goldeneye to be the best Bond film ever. Sigh...
Jarv by Kai_Mah'gra	Apr 27th, 2005 12:21:39 PM
....shouldn't the fact that they have already auditioned all the prospective "next-coming-of"s, all the Owens, Blooms and they like, and still came back to Brosnan tell you anything? Beyond the obvious reasons (i.e financial, given Brosnan's pregoressive success at the B.O. with each sequel, bad scripts notwithstanding), the fact that they seriously had already decided to drop Brosnan but still found no one that could match up to him, might indicate that he is the best available actor for that role at this point in time. Get over yourself. Seriously dude. You're in the minority that Sony doesn't give crap about because you're not going to change their bottom line at the Box office. Brosnan may be a poor man's Connery but he's still Leagues ahead of all the potential suitor's. If this really is Brosnan's last go at it, I personally wouldn't mind seeing them give Gerard Butler a shot. He's been pretty solid with all his projects thus far from the Phantom of the Opera, (where he displayed his acting and performance range) to even some of his smaller projects and has just enough sex appeal and suave for women audience and more than enough fo that Scottish rogue and macho to be an neo-action star. Plus, best of all, the guy doesn't take himself too seriously even in real life which would translaet very well to the bond movies. It's about time the role went back to a Scot;.... after all, it seemed to work out pretty well for them last time around.
Neat, but I still don't expect anything by Gheorghe Zamfir	Apr 27th, 2005 12:30:22 PM
Still see no reason to expect this film to be any better than any of the other Brosnan Bond flicks, which have been at best forgettable diversions.
The Tallywhacker by TheContinentalOp	Apr 27th, 2005 12:59:22 PM
But will they have the scene where Bond's balls are getting whacked with a stick while dangling through the bottom of a wicker chair? And will they keep the book's final line ("The bitch is dead now.") one of the best last lines of any book ever? If they do that, this flick could have a chance to rise above the other Brosnan Bonds. Not that I disliked them. They are what they are: silly fun. But I'd like to see Brosnan get the chance to play it darker and more serious, just this once.
Overlooked potential Bond: Julian McMahon by waylayer	Apr 27th, 2005 01:03:40 PM
Check out how egotistical this guy acts on Nip/Tuck. He has the looks and attitude to pull it off, plus he's banging different models every week on the show anyway, so that aspect of Bond is already ingrained. Just give him an accent and you're set. friendswithbenefits.com
bond could be this actor... by mansep	Apr 27th, 2005 01:24:53 PM
Max Beesley.. he's like a smoother Ewan McGregor. http://www.scoops.be/contentpi cs%5CCelebs%5CDETAIL%5C55151-0 .jpg
Connery set the standard - these are the movies NOT the books by TheTriffid	Apr 27th, 2005 01:53:56 PM
Fleming may have written the books but the Bond that we know and love is well and truly from the movies. So we have to look at Connery. Connery created the character and Brosnan is the closest to THAT character plus, i think, he brings something more. Just look at the way he acts with Sophie Marceau when he has to shoot her - this is some serious acting. This is what Brosnan brings to the role and that is why none of the other contenders can match up. Which is why they've gone back to Brosnan. We can talk about the books until we're blue in the face but the fact is Bond is a complete cunt in the books - it simply wouldn't work in the films.
bond could even be this actor..... by Papa Doc	Apr 27th, 2005 01:55:09 PM
Brosnan's top banana, but David O'Hara is worth the watching as banana number 2, (He's a big scowling Conneryesque Scotsman who can ACT!) The guy has real presence & is putting a tidy little career together, (Hotel Rwanda, Stander, Braveheart) Also gave a great performance as a ruthless internal affairs cop in The Commander, (UK show) A good bet for Bond in a couple of years....
I like Brosnan... by Jimmy Jazz	Apr 27th, 2005 01:57:28 PM
As someone stated earlier, Brosnan's take is not that much different than Dalton's (who is the only one who got it right, IMO). The only difference between the Dalton and Brosnan films is that the producers and writers of the Dalton films actually seemed to have read the original novels and short stories. The current producers seem so afraid of deviating from the fomula that they always take the easy way out. That being said, I do not think that the Brosnan movies at their most disappointing (I am thinking specifically of Die Antoher Day here) can compare to the absolute nadir of the movies put out diring the later Moore years. At least Die Another Day started out well. Crap like Moonraker and A View To a Kill were abortions from the first frame.
Good job! Brosnan now, McMahon later... by lynxpro	Apr 27th, 2005 02:00:46 PM
Love it when I'm right... :)
The Return of the ONLY Bond to out-Bond Connery by RobinP	Apr 27th, 2005 02:05:46 PM
This is good news. Long may Brosnan reign - and this comes from a Connery loyalist from the sixties...until I saw TWINE and was completely won over.
If you've read the books... by daveh	Apr 27th, 2005 02:23:33 PM
I feel you can have an opinion. That's why I agree with everyone who says Dalton was the best. While he was only working on a small piece of the Flemming books in Living Daylights (the sniper attempt) through out the whole film he had the character nailed down. it was perfect. That's why Living Daylights is the most accurate portrayal of Bond from the original source. Licence to Kill was not good. Dalton was fine in it just not the best script even with the bit they stole out of Live And Let Die. It just felt like an American action film (Michael Kamen's score that he uses for all action films a la Lethal Weapon did not help). As for Brosnan, he really has had bad scripts. All his Bond films have been shite. I don't agree it's his fault. I think that if this script to Royale is like the book (it won't be!) Brosnan deserves to have a stab at it. On another note. BRING BACK JOHN BARRY. FOR CHRIST'S SAKE I CAN'T PUT UP WITH DAVID ARNOLDS BASTARDISATIONS OF ALL HIS MUSIC. It's not a bond film without JOHN BARRY!
I'd have to agree that... by Childe Roland	Apr 27th, 2005 02:41:12 PM
...Dalton was probably the closest to the way Bond was portrayed on paper and, while I loved Connery in just about every Bond movie he did (including You Only Live Twice), I think Dalton could have carried the character to new cinematic heights given some room and decent writing/direction. He could've pulled off a Bond that doesn't rely on camp or cheesy smarm... the kind of Bond that doesn't have to wink at the camera. Brosnan feels more like a latter day Roger Moore trying to play it straight and not quite succeeding. But at least they didn't let that hack Tarantino take over the franchise. You might think things couldn't get any cheesier for Bond, but let QT and his attention defecit disorder anywhere near the character and I promise no one will ever take the franchise seriously again.
W......T.......F??????? by alucardvsdracula	Apr 27th, 2005 03:08:55 PM
I'll believe it when I see it. If Brosnan is back for one last time it'll be a good send off. Still think Owen would have been a good choice though, oh well.
Maybe I'm in the minority... by the Grobe	Apr 27th, 2005 03:21:03 PM
...but I always thought Brosnan's Bond was too flat and uninspired. It could be because I grew up watching Remington Steele, I don't know. He just never felt like Bond at all for me. I'd even prefer Roger Moore's campy Bond over Brosnan. I agree that many of the problems of the later movies came from bad script and direction, but Brosnan doesn't carry Bond for me, period. Maybe Tarantino could have gotten something different from him, but we'll never know.
Good! Because with Brosnan, we also get Dench, Cleese, Salmon & by FrankDrebin	Apr 27th, 2005 03:38:56 PM
There was also talk of Michelle Yeoh returning for TWINE, so maybe we'll see her again (although what she'd be doing fighting Bulgarians in a French casino, I don't know).
Didn't Bronsan want, like, 30 million or something insane like t by Tall_Boy	Apr 27th, 2005 03:43:00 PM
30 million? For Bond?! C'mon, that's highway robbery for a dude in a tux.
Whatever he wants by hamo455	Apr 27th, 2005 04:24:06 PM
give it to him, he's worth it, and better at this stage than any potential replacement.
Like I said about Daniel Craig - Don't listen to Mori on this su by genro	Apr 27th, 2005 04:49:27 PM
Mori may know some people, but he doesn't know the right ones when it comes to Bond.
Fuck McMahon by HypeEndsHere	Apr 27th, 2005 04:50:12 PM
guy's done one mediocre tv show. that's how much fuck McMahon
Brosnan IS Bond. Fuck the younger actors! Don't give Clive Owen by performingmonkey	Apr 27th, 2005 04:51:49 PM
Although, whoever thinks Tarantino should get his hands on Royale is totally insane. Do we really want Bond spouting 5 page monologues about pop culture references? Or anime sequences? Or Uma Thurman? Anyway, even though Dench has said this I wouldn't take it as 100% confirmed. I thought it was only a week ago they said whoever they chose it was official that it WASN'T Brosnan? Brosnan deserves another movie after the shit-fest of Die Another Day and the mediocrity of The World Is Not Enough. If they take things a little more back to basics like Goldeneye then it should work. Just fuck the invisible cars and stupid attempts to make Bond something other than what it is.
Well this is good news not so much because Im a Brosnan fan but by Spacesheik	Apr 27th, 2005 05:06:37 PM
plus the bond producers kinda treated him like shit...im glad he gets his chance now to do a serious bond
FUCK PIERCE BRONSON, HIS SKINNY LANKY ASS COULDN"T BEAT A FLY IN by Onyx73	Apr 27th, 2005 05:44:34 PM
He doesn't have a muscle in his body! Excuse me for trolling, but I'm just using the same logic you stupid fucks on talkback use to justify ICE CUBE as not being a believable action hero! I bet pierce never got ina real fight in his life. FUCKING PANZY!
FATHER/SON by Garbo	Apr 27th, 2005 06:09:08 PM
Maybe Timothy Dalton and Daniel Craig can do it as a father/son story. They're so hot. And together they add up to like 3/4 of a Brosnan.
Who cares ... by major_wiggins	Apr 27th, 2005 06:38:58 PM
As "M" pointed out so effectively in "Goldeneye", James Bond is a Dinosaur, a product of the Cold War ... and besides that the franchise has sucked for years.
Your Only Cast Twice by Evil Chicken	Apr 27th, 2005 06:39:52 PM
This is excellent news. I
when making a list of the best/worst bond girls, are we excludin by McLuvin	Apr 27th, 2005 06:52:35 PM
...that's right, i went there
bond is bond is bond by PaulKerseyIsDead	Apr 27th, 2005 06:52:39 PM
i'll see the movie regardless,it could star Justin Timberlake, be produced by Jerry Brockheimer, and the title song could be sung by wierd al and i'd go see it. if only to cuss at the screen.
by BaadOutfit	Apr 27th, 2005 07:50:16 PM
Yay! Can't really think of anything more interesting to say than that, really. Just... yay. In other words, I'm pleased.
I disagree that EON is only remaking CR because Tarantino sugges by FrankDrebin	Apr 27th, 2005 07:57:03 PM
When DAD was being scripted (and it was being stuffed with references to Bond history), it was rumored that Vesper Lynd (a character from CR) was the name of the double-agent. It's looks like EON renamed the character Miranda Frost to keep Vesper available for a remake of CR. In fact, I'll bet EON's been thinking about it since whenever they got the rights from Columbia.
Learn to shoot a weapon by crider	Apr 27th, 2005 09:09:48 PM
You would think a secret agent would be a professional with weapons, but I hate when Pierce fires guns in the bond movies he looks like hes just radomly shooting. Correct that and he will be a better bond. But I still want Clive Owens.
Thanks for the reminder, Genro. I totally forgot about Moriarity by Triumph poops!	Apr 27th, 2005 09:36:33 PM
I can't wait to read his next column backpeddling and explaining why his "inside information" was so fucked up yet again. Talk about bragging but then calling something WAAAAAAAY off...
Which Bond film would you vote as best pre-title action sequence by Red Raider	Apr 27th, 2005 09:39:49 PM
It's hard for me voting for just one. IMO, here are a few: The Bond without a parachute scene in Moonraker, the insane ski jump in The Spy Who Loved Me, the fight & jet pack scene in Thunderball, the boat chase in The World is Not Enough, and Bond beating the shit out of anyone in his way while hunting for Blofeld in Diamonds Are Forever. "ONE CHANCE...WHERE IS HE?" "MARIE...ASK MARIE!" ______ Which film had your fav pre-title sequence?
Ok, claiming "GoldenEye" being the best Bond film may have been by I Dunno	Apr 27th, 2005 09:52:39 PM
...but it was damn good.
I have to say.... by OnnatopLover	Apr 27th, 2005 10:16:09 PM
that I agree: "Goldeneye" is the best Bond of all time. And I cautiously am giving thanks that my prayers to get Brosnan back have apparently been answered. Speaking of darker Bondian moments with Brosnan, I love the scene in TWINE when he shoots Sophie Marceau's character point blank, pretty cold. Also in TWINE, he would have shot Renard in cold blood if Denise Richards (terrible) hadn't stopped him. At any rate, I agree that Brosnan can play all the angles if given the right script. Here's hoping that CR is a little darker of a script with less special effects and more spying. As for awesome openings, I love Goldeneye's...gives a little backstory and has that incredible jump from the dam. If only they could bring back Famke Janssen....
Crider Hit the Bullseye! by Ktak	Apr 27th, 2005 10:22:12 PM
I like Brosnan as Bond, but his handling of weapons (especially his beloved Walther PPK and newer P99) always pulls me out of the story. If Michael Mann directed a Bond film you can bet your ass this would be remedied immediately. Mann believes in giving his actors proper weapons training in all his films, and it shows. Compare how Bond handles his firearm with Tom Cruise in Collateral, or Robert DeNiro in Heat. You can actually buy them as being professionals. At the range where I used to practice, we used to have discussions about who the most convincing actors were with firearms. The short list includes James Caan, Don Johnson, Bruce Willis, Cruise, Michael Biehn and Steven Seagal (his movies might be shit, but the man genuinely knows how to handle a .45).
This is Great news. Now if they'll just greenlight a gritty scr by Ted Striker	Apr 27th, 2005 10:34:30 PM
I still think Brosnan's replacement will be McMahon (sp?), who was BORN to play 007 eventually...
Moore's Bond films WERE semi-sucky, but they had some effective by FrankDrebin	Apr 28th, 2005 12:15:43 AM
Starting with LIVE & LET DIE ("Whose funeral?" "Yours."); the Asgard glacier jump in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME; the shuttle hijacking & Bond being shoved out of an airplane in MOONRAKER; the fishing trawler accidently (or not) nagging a derelict WWII mine in FOR YOUR EYES ONLY; and the Acrostar mini-jet in OCTOPUSSY.
THANK YOU!!! Now KEEP him around!!! by Cletus Van Damme	Apr 28th, 2005 12:47:56 AM

Yeah, yeah, every Brosnan film grossed more than the last... by Osmosis Jones	Apr 28th, 2005 12:50:50 AM
...but every Brosnan movie also COST considerably more than the last. Goldeneye cost about $65 million in 1995, while DAD ended up costing, like, $200 million (factoring in marketing, advertising, ect.) only eight years later. Compare with, say, the Spy Kids movies, each of which cost exactly the same (only $30 mil apiece, I think), despite each one having more F/X work than the last. And, even if Casino Royale turns out to be an FYEO to DAD's Moonraker, it'll still cost a bundle due to Brosnan asking for some absurd amount of money to put the tux back on (like Connery when he did DAF). Let's face it: while the Brosnan films are popular, they're just not attaining the Beatles-esque pop culture furor that met the early Connery films (adjusted for inflation, 1965's Thunderball grossed, like, $800 million, while DAD probably topped out at under $500 mil). You have to count the actual amount of butts in seats, not just the dollar amounts. DAD was 007 for the xXx generation, and that's why it was so big (and so terrible). Lstly, if Desmond Llewylllen(?) doesn't get a dedication in Casino Royale, I'm gong to hurl my popcorn at the screen.
Brosnan Rules. by plissken77	Apr 28th, 2005 01:10:40 AM
I'm happy he's coming back. I would have been happy with Daniel Craig. But brosnan rules the Bond franchise. He brings style and class as well as a kick as tough guy act. I loved Connery, I loved Moore, Hell I even loved Dalton. But this is Brosnan he owns it. He should do seven like the tow greats befor him. And that a fact.
Pierce is Bond- by dahauk	Apr 28th, 2005 01:32:14 AM
-oh ye of short memories--we go through this song & dance every new Bond movie. Every time the current actor does this 'I don't know if i'll be back' bit,and every time they just keep putting more money on the table till said actor finally feels he's been stroked enuff and announces he'll be back 'one more time'. The more important thing here is will Cleese make an appearance?! As good as Brosnan is, it's Cleese's Q that pushes my buttons.
YEAH BABY, WAY FOR MGM TO GET THEIR HEAD STRAIGHT!!!!!! by zillabeast	Apr 28th, 2005 01:43:02 AM
YEAHH PIERCE ROCKS!!!!!
Orlando Bloom is poos by funkyhouse	Apr 28th, 2005 01:44:04 AM
oh god,Orlando bloom as James Bond.whos bright idea was that? didnt know bond was 17 and clive (im sorry i just fell asleep,oh..so did you..)owen....grrrr...Tarantin o to direct and Ricky Gervais to star!!
Ricky Gervais From The Office As Bond!! by funkyhouse	Apr 28th, 2005 01:47:44 AM
"A chilled out entertainer with a samurai sword and martini"...yeah that works for me
by daveh	Apr 28th, 2005 05:50:46 AM
Was Connery that good? Who here has actually gone back and watched his films recently? The first half of Dr No and the whole of From Russia With Love are great Bond performances and enough for connery to call them his own. Then Goldfinger comes along, good film. But what's happened to the accent. Thunderball - Connery is just coasting along and completely bored. You Only Live Twice - The second worst performance of James Bond ever. embarrasing to watch. WATCH IT AGAIN Diamonds Are Forever - Worst bond performance ever. Connery plays a nigh on obese man with bushey eye brows and his delivery is just boring and he looks older than Moore did in View To A Kill.
Please no Brosnan by Vicconius	Apr 28th, 2005 07:08:05 AM
I'm sick of his wimpy, whispering Bond. I'd rather have Dalton back. He was good. They've got to get him back to the rugged Bond of old, like the Connery Bond. Gerard Butler IS Bond. Scottish, rugged, witty, good looking. He'd be the closest to a new Connery Bond.
RE: I disagree that EON is only remaking CR because Tarantino su by cmdrbond007	Apr 28th, 2005 07:38:04 AM
It was Gala Brand... not Vesper Lynd.
Understanding "Bond Purists" by delsol	Apr 28th, 2005 09:23:15 AM
Hey, stop picking on Jarv! You're not getting the point. It isn't a matter of being true to the books, but being true to the CHARACTER. The books haven't been used as source material since Thunderball or thereabouts, though little bits and pieces have been inserted into various movies at times. All they've used was the title usually, which is too bad. But if they're going to use the fundamental plot of Casino Royale, I for one will be thrilled. I hate to tell some of those clamoring for another villain seeking world domination that Le Chiffre isn't of that cloth.
Last Word on Dalton by garofellatio	Apr 28th, 2005 09:26:37 AM
We have DVDs of all the Bond films and watch them in chronological ordfer (roughly one or two a month over the course of each year). We suffer through Diamond Are Forever, Moonraker, and View To A Kill but we make steady progress until we get to Living Daylights. Just so happens we're at that point right now. It's like, do we skip straight to Goldeneye or grimace and bear four hours of flotsam so we can have the whole 007 experience? Dalton had the tough-as-nails part down, but License to Kill is a lame, American-style revenge flick and Living Daylights-- aside from that great scene where he shoots the rifle and not the assasin and gets in trouble-- is unwatchable crap. We'll never know how great Dalton really was because his two outings sucked. BTW, aside from watching our 007 movies in chronological order (and that includes Operation Kid Brother (VHS) after Thunderball)-- we also see Thunderball and Twice two or three times a year. Those movies are.. just... wow.
Last Word on Brosnan by garofellatio	Apr 28th, 2005 09:37:43 AM
Brosnan's Bond is a bit of a wimp but he invests the role with more ACTING than any other Bond. If only-- IF ONLY-- he had a classic Bond script with some-- not overwhelming-- technogadgets, a CENTRAL VILLAIN with a world-shattering plan, AND the chance to do a little acting, we'd all be pretty damn happy. It amazes me that people knock the villain Eliot Carver in the second Brosnan movie, at least he was a central villain with a cool-- and mobile-- hideout. I actually liked TWINE because it had the kind of character development people say Bond movies don't have. I think people bust on TWINE because Denise Richards ("I like, do nukular stuff, tee hee") was a joke and Sophie Marceau, although good in her role, was a little too young and flimsy to face down Brosnan. Much of Goldeneye was campy crap. I get sick of people saying it was the best Brosnan Bond. Aside from Halle Berry as Halle Berry in Die Another Day, I'd say the BrosBonds were all fairly equal, good in different ways. Let's hope Casino Royale will be the fifth and best of the BrosBonds.
UM... by I Dunno	Apr 28th, 2005 10:47:53 AM
Sean Bean's 006's motivation was to destroy the country that killed his parents and to make a shitload of monry. Carver's motivation was to be the only media mogul to have a deal with China. Electra wanted to control the oilindustry. Die Another Day sucked, admittdly.
All this Bond talk made me think about Jaws again! by davids	Apr 28th, 2005 11:07:09 AM
Remember how funny Richard kiel was in those two movies and popular. So popular he became the only Bond villian to come back! I know Blow field made numerous come backs but diffrent actors and very small parts. Side note do you know Richard Kiel has been in the movie and tv buissness since 1958! On casino, why don't they do a story of an old Bond nearing retirement? Connerlt would fit that role. Connery and moore had an idea back in the seventies. They would shoot two bond movies back to back. One more would be bond and connerly the villian, the second conerly Bond and more the vilian. would have been cool!
oo7 by OASIS8	Apr 28th, 2005 12:10:14 PM
BROSNAN DESERVES ANOTHER FILM. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE THOSE FILMS AND LIKE BROSNAN AS BOND. DANIEL CRAIG IS NO BOND. CLIVE COULD PROBABLY PULL IT OFF, BUT THERE IS SOMETHING WITH HIS LOOK THAT I DON'T THINK IS RIGHT FOR BOND. IF SONY IS SMART THEY WILL HAVE BROSNAN BACK FOR A 5TH.
RE: no it wasn't by cmdrbond007	Apr 28th, 2005 01:14:43 PM
I was talking about Miranda Frost's name before they changed it in "Die Another Day," fucker. Pay attention to the thread, asshole. I was talking about Moonraker, dickface. Gala Brand! Now shut the fuck up!
Observations from an outsider by grampageezer	Apr 28th, 2005 02:07:06 PM
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You know guys.. I want Brosnan to continue as Bond as much as th by Avon	Apr 28th, 2005 02:22:28 PM
it's just Dame Judi fucking Dench's word at the moment. Nothing official has come out... I'd wait for a proper announcement at the risk of being disappointed and letdown.
Source material by delsol	Apr 28th, 2005 02:28:15 PM
Barbara Broccoli hasn't exactly said they were planning a return to ALL the books, just to Casino Royale, the only Eon hadn't had the rights to for some time. I've been pleased that Eon is cognizant of the fans desire to return to the stories' roots and the support given by Brosnan. I would imagine the impetus had to be Tarantino's highly publicized comments and his desire to direct one of those. Casino Royale is a good story in its own right. A Bond-On-Vacation who runs into trouble type, much like the real Spy Who Loved Me, which I had always wished had been turned into a film, using the book's storyline. But maybe that one looked too much like a made-for-TV movie of someone staying at a motel, who runs into trouble. Not as glam as a French casino. I am very much aware of how bits from various books have shown up in other movies. Thanks for reminding me about The Living Daylights. Yes, I've read the short story and had forgotten its plot. It's been a long time since I read them all over again.
I dunno: I'm with you, and I think I might have seen them all. by gigaloff	Apr 28th, 2005 04:22:06 PM
Goldeneye's my favourite. Followed by Goldfinger, Live and let die (sentimental reasons,I loved the speedboats when I was a kid) and the rest of the Connery's. Licence to kill was alright. Moonraker and Die Another Day you couldn't force me to sit through again. Man, were they bad.
Hey Jarv! by daveh	Apr 28th, 2005 04:41:29 PM
I agree with all that you say except about Connery. Most people say he's the best because it's popular opinion. You can say he's the best in my opinion if you have seen all the Bonds, and I mean all of them at least 10 times each. Jarv you do strike me as someone who understands Bond and probably has seen/read them many times so you have a valid opinion. I think Goldfinger is a good film I just did not like Connery in it. I think Thunderball was awful. Connery being tied to the rack and screaming "Hey what're you doing. Hey come back here. Hey. HELP... HELP... HEY ARRRGH HELP!" This is not a cool Bond. My favourite Bond films: On Her Majesty's Secret Service (yes Lazenby is not good I agree but the film is excellent). Living Daylights. From Russia With Love (Connery is excellent in this).
i think i might be the only person who actually liked tomorrow n by McLuvin	Apr 28th, 2005 05:20:03 PM
in fact, i think the pre-credit action sequence is one of the most entertaining in the series.
Don't Believe Everything You Read by Garbo	Apr 28th, 2005 08:33:06 PM
The Brocolis play this game every time. "Who will be Bond?! He's in! He's out! It's someone new! Wait, no it's not!" They just want to keep everyone spinning until the next movie. Until Brosnan says he's in, himself, don't believe anything you hear. Especially from the UK tabloids. They're infamously malleable.
Judi was joking by kabong	Apr 28th, 2005 10:35:02 PM
Judi Dench was probably just trying to get rid of a journo yapping about a movie job that probably means very little to her. However, better Pierce Brosnan than any of the rumored replacements. It would be nice if they went with a serious plot, like From Russia With Love than the brainless spectacle they will probably produce.
Grandpageezer by Bond Fan	Apr 28th, 2005 11:26:35 PM
Geez, why'd you have to go and mess up your well-reasoned post. You made perfect sense until: >>I mean, nobody wants to see James Bond
Grampageezer, it's way more fun to whine and moan about the movi by ExcaliburFfolkes	Apr 28th, 2005 11:55:44 PM
Don't take everyone's complaining around here too seriously. We're all huge movie fanatics here, and despite our complaints, we'll all be at the theater opening night for most of these films. Bellyaching is just sort of a hobby for us to pass the time between movies.

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