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Daniel Craig will return as James Bond.

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Farmboy

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GSG Flash said:
He said he wants to go out on a high note, hopefully that means another movie on the level of Casino Royale.

That said, I'm scared that it may be too late for us to go back to a Casino Royale style movie in the Craig Era :(
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Yeah, CR was so exciting because it was a genuinely interesting new direction for Bond, not unlike Batman Begins was for Batman. Then each sequel drifted further from that concept, to the point where you might as well replace Craig with any of his predecessors (de-aged, of course) in Skyfall and Spectre (and I did like Skyfall).

Here's hoping his fifth outing is a return to form. But I agree it may be too late.
 
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Dangansona

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Yeah yeah "what about the slash the wrist line!" blah blah.

I really hope Purvis and Wade don't blow it. I want Craig to go out on a high note so bad and establish himself as the definitive Bond.

My ranking is
1) Craig
2) Connery
3) Lazenby
4) Dalton
5) Brosnan
6) Moore
 
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Tovarisc

Member
Farsi said:
I hope the director and the writers don't play it safe because it's Craig's last one.
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I would say they started to play it safe after CR. I remember a lot talk about how it "wasn't proper Bond movie" because of how Bond was more brutish and direct instead of smooth talker with smooth moves.

Follow up movies have been a lot more traditional Bond movies in that sense.

I hope last Bond by Craig is CR 2.0
 
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Temeculan3000

Member
Bobby Roberts said:
He's still my favorite Bond and I've seen em all.

Let's Do the Rankings Bit, Yeah? Yeah.

1) Craig
2) Dalton
3) Connery
4) Brosnan
5) Lazenby
6) Moore
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1. Connery
2. Brosnan
3. Craig
4. Moore
5. Dalton
5. Lazenby

Moore didn't take the role as serious, but I think he brought his own charm to the role. Dalton and Craig seem the most serious. I really liked Brosnan at least in the first few he did. Lazenby was ok but only had one movie hard to really rank high unless it was a major standout.

Connery is classic though, he defined the role.
 
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Sephzilla

Member
I wish they'd give the role to someone who actually wants the job

Bobby Roberts said:
He's still my favorite Bond and I've seen em all.

Let's Do the Rankings Bit, Yeah? Yeah.

1) Craig
2) Dalton
3) Connery
4) Brosnan
5) Lazenby
6) Moore
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1) Connery
2) Brosnan
3) Craig
4) Dalton
5) Moore
6) Lazenby

Brosnan was a great Bond who was brought down by terrible movies after Goldeneye.
 
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Bobby Roberts

Banned
jack_package_200 said:
The hate for Skyfall will never not baffle me.
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I get it, people tend to criticize the movie for what it wasn't rather than for whether it's doing what it's attempting in the film well or not.

But that's a weird way to criticize a movie, to me. Is it succeeding at what it's trying to do? If so, then it's succeeding.

Skyfall is a top 5 Bond primarily because almost everything it tries to do, it does well to varying degrees.

(shoulda never got rid of David Arnold though)
 
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xandaca

Member
Connery > Dalton > Lazenby > Craig > Moore > Brosnan

Hopefully Craig can go out on a positive note and some of SPECTRE's most egregious mistakes (Bond as Blofeld's adopted brother) can be rectified. Once again, fingers crossed The Garden Of Death will finally happen. I loved Skyfall and, to a lesser extent, Casino Royale, so considering how inconsistent the series is, three out of five good 'uns is a solid return for Craig. Connery (excluding Never Say Never, which must not be spoken of) was four for six, depending on your taste for YOLT (I think it's fun); Lazenby was one for one; Moore was three or four for seven; Dalton was two for two; Brosnan one for four (TWINE isn't bad in parts and tries to mix up the formula a scooch, but it all feels rather leaden). So if Bond 25 turns out well, Craig will be roughly in line with his predecessors' success rates.

And they'd better not do another reboot once Craig bows out. Give him the ending from the YOLT novel, let the new guy come in with the intro (the only good bit) of TMWTGG novel and set off from there.
 
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AngmarsKing701

Member
Inceptional said:
Like I've said in another thread, they need to Logan this final Craig chapter and strip it back down to bare essentials and brute force like in Casino Royale. Have him be retired and then hunted. Put him through absolute hell and give him a real struggle and battle of wills with a worthy opponent, someone just like him.
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This.
 
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13ruce

Banned
Cool. Great actor altho i don't think his look fits James Bond but his movies are great to fantastic so that makes up for it.
 
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Solo

Member
I think the blueprint is pretty clear:

1. Bond 25 with Craig in 2019.
2. Sell the franchise?
3. New Bond actor and new Bond in 2022 to commemorate the 60th anniversary.

#2 may or may not come to pass. Personally I still don't believe that Wilson and Broccoli are ready to sell their baby. Now, the third generation of their family? Maybe. Probably.
 
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Not Spaceghost

Spaceghost
Oh boy I can't wait for another Jame's Bored movie that Daniel Craig clearly looks like he's there just to make a big fat paycheck because he no longer gives a shit.

Spectre was fucking abysmal because it was just so boring.
 
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Bobby Roberts

Banned
Timeless said:
Am I the only one who liked Spectre? I vaguely remember it losing steam towards the end but I definitely enjoyed it.
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Nah, it was okay.

I honestly think it plays better as one of those lazy Sunday "Oh shit, there's a Bond on TV" type of Bond films.

It's middle-of-the-pack Bond.
 
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Blader

Member
Cheebo said:
He's only done 4. Connery did 6 and Moore did 7. It would be a huge surprise if he didn't do this 5th film. It wasn't something to be shocked about.
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It's not exactly the same. Connery's movies were over nine years; Moore's spanned a decade. Craig's five movies will cover 13 years when all's said and done.
 
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Cheebo

Banned
Blader said:
It's not exactly the same. Connery's movies were over nine years; Moore's spanned a decade. Craig's five movies will cover 13 years when all's said and done.
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Well in terms of surprise I mean more that rumors dried up about a year and a half back about there being a new Bond and every rumor since centered on Craig and how much he would be paid or whether he would do 1 more or 2.

No one should be surprised or shocked he was back. It's been a foregone conclusion Craig was coming back for the past year+. It was just a matter of when and for how many films.
 
Master Of Illusion

Master Of Illusion

Member
1) Connery
2) Craig
3) Brosnan
4) Moore
5) Dalton

Not ranking Lazenby as I've never seen Her Majesty's Secret Service.

SPECTRE had all the ingredients to be great, but the story was a complete uneven mess that could have gone a few more rounds of rewrites. About the same level as Quantum (both of which I don't think are horrible, just middling / average at best). Hope the new one's a strong finish to Craig's Bond.
 
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KernelPanic

Member
Craig is awesome. Haven't seen QoS but if get a good script not like Spectre it should be fantastic.

Can't think of anyone better ATM.

It's the script that is usually the biggest factor. Brosnan was fantastic but the films as written were largely garbage.
 
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BertramCooper

Banned
Spiritual_Chaos said:
Good movie. Imagine it being made with Connery and Pleasance :O
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I'm of the opinion that OHMSS would have been worse with Connery than with Lazenby.

Lazenby was not a great actor, but Connery would have given a completely phoned-in performance in OHMSS that would have been hugely detrimental to it. Plus, Connery was never great at selling the more romantic side of Bond. For all of Lazenby's flaws, I think he did a decent job at this.

I'm mixed on Craig coming back. He's a fantastic actor and has been an excellent Bond, but his performance in Spectre was lackluster. He was clearly growing tired of the role, and the bad material he was given to work with in Spectre certainly didn't help. I'm cautiously optimistic he and EON can redeem themselves with his final film, but ending one's tenure as Bond with a good film is certainly an exception and not the rule.

In any case, I'm glad that Mendes is definitely gone. He was a fucking lousy Bond director. Sadly it looks like Purvis and Wade are basically in full control of the script. Sigh.
 
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-shadow-

Member
Can we get Campbell as well and have a good old time again as a closure for Craig? Pretty please?
Master_Of_Illusion said:
Not ranking Lazenby as I've never seen Her Majesty's Secret Service.
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I re-watched this one yesterday, I think it holds up pretty well, but the romance is rushed and the finale is very much a product of its era. I love most of the rest of the film, including Lazenby. Shame he never returned, because with the extra experience he could've given a terrific performance.

Anyone knows if the alternate take of the ending actually was ever released?
 
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Extra Sauce

Member
So he's doing it to end on a high note but he signed before seeing a script? Yeah he's doing it for money. Good for him though, and me!
 
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Drifter_InA_Cage

Member
It's time to put this to a rest. Make this the last of this run of Bond films. Come back in few years with Christopher Nolan directing it and Dan Stevens as the new Bond.
 
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