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Post by Natural Born Farmer on May 14, 2022 9:06:22 GMT -5
Is Daniel Craig really the most popular Bond? Granted, I'm not a Bond fan, but there are several other names I associate with James Bond above Daniel Craig. Frankly, he's pretty close to the bottom in my mind. With the general public I’d say Craig is up there with Connery. Brosnan and Moore were popular during their runs as well. People forget how well received Brosnan’s Bond was at that time, and I do remember there being a general sense of disappointment he didn’t come back for a fifth film. Was there? I don't remember a lot of criticism directed at Brosnan personally, but Die Another Day was really widely ridiculed despite the gobs of money it made, and I think everyone was kind of ready for the franchise to go in a different direction. Casino Royale with Brosnan just would not have worked.
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Post by Hit Girl on May 14, 2022 11:06:08 GMT -5
Bond joined MI6.
That's his origin story.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 14, 2022 11:12:37 GMT -5
Bond joined MI6. That's his origin story. Pretty much, that’s all we really need. Don’t get me wrong, Casino Royale was f***ing brilliant and I genuinely enjoy most of the Craig story arc, but there is no need to establish a backstory or origin for Bond again going forward. Bond just being Bond for 105-120 minutes is all we needed for 20 movies, and all we need for at least the next few.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on May 14, 2022 12:24:25 GMT -5
Bond joined MI6. That's his origin story. Pretty much, that’s all we really need. Don’t get me wrong, Casino Royale was f***ing brilliant and I genuinely enjoy most of the Craig story arc, but there is no need to establish a backstory or origin for Bond again going forward. Bond just being Bond for 105-120 minutes is all we needed for 20 movies, and all we need for at least the next few. I'd also argue we never need to see.. Bond GOING ROGUE! again...
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on May 14, 2022 12:36:52 GMT -5
Pretty much, that’s all we really need. Don’t get me wrong, Casino Royale was f***ing brilliant and I genuinely enjoy most of the Craig story arc, but there is no need to establish a backstory or origin for Bond again going forward. Bond just being Bond for 105-120 minutes is all we needed for 20 movies, and all we need for at least the next few. I'd also argue we never need to see.. Bond GOING ROGUE! again... I swear they’ve done that 8 outta the last 10 movies. I’m 100% okay with parking that trope for awhile
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 15, 2022 2:01:52 GMT -5
Pretty much, that’s all we really need. Don’t get me wrong, Casino Royale was f***ing brilliant and I genuinely enjoy most of the Craig story arc, but there is no need to establish a backstory or origin for Bond again going forward. Bond just being Bond for 105-120 minutes is all we needed for 20 movies, and all we need for at least the next few. I'd also argue we never need to see.. Bond GOING ROGUE! again... I think we could do without seeing Bond aggressively *cough* "seducing" traumatised women who clearly aren't into him.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on May 15, 2022 3:07:51 GMT -5
I heard they were going to try this with Leonard Part 1 before the Cosby scandal broke.* *I never heard that, but I did secretly want this to be a thing. Why must I have such awful taste in movies?
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Post by Famous Rocking Chimes on May 15, 2022 6:07:38 GMT -5
With the general public I’d say Craig is up there with Connery. Brosnan and Moore were popular during their runs as well. People forget how well received Brosnan’s Bond was at that time, and I do remember there being a general sense of disappointment he didn’t come back for a fifth film. Was there? I don't remember a lot of criticism directed at Brosnan personally, but Die Another Day was really widely ridiculed despite the gobs of money it made, and I think everyone was kind of ready for the franchise to go in a different direction. Casino Royale with Brosnan just would not have worked. I think Brosnan as Bond was well received, his movies…other than GoldenEye it’s up for debate. Because he was the video game Bond I think he has a lot of goodwill from people growing up with him as “their Bond”.
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