Anyone even watch Bond movies anymore?

[Fabbs]

Daniel Craig as Bond has no appeal to me.
The 23rd edition "Skyfall" will be out in 2012.
Last Bond i saw was Casino Royale and it sucked.

The new Bond chick Bérénice Marlohe looks okay but otherwise....

meh.

[redzero]

Casino Royale was better than all the other Bond movies I saw.

[DarkReign]

absolutely, yes. The new ones are bad-ass.

[Fabbs]

Casino Royale was better than all the other Bond movies I saw.
If i recall correctly it was just crap blowing up non stop. No plot otherwise.
Am i thinking of the one after Royale?

[TimDunkem]

I'm a Bond fan. Some of the movies are not very good, but I enjoy them all.

And considering Sam Mendes is the director for the upcoming film - and Javier Bardem the villain - I'm sure I'll really enjoy it.

[ace3g]

If i recall correctly it was just crap blowing up non stop. No plot otherwise.
Am i thinking of the one after Royale?

You are thinking of Quantum of Solace , the sequel to Casino Royale

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And I'm really only a fan of 2 Bond movies: Goldeneye and Casino Royale (both by the same Director: Martin Campbell)

[CubanSucks]

And I'm really only a fan of 2 Bond movies: Goldeneye and Casino Royale (both by the same Director: Martin Campbell)

same here except with Goldfinger as well

[BlackSwordsMan]

Yeah Quantum was garbage. Probably why it took 3 years to make a 3rd

[DMC]

Bond Blows

[DeadlyDynasty]

Goldeneye, casino royale, and thunderball :tu. Xenia onatopp is the best villain ever created.

[ALVAREZ6]

Fuck yes. Casino Royale was my favorite Bond by far, although I have not seen the majority of the old ones so you can take my opinion with a grain of salt. I thought Quantum of Solace was terrible though.

[DieMrBond]

I'm partial to the Brosnan GoldenEye movie myself... but Daniel Craig is an interesting Bond, that's for sure.

Connery of course IS Bond however, but thats besides the point.

[TDMVPDPOY]

never liked watchin bond movies....

[lefty]

Sean Connery FTW

[ChumpDumper]

The correct answer is yes.

[Wild Cobra]

Daniel Craig as Bond has no appeal to me.
The 23rd edition "Skyfall" will be out in 2012.
Last Bond i saw was Casino Royale and it sucked.

The new Bond chick Bérénice Marlohe looks okay but otherwise....

meh.
Same here. I like all the other actors before Craig. He just isn't Bond to me. Saw both Casino Royale and Quantum of Solice. Didn't like either. Also saw every Bond movie before them. The Bond saga is over for me.

[JoeChalupa]

I actually like Daniel Craig and how Bond is now a badass. Yes, I will still watch the Bond movies.

[mrsmaalox]

I've never seen a James Bond film.

[CuckingFunt]

Quantum of Solace was rubbish. Casino Royale was a fine action film, but it wasn't a Bond movie. All the cheese they're trying to get rid of has always been my favorite thing about the franchise.

[Dude]

Craig is the best Bond yet. None of that wimpy english/british crap.

[DeadlyDynasty]

^Disagree.

Connery
Brosnan
Craig
Moore
Dalton
Lazenby

In that order

[CuckingFunt]

I still wish Clive Owen hadn't turned it down before they got Daniel Craig on board.

[CubanSucks]

I actually like Daniel Craig and how Bond is now a badass. Yes, I will still watch the Bond movies.

you just now think Bond is badass? How is he more badass than Connery or Brosnan? Cause he's got a "quiet, dark, emo" side to him now?

[CubanSucks]

I still wish Clive Owen hadn't turned it down before they got Daniel Craig on board.

:tu it's as if God placed him here in the exact time that he did to take over for Brosnan...:depressed oh well

[Bender]

I always wondered why brosnan got dumped. Everything I read back at the time, was that he was "too old". Huh?

[z0sa]

I always wondered why brosnan got dumped. Everything I read back at the time, was that he was "too old". Huh?

What exactly was Roger Moore's fuckin excuse then..

[Bender]

What exactly was Roger Moore's fuckin excuse then..
yeah, that's what I thought back at the time. I mean, Brosnan wasn't like in his 70s or something...

edit: ok, moore was 58 in his last bond movie, sean connery was 41 for Diamonds are Forever. Brosnan would have been 45 or 46 for his last bond movie.

Craig is 43 now, but he looks older.

[CuckingFunt]

To my understanding, it had less to do with his age than it did with everyone wanting to wash its hands of the suckfest that was Die Another Day. The fact that movie was panned scared folks into thinking there was no longer an audience for the cheeky/cheesy Bond, rather than thinking there wasn't an audience for shitty writing and lackluster directing. The decision after that one came out was to go in another direction, which kind of ruled out Brosnan as continuing the franchise -- as much as I liked him as Bond, he's not right for something like Casino Royale.

On top of that, I think he'd somewhat lost interest in doing it any longer.

[Bender]

Brosnan would have been 45 or 46 for his last bond movie.
I forgot about Die Another Day. That means Brosnan would have been 48 or 49... older than I thought.

[Thompson]

I like Casino Royale for the most part; Quantum of Solace sucked.

I actually like that it's not a cheesy franchise anymore; I can't even watch a Roger Moore Bond movie.

[Alice]

Craig is hot.

[Spurtacus]

Casino Royale was better than all the other Bond movies I saw.

+1

Connery is still the best Bond.

[Wild Cobra]

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[Mark in Austin]

I grew up in the later Roger Moore Bond period so my first experience with the character was the quippy wrinkled old man who somehow got women half his age to sleep with him without any sort of financial... considerations. The whole thing was ridiculous.

Thought Bronson did a fine job bringing respectability back to the franchise... just wish the producers had given a shit about the stories they were telling. After GoldenEye, all the Bronson films we complete trash script and plot wise. And Bond was still essentially a cartoon character. Just one that looked better in a Tux and was somewhat believable in action scenes.

Craig makes Bond a real, non-cartoon character again for me. Casino Royale is my absolute favorite Bond movie, and although Solace wasn't as good I like the over-arching mythology they are establishing. In many ways corporations have more power than most governments these days, so I think the plot is heading into interesting territory if they continue to follow Bonds attempts to unravel the global corporation / conspiracy that is Quantum.

It took them a long time to make the third Craig film because MGM was in bankruptcy and had no money to finance another film, but was also reluctant to sell the rights given it was the only viable franchise the studio has. Eventually they came to a shared agreement with Sony to get the film going.

[CuckingFunt]

Been reading a lot of rumors that Idris Elba is being strongly considered as Craig's eventual replacement. Rumors of course mean nothing, but that would definitely renew my interest in the franchise. Elba is a hell of an actor, and I think a lot more versatile than Craig. Perhaps even more importantly, he can be charming. Having a Bond who lacks charm is a problem.

[Nathan Explosion]

Brosnan didn't look like he could kick ass the way he did in the movies. At least Craig is believable when he's destorying mofos left and right.

And yes, Quantam of Solace sucked. It was action scene, rest for 5 minutes, action scene, rest for 5 minutes, repeat.

[scampers]

Haven't liked a Bond movie since Goldeneye.

I really like Craig as an actor. Casino Royale was ok, but it didn't do much for me. Not a fan of his Bond.

[Capt Bringdown]

The original Bond was supposed to soften the blow of England's crumbling empire with a schoolboy fantasy of unlimited power, virility and adventure. Do the newer Bond's address the UK's role as America's butt-boy?

[jimo2305]

daniel craig's version saved the bond franchise imo.. otherwise i wouldn't have cared for another bond movie after brosnan's last one

[tlongII]

I love Bond movies. Always have, always will. Of course Connery is my favorite in the role, but I think Craig does a good job.