Daniel Craig is a very interesting and brave choice for Bond. If you step back and consider that there have been 20 Bond films, is there really a good reason to cast another Pierce Brosnan? No. We already have those films. It's time to do something a bit different (not crazy different, though!). I'm convinced that I for one will like Daniel in the role - he's got the acting chops, he's got the screen presence and, as recent photos from the set show, he's certainly got the body. Go Craig! I really don't understand why people would want to boycott this... All that's going on is the producers finallly listening to a huge chunk of their fans - and making Bond film based closely on a Fleming novel. We haven't seen this since the 60s. Why would any Bond fan boycott this. Very, very silly indeed!
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What truly inspired casting! Just like his predecessor, Daniel Craig is an amalgam of many previous James Bond actors. He has the charm of Sean Connery, the bulk of George Lazenby, and the darkness of Timothy Dalton! I'm looking forward to Daniel Craig heralding in a new era for the great 007, and I hope to seeing him in the role for years to come!
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yes he could play a good poeye ,its all what he is good for ...me and my friends and there friends will boycott that movie so bad ... i actually talk to people on the street and change there mind about not going to see this movie ..waste of time , waste of money. i am fighting hard ...count on ouer boycott . i was a bond fan ...too bad it had to end like this .
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It would be presumptuous of me to give a thumbs up or down on Daniel Craig as James Bond until I've actually seen him in the roll. That being said, I'm more then willing to give him a chance. I love the direction that MGM has taken so far with Casino Royale, and I can't wait to see a more back to the basics spy thriller. The casting of all the roles so far has been impressive, and lends an air of credibility to the script. I'm excited for the future of the franchise, and I can only hope the general public will be as pleased with a Bond film more focused on story and character development, rather then explosions, as I am!
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Daniel Craig is a great choice to play 007. A change in direction is required which meant Brosnan had to go. Don't get me wrong, Brosnan was a great 007 but Die Another Day was not a good 007 movie. For me, this is the most exciting 007 movie since Timothy Dalton signed on for The Living Daylights for a similar ride. Hopefully Casino Royale will be more about characters than hardware, about Bond living on the edge. If so, Craig is proven to be up to the task. Make no mistake, James Bond IS back!
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You people are just pissing us off more!! Stick it!! & that's from millions of die-hard 007 fans! Your boxoffice grosses will be just like Daltons' The unknown idiot, will be a disappinted, not an improvement! The producers lied about the Batman Begins copycat theory. The storyline is not an improvement, it's not going to change ours minds!!! We pay the admissions, & a blockbuster it won't be!!
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Daniel Craig will make the part of James Bond his own. He will make Bond what he was intended to be. I simply cannot wait to see Craig as Bond in Casino Royale. Go get em' Dan!
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Daniel Craig will make a great 007 ! This sentence tastes so good to be read ! At least something positive even if not yet proved, but I must admit the Bahamas pictures look great and I am not gay ;-) ! Martin Campbell did a great job on GoldenEye to bring Bond back after the end of the cold war, so why don't we trust him on Casino Royale as well ???? Finally I wish Daniel Craig all the best and am really looking forward to discovering Casino Royale on the big screen !!!!! P.S.: if needed, I have a licence to drive manual cars
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A quick & obvious note to those who critique DC's looks. I just returned from seeing MUNICH. A very good film in wich DC proves himself, every inch a fine actor. The other thing about him that is fine is his looks. He moves well, ON FILM... sounds great and makes the most of his physical presence, ON FILM. The stills I have seen of him look OK. He is not a male model pretty as Moore or Brosnan, but he has a no-nonsene masculinity. I do agree with some folks about his very short haircut, but lets see him in action before we bury the guy. I know a great physical presence does not equal a good BOND. Lazenby would have been better than Connery if that where true. How about we get together and chat after we see a teaser trailer this summer? CHEERS!
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I'll admit I got that sick feeling in the pit of my stomach when Dan was announced... "ew, THAT ugly guy?" But in the past months I have seen him slowly transform...as a great CBn poster has said, ONLY James Bond is James Bond. But Daniel Craig might be.
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Brosnan is history. He did his part in continuing The Legacy. Eon has made a choice in order to re-invigorate themselves (and as a result, hopefully the film-making experience of the cinematic Bond franchise). This movie needed a man with the acting chops that our new 007 brings to the table. PB would not be able to have done that in my opinion. PB was a great James Bond. Time to move on. Long live the new 007. ps...would the admins of the great COMMANDERBOND.NET let me come on board again please :-)
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Craig was the best choice EON could make. We need a new, harder-edged Bond and Craig is perfect. Hope he does at least 4 films!
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Despite what anyone else may say I wouldn't want anyone else in the role of James Bond other than Daniel Craig. He has shown in his preformances in "Layer Cake" and "Munich" the level of cool, intensity and predator-like characteristics that are needed in the role of OO7. Craig is certain to bring out a side of the character that we haven't seen in years, perhaps since the era of Connery! He even looks a bit like Hoagy Charmichael! I can't wait to see Craig staring down Madds at the tables in "Casino Royale". Here's to a fantastic Craig tenure! Lets prove naysayers wrong!
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Thank God you guys put this site together. It really is about time. I really hadn't heard of Daniel Craig until the Bond search began. Now that I've seen & read more about the man, I think he could do a great job on Casino Royale. I am also beginning to wonder about the motives of so many doomsayers. I understand that everyone has an opinion, but enough is enough. I myself am a diehad Dalton fan. I was sorry when he left the role. I was unsure about Brosnan taking the role. But I never even thought about trying to destroy the fanchise, which is exactly what these people seem to want to do. A great script, amazing supporting cast, and the ever present "Bond magic" made be a Brosnan fan. I have no doubt I will feel the sameway when I see Casino Royale.
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Thank God you guys put this site together. It really is about time. I really hadn't heard of Daniel Craig until the Bond search began. Now that I've seen & read more about the man, I think he could do a great job on Casino Royale. I am also beginning to wonder about the motives of so many doomsayers. I understand that everyonre has an opinion, but enough is enough. I myself am a diehad Dalton fan. I was sorry when he left the role. I was unsure about Brosnan taking the role. But I never even thought about trying to destroy the fanchise, which is exactly what these people seem to want to do. A great script, amazing supporting cast, and the ever present "Bond magic" made be a Brosnan fan. I have no doubt I will feelm the sameway when I see Casino Royale.
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Daniel Craig is the new James Bond like it or not. Pierce Brosnan is my favorite Bond and I'm disappointed he isn't coming back but I'm excited at the prospect of seeing a new 007. Daniel Craig is that man and I have thrown my support behind him. Here's hoping Craig is a great and successful Bond.
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craig = to bond layer cake should be enough words... bond is a natrual born killer...craig embodies this in EVERY WAY...connery did NOT. watch munich or layercake or shut up!!!
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When I first heard they had picked Daniel Craig to be Bond, I wasn't thrilled (I wanted Clive Owen), but the more films of his I watched the more convinced I was. The final straw was Munich. He was a cold blooded killer, but he was also very funny. The more people are mocking him about being Bond just makes me want to support him more. So go on Daniel! Kick some ass!
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If things carry on the way they're shaping up, this will be the best Bond film since O.H.M.S.S., or even the best ever. I've had just about enough of the xXx style Superbond/Pierce Brosnan films, and I can't wait to see (to use a cliché), the darker, grittier Bond that Fleming had in mind.
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d.So heres the deal part II: SPOILERS BELOW: Ive read the script review and i like it, theyve changed Vesper a bit but i still think its a raw and brutal script. The pre-credit stuff showing how Bond gets his "00" sounds fantastic! And yeah the carpet beating scene is there and humanies the character. BUT HERES what i want to see, and Haggis alluded to it in an interview a while back. Bond starts of raw, wild, a ruthless killer, hes NOT the suave Brosnan that we know. Hes different than that. However, after the "beating" Vesper, nurses him to health and "Forges him into the Bond that we all know and love" Those words are right out of Haggis' mouth and it gives me goosebumps! I would love to see at the end of the film after mourning Vesper's death, he has been refined, has leaned to "play the game" and is now in good grace with MI6. We see him on his next assignment, at a "function" where some beautiful dame asks who he is, and for the FIRST time in the movie he looks at her and the camera and says, in the Brioni tux, "Bond...James Bond" and the movie ends with crowd roaring its approval, thereby Bond being "forged into the Bond we all have come to know and love" This gives me chills. Feel free to expand
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Daniel Craig is one of the UK's best actors, capable of great subtlety, great style, and genuine emotion. His casting as the world's most famous secret agent is an inspired and unpredictable choice, and he will bring all of his skill and artistry, as well as a considerable physical presence, to the role, bringing Bond closer in line to the character of Ian Fleming's original fiction. Casino Royale, as one of Fleming's best novels, is an excellent choice to bring Bond into the 21st century, and I fully trust the filmmakers to retain enough of the franchise's conventions - such as beautiful girls, suave sophistication and explosive action - that the film will seem less of a reinvention, and more of an inspired updating. Craig IS Bond!
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Ok- Heres the deal, ive been going to the wall for Craig for a solid month now over on IMDB waging my war against fruitcakes like NetGeek and Goldfish (you al know who im talking about). considering i have a wife, 3yr old, job, and smelly dog, the fact that i am spending all this time on it is shocking. But heres why: when i saw those pics in Nassau i flipped out, no NOT the beach pic BUT the plane pic. I called over to my wife in the other room, "SWEETY!!....come here, your gonna go nuts!" Now my wife is a very busy woman and doesnt have a lot of time for this kinda stuff, but she loves the Connery films, admired Dalton, and thought Layercake was "Wonderful" in fact we both said at the time, "He'd make a great Bond" Lo and Behold! Anyway, she came in, me thinking she'd wonder why the hell im bothering with this, only to here, "My God! Its right out of Dr. No!"
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James Bond is BACK. I am a fan of Pierce Brosnan. However I remember a time when people said Pierce was too old to be James Bond 007. Daniel Craig will be as James Bond in real life as in the latest film Casino Royale. he's suave and sophisticated and a new face and image for Bond.James Bond. www.freebondnews.com the latest support and updates on James Bond.
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This anti Craig Thing is (and I can speak for the many TRUE FANS out there) Pissing me off. Have theese so called fans read the whole subject why Craig was cast as 007? Yes I'm pretty angerd the way Pierce was ousted. But if this is what it is all about then you are fools. Craig like Pierce (one of my favroute actors) is a fine actor and deserves all the credit he gets. My final points are I'm just happy that the search is over let the man get on with the job and how can people say he does not look the part. Fine maybe not in real life but he is an actor. At the press confrence he hit the nail on the head by saying he is going treat this like any other job and try not to get overwhelmed by it.Take it as when it comes. I just think theese people are just frightend of change. But many of us WANT it to change. Anyway he has official endorsmants from Connery,Moore,Brosnan,and even Christopher Lee a true Legend in his own wright and relatied to Ian Flemming. Craig does remind me alot about a young Sean Connery. In Layer Cake,Road To Predition,Munich he looked very Bondian. Daniel to me is perfect for the roll and very nice down to earth sort of bloke. He is does not deserve all this hurtfull negetive crap. As Pierce it was who encouregd and gave advice to take the part. As Brosnan said about his sucsessor in a recent interveiw "I think Daniel is a fine actor. I think he will hae the last Laugh". Good Luck Daniel. Hope to see you again as 007. I'll be first in the cue.
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