I knew it! There's going to be more humor.

[Catman]

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6009

I knew it! The most serious Bond film is always followed up by a light-hearted installment.

FRWL - Goldfinger
OHMSS - DAF
FYEO - Octopussy
GoldenEye - TND

 

[terry78]

Haha, and in the vein of Octopussy yet. The movies did have some weird moments balancing out the serious nature, so I could see it. Bond is a suave guy, but he's not entirely stoic.

 

[Golgo-13]

Could work if the balance is right..could also be the beginning of the end..........

 

[Agentsands77]

This ain't true. Well, it ain't all true, at the least.

Leave it to the British press to steal info and mis-report it. These are comments stolen from a recent interview Craig made in INTERVIEW magazine. Here are the original comments:

Q: You managed to make it(the role) your own.
A: We will see.

Q: You've already done it--we don't have to see. And the only contentious issue when you were offered the part was the fact that you're blond.
A: They just want more gags. The next one's going to be a lot funnier.

Q: Octopussy kind of gags?
A: Yeah. Octopussy. ***** Galore. They're all great names. But that's the thing; all the Bond jokes have been flipped on their heads. They've all gone beyond... Should we order a bit more wine, so I can think straight? (Food is delivered to the table.)

So it's actually much more ambiguous than what the Daily Express is stating. Craig seems downright confused by what the reporter's asking. The reporter asks about the movie OP, but Craig seems to take it as referring to the character name. It seems somewhat clear that Craig is indeed indicating that BOND 22 will have more humor, but it's still really up in the air. As soon as he starts to explain it all, he stops.

It's also important not to take everything Craig says 100% seriously. He's the same chap who said there'd be no dinner jacket in CASINO ROYALE. We still don't know why he'd say something like that.

I find the concept of more humor really disappointing. I want more dark 007. I suppose you can have more humor and it still be pretty dark, just depending on what kind of humor we're talking about. It'll be a wait-and-see thing for me. I'd be surprised if Marc Forster came on board to make a comedy Bond film, especially when he said he came on board just because this was a new, more interesting 007.

 

[TQB]

bad idea

 

[Hunter Rider]

It all depends on how it's executed.......hands off the panic button

 

[Lobster Charlie]

There was some light humor in Casino Royale. I could live with more of that, if that's what their idea of "humor" is.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

More humor is a bad thing. If we have Roger Moore moments with birds doing double-takes, him being dressed as a clown while disarming a nuclear bomb, stupid crap like that, the movie will suck.

 

[Agentsands77]

If we have Roger Moore moments with birds doing double-takes, him being dressed as a clown while disarming a nuclear bomb, stupid crap like that, the movie will suck.

We won't. Read my post above.

 

[Movies205]

Waits for Matt to come and laugh... His grand moment is almost here t: For now all I'll say is:

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY!

Which also happens to be a great movie with Clark Gable

 

[Agentsands77]

There was some light humor in Casino Royale. I could live with more of that, if that's what their idea of "humor" is.

I think it is. Though the Daily Express would have you believe otherwise, Craig clearly indicates the humor will be something other than joke-names like "***** Galore" or "Octopussy," when he says:

"Octopussy. ***** Galore. They're all great names. But that's the thing; all the Bond jokes have been flipped on their heads. They've all gone beyond..."

 

[Lobster Charlie]

"The Bounty" with Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Day Lewis and Liam Neeson is pretty good, too! Beautiful Tahitian women as far as the eye can see

 

[Kevin Roegele]

More humor is a bad thing. If we have Roger Moore moments with birds doing double-takes, him being dressed as a clown while disarming a nuclear bomb, stupid crap like that, the movie will suck.

I knew as soon as I read this story that someone would write this exact post.

And Moore dressed as a clown wasn't a comedic moment, it was dramatic irony making it even more tense.

 

[Furious Styles]

I have a hard time believing that there will be a drastic change in the atmosphere and tone of the sequel, especially considering that the drastic change in style from DAD to CR was pretty blunt and jarring. There is a definitive character and story arc that can be explored with Craig's Bond in this post 9/11 world. One could even argue that the sequel should be even more emotional and tense than Casino Royale.

But it will be fun to see Craig fans rush in to this thread, praying to the Lord Jesus that Craig doesn't make DAF or Moonraker t:

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I have a hard time believing that there will be a drastic change in the atmosphere and tone of the sequel, especially considering that the drastic change in style from DAD to CR was pretty blunt and jarring. There is a definitive character and story arc that can be explored with Craig's Bond in this post 9/11 world. One could even argue that the sequel should be even more emotional and tense than Casino Royale.

Exactly. I'm sure there will be more jokes, but some witty one-liners here and there hardly makes it Austin Powers.

But it will be fun to see Craig fans rush in to this thread, praying to the Lord Jesus that Craig doesn't make DAF or Moonraker t:

LOL, you're right, that would be funny.....

 

[MaskedManJRK]

I find the concept of more humor really disappointing. I want more dark 007. I suppose you can have more humor and it still be pretty dark, just depending on what kind of humor we're talking about. It'll be a wait-and-see thing for me. I'd be surprised if Marc Forster came on board to make a comedy Bond film, especially when he said he came on board just because this was a new, more interesting 007.

Yeah, I'm betting it's more darker humor. I mean, when you think about it, Bond's torture sequence was funny as hell, and that involved something ALL men take seriously and was still pretty dramatic. I bet it's more stuff like that.

 

[Everyman]

This ain't true. Well, it ain't all true, at the least.

Leave it to the British press to steal info and mis-report it. These are comments stolen from a recent interview Craig made in INTERVIEW magazine. Here are the original comments:



So it's actually much more ambiguous than what the Daily Express is stating. Craig seems downright confused by what the reporter's asking. The reporter asks about the movie OP, but Craig seems to take it as referring to the character name. It seems somewhat clear that Craig is indeed indicating that BOND 22 will have more humor, but it's still really up in the air. As soon as he starts to explain it all, he stops.

It's also important not to take everything Craig says 100% seriously. He's the same chap who said there'd be no dinner jacket in CASINO ROYALE. We still don't know why he'd say something like that.

I find the concept of more humor really disappointing. I want more dark 007. I suppose you can have more humor and it still be pretty dark, just depending on what kind of humor we're talking about. It'll be a wait-and-see thing for me. I'd be surprised if Marc Forster came on board to make a comedy Bond film, especially when he said he came on board just because this was a new, more interesting 007.

From what I can tell of the interview, it absolutely don't mean it will be a lighter Bond movie. I don't want more jokes either, but then again, FRWL was at least as dark, if not darker than Dr. No, and had more humour.

 

[terry78]

Why do people associate humor with the movie sucking? It needs to have some funny moments, it's James Bond. Don't turn him into a brooding angsty guy that cries. I don't want the movie turning into a "why me?" type of thing.

 

[BatMatt]

Sexual innuendo humor would be fine in my eyes as thats always been a big part of James Bond but please NO CAMP. Keep the general tone the same as Casino Royale

 

[Everyman]

Why do people associate humor with the movie sucking? It needs to have some funny moments, it's James Bond. Don't turn him into a brooding angsty guy that cries. I don't want the movie turning into a "why me?" type of thing.

Because often, when they added humour to james Bond, it went to the overdose, with juvenile jokes a la DAD and borderline parodic moments that did not fit the genre. The best Bond movies worked because they kept it serious, even when it was OTT, even when there was humour.

 

[Darth Elektra]

More humor is a bad thing.

I agree.

 

[Catman]

More humor is a bad thing. If we have Roger Moore moments with birds doing double-takes, him being dressed as a clown while disarming a nuclear bomb, stupid crap like that, the movie will suck.

All Bond films have had humor. Its just that Roger Moore was over-the-top humor. There's a difference, you see. Bond 22 could have the type of humor we saw in Goldfinger for example!

 

[The Chairman]

Goldfinger isn't exactly lighthearted. Connery's first four films were pretty consistant in mood IMO.

I agree with the others, especially DAF.

 

[Catman]

Goldfinger isn't exactly lighthearted. Connery's first four films were pretty consistant in mood IMO.

I agree with the others, especially DAF.

Goldfinger is light-hearted compared to Dr. No and FRWL because the producers didn't want something serious too soon after Kennedy's death.

 

[The Chairman]

Goldfinger is light-hearted compared to Dr. No and FRWL because the producers didn't want something serious too soon after Kennedy's death.

But the film overall is not that light hearted. It's pretty dark in many spots. Bond fails to save two of the heroines, faces the most dangerous henchman of the series, and for the first time is put into a situation where he has to rely on his wits rather than his tools to get out of it.