Why Craig is so poor as Bond - not a troll post.

[DorkyFresh]

Did anyone consider that the reason this movie was so good is because its a flemming story?

well if this is indeed the closest that Hollywood's ever gotten to transferring Bond to film, then i definitely like Flemming's Bond more than the Hollywoodized Bond most people have grown to love.

even if this isn't close to Flemming, Campbell has put Bond back on the map......again....hehe

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Well, it was close to the book......but, really....it wasn't exactly a page-by-page adaptation. The first half is probably not from the book, although I've not yet finished the novel.

But, yeah....shows you what happens when they stick to the source material. Good things happen. If only the rest of Hollywood could learn...

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

Can someone tell me if this movie is doing well in the box office?I have not seen it in the top 3 movies in the USA.

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

Yeah, it is. Last I checked it missed the top spot by like 2 mil.

 

[superkong 500]

CASINO ROYALE has won. It's going to have a great opening weekend, and it's been critically received with open arms (a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes - unheard of for a Bond film - and virtually every one of them full of praise for Daniel Craig).

Just in case I liked craig as bond enough to want him to comeback to make more bond films. However I didn't like CR as much as many here.
Anyway to the point, you said unheard of for a bond film?

try this link http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/from_russia_with_love/
96%

 

[Kal-El Reeve]

Of course he's not there yet. The problem is Craig will never get there! Like The Game said, he doesn't have the charisma. This is something you have or you don't. And Craig doesn't have it.

Neither did James Bond in the story. So he didn't do it for you, no worries. But personally this was more of Fleming's Bond than the Eon Bond. You have your idea who is Bond.

Meaningless. 90% of Bond fans are those who have come to know and love the character solely via the films. I am one of those. I can't accept Craig in the role due largely to the fact that he goes flatly against the type that I have come to accept in the role, i.e. a handsome, suave superspy that can knock off the bad guys and cavort in the company of high-society types with equal ease. Craig looks horribly out of place in
Bond's world. A troll doll in a tux just doesn't cut it for me.

Did you know that Ian Fleming did not want Connery as Bond from what I remember hearing. He thought he did not look the part. He wanted someone else. And that was his creation. One of the reasons James Bond got popular in the cinemas in the States at least is because J.F.K. was a fan of the Fleming novels. (I don't know where you are from)

I think alot of people forget it was Ian Fleming who wrote Bond and when people get all pushy especially when an Ian Fleming story is closely adapted (ie On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Casino Royale) They think that Bond is not like that. Bond is like that; he is human, and Fleming's Bond has flaws. I prefer a Bond who has to use his wits more than his gadgets.

You like Eon's Bond, I like Fleming's. It's no loss; to each their own

 

[ChrisBaleBatman]

I thought Craig had a certain charm to him. He certainly had presence.

 

[Tony Stark]

well if this is indeed the closest that Hollywood's ever gotten to transferring Bond to film, then i definitely like Flemming's Bond more than the Hollywoodized Bond most people have grown to love.

even if this isn't close to Flemming, Campbell has put Bond back on the map......again....hehe

I totally agree. Although I liked Brosnan as Bond, I groaned at everyone of his stupid one liners. Not really his fault but the writers.

The worst was when they name a character Christmas, just so he can say, "I thought Christmas only came once a year."