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[The Shark]

Personally I thought he looked a lot less physically impressive and Bond-like in Quantum of Solace - more like a starving wolf in the scenes where he where's wearing a tux or a suit. I'm not talking about the same definition he had in Casino Royale, just the muscle mass, like what Connery had (due him being an ex-Mr. Universe).

What do you think?

[DamnCoffee]

I loved his look in Quantum. I feel he was too bulky in Royale, he looked like a body builder. I mean, if you look at this and compare it with that. I find the latter to be better. Craig himself looks more comfortable, and doesn't look like he has to prove himself. Which, lets face it, he did in Casino Royale, considering he had a huge weight on his shoulders.

[Tybre]

Personally I think Craig's physique for Quantum of Solace was much better than his physique in Casino Royale. He looks better in a suit and a tux in Royale, I will grant that, but bare...he seemed a bit too built to me. So I guess a little more muscle mass wouldn't hurt. Fill out outfits better while not looking a bit too muscular when nude/shirtless. I do think he was fine in Solace, though, so if he keeps himself there, I'd be fine with it.

[Quantumofsolace007]

Quantum all the way

[The Shark]

I loved his look in Quantum. I feel he was too bulky in Royale, he looked like a body builder. I mean, if you look at this and compare it with that. I find the latter to be better. Craig himself looks more comfortable, and doesn't look like he has to prove himself. Which, lets face it, he did in Casino Royale, considering he had a huge weight on his shoulders.

He looked more like a defined Connery in Casino Royale, however in Quantum of Solace he looked like the thinnest Bond actor to date. Bond is supposed to a man every man wants to look like, not Tyler Durden.
Perhaps if he went back to the Casino Royale weight and loosed the definition that could work.

Edited by The Shark, 15 August 2009 - 11:14 PM.

[DamnCoffee]

In Quantum of Solace he looked like the thinnest Bond actor to date.

And here's me thinking that David Tennant would make an excellent Bond.

[jaguar007]

I think he looks fit in both pictures, but I would lean toward the build in Casino Royale. He looked like he can hurt someone, but hardly looks like bodybuilder like Stallone or Arnold.

[HH007]

I prefer his leaner look in QoS.

[Loomis]

He looked more like a defined Connery in Casino Royale, however in Quantum of Solace he looked like the thinnest Bond actor to date. Bond is supposed to a man every man wants to look like, not Tyler Durden.

I'm confused. I thought Brad Pitt in FIGHT CLUB was what every man wants to look like, or at any rate what every man is told by the media he wants to look like. Y'know, that famous still from the film showing Pitt barechested and incredibly ripped, posing with a cigarette in his mouth (obviously, the cigarette isn't supposed to be something to aspire to, but the rest of it - the ultra-defined abs, the hairless pecs, and so forth - is).

[jaguar007]

Actually I would rather look like Craig in CR than Pitt in Fight Club

[The Shark]

He looked more like a defined Connery in Casino Royale, however in Quantum of Solace he looked like the thinnest Bond actor to date. Bond is supposed to a man every man wants to look like, not Tyler Durden.

I'm confused. I thought Brad Pitt in FIGHT CLUB was what every man wants to look like, or at any rate what every man is told by the media he wants to look like. Y'know, that famous still from the film showing Pitt barechested and incredibly ripped, posing with a cigarette in his mouth (obviously, the cigarette isn't supposed to be something to aspire to, but the rest of it - the ultra-defined abs, the hairless pecs, and so forth - is).

Well, not from where I'm standing. Apart from the chiselled abs (which aren't that hard in the first place unless you're a 30 something slob with a beer problem). The only thing that looked really cool about him was his cigarette and care-free attitude, something according to the PC media I'm not supposed to appreciate. Funnily enough the same lifestyle magazines that prescribes these "ideals" to us blokes, are part of the same degeneration of society - consumerism and fads that he was talking about.

Either way, I'd rather look like Craig in CR than Durden or Craig in QOS any day of the week.

Just my 2 pence.

Edited by The Shark, 16 August 2009 - 01:04 AM.

[Tybre]

something according to the PC media I'm not supposed to appreciate.

Hell if we listen to them we shouldn't like 007 either. Smoking may be gone but last time I checked he's still violent, hard-drinking, and womanizing.

[The Shark]

something according to the PC media I'm not supposed to appreciate.

Hell if we listen to them we shouldn't like 007 either. Smoking may be gone but last time I checked he's still violent, hard-drinking, and womanizing.

But why not, smoking? Is that any worse than Bond blowing people's brains apart or practising polygamy?
They did it in Die Another Day for Christ's sake, and they leave out when they come to doing a true-to-the-source adaptation of a Fleming novel.

[Mr. Blofeld]

something according to the PC media I'm not supposed to appreciate.

Hell if we listen to them we shouldn't like 007 either. Smoking may be gone but last time I checked he's still violent, hard-drinking, and womanizing.

But why not, smoking? Is that any worse than Bond blowing people's brains apart or practising polygamy? They did it in Die Another Day for Christ's sake, and they leave out when they come to doing a true-to-the-source adaptation of a Fleming novel.

It's not exactly the healthiest habit to keep when your first assignment is to beat the living sh!t out of another fellow in a bathroom...

[JimmyBond]

Fascinating. First people complain that Craig was too bulked up in CR. Now people are complaining he wasnt bulked up enough in QoS.

Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

[Loomis]

He looked more like a defined Connery in Casino Royale, however in Quantum of Solace he looked like the thinnest Bond actor to date. Bond is supposed to a man every man wants to look like, not Tyler Durden.

I'm confused. I thought Brad Pitt in FIGHT CLUB was what every man wants to look like, or at any rate what every man is told by the media he wants to look like. Y'know, that famous still from the film showing Pitt barechested and incredibly ripped, posing with a cigarette in his mouth (obviously, the cigarette isn't supposed to be something to aspire to, but the rest of it - the ultra-defined abs, the hairless pecs, and so forth - is).

Well, not from where I'm standing. Apart from the chiselled abs (which aren't that hard in the first place unless you're a 30 something slob with a beer problem)

Forget about chiselled abs unless your body fat percentage is lower than 10%. Which doesn't apply to most adults, not just your proverbial slobs with beer problems. Craig doesn't have chiselled abs in CASINO or QUANTUM. Nothing worth writing home about, anyway.

Funnily enough the same lifestyle magazines that prescribes these "ideals" to us blokes, are part of the same degeneration of society - consumerism and fads that he was talking about.

Indeed. I don't endorse an obsession with looking like Pitt (actually, I don't think Pitt is particularly attractive, and I've never understood why he's so often held up as the absolute ideal). I'm merely pointing out what it seems to me that the media would have one believe.

[The Shark]

It's not exactly the healthiest habit to keep when your first assignment is to beat the living sh!t out of another fellow in a bathroom...

But then beating the living sh't out of other fellows isn't a healthy habit in the first place is it? Smoking goes with it hand and hand, just as Bond risks his life in action abroad, he also does with every inhaled toxin.

Fascinating. First people complain that Craig was too bulked up in CR. Now people are complaining he wasnt bulked up enough in QoS.

Don't blame me! I'm just talking in retrospect.

Forget about chiselled abs unless your body fat percentage is lower than 10%. Which doesn't apply to most adults, not just your proverbial slobs with beer problems. Craig doesn't have chiselled abs in CASINO or QUANTUM. Nothing worth writing home about, anyway.

Agreed, muscle wise I've managed to maintain a hypertrophic physique like Craig's in CR. But I can't be arsed about uber-definition. It seems to me you tend to look more imposing and attractive to the ladies with moderate definition (as in CR), the effect of the swimming trunk scene on women probably down to them being refreshed by a man with who cares more about muscle mass than male-model abs. Like Sean Connery in a respect, without the body hair.

Edited by The Shark, 16 August 2009 - 04:05 AM.

[sharpshooter]

Craig looked very impressive in Casino Royale, but I prefer his Quantum look.

[bill007]

CR was just after Bond left the SAS/SBS, and was still bulked up from the constant training those lads do. QOS shows me that he is probably not working out as much for bulk, but still retains a work-out for fitness.

That QOS balcony shot of Bond in the tux, over-looking the target at the pre-opera party, just reaked 007.

[Germanlady]

Isn´t all the admiration for Connery going a bit over the top? There is a pic of him (too lazy to search, but you know it anyway) in trunks (even blue ones, I guess) and he is very slin muscle wise. Not much there really. Not even close to what DC had even in Quantum. Of course, back in the old days, everything was much more natural compared to today - but still, not even close...

At the end of the day - Quantum for me, too. He was particularly thin during the Bregenz shoot, L. Crowley complained of him loosing weight so fast, that they had to do the pants all the time - but that was stress...

[quiller]

Personally I thought he looked a lot less physically impressive and Bond-like in Quantum of Solace - more like a starving wolf in the scenes where he where's wearing a tux or a suit. I'm not talking about the same definition he had in Casino Royale, just the muscle mass, like what Connery had (due him being an ex-Mr. Universe).

What do you think?

i don't think sc had as much muscle mass as dc does in either of his films.

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[Quantumofsolace007]

I want him to be fit and look like he could Kick My that is what i want in 007 (hence why Dalton and Daniel were my faves) Daniel Craig should remain fit wether it's royale fit or quantum fit i don't care Just stay fit

[The Shark]

Personally I thought he looked a lot less physically impressive and Bond-like in Quantum of Solace - more like a starving wolf in the scenes where he where's wearing a tux or a suit. I'm not talking about the same definition he had in Casino Royale, just the muscle mass, like what Connery had (due him being an ex-Mr. Universe).

What do you think?

i don't think sc had as much muscle mass as dc does in either of his films.

I'd disagree:

[DamnCoffee]

I want him to be fit and look like he could Kick My that is what i want in 007 (hence why Dalton and Daniel were my faves) Daniel Craig should remain fit wether it's royale fit or quantum fit i don't care Just stay fit

I thought Dalton looked quite scrawny really. Well, not scrawny, but if I saw a topless photo of him I wouldn't automatically think "WHOA! Look at the body on him! I bet he could smash me to pieces!!", whereas with Craig I can.

[Tybre]

I want him to be fit and look like he could Kick My that is what i want in 007 (hence why Dalton and Daniel were my faves) Daniel Craig should remain fit wether it's royale fit or quantum fit i don't care Just stay fit

I thought Dalton looked quite scrawny really. Well, not scrawny, but if I saw a topless photo of him I wouldn't automatically think "WHOA! Look at the body on him! I bet he could smash me to pieces!!", whereas with Craig I can.

Bond shouldn't look like he can go all HULK SMASH on you though. He's supposed to be fit enough to kick your but not be a beast.

[double o ego]

The funny thing is, if Craig had the body he had in layer cake or even in tomb raider, he'd stil be fine. Craig is naturally a fit guy and likes to stay in good shape most of the time. Add to that his toughness and agression, it still makes him a more than ideal Bond.

His physique in QoS was fine. He was lean and I'm sorry but he didn't look good in a suit? Eh?? I thought he looked bloody fantastic in his suits and in the tux.

[Loomis]

Personally I thought he looked a lot less physically impressive and Bond-like in Quantum of Solace - more like a starving wolf in the scenes where he where's wearing a tux or a suit. I'm not talking about the same definition he had in Casino Royale, just the muscle mass, like what Connery had (due him being an ex-Mr. Universe).

What do you think?

i don't think sc had as much muscle mass as dc does in either of his films.

I'd disagree:

Where's his legendary chest hair (and arm and leg hair, come to that)?

[Quantumofsolace007]

Craig should be fit

[quiller]

Personally I thought he looked a lot less physically impressive and Bond-like in Quantum of Solace - more like a starving wolf in the scenes where he where's wearing a tux or a suit. I'm not talking about the same definition he had in Casino Royale, just the muscle mass, like what Connery had (due him being an ex-Mr. Universe).

What do you think?

i don't think sc had as much muscle mass as dc does in either of his films.

I'd disagree:

i must've missed that bond film? which one is it?

[The Shark]

Personally I thought he looked a lot less physically impressive and Bond-like in Quantum of Solace - more like a starving wolf in the scenes where he where's wearing a tux or a suit. I'm not talking about the same definition he had in Casino Royale, just the muscle mass, like what Connery had (due him being an ex-Mr. Universe).

What do you think?

i don't think sc had as much muscle mass as dc does in either of his films.

I'd disagree:

i must've missed that bond film? which one is it?

Baby Oil is Forever. or "Waxfinger".