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[Tarl_Cabot]

he looks like a valet parking attendent in Beverly hills. Not James Bond!

[Brix Bond]

And Sean Connery was an Edinburgh milkman, yet remains the favourite amongst Bond fans.

[Tarl_Cabot]

He is not a Edinburgh milkman...or a James Bond.

[Loomis]

Nine times out of ten, (Grant) plays bumbling Englishmen.

I watched A VIEW TO A KILL the other day, and felt that Moore's Bond had more than a touch of the "bumbling Englishman" about him. Give Grant a MOONRAKER/OCTOPUSSY/AVTAK-type Bond script, and you've got a match made in heaven.

As for your having still to hear one valid argument as to why Bale wouldn't be a terrific Bond, crash, all I can say is, clearly he wouldn't be a terrible choice (quite the reverse), but he just doesn't excite me as a potential 007. He's a fairly "realistic" candidate (unlike Grant), but of the "realistic" people I much prefer Jackman and Owen.

[Agent 76]

he looks like a valet parking attendent in Beverly hills. Not James Bond!

That is the right pick!

[Tarl_Cabot]

LOL There's our next 007! where do you get you're pics dude?!

[Tarl_Cabot]

Loomis, I'd love to see Hugh Grant play The Saint but in a good movie unlike that wretched Val Kilmer version. Maybe a period version set in the 20's...That's when he was originally supposed to be around I believe...

[Agent 76]

LOL There's our next 007! where do you get you're pics dude?!   

I find it in Google directory!

Edited by Agent76, 21 February 2004 - 03:47 PM.

[Tarl_Cabot]

well done!

[Loomis]

Loomis, I'd love to see Hugh Grant play The Saint but in a good movie unlike that wretched Val Kilmer version. Maybe a period version set in the 20's...That's when he was originally supposed to be around I believe...

I don't know anything about THE SAINT, although I remember quite enjoying the Val Kilmer flick when I saw it on TV a few years ago.

Grant's just my perverse, nay, crazy, personal choice for Bond - I don't expect anyone else here to agree with me, in fact I'd be rather disappointed if anyone did!

[Roebuck]

I don't know anything about THE SAINT, although I remember quite enjoying the Val Kilmer flick when I saw it on TV a few years ago.

Don't think I'm being facetious when I say that little or no prior experience of the character (the books in particular) is an advantage when it comes to enjoying the Kilmer version. It's not what I'd describe as a terrible movie. Just a terrible Simon Templar movie.

[KB 007]

Bale has never struck me as a James Bond.


Christian Bale

[Agent 76]

Bale has never struck me as a James Bond.


Christian Bale

no ofense , but in that picture he looks like Dom Quixote(above):

[Loomis]

I think Bale really needs to start eating properly.

[Roebuck]

I think Bale really needs to start eating properly.

I think that's a photo from the Berlin Film Festival, where he was promoting 'The Machinist'. He dieted down for the part so he'd look unhealthily thin. Trevor, Bale's character, is supposed to be really strung out and has suffered form insomnia for over a year.

[Loomis]

He dieted down for the part so he'd look unhealthily thin.

A method actor, hey? All the more reason why he shouldn't be Bond, IMO. He's overqualified and would be wasted in the part. He should aim for higher things, not 007.

[Roebuck]

All the more reason why he shouldn't be Bond, IMO. He's overqualified and would be wasted in the part. He should aim for higher things, not 007.

Bloke still has to eat and pay the bills. He can do 'Reign of Fire', 'Equilibrium' or even 'Batman' for the hefty paycheck and still have time to fit more worthy jobs in between.

It's no worse than Malkovich turning up in trash like 'Johnny English'.

[Loomis]

It's no worse than Malkovich turning up in trash like 'Johnny English'.

Nope, but it still doesn't make it right.

[hartley_bond]

He would have made a great Bond, but a better Batman.














Now bring on the Jackman.

[Simon]

I'm thinking Jackman looks too much like Clint Eastwood.

As for Bale as Bond, yup. Having seen Shaft he would bring a real edge, killer instinct and style to the part.

As for the Saint, unbelieveably, I see Rupert Everett. I think only the book readers would be able to see this though and this choice is no way related to or reflective of, previous incarnations' efforts as being typical and true to book form.