I'm sorry you feel that way, but in case you haven't noticed we are far beyond that press conference. DC looks very comfortable in the role, the producers are praising him, and Casino Royale looks pretty much perfect. I don't think you should be dreading this film, on the contrary, I think you should be lookung forward to it. Come Nov. 17 I'm pretty sure all of your worries will be gone.
No worries, you enjoy the film, I cannot feel the same way about it, because I have very strong views about the decisions made by the producers.
For me, the Bond producers have acted recklessly with the fanchise since Cubby died, , her daughter lacks the class of the man, I'm sure Cubby would of allowed Brosnan to explore his Bond better, and not box him into a corner with Jinx, invisable cars, and you know the rest. If they had done their job better, one actor's era would of had closure. Yet they start a new one without correcting old problems, they never issues a statement regarding Brosnan's departure.
I know my casting, if I saw Connery, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan walking down the street, they are Bond, if I see Craig walking down the street, I see a Bond villian, he's always looked like a villian and carried himself as one, I do not see the conviction of the man who believes he's Bond, all I see is Barabara Brocolli exercising her control over the fanchise with whatever she pleases.
Just remember who ok'd those invisable cars and worn the fanchise out, the producers, they let it happen and approved it, and ruined what we now know was Brosnan's last film, it's damage they will live to regret I think, instead of admittnig their mistakes, they fired Pierce after failing him.
Had they given Pierce a decent script and good sending off last year, everyone would of been more pleased. But they now have extra damage to repair, which may never happen, if they don't at least admit they screwed Pierce. He should be filming Casino with Tarantino. Reboot idea is a joke.
As much as I enjoyed Pierce in the role, I never felt he was the best of the Bonds for a somewhat faithful take on CR. I always wanted to see Dalton make that movie (even over my favorite, Connery). I now feel that Craig may be even better than Dalton in the role - having his intensity while showing a bit of the cocky macho swagger that Connery had (that Brosnan was certainly lacking).
I still have nightmares about the press conference, when I saw Daniel Craig in the press conference, it all felt fake, as the Bond music came on, I felt the producers putting on their best face to cover the fact of "what have we done."
He's not Bond for me, I've tried my best, Casino is the first film of my Bond life that I'm dreading.
Hopefully when the movie comes out, you will be pleasantly suprised. There is always the possibility that Criag may not be as bad as you think. He sure looks good in the small amount of footage I have seen.
When they announced Christian Bale as Batman a year before the film came out, I knew he would make a great Batman/Bruce Wayne, and he did for me. He could of been a good James Bond as well.
I am trying to like Craig so I don't sound negative in the forums, but I believe the producers chose wrong, and I don't blame Craig, it's a few million pounds, he's got money, so what if the press hounds him a bit, and the fans who disaprove, it's a small price for what those millions will do for him. I would of gone for the money as well if I needed it. Difference was, Pierce was in the public mind as Bond ages ago, Craig came out of nowhere and it shows, they must of had very few offers for the bond role, and those who might of done it, were too costly.
We should all have a copy of Brosnan's 5th Bond film on dvd, it should of been out last year, where is it? I waited 3 years for it.....the producers cannot repair that damage. Had they had the class to cap his era off with a decent film not worrying about box office, we could all be looking forward to the new Bond in 2007, the 007 year, the timing would be right.
They've wasted 4 years.
we can always say "we should have". I would have rather had a 3rd Dalton than a 5th Brosnan. But just like a 5th Brosnan - it was never meant to be.
I would like to have both, but the manner and reasoning behind Brosnan's departure to the creative reasoning the producers talk of, were doing a younger Bond blah blah, never made sense, if the producers admit we messed up on Die Another Day and failed Pierce's last Bond film, then I could feel some closure, but in firing him, it's like they are blaming him for the direction and cgi cars, it lacks class, because they were so quiet on the matter, and never admit faults, then you can't help but feel ashamed of it.
The producers need a wake up call, if Casino fails, it might be the best thing for the fanchise, just to make the producers see the sense of the EGO and what it has done.