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[stamper]

It's not Bond. Even casually dressed as Craig here, Sean Connery would appear classy (re Thunderball). Is this a flower shirt ? Have Bond gone gay ? Have you, apparently enjoying a muscular shot of the guy with his bum dead center holding to a car ?
Bond should look cool, however much dirty he is, or whatever he grabbed in the street to wear.
If this was not posted as Bond here, everyone would think it's just another movie, that would go straight to video. I'm sorry, but these shots dont do anything to me, except giving some more ammos to the craignotbong website.
I watched Goldeneye again, and realise in modern day settings, Campbell usually uglies everyone he shoots (Famke Jansen, overmade make up, looks a 1000 times more sexy in real life than in that movie). Where's the glamour ? In Bond, there is glamour even in dirt and torn shirts and fire.

[The Next Bond]

Have Bond gone gay ? Have you, apparently enjoying a muscular shot of the guy with his bum dead center holding to a car ?

You're a very complex man, aren't you?

[Ourobouros]

Looks like Bond has 'taken' the bag off the other guy.

[Kingdom Come]

Great pics - if it goes on like this by October we will eventually see the entire film in stills before our very eyes.

[Loomis]

It's not Bond. Even casually dressed as Craig here, Sean Connery would appear classy (re Thunderball). Is this a flower shirt ? Have Bond gone gay ? Have you, apparently enjoying a muscular shot of the guy with his bum dead center holding to a car ?
Bond should look cool, however much dirty he is, or whatever he grabbed in the street to wear.
If this was not posted as Bond here, everyone would think it's just another movie, that would go straight to video. I'm sorry, but these shots dont do anything to me, except giving some more ammos to the craignotbong website.
I watched Goldeneye again, and realise in modern day settings, Campbell usually uglies everyone he shoots (Famke Jansen, overmade make up, looks a 1000 times more sexy in real life than in that movie). Where's the glamour ? In Bond, there is glamour even in dirt and torn shirts and fire.

While I'm pleased with the choice of Craig and the direction the film seems to be going in, you do have a point, stamper.

Imagine Craig hadn't been hired for Bond, and that CASINO ROYALE were currently being shot with some other actor. Now imagine these pics on a movie geek site like AICN, Dark Horizons or whatever, with the following blurb:

More Bourne Ultimatum Pics Released
More images from the set of The Bourne Ultimatum, featuring Brit actor Daniel Craig (Layer Cake, Munich), who recently signed to join Matt Damon, Joan Allen and Julia Stiles in the new outing in the spy series that's been giving Bond a run for his money. Reports suggest that Craig is playing the main villain, a former Treadstone assassin turned mercenary with a longstanding grudge against Bourne, which our amnesiac hero has totally forgotten about. These shots are from a chase sequence involving Craig and Damon, who have been shooting with director Paul Greengrass in Mexico, apparently doubling for Vietnam. The first pic shows Craig and Damon rehearsing for a fight scene, which ends with Damon grabbing and taking off with a bag containing government secrets, hotly pursued by Craig.

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Nonetheless, stamper, I think it's all good.

[JameswpBond]

Great pictures! Another great day!

[Skudor]

Looks good. Certainly seems like they are not scared to get down and dirty with this one. I'm sure we'll get clean, classy, fussy Bond in the movie as well.

[Mr_Wint]

I have to agree with Loomis and Stamper on this. That is not my Bond, for sure.

I'm still trying to be optimistic about Casino Royale, though.

[Loomis]

I have to agree with Loomis and Stamper on this. That is not my Bond, for sure.

Oh, it's mine. For this particular film, at least. I love all the old classics (sit me down to a cheesy, fun-for-all-the-family Moore outing, in which he never breaks sweat or gets his hair ruffled, and his tux is always immaculate, and I'll be as happy as a clam), but we need something new for this one. I love DIE ANOTHER DAY, but I'm glad that CASINO ROYALE doesn't appear to be shaping up to be DAD 2.

I've long argued for a bit of Bourne influence on the new Bond outing, and while it would be absurd to argue, based on these pics of Craig, that CR is going to be an out-and-out Bourne clone (although I'm sure a lot of anti-Craig Bond fans will be claiming just that), it would also be daft to suggest that the makers of CR haven't watched the Bournes and taken notes. And there's nothing wrong with that - the Bonds have always drawn inspiration from currently popular movies; it's how the series has kept its finger on the pulse and survived for more than 40 years. A ripoff of Bourne (or BATMAN BEGINS) - no thanks. But taking a leaf or two out of Bourne's or Batman's book - by all means, yes.

[marktmurphy]

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This looks like

Spoiler

the bomber Bond is chasing.

Could this be Sebastian Foucan (the Parkour expert)? I know Parkour will be used- could this be him?

A stretch too far probably! You can analyse these pics too much!

[Adler 001]

It's curious that 007 follow Bourne.
Bond have to be the leader, the masterspy...

[Lounge Lizard]

Considering the nature of the scene they're filming (as deduced from the script reviews), it would be very foolish for Bond to dress otherwise; as the airplane pics of yesterday showed, Craig's Bond will also be seen in suits (though suits probably more in line with Dalton's casual wear).

I have enjoyed the Bourne films very much, but so far, the CR 'Bourne Analogy' is largely superficial. CR looks and feels like a Bond movie to me (can't elaborate too much, still haven't found out how one wraps a comment in spoiler tags- can someone tell me?).

The pictures we've seen so far are promising indeed. I'll trade speedos with Mr. Craig any day.

Could this be Sebastian Foucan (the Parkour expert)? I know Parkour will be used- could this be him?

My bet is Seydina Balde.

Edited by Lounge Lizard, 25 February 2006 - 01:37 PM.

[mkkbb]

Sweet holy karumbas, these pics look great, and also makeme appeciate Craig as Bond even more. While the one-button shirt looks a bit camp in some photos Craig still looks very cool, very much like McQueen, and the picture of him on the back of the van looks excellent, finally it may measure up to The Living Daylights standard of action.

A chase, or action scene, around civilians is what has been missing for some time.

[Loomis]

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This looks like

Spoiler

the bomber Bond is chasing.

Could this be Sebastian Foucan (the Parkour expert)? I know Parkour will be used- could this be him?

A stretch too far probably! You can analyse these pics too much!

I think the parkour sequence will follow the foot/vehicle chase, yes. From memory of the Latino Review review, (SOME MAJOR SPOILERS.... POSSIBLY)

Spoiler

the pursuit passes through a building site, resulting in much leaping from scaffolding and walkways, etc. I think it then finishes up at the embassy, where Bond finally shoots the other guy dead and gets captured on camera doing so.

still haven't found out how one wraps a comment in spoiler tags- can someone tell me?

Type in spoiler with a [ in front of the s and a ] after the r, write what you want, and then type in spoiler with a [ in front of the s and a ] after the r again, but with a / in front of the s

(Sorry, a bit convoluted, but my initial explanation disappeared as a spoiler!)

[Lounge Lizard]

Got it, Loomis:

Spoiler

Thanks!

(Well, I had to try it out one way or another... )

[o07hmss]

Bond never follows Bourne. They all follow Bond. Everything set up in 1962 is the standard for all the other things we've seen after. Bond is the leader. He always will be.

[Whalltt]

Some of you are talking as if Bond will look like this in the whole movie. As if CR is all dirty, mud and trashy settings. This reminds me a lot as the scenes of Brosnan's 007 with Wai Lin escape in the bike. We've seen it before (OK maybe not this gritty).

But, we'll have also beaches, casinos, Vesper, lots of glamour. This IS James Bond 007. I've no doubt that CR will look and feel like a Bond movie and not just like any Bourne_whatever...

[Fro]

I also thought initially it looked a bit too much like the beginning of "Bourne Supremacy". However it looks pretty cool and one of the benefits of casting a guy who doesn't look like the Bond archetype in a lot of ways is he can credibly go under cover. He does really look like what a secret agent would probably look like


Here's the "Far Cry" guy +


Jason Bourne =

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Bond undercover

Edited by The Admiral, 25 February 2006 - 10:14 PM.

[Lounge Lizard]

What I wanted to say is, I'm pretty sure the

Spoiler

bomber is played by Seydina Balde, because he was also present at the first days of shooting in Prague (the embassy fight, which comes next in the continuity of the Madagascar sequence). Foucan will probably be Balde's Parkour stand-in, but I guess karate expert Balde is capable enough to do all of his own running, just like Craig. At first it was assumed that Balde would play 'Solari', but we know now that Solari has become 'Steven Obanno' and that he is a different character from the bomber. Perhaps Obanno still has to be cast, or the role is so minor that EON didn't bother to put the actor in the press release.

Craig looks very serious and focused in those shots. Good chance he's every bit the perfectionist that Dalton was on set. God, the crew will probably hate him already!

[Nikos]

Go to latinoreview.com NOW! Or try mi6.co.uk (i dont know if I should post that, but what the hell)

[Stephenson]

It's not Bond. Even casually dressed as Craig here, Sean Connery would appear classy (re Thunderball). Is this a flower shirt ? Have Bond gone gay ? Have you, apparently enjoying a muscular shot of the guy with his bum dead center holding to a car ?
Bond should look cool, however much dirty he is, or whatever he grabbed in the street to wear.
If this was not posted as Bond here, everyone would think it's just another movie, that would go straight to video. I'm sorry, but these shots dont do anything to me, except giving some more ammos to the craignotbong website.
I watched Goldeneye again, and realise in modern day settings, Campbell usually uglies everyone he shoots (Famke Jansen, overmade make up, looks a 1000 times more sexy in real life than in that movie). Where's the glamour ? In Bond, there is glamour even in dirt and torn shirts and fire.

While I'm pleased with the choice of Craig and the direction the film seems to be going in, you do have a point, stamper.

Imagine Craig hadn't been hired for Bond, and that CASINO ROYALE were currently being shot with some other actor. Now imagine these pics on a movie geek site like AICN, Dark Horizons or whatever, with the following blurb:

More Bourne Ultimatum Pics Released
More images from the set of The Bourne Ultimatum, featuring Brit actor Daniel Craig (Layer Cake, Munich), who recently signed to join Matt Damon, Joan Allen and Julia Stiles in the new outing in the spy series that's been giving Bond a run for his money. Reports suggest that Craig is playing the main villain, a former Treadstone assassin turned mercenary with a longstanding grudge against Bourne, which our amnesiac hero has totally forgotten about. These shots are from a chase sequence involving Craig and Damon, who have been shooting with director Paul Greengrass in Mexico, apparently doubling for Vietnam. The first pic shows Craig and Damon rehearsing for a fight scene, which ends with Damon grabbing and taking off with a bag containing government secrets, hotly pursued by Craig.


Nonetheless, stamper, I think it's all good.

You could easily say the same thing if shots from the last quarter of Dr. No were being posted right now. These are images from one part of the movie; wait till the Casino pictures turn up. I agree Loomis, it all looks good!

[SeanSean]

Wow these are the best pics yet, this really has me excited. Craig has said it many times, it's a Bond film, the Bond elements are going to be in it. So for everyone here worried that we're not going to see Bond in some nice attire being suave and charming the ladies, don't worry.

Bond is a secret agent for heavens sake, it's not all glamourous. Now we finally have a guy who really looks the part of a secret agent. To me it's refreshing for a change to see Bond in some gritty action. I mean really, do you want to go back to the days when Bond is in an action sequence in a full suit with not a stain on him or a hair out of place?

[ACE]

I've long argued for a bit of Bourne influence on the new Bond outing, and while it would be absurd to argue, based on these pics of Craig, that CR is going to be an out-and-out Bourne clone (although I'm sure a lot of anti-Craig Bond fans will be claiming just that), it would also be daft to suggest that the makers of CR haven't watched the Bournes and taken notes. And there's nothing wrong with that - the Bonds have always drawn inspiration from currently popular movies; it's how the series has kept its finger on the pulse and survived for more than 40 years. A ripoff of Bourne (or BATMAN BEGINS) - no thanks. But taking a leaf or two out of Bourne's or Batman's book - by all means, yes.

Bond never follows Bourne. They all follow Bond. Everything set up in 1962 is the standard for all the other things we've seen after. Bond is the leader. He always will be.

I agree with o07hmss totally. Bourne et al would not exist without Bond. And CR will not be a Bourne clone, it will just use the space in the market place opened up by Ludlum's hero.

Bond will still be witty, sexy, sophisticated, British, Zeitgeistian, global and the plot has wider implications than just Bourne's continuing journey. I love Bourne but the analogy is too simple. Sure, Bourne has been invoked by the Bond producers but also it has been distinguished. A lot of these images remind me far more of LTK than Bourne.

I have not read the spoilers or the script leaks (immense will power - if only I could apply that to chocolate cake!), but CR will concern global terrorism and money laundering with a set up for who and how Le Chiffre is. This wider tale is what will make Bond good.

Yes, and Craig wears good clothes well. The shot of him in a suit coming from the plane plus the initial tuxedo'd publicity shot plus Campbell's comments on what makes Bond Bond should dispel the T-shirt and jeans notion of Bond that has erroneously cropped up merely because of the leaked(?) pictures although Bond has worn tough clothing in the past. Connery practically lived in T-shirts in TB.

Craig looks very serious and focused in those shots. Good chance he's every bit the perfectionist that Dalton was on set. God, the crew will probably hate him already!

LOL. Everything about the Craig incarnation reminds me of the Dalton era. And that's what makes me really excited.

[Nikos]

Sorry, didnt realize the plane pics had been posted, but there are still some more with Craig in trunks in the Bahamas.

As far as the casual drees code goes, I think its what the scene requires, and believe that to trivialize why Craig isnt wearing a bloody costume during a chase in the jungle is absolutely nonsense. The notion that Bond only wears suits shows people with little or no memory of the early films (or all films for that matter).

[ComplimentsOfSharky]

I see a big influence from The Bourne Supremacy in Bond's attire and surroundings. Nonetheless, the pics look great and DC continues to come across as a force to be reckoned with.

I can't wait til we get some official stuff-- poster, pics, trailer- let's go EON!!

I caught that too honestly...doesn't worry me too much though.

[Niwram]

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[The Beast]

Please, stop. I can't laugh anymore...

[Frostyak]

Some of you are just rediculous. Because his clothes are dirty he isn't the classic/classy Bond? Ok, maybe. But we are not even at the Casino scenes yet. If he staggers lazily around the Casino, tie undone, clothes baggy and dirty...ok, I will agree that the class is gone. Until then, not so much.

Oh, and Stamper, if you would like to learn more about homosexuality in film, try this site: http://www.sonypictu...sc/history.html

Don't start a 5th grade level discussion of it here.

Thanks,
- Chris

[License To Kill]

Some of you are just rediculous. Because his clothes are dirty he isn't the classic/classy Bond? Ok, maybe. But we are not even at the Casino scenes yet. If he staggers lazily around the Casino, tie undone, clothes baggy and dirty...ok, I will agree that the class is gone. Until then, not so much.

Oh, and Stamper, if you would like to learn more about homosexuality in film, try this site: http://www.sonypictu...sc/history.html

Don't start a 5th grade level discussion of it here.

Thanks,
- Chris

Good point, Frostyak in regards to the Casino scenes. I believe they will do a good job with those. However, these scenes scare me. There is no class/style in any of these shots of Craig. Even when Pierce was undercover in Cuba in DAD, he still had a panache and swagger that made him Bond. This guy, nothing at all, at least in these pics. Maybe the scenes will turn out fine, but for right now, these are some ominous signs.

[bondrocks14]

But remember, this is supposed to be a realistic James Bond. In the real world, a British agent wouldn't have panache and swagger and be debonair....and he would get dirty, and he would come off as a cold person. This is what EON is going for...realistic. However, I think that if they had died his hair black, that would've helped more people accept him.