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[Orion]

Since I can't see the video could someone post some screencaps. I really want to see that shot of Craig in his tux holding the silencer. Thanks.

here is a screen cap of Daniel holding the gun

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[avl]

Yes there were wire scenes in the Transporter. But it's a falacy to pretend that all of them were. And the fights in BB weren't all that much to begin with. Which is a common complaint.

The reason I cite Transporter is that the film was very popular with teenage boys. The movie did not do well theatrically. But it sold well on DVD, apparently teenage boys love it (as well as the Punnisher).And that's the audience that EON apparently is trying to reach with Casino Royal.

I would argue that any Bond movie that didn't appeal to teenage boys would be a mistake.

I can see the comparison you make to the Bourne movies. But really they're only doing what Bond used to do so well way back when, and looking a lot more exciting in general than Bond has in decades.

Exactly. The stairwell fight could be seen to be in the tradition of the physicality of the fight in FRWL and the other Connery films, suitably updated.

[Dr. Noah]

Since the whole point of the Bourne films is that he's a man who can't remember that he used to be like James Bond, it seems kind of ridiculous to say Bond is imitating Bourne.

Bourne, XXX, True Lies, etc., all use the Bond series as the jumping-off point. Heck, the only good moment in "XXX" was in the opening, when they showed a model-like superspy wander into a run-down club and immediately get spotted and killed. The entire audience laughed because they'd all been wondering why that never happened in a Bond film. It's about time the character was given some sort of foothold in reality again.

Edited by Dr. Noah, 31 July 2006 - 04:19 PM.