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what if the audience rejects the new james bond?
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| I read a report on ianfleming.org that they are considering a younger Bond as already mentioned above. They want to attract a younger audience. |
Wasn't that the whole idea behind
xXx? A Bond-type character that would appeal to a younger audience? So what the Broccoli's are saying is they really want to make a
xXx sequel? Plus, they already know the benchmark for that sort of film, around $140M domestic. They'd be better off sticking to the tried-and-true.
| I am a Timothy Dalton fan! |
Me too. He was the best portrayal of Bond by far. His are the only Bond films I've bothered to purchase on DVD. It's a shame he was never allowed to make more films.
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Brosnan is probably my second favorite Bond (right behind Connery). I believe that Dalton is closest to the novel's description...and though I liked Moore, I feel his characterization was more bent on humor than action.
Who should replace Brosnan? I don't know. I haven't seen Clive Owen, and I don't like the one's listed on the short list as Bond. Someone mentioned Adrian Paul...I think he would be pretty good. He's definitely in shape...and he's always reminded me of a young Sean Connery.
But I personally hope that this is all a ploy, and that Brosnan will make one more film.
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JonZ,
Have you never seen "The Spy Who Loved Me"?
Moore was actually body-slamming guys as he took on several thugs at once without breaking a sweat. I don't see Brosnan pulling that off.
Moore tended to have the biggest, baddest villains come out of the woodwork to fight him (i.e. Jaws). He almost always had to take on one guy who was "abnormal" to make it a challenge. Moore was pretty great considering he was the same age starting the series that Connery was when he initially left it.
Connery, Moore, and Dalton were all much more muscular and physical than Brosnan even if none of them were in tip-top shape by today's standards. Dalton probably was, but was extrmely lean in LTK if I recall.
Lazenby was probably the most physical of all.
Brosnan has a HUGE head, a wispy body, a craggy face, and crooked, yellow teeth. He also practically whispers and tends to have the wrong inflection on his one-liners. Sorry, Bond he ain't. As much promise as he showed back in the day when he was cool and kind of nice-looking on Remington Steele, it was too late for him when it started. Took him 4 films to relax into the role. I think he always tried too hard because he knew he really wasn't up to it. I don't know if they changed Bond to machine guns to "update it" or just to make up for the fact they'd lost the character and the actor to portray it.
Bring on a new Bond!!
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Somehow, I think this is all BS and Brosnan will still do at least one more.
If they do replace him, for the love of God, I hope they don't use the idea of having a young 007 just starting out. I love the current M/Q/Moneypenny lineup and would hate to see that tampered with.
If he is gone, then bring on Hugh Jackman. I could handle Jude Law as well, but NOT Clive Owen or Ewan McGregor.
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I'll second the nomination of Jackman. He's very versatile and his work has shown that he can handle the suave parts of the role - like in Kate and Leopold - and get tough as necessary, ala Wolverine. Probably won't happen, but I'd be curious to see him do Bond...
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I have to agree Dalton was a great Bond. I thought License to Kill kind of sucked; no fault of his though. I was really hoping the stories were true a few years back that he was doing a competing Bond at the same time Brosnan was doing Bond. Alas, that didn't happen. Couldn't have been worse than NSNA.
Some of the Moore films were a bit campy, but if you focus on the good ones (and not the early ones where they were trying to make him be Connery by smacking around women and the like) he was excellent. (i.e. The Spy Who Loved Me, For Your Eyes Only.) Some of the goofiness was the fault of the writers and the fact the filmmakers kept going back and forth on how serious vs campy they should be. "Oh, let's put him in space, because Star Wars is big; now, let's be serious and more gritty because we were so silly before; now, let's be silly again" and so on.
Brosnan's super-serious portrayal (particularly GoldenEye) made it hard for me to believe he'd be able to hold up in that line of work for a long time. Like he'd have to take a lot of trips to mental institutions or break down and cry a few times every other mission. Moore took everything in stride and didn't take everything so seriously while still remaining focused on the mission. Kind of like a doctor distancing himself from his patients so he doesn't suffer so much each time he loses a patient. Yet, amazingly Moore could also pull off actually caring about all the women who got killed around him even if he only showed it a second or two. Connery was always like "Well, no more pussy from her." Or from Connery it might be "pushhy".
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Brosnan was a great Bond - I am one of those who would put him slightly behind Connery. The problem with Brosnan was that none of his films were that great. They were watchable and fun, but they weren't great the way that Connery film's were. But, if Brosnan had made a great Bond film, he might have even overtaken Connery.
And I'm in the camp who think Dalton was pretty good as well.
Moore was a bit better than Lazenby, but not by much. I don't really like either of their portayals.
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According to the Latino Review website, MGM have officially denied any rumour that Brosnan will not be Bond for a fifth time.
So it looks like this WAS another wage dispute being fought in public ; though given the strength of some of the comments, it sounds like it got pretty acrimonious.
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I just gotta laugh...
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Brosnan will also return for a fifth outing as British secret agent James Bond. The 21st film in MGM's spy series is being readied for a November 2005 release.
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http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=3434
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I just whoever does eventually replace him does not demand a three year wait in between movies. That is the one and only thing I hate about Pierce.
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