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Post by Gambit on Sept 30, 2008 9:45:59 GMT -5
I think there might have been preassure from MGM to ditch Dalton if he had wanted to go on. It's possible that GoldenEye might have done well with him after a break from LTK but not a sure thing.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 30, 2008 9:42:58 GMT -5
Nine out of ten.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 30, 2008 9:41:50 GMT -5
[Speaking to GQ, he explained that the title comes from a short story written by the author of the James Bond novels, Ian Fleming. Referring to previous instalments such as Octopussy and Live And Let Die, Craig pointed out that the title often means very little. I'd like to thank long time James Bond expert Daniel Craig for explaining that to everyone.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 30, 2008 9:38:24 GMT -5
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Post by Gambit on Sept 29, 2008 18:03:37 GMT -5
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Post by Gambit on Sept 27, 2008 15:54:07 GMT -5
I saw the QOS TV commercial/trailer the other night. It was basically the recent trailer, but it appeared at a faster pace to my eyes. Again, it struck me that the emphasis was on the action, loud angry action. I noticed there was no mention of Craig as Bond, there was no narrating voice that even said "James Bond 007," or "The Return of James Bond," etc. Instead, at the end of the trailer, the narrator just says, "Quantum Of Solace, November 14." Of course, the 007 logo appears, but it's buried in the arrangement of the title's letters. You get the feeling that Eon is not marketing this as a Bond film. But then, what are we left with? The trailer comes across as direct-to-video action film from a Dolph Lungren or Van Damme. Judi Dench, in her bits of images that flashes by, is becoming irritating to me. Just hearing her voice makes the trailer corny--it's like Eon pounding hard at us that this is a "serious, sophisticated" film because they have the likes of Dench on board. Craig himself, with his usual dour stone-faced expression, is also corny. Eon needs to lighten up--they're not exactly offering Shakespeare but a popcorn film. And, yes, there's also that feeling that the film aspires to be a Bourne-type spy thriller. Eon are totally in love with Judi Dench. I don't like to see M constantly in the field or talking to Bond as if he is 17. It is ludicrous that she was brought in as a new M with Brosnan in 1994 and has somehow survived a reboot of the series with a new actor portraying an inexperienced 007! She almost narrates the trailers now.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 27, 2008 15:45:42 GMT -5
I watched a tribute on the news. Seemed like a down to earth star who raised a lot of money for charity.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 27, 2008 15:43:26 GMT -5
www.smh.com.au/news/film/bond-blinks-first-in-battle-of-the-blockbusters/2008/09/05/1220121520755.htmlBond Blinks First In Battle Of BlockbustersStockman vs spy … Hugh Jackman in Australia (left), and Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace (right). Garry Maddox Film Writer It was Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman vs James Bond. A clash between two blockbuster movies, Australia and the strangely titled Quantum Of Solace, threatened to squeeze opening weekend audiences. But after the biggest dispute about rival releases for years, the distributors of the new Bond film have blinked. Sony executives have brought forward the release of Quantum Of Solace by a week to avoid direct competition with Baz Luhrmann's romantic epic. They had been fuming at 20th Century Fox's decision to move Australia to the same weekend. While that might be a minor issue for filmgoers, the date changes reflect the importance of opening weekend business for two of the biggest movies heading for cinemas this year. Quantum Of Solace now opens on November 19, with Australia out on November 26. Cinema executives were relieved yesterday, given that ticket sales of more than $70 million are at stake. "I don't think it makes an awful lot of sense to have two movies of that size opening against one another," said the managing director of the Greater Union cinema chain, Ross Entwistle. "It makes for a healthier market if there's a gap between movies of that scale." The clash overshadowed the announcement this week of a promising line-up of Australian films, with a shift away from the small-scale, personal stories that have dominated local film-making in recent years. Raw footage from Balibo, a thriller about the killing of five newsmen in East Timor in 1975, was well received at the Australian International Movie Convention on the Gold Coast - the cinema industry's annual showcase. It stars Anthony LaPaglia and recreates the Indonesian invasion. There was similar enthusiasm for Disgrace, an adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel about a professor whose life falls apart after an affair. It stars John Malkovich and premieres this weekend at the Toronto film festival. Also screening were early scenes from Mao's Last Dancer, Bruce Beresford's adaptation of Li Cunxin's bestselling book about his rise from Chinese peasant to international ballet star, and Mary And Max, the first feature from the Oscar-winning animator Adam Elliot, featuring the voices of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana and Toni Collette. And Jane Campion is finishing Bright Star, which centres on the relationship between the poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne and stars Abbie Cornish and Ben Wishaw. A Screen Australia executive, Tait Brady, said: "The response we had was that at last there was a genuine diversity of films - from international co-productions to edgy Australian genre films."
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Post by Gambit on Sept 26, 2008 15:38:50 GMT -5
I watched the trailer again and it really is time for Judi Dench to go.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 26, 2008 15:31:16 GMT -5
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Post by Gambit on Sept 23, 2008 16:00:25 GMT -5
QOS will be a whopping forty minutes shorter than Casino Royale if the press are correct about the running time of the film.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 22, 2008 9:32:15 GMT -5
7 out of 10.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 22, 2008 9:31:16 GMT -5
commanderbond.net/article/5516Almost every single James Bond film to date has had it’s share of traditions that carry on from one entry to another: the exhilarating pre-credits sequence, the main titles, a briefing from ‘M’, and so on. Two such traditions that fans have become accustomed to are the famous ‘Bond, James Bond’ introduction and the order for a ‘shaken, not stirred’ martini. Both have appeared in almost the complete roster of 007 films, with the former bringing Daniel Craig’s debut in Casino Royale to a close. Just don’t expect either of them when Quantum of Solace hits the silver screen next month. The Independent reports that both of the popular catchphrases have been dropped from the 22nd Bond film. ‘There was a “Bond, James Bond” in the script,’ said director Marc Forster. ‘There are several places where we shot it as well, but it never worked as we hoped. I just felt we should cut it out, and [producers] Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson agreed, and Daniel agreed, too. It’s nice to be open-minded about the Bond formula. You can always go back to them later on.’ These changes should likely come as little surprise to Bond fans since Casino Royale already proved that the filmmakers are not afraid to shake up the formula in the Craig era. ‘It’s nice to be open-minded about the Bond formula.’ - Marc Forster Graham Rye, editor of 007 Magazine OnLine, stated that Craig’s debut as Bond was much closer to Ian Fleming’s original vision of the character. ‘The Bond films had become tired and needed reinvigorating,’ he said. ‘Rather than going away from Fleming I think the producers have gone back to him.’ Mr. Rye went on to make the point that characters of Q and Miss Moneypenny (who will also both be absent from Quantum of Solace), only made occasional appearances in Fleming’s novels. He continued: ‘His announcing of himself had become a bit corny. Casino Royale gets back to the spirit of the books, rather than all the silliness.’ Ajay Chowdhury, editor of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang magazine, said this news was unlikely to upset the 007 community. ‘The producers have been mixing and matching the famous Bond tropes—such as the theme song and the gun-barrel sequence,’ he said. ‘But this time there is a theme song by Jack White and Alicia Keys. If this line of script is not in there it’s not going to undo the foundations of Bond. The fans didn’t miss Moneypenny or Q. Bond is the only British character with worldwide resonance now, apart from Harry Potter. The producers are paying more attention to psychology and relationships, as well as adventure. Quantum of Solace picks up from Casino Royale, which was a really good thriller first and a good Bond movie second.’
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Post by Gambit on Sept 22, 2008 9:27:57 GMT -5
With the right song.
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Post by Gambit on Sept 20, 2008 12:21:21 GMT -5
Raiders is much better than the others. I like The Last Crusade though because it plays like an old fashioned James Bond film with jokes and globetrotting locations.
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