Terry
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Post by Terry on Feb 4, 2009 10:54:57 GMT -5
I can see them going a bit suaver than Worthington next time to compensate for the loss of certain qualities in exchange for "toughness" in casting DC.
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Post by Greg Haugen on Feb 5, 2009 11:14:15 GMT -5
I can see them going a bit suaver than Worthington next time to compensate for the loss of certain qualities in exchange for "toughness" in casting DC. It would make sense to swing back the other way next time, if you'll pardon the expression. |
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Post by alex on Feb 7, 2009 10:41:15 GMT -5
I hope many of the elements that made me a fan eventually return because I'll lose interest altogether in the end.
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
Favourite Films: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Harry Potter, Middle-Earth, The Matrix, Mission: Impossible
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Post by FormerBondFan on Feb 7, 2009 11:36:51 GMT -5
I hope many of the elements that made me a fan eventually return because I'll lose interest altogether in the end. The classic elements shall return when Craig The Computer Virus leave after Bond 23. |
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Post by Jake on Feb 9, 2009 10:54:50 GMT -5
They're bound to throw a few older elements in after the pasting they took for the generic and Bourne feel to Quantum of Solace.
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Post by poirot on Feb 10, 2009 1:22:59 GMT -5
Clive Owen's been promoting his newest film The International this past week. Despite being four years older, Owen still looks considerably younger than Craig.
Shame they didn't try harder to land him as Brosnan's successor.
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Post by Gambit on Feb 10, 2009 11:00:11 GMT -5
The art for The International has a vague retro Bond feel. I suspect Owen, who is never short of work, didn't fancy the prospect of being under the thumb of BB and MGW for several years making Bond films. He really didn't need the hassle or money. Daniel Craig on the other hand...   |
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FormerBondFan
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Favourite James Bond Films: The Dark Knight Trilogy, Mission: Impossible and any upcoming action films starring Pierce Brosnan (no, it's not James Bond which is good because he'll need it to expand his reputation as an actor, especially in the action realm)
Favourite Films: Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Star Trek, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Harry Potter, Middle-Earth, The Matrix, Mission: Impossible
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Post by FormerBondFan on Feb 10, 2009 18:50:57 GMT -5
The art for The International has a vague retro Bond feel. I suspect Owen, who is never short of work, didn't fancy the prospect of being under the thumb of BB and MGW for several years making Bond films. He really didn't need the hassle or money. Daniel Craig on the other hand... I hope this will make QOS look like a piece of sh!t that should be thrown into the Lake of Fire. |
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alex
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Post by alex on Feb 11, 2009 10:58:33 GMT -5
Opens this week or next week.
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Post by Cpt. Sir Dominic Flandry on Feb 11, 2009 18:57:28 GMT -5
Clive Owen's been promoting his newest film The International this past week. Despite being four years older, Owen still looks considerably younger than Craig. Shame they didn't try harder to land him as Brosnan's successor. Unfortunately Barbara tried really, really hard to get Daniel Craig - and succeeded.  It should be worth a look in future. It really is a shame (for those such as myself who did not like it) that they had a botched origin reboot with Daniel Craig. There were, and are, so many great options for Bond. |
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Post by Gambit on Feb 12, 2009 10:47:10 GMT -5
CR wasn't much of an origin story in the end compared to things like Batman Begins.
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Post by 007 on Feb 13, 2009 10:46:39 GMT -5
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/12/AR2009021200874.htmlClive Owen's 'International' AppealIf "The International" were an article of clothing, it would be a steel-gray cashmere sweater. If it were a place, it would be the first-class lounge of a major metropolitan airport. If it were weather, it would be a wintry mix of drizzle with the occasional flurry. And if this sleek, stylish thriller were a person, well, it would be Clive Owen, who happens to carry "The International" on his strong and handsome shoulders with the unflappable cool that still makes some of us rue the day he wasn't cast as James Bond. Owen plays Interpol agent Lou Salinger, a gruff, obsessed loner who for years has been on the trail of a corrupt bank (based on the real-life Bank of Credit and Commerce International). Now he's working with the Manhattan district attorney's office, specifically a comely assistant D.A. named Ella Whitman, played in an unobjectionable if undistinguished performance by Naomi Watts. Directed by Tom Tykwer ("Run Lola Run") with sober forthrightness, "The International" is in many ways a throwback to the monochrome urban thrillers of the 1970s, with the added and topical twist of having a diabolical financial institution at its center. Garbled at times (I'm still confused by a scene at a flower stand in Milan), the movie still hums along with attractive, smooth efficiency. The compulsively watchable Owen makes for an ideal leading man of both action and angst. The film's eye-popping set piece, a shootout at the Guggenheim Museum, is an extravagantly choreographed valentine to philistines everywhere. -- Ann Hornaday
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Post by harrypalmer on Feb 14, 2009 11:18:56 GMT -5
Yes, Clive should have been Bond!
He has some interesting roles too.
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Terry
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Post by Terry on Feb 14, 2009 13:26:35 GMT -5
www.efluxmedia.com/news_The_International_StarringJames_Bond_34955.html“The International” – Starring...James Bond People have started to regret the fact that Clive Owen never became James Bond. Considering his acting skills and looks, the role would have suited him perfectly. But…we do not always get want we want in life therefore, Owen received a part in “The International.” The problem is that he is much better of an actor than the character he was given. Owen embodies an Interpol agent named Lou Salinger who has been on the trail of a corrupt bank for years. He works with the district attorney’s office in Manhattan and his partner in the movie is none other than Naomi Watts who plays the character of Ella Whitman, a district attorney from New York who joins forces with the obsessed loner agent in order to stop crime. The movie is about a European bank that is involved in international weapons trading and employs killers to ensure that business continues as desired. Most importantly, the idea of this film is actually based on a real story, that of Bank of Credit and Commerce International. Directed by Tom Tykwer, “The International” turns out to be a talky, mostly slow-moving dull film except for towards the end when it gets revived by an exciting museum gunfight. Tykwer, who also directed “Run Lola Run,” thought of it as one of those conspiracy movies about widespread corruption at high levels, quite similar to the dark political thrillers in which moral ambiguity and human complexity do not usually go with action movies. In fact, this is actually a message movie disguised as a suspense film. Or is it the other way around?
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Post by garyseven on Sept 4, 2009 5:50:30 GMT -5
 That made me laugh. I don't think you need The International to make QOS look like a piece of shit: Police Academy 8 would suffice.
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That made me laugh. I don't think you need The International to make QOS look like a piece of shit: Police Academy 8 would suffice.