Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2004 Absolutely. Let Bond be Bond, and let the movies be actual spy movies, not films full of gadgets and explosions. The Bond franchise has always had its tongue planted in its cheek, but a lot of the early movies were very good espionage films. We haven't gotten one of those in a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigjig Report post Posted August 2, 2004 Fuck this... Goddamn I was hoping the series would take a more serious tone for the next one... now it looks as if they're only doing this to appeal to fucking teenage girls and the rest of bubblegum chewing pop culture zombies that have attentions spans comparable to fleas Fuck Eric Bana, and fuck EON Where the hell did this reaction come from? Unless I missed the memo, Eric Bana is not some sort of teen idol. If the Bond producers had only been concerned about appealing to teenage girls, they really WOULD have hired Ashton Kutcher. Or someone like Heath Ledger. Bana's a good actor, who's pretty much been taking serious roles ever since "Chopper", and I think he'll probably do well in the role. I think Brosnan saved Die Another Die. Halle Berry almost destroyed it with her horrific acting and even worse character dialogue (admittedly, she didn't write the script). I do believe that Brosnan was a pretty damn good Bond. It wasn't his fault he got stuck with inferior scripts. I'm just going by rumors that have been flying about for a while, that Brosnan has been wanting to do a more serious, story driven Bond flick (hence his interest in working with Tarrantino) and the words in the article that stated that they want to appeal to the Matrix and Spiderman crowd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cabbageboy 0 Report post Posted August 3, 2004 If this Bana thing is true, this is going to suck. I've seen the dude in The Hulk and also in Troy, and he is the blandest, most boring actor around today. Seriously, Bond should have all sorts of charisma, yet they hired a guy with less charisma than friggin Timothy Dalton. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caboose 0 Report post Posted August 3, 2004 I'm sure Zsasz will back me up, but no one gave off a better sense of single-minded drive to completing a mission like Dalton did. Which is what Bond should be about. The mission comes first, then the women and casinos. Bana will be a good SERIOUS Bond if, like everyone has already pointed out, the writers get their heads out of their collective bungholes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest SP-1 Report post Posted August 3, 2004 Dalton was the f'ing MAN. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Report post Posted August 3, 2004 Consider the "Dalton rules" sentiment backed up by me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest croweater Report post Posted August 3, 2004 If this Bana thing is true, this is going to suck. I've seen the dude in The Hulk and also in Troy. BWAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA Bana oozes charisma. See: Chopper, The Castle, The Nugget, Any episode of Full Frontal. The guy was originally a GREAT STAND UP COMEDIAN, and you guys think he can't do tongue in cheek stuff? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest thebigjig Report post Posted August 3, 2004 I agree as well that Dalton was the man... his version was the closest representation of what the character of bond was designed to be Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toshiaki Koala 0 Report post Posted August 9, 2004 I hope Tarantino does direct the next Bond movie, if only so we can see this happen: "The name's Bond. James Bond." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
