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I was using that to illustrate the problem the Academy has when allocating award nominations. Given that the pool of roles is so much greater for white males (as you correctly noted) it just makes sense from a numbers standpoint that more white men will be nominated. Such a situation would be much more noticeable if there was no separate category for male and female. Given there is a separate category, there is less protest from the female contingent of the acting guild, since they get nominated in their own category - a bifurcation of sorts.
The Academy would have much more difficulty pulling off a separate category just for minorities though (the charge would then be that minorities are being marginalized and segregated).
It is an interesting dichotomy of sorts. Women welcome their separate category for proper recognition of contribution, but minorities probably wouldn't
@bondjames, yes, I see what you mean. If they'd want to be really fair they should also have different categories age-wise... young (and usually pretty) women get nominations and Oscars all the time, young men do not (it even starts with kids - girls are more likely to get nominated than boys), but in older age groups it's a different story. I believe the youngest living male Oscar winner is Eddie Redmayne (now 34, won at 33), the second youngest is Christian Bale (now 42, won at 37). DiCaprio is a few months younger than Bale and likely to take the 2nd youngest place in a couple of weeks - unless Hardy (38) wins supporting, of course. (Unlikely, but not impossible, and personally I'd be very pleased.) But Lawrence is - ridiculously - onto her 4th nomination at 25 (won at 22). Redmayne is also the youngest male nominee this year, and quite an exception in the male categories, while 5 of the 10 female nominees are from 21 to 30, and both predicted female winners are under 30. It's too noticeable and common to be just a co-incidence, either.
It will never be equal opportunity for all - at least while the majority of voters are 60-something white men.
Hunnam - Worth a screen test. Although his 'accent acting' is terrible - His Cockney accent in Green Street Hooligans is bad.
Madden - No he's a midget.
Bale - Yes please.
I don't really want Bale as 007 anymore... it would just seem like a re-tread of his Bruce Wayne persona when going through the gadgets with Lucius Fox.
That was basically Nolan 'doing' his version of James Bond.
It's already 13 years too late for that, and what @AceHole said.
I think it could work given a decent actor and one with decent enough Bond looks. Perhaps it's time to think of casting someone under age 30? The likes of Bale, Fassbender, Hardy, Cavill, Elba would all be out of the race!
They're "out of the race" anyway. I hate the idea of a twenty-something Bond myself, but who knows what they might actually do.
He didn't actually have the choice, but I think that IF given the choice, then he would have indeed chosen Batman. I do agree with you that it was also better for him, both character-wise and otherwise.
I said this before, EoN is king when it comes to the hype and hoopla of the media circus but when it comes down to the creative bottom line, it's a long descending whistle sound that ends with a big, fat, squidgy splat.
I agree except unlike his predecessors Craig deserves some of that blame. I liked SF though but SP ..yea Craig is just as guilty.
Whether you like it or not (I'm "ok" on it), Skyfall is regarded by the majority of fans and critics as a great Bond film, up there with, or better than CR.
It is a cold reality, but I agree with this. Creatively, EoN come up short almost every time. They often fail to make full use of the leading man's strengths and it's clear to me that they do not put the right kind of people in charge of the creative process.
Still don't understand why Babs is calling creative shots. She is a business woman posing as a producer with creative input.
That's an interesting observation.
Hmm... you do get the feeling B Broccoli genuinely likes Daniel Craig whereas she saw Brosnan as someone to hire rather than a 'friend'. I don't know if that's a fair assessment, just the impression I've got.
I always got the impression Cubby Broccoli felt the same way about Roger Moore. He genuinely liked him as a person hence why Rog made so many films. I suppose it helps if the Bond actor is a genuine friend of the producers. If B Broccoli is a friend of some younger actor, well, he may have a much bigger chance of getting the role!
This is just life in general, really. Rarely does simply 'the best' person get the job. It's usually the best person amoung those who has a good rapport with the decision maker (ie. with the one who is hiring), who gets it.
It's not the smartest in the room who gets all the breaks, it's the most popular. Politics mirrors this human sociological trait.
That looks good. Elba is a force of nature.
Looks like Elba's own "Taken" film, as it is set in Paris.
Totally! looks good too. Lets hope it doesnt disappoint.
You said something really interesting here how Jennifer Lawrence at 22 is in her fourth nomination and the guys are mostly in their 40s or older.
I think the members of the academy go easier with the ladies their demands are less strict and that's because the type pr roles they can play are less. The only one who has variety is Meryl Streep she is the only actress who is taken as seriously as Daniel Day Lewis and people ask from what they ask from male actors.
So being an actress is easier and more dificult at the same time. An actress can win or being nominated for doing almost nothing i.e Julia Roberts being nominated for Pretty woman while actors most of the times have to loose weight or do something really good to get a nod.
Most of the times the male categories are the stronger ones because the members of the academy ask more from the guys.
Luke Evans still has my vote if they don't go with Fassy. Hiddleston is too petite.
Specifically when he says "I have nothing to lose" that to me felt 110% bondian
Looks like 1987's eighth hottest action movie.
Don't judge his softness on those few shots in Shame. I'm sure he can rise to the challenge.
I reckon Elba could handle the action scenes in a Bond film and be credible but whether or not he's the natural successor to Daniel Craig - who knows? I don't think he'd be an awful Bond but I can't say there's anything about him that shouts out "he must be hired!"
Yes, there's nothing about Elba that screams to me that he should be Bond. We have a racist media who think he should be Bond on the basis that he has black skin and James Bond has always had white skin.