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I think the same. I am not sure he will do 26, but he should do 25.
Whenever people say this I can't tell if they're serious. Keep in mind, I'm a really big fan of him in the role, so I'm not bashing him, but Craig looks old. You're not allowed to use that airbrushed-to-death teaser poster either.
His well worn face has always made the dude look older than he actually is. He's got that craggy, lined face, and he's getting that gobble gobble chin that comes once one hits age 50, regardless of physical shape. He aged tremendously between QOS and SF, but he looks like he's plateau'd a bit. Doesn't look much older now than he did when SF was released.
He looks perfectly fine to me, ( to others he may look old) hope he does at least one more. ;) maybe two. :D
I'm sure I'll be eating my words if the next Bond they cast turns out to be a disaster and my opinion here is well documented in the forum annals.
I think he looks younger than SF, for whatever reason.
lol :))
Hey I did the same thing, but having gone back I realised I really love Octopussy. Locations/Story the faberge egg. Louis Jourdan as Kamal in his collar jacket brings back memories of Dr No.
I have gone back to all Bonds I love most first outings TLD, Goldeneye but apart from that I struggle with Brosnan and Dalton for all Rodgers faults he had real screen presence and delivered the whitty lines well. Brosnan and Dalton seemed to be trying to be too serious to distance from what Moores Bond had become. But after watching each film on a cycle every Friday night for two years. Connery and Craig keep me hooked, they can be whitty, they have incredible screen presence, they both walk like Panthers and ooze Bond Swagger.
Only Connery walks like a panther. I love DC, but he isn't even close to the
natural virility of Connery.
I know I'm always quick to defend certain Bond actors, or Bond films, and I don't often talk about Connery. As much as I love other actors, though, it's really not even close as to who I'd pick for #1. I suppose, thank God, most people appreciate him as much as I do so I don't feel the need to come to his defense.
It's impossible to compare Connery and Craig.
Connery is an icon, a knight, the man who put Bond on the map. He was perfect for the times.
Craig is the skilled thespian, the physical specimen, the multi-dimensional Bond. He is perfect for the times.
Craig is a great actor, and a great Bond as well. I'm not denying that.
Yep!
So even if he ages further, it won't be such a big deal. He had lines on his face and looked scraggly imho all the way back in 2005 when he was introduced on the boat with long hair. So what's a few more lines or creases?
Age affects someone like PB or RM much more because they started with such model looks (in fact, I thought PB aged dramatically between GE, when he looked like a kid with the long hair, and TND. We know RM aged dramatically during his tenure - he started off looking like a kid too in LALD, and ended like a senior citizen in AVTAK).
Connery aged quite dramatically too in those nine years from DN to DAF. His looks in those films are hardly comparable. Daniel Craigs aging in the same nine year span from CR to Spectre production is significantly better. He looks almost as good to me now as he did in Casino. Brosnans aging in the seven years from 95 to 02, is also far more dramatic if you ask me. And another factor in Craigs favor is that he at least has kept himself very much in shape physically. Le Chiffre was very correct in his compliments of Craigs fitness...
One could speculate that Craigs aging might be a problem come 2020 and a possible sixth film… if you really feel the need too… but it only boils down to speculation. And his aging is definitely no problem as of now.
Well said, and I totally agree. What planet are people on who claim he hasn't aged? Even @Germanlady, who is officially DC's biggest fan (ever) acknowledges that he's aged.
I think it's shame we had such a long gap between QoS and SF. And I also think it's a shame SF played on DC's age, when we should have been getting a full-on Bond at his prime movie. If they wanted to address Bond's age, there's an obvious time and place to do that - in DC's last movie.
Any way, I think DC's looking much better in SP than he was in SF (which is obviously deliberate), but he's aged massively since CR and QoS. I'm expecting he'll do one more after SP and that'll be it. 5 is a good innings. He could have made it 6 if we hadn't had the nonsense around the delays. If he does make a 6 (which is far from being impossible), then that would be a good time to really play on the ageing Bond thing.
But yeah, would love it if they'd get back to a 2-year release schedule.
I'm reasonably happy with a 3 year schedule. Seems more realistic. But 2 would be great. Don't want 4 years though - that's way too long.
This is the wrong thread, I realize. Just a reaction to @ThighsOfXenia's post.
As for being off-topic, we're still discussing Craig and this is an extension of a conversation concerning QOS (which, as much as everyone loves talking about it, will be the focus again very soon) so I don't think we've been too naughty.
There, back on topic.
QoS, IMO, had some incredible set pieces. The hotel, the aircraft dogfighting, the walk through the desert, Perla das la Dunas (SP?) I thought were all brilliant to look at.
Nope!
Yes, I thought that from the first time I saw it in the cinema. When they parachute down into the underground cavern, there should have been goons driving dumper trucks etc - and the film should have ended with those underground reservoirs being blown up and the water gushing back out into the surrounding villages.
Yes, that would have been fine. And then Bond bedding Camille! ;)
Wow, I think even Tamahori would have been proud of such cheesy outlandishness! ;))