I don't dig the new guy.

another one and done bond.

why didn't they pick clive owen again?

not "one and done" they're already working on the new one with him in it

At least I love that it's dark and James Bond is willing to be dark now.

I'll watch it for the girls and the Aston Martin. I think Clive Owen didn't want the part.

For some reason, I can actually imagine Hugh Laurie in the role of Bond. Am I crazy?

I think Clive Owen realized that being cast as James Bond locks you into a franchise.

Name another movie that Roger Moore has been in? Pierce Brosnan? See.

my thoughts on 'one and done' were nothing more than wishful thinking. I'm sure he'll be fine, i just don't care for their choice.

farhad - since you mention it, pierce brosnan was in a number of other movies, notably in this context is "The Tailor of Panama," which i recommend highly. he plays a real-life spy approaching middle age - burned out, coldly manipulative and totally jaded. i found it to be a very interesting characterization of Bond as (evil) anti-hero.
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tailor_of_panama/

The name is Blond, James Blond...

Looks like new camera work then.

The Matador was an *AWESOME* movie.
IMHO the Bond flicks had become a big huge self-parody - perhaps this'll make it sufficiently hardcore to be interesting again.

I have a lot of respect for Pierce, Tailor of Panama was great, and Krupo's right the Matador was *AWESOME*. His turns as Bond were probably my least favorite roles for him, but the whole franchise has been pretty stale for a LONG time- I don't blame him for the boring films. Roger Moore made at least one good Bond movie- For Your Eyes Only, and he had a great career before Bond.

As for the new guy, well, we'll see this fall. Hopefully the series will become more character-focussed, there will be less of a focus on BS gadgetry, and the plots will be a bit more plausible. Bond is a very intriguing character, and he's a really cold, almost sociopathic SOB. Maybe this movie will bring those aspects to the forefront again? Hopefully.

if you even have a passing interest in the older bond flicks, be sure to pick up the actual novels. ian fleming spins some truly intense plots and the bond on paper is a less attractive, less likable guy.

Roger Moore ruined Bond, and despite Pierce Brosnan's not-so-bad-efforts, it's yet to recover.

If they make this super dark, maybe even with some politics, it might become worthwhile.

Otherwise, it's the most over-flogged dead horse of all time.

I almost submitted a duplicate of this... work on your tags, man. ;-)

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