The Beginning........
Most ppl will want to believe they're having a bad nightmare when they have their first look at Daniel Craig, the latest actor to don the 007 persona. I was one of them too. i was experiencing all kinds of emotions ever since i came to know that Pierce Brosnan had been fired as 007. First Disbelief, then anger, and gradually.....resignation. i finally made myself look forward to seeing a new, fresh faced 007. i was following the "Hunt for 007" eagerly for months. All kinds of names were being bandied about. Goran Visnjic, Ewan McGregor, Hugh Jackman, James Purefoy and Clive Owen being the most celebrated amongst them.
Then, one fine day in october, it was announced that the new oo7 would be unveiled the coming friday, and as you might expect, i was on cloud nine. and then, finally, agonisingly slowly, the moment had come. and what i got wasnt certainly what i wanted, though it indeed was something i was dreading. The Website, www.mi6.co.uk, flashed these words, these very words...."Daniel Craig is James Bond 007". i madly wanted to break something. i joined the army of anti-craig-brosnan-for bond fans. but slowly, i began to realize something. Craig must be having something in him, that x factor, to have attracted the attention of the producers of the bond frachise. By then, i began to accept Daniel Craig. infact, i was forcing myself to like him, as , he was 007, like it or not. and to be frank, he didnt look half as bad when i saw him in a video. Then, the turning point came when i watched one of Daniel Craig's movies. Layer Cake. His performance in the movie floored me. Craig was nothing short of brilliant in that movie. Then i began to see light at the end of the tunnel. i finally saw what the producers were trying to do. of late, in the Brosnan era, the 007 movies started moving away from the essence of 007. the saturation point was with Die Another Day, which while being one of the worst 007 movies ever, was also ironically, the most successful financially. It was a work of extreme foolishness. It was more like a sci fi movie than a spy thriller that a 007 movie is supposed to be. also, the movies gave 007 an image. the image of a gentleman, suave charming, handsome, playboy secret agent. but Ian Fleming, the man who made 007, did not envision James Bond like that.
In his first ever James Bond novel, Casino Royale, he describes 007 as something of a Hoagy Carmichael (see left) who was not, as u can see, all that good looking. so all this nonsense about Daniel Craig not being good looking is plain hogwash. and then, the literary 007 was a hard, gritty, dangerous spy. the closest an actor ever came to portraying the true 007 was Timothy Dalton in his brief stint as the super spy. and this is time to make a note that Timothy dalton was not very successful as 007. the fact is, people want to see 007 as portrayed by brosnan. so all that will come to an end with the 2006 21st James Bond movie, Casino Royale. the producers are taking the series back to its roots. this is going to be a reboot, that is to say, the movie will be set in 2006, but James Bond is just beginning his
espionage career. he is a little clumsy, learning his ropes. he's just earned his 007 stripes. this is gonna be a fresh 007 series from here on, Daniel Craig being what Sean Connery is to the on screen James bond. if anyone still doubts me, is suggest u visit this website http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/site/, and check out the teaser trailer for the new james bond movie. believe me, i have this feeling that craig will make the best 007 yet. in the trailer, he does remind me of 007 as ian fleming wanted him to be, not the 007 that we are used to. so people, be prepared for a jolt, a surprising pleasnat shock as the new James Bond arrives this December 15th in india. on that cheerful note, until that time when i wanna bore u guys to tears again, Ciao
Then, one fine day in october, it was announced that the new oo7 would be unveiled the coming friday, and as you might expect, i was on cloud nine. and then, finally, agonisingly slowly, the moment had come. and what i got wasnt certainly what i wanted, though it indeed was something i was dreading. The Website, www.mi6.co.uk, flashed these words, these very words...."Daniel Craig is James Bond 007". i madly wanted to break something. i joined the army of anti-craig-brosnan-for bond fans. but slowly, i began to realize something. Craig must be having something in him, that x factor, to have attracted the attention of the producers of the bond frachise. By then, i began to accept Daniel Craig. infact, i was forcing myself to like him, as , he was 007, like it or not. and to be frank, he didnt look half as bad when i saw him in a video. Then, the turning point came when i watched one of Daniel Craig's movies. Layer Cake. His performance in the movie floored me. Craig was nothing short of brilliant in that movie. Then i began to see light at the end of the tunnel. i finally saw what the producers were trying to do. of late, in the Brosnan era, the 007 movies started moving away from the essence of 007. the saturation point was with Die Another Day, which while being one of the worst 007 movies ever, was also ironically, the most successful financially. It was a work of extreme foolishness. It was more like a sci fi movie than a spy thriller that a 007 movie is supposed to be. also, the movies gave 007 an image. the image of a gentleman, suave charming, handsome, playboy secret agent. but Ian Fleming, the man who made 007, did not envision James Bond like that.
In his first ever James Bond novel, Casino Royale, he describes 007 as something of a Hoagy Carmichael (see left) who was not, as u can see, all that good looking. so all this nonsense about Daniel Craig not being good looking is plain hogwash. and then, the literary 007 was a hard, gritty, dangerous spy. the closest an actor ever came to portraying the true 007 was Timothy Dalton in his brief stint as the super spy. and this is time to make a note that Timothy dalton was not very successful as 007. the fact is, people want to see 007 as portrayed by brosnan. so all that will come to an end with the 2006 21st James Bond movie, Casino Royale. the producers are taking the series back to its roots. this is going to be a reboot, that is to say, the movie will be set in 2006, but James Bond is just beginning his
espionage career. he is a little clumsy, learning his ropes. he's just earned his 007 stripes. this is gonna be a fresh 007 series from here on, Daniel Craig being what Sean Connery is to the on screen James bond. if anyone still doubts me, is suggest u visit this website http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/casinoroyale/site/, and check out the teaser trailer for the new james bond movie. believe me, i have this feeling that craig will make the best 007 yet. in the trailer, he does remind me of 007 as ian fleming wanted him to be, not the 007 that we are used to. so people, be prepared for a jolt, a surprising pleasnat shock as the new James Bond arrives this December 15th in india. on that cheerful note, until that time when i wanna bore u guys to tears again, Ciao
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