You guys need to get over it:
Dateline: February 20, 2006 - An international group of lifelong James Bond fans announced the publication of a new website, www.craignotbond.com, in order to launch a boycott of the upcoming Bond film, Casino Royale. Chief among their concerns is Bond producer Barbara Broccoli's questionable decision to fire popular Bond star Pierce Brosnan and replace him with an unknown with a penchant for oddball roles, Daniel Craig.
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When you heard the casting announcement about Craig as Bond, you might have thought that it was all over, and there was nothing you could do about it. Well you were wrong! The movie business lives and dies on the patronage of its customers, the moviegoing public. And, as the old saying goes, the customer is always right! Bond fans are joining together by the thousands to stop Sony and EON from ruining the future of James Bond by hiring Daniel Craig. Join the Casino Royale Boycott now, and you'll be taking the first steps towards bringing back the James Bond we know and love!
GoldenEye was good, I'll grant you, and one of the best Bond films in the last 30 years, but Tomorrow Never Dies? Die Another Day? Easily among the lesser 007 efforts. Not as bad as the dregs of the Roger Moore era, but still.
Face it, Brosnan doesn't want to come back. He's on record as saying he loathed the insistence on one-liners and felt freed from the shackles of the Bond image after getting let go. His public statements of support for Craig only reinforce the fact that the Layer Cake and Munich star is the new 007. Whether this will be a long-running role of more of a George Lazenby thing remains to be seen.
As I've said, I liked Brosnan the first time out, but thought his other efforts were too reminscent of the cheesy 1970s era movies. Sean Connery is still the epitome of Bond, and I always felt Timothy Dalton never got the studio support he needed to make the role his.
As for Craig's "penchant for oddball roles," I assume the folks behind the website are aware that Brosnan's most famous pre-Bond movie parts were the oily suitor from Mrs. Doubtfire and the "VR doctor" from The Lawnmower Man. If they want a return to the jokey, gadget-heavy Bond of the Brosnan and Moore eras, have at it. Those of us with fond memories of the darker, more sinister Bond of Fleming's novels welcome the change, and are eager to see what Craig does with the role.
But by all means, continue with your time-honored tradition of internet petioning. Just remember, it could've been Orlando Bloom.
I must admit, I really dug Dalton as 007. He had that rowr factor that Connery brought. Roger Moore was never attractive to me, I thought he was a sissy.
Did I ever tell you that my dad dated a Bond girl?
Funny, I'm watching "GoldenEye" on the USA network right now. Definitely the best of the Brosnan years.
I can't imagine anyone who actually saw "Layer Cake" or "Munich" having a problem with Craig taking over the role. He's going to be goooood.
Well - I liked him in "Layer Cake" and I think he'll be a good BOND.
So *Get Over It* is about the right sentiment for those Brosnan fans.
;-)