May 9, 2006

Blond, James Blond

Posted by pete at May 9, 2006 12:45 AM

The new Casino Royale trailer is up. Check it out in all its majesty here.

Parkour! Uncomfortably snug Euro-swimsuits! "The Denchster!" The first fair-haired 007! Take a look at him in that last shot:

Connery had a certain earthy quality about him, and Dalton's portrayal always hinted at the brutality within, but Craig might go down as the first Bond to actually scare the shit out of me. Having said that, I've been a 007 fan since childhood, and I'm willing to give the new guy a shot, if only because there seems to be such a backlash against him.

And because I fear grievous bodily harm.

The only word that comes to mind when I look at him is "simian". He's just plain ole creepy. And he REALLY did not need to be seen in that speedo. Not at all.

--Posted by Tracy on May 9, 2006 1:15 PM

It's like Bond meets Hannibal Lecter.

--Posted by denny on May 9, 2006 2:01 PM

To me he looks more like a cross between Donald Grant and Kronsteen.

After watching the trailer... they could screw this up. They could screw this up very badly. But I really like the odds.

Top Five casting decisions in Bond flicks
1) Judi Dench as M
2) Clifton James as Sherrif Pepper
3) Alan Cumming as Boris Grishenko
4) [Your favorite here] as James Bond
5) Bernard Lee as M

--Posted by Danil on May 9, 2006 4:04 PM

MI3 vs Casino Royale
A Perfectly Cromulent Blog points to a trailer for Casino Royale. Tasty. His review of MI3 is here [2 1/2 stars]. And darn, what a shame, MI3 isn't doing as well in the box office returns as expected, which may......
--Posted to Owlish Mutterings on May 9, 2006 4:30 PM:.

Is the bondorchimp.com domain taken?

--Posted by norbizness on May 9, 2006 4:52 PM

Wasn't this the Russian guy in From Russia with Love? Almost handsome in a scary ass kinda way. Does he have a sidekick with a shank shoe? Just wondering.

--Posted by Steve on May 9, 2006 9:22 PM

Norbiz: NICE. Now I'm going to have to go check --

--Posted by Tracy on May 9, 2006 9:32 PM

He looks like Steve McQueen to me. And not Steve from the beginning of a movie.

--Posted by Michael on May 10, 2006 12:24 AM

He does seem a bit simian, but I'm willing to take that chance.

--Posted by Otto Man on May 13, 2006 12:55 PM

Steve,

You're thinking of Robert Shaw, a fantastic actor who also played Quint in Jaws. Sadly, he died quite a few years ago. There is a resemblance, though.

--Posted by BabyJane on May 19, 2006 1:15 AM



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