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Journal by FortKnox on Friday February 04, 2005 @02:17PM

Looks like the next Bond will be Casino Royale. I wonder how they will change it (it is the first Bond book, and heavily involves SPECTRE IIRC).

There is talk about how Brosnan played his last Bond, but I have a feeling he'll do just one more.
Honestly, I'd HATE to see a popular actor (Orlando Bloom, Colin Farrel, etc..) as a Bond... I'm thinking someone who would do a good job (someone suggested this a long time ago) would be Clive Owens (from the movie "Closer").

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- Connery (Score:2)
  
  by sulli ( 195030 ) * writes:
  
  Sure - if he can get away from the Level 3 ads long enough.
  - - Re:Ouch. (Score:2)
      
      by sulli ( 195030 ) * writes:
      
      He just likes hearing the sound of his voice when he watches CNN, I think.
- Re:It's an original Ian Flemming story, too. (Score:2)
  
  by M.C. Hampster ( 541262 ) writes:
  
  Frankly, am I the only one who thinks Sean Connery should do this one?
  
  Have you seen him lately? He's looking reeeally old at this point.
  - - Re:It's an original Ian Flemming story, too. (Score:2)
      
      by M.C. Hampster ( 541262 ) writes:
      
      That reminds me of that line in Tootsie, when the producer instructs the cameraman to back off because she wants Dustin Hoffman's character to look "softer". His response, "How do you feel about Cleveland?".
      
      DISCLAIMER: It's been a while since I've seen the movie, so my depiction may not be completely accurate.
- Re:It's an original Ian Flemming story, too. (Score:1)
  
  by gmhowell ( 26755 ) writes:
  
  Connery sucks balls. The only true to the books Bond was Dalton.
  
  OTOH, if you live in the movies only, Connery was tolerable.
  - - Re:It's an original Ian Flemming story, too. (Score:2)
      
      by elmegil ( 12001 ) writes:
      
      That was Dalton? Whoa!
      As for Casino Royale, I think the Peter Sellers/David Niven version is pretty definitive :-)
    - Re:It's an original Ian Flemming story, too. (Score:1)
      
      by gmhowell ( 26755 ) writes:
      
      I totally despised Dalton until I read the books. Afterwards, I was like "holy crap, this book character has only been portrayed well by one actor (although to be fair, Lazenby never had the chance".
SPECTRE? (Score:1)

by johndiii ( 229824 ) * writes:

SPECTRE (SPecial Executive for Counterintelligence, Terror, Revenge, and Extortion) never appeared in the books. It was completely an invention of the movies. In the books, Bond's nemesis organization was SMERSH, a division of the KGB (the name was a contraction of the Russian for "Death to Spies", roughly rendered as Smiert Shpionam). Compare the book From Russia with Love, where the plot to kill Bond is a SMERSH initiative, while the movie has the same characters as SPECTRE doubles within Russian intel
- Re:SPECTRE? (Score:2)
  
  by FortKnox ( 169099 ) writes:
  
  Bah, sorry. I haven't read the books in forever and now it shows...
I suggested Clive Owens (Score:2)

by John Harrison ( 223649 ) writes:

but for The Croupier. Sweet casino movie.
C'mon you're missing the obvious!!! (Score:2)

by TheConfusedOne ( 442158 ) writes:

Meesa Bond! James-a Bond!!

(Please don't kill me...)
- You're fired. (Score:2)
  
  by M.C. Hampster ( 541262 ) writes:
  
  *cool-viper-strike-hand-motion*
From the horse's mouth (Score:1)

by gmhowell ( 26755 ) writes:

From the horse's mouth [piercebrosnan.com]:
I would like to thank all of you who have supported me over the last year or so in regard to my playing Bond. It was a decade of my life that I will always hold dear to my heart and a time that will never be forgotten. And you dear friends stood by me throughout. Many, many thanks! But everything comes to an end, and one must accept this decision which cannot be dealt with in any other way but with some kind of grace and knowledge that I did the job to the best of my ability.
Jude Law (Score:1)

by duder ( 86761 ) writes:

Jude Law's name is also usually thrown around. He would not be so bad- and as one of my friends said, "If Jude Law was James Bond they could make 4 or 5 a year!"

Please, just not Bloom or Colin Crackhead.
Clive Owens (Score:2)

by On Lawn ( 1073 ) writes:

Someone told me once that watching Clive Owens you'll notice he's a ham. A good ham, but a ham. To her, Clive Owens would be the second coming of Roger Moore. Not a bad thing in my book.

Personally I think the American Matthew McConaughey would do a bang-up job. My pick after that is Hugh Jackman. Both are extremely versitile actors who can be tough, smarmy, likable and generally have fun with the role. These would be the Sean Connery style Bonds.

Julian Sands is another good choice. To me he'd be the secon
- Re:Clive Owens (Score:2)
  
  by red5 ( 51324 ) writes:
  
  McConaughy? Can I have some of what you're smoking?
  
  I always figured Clive Owen since he did those BMW commercials.
  - Re:Clive Owens (Score:2)
    
    by On Lawn ( 1073 ) writes:
    
    Clive isn't a bad choice, but he's not first on my list. Not even second. Come to think of it, of those mentioned he's close to last after Julian Sands, but that is a real short list.

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