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Director Mendes says Craig brings complexity to 007 role
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Posted on 04/29/2012 3:00:47 PM PDT by Perdogg

Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes said on Sunday he would not have made the latest James Bond film "Skyfall" without Daniel Craig playing the MI6 agent because of the complexity the British actor has brought to the character.

Mendes, who won an Academy Award for directing "American Beauty" in 1999, has depicted troubled men with ordinary lives -a far cry from 007, the ultimate action hero.

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To: Perdogg

Only if they plan on setting it in The Villages.


21 posted on 04/29/2012 5:29:09 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: fatnotlazy

Correct.


22 posted on 04/29/2012 5:54:14 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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Click the link. The Republic you save may be your own.

23 posted on 04/29/2012 5:54:57 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

interesting

http://n007.thegoldeneye.com/film_commentary/lights_out3.html


24 posted on 04/29/2012 7:08:24 PM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

That’s gonna leave a mark.


25 posted on 04/29/2012 7:51:30 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: mountn man; fieldmarshaldj; Perdogg; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy

I liked Dalton, he was “dark” but still had the Bond charm.

Craig better do the Bond girl this time. Not doing Olga Kurylenko in QOS was a crime against humanity on par with the slide whistle from TMWTGG.


26 posted on 04/29/2012 9:09:26 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: Impy

Olga is about the only reason I watch “Magic City.” The other girl married to Danny Huston’s psycho character ain’t bad, either.


27 posted on 04/29/2012 9:27:12 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: Perdogg

I will watch Daniel Craig in anything.

I don’t care if it’s a bad movie....and I don’t care if he acts poorly in it either.


28 posted on 04/29/2012 9:31:26 PM PDT by Scotswife
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Starz disappeared from my channel lineup. I guess I had it free for a year or something.

I saw that show though cause they showed the first 3 episodes on a special preview channel. I like it. Lots of fine tail, the maid girl the younger son likes is hot too. Guess I’ll have to shell out money or use less than “ethical” means to see it, which is a pain in the ass.


29 posted on 04/29/2012 10:54:42 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Also on Starz, Kelsey Grammer’s “Boss” which I liked. Kathleen Robertson.

Eva Green’s rather lousy “Camelot” was cancelled, King Arthur couldn’t act to save his life. I never watched “Spartacus” but I have a feeling I’d like it.


30 posted on 04/29/2012 11:05:36 PM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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To: GSP.FAN; Guenevere; SJSAMPLE; Larry Lucido; fieldmarshaldj; Clemenza; Impy; archivist007; ...
I may have to skip this one. If he had read the novels he might have gotten a clue. Good grief.

"Sky's Lucy Cotter, who has been on the Bond set in Istanbul, said: "Sam Mendes said they have gone back to the original Fleming books and looked at Bond when he was less of an international playboy and more of a, quite depressed, MI6 operative who was depressed about being a killer."

In the novels, Bond was never depressed about being who he was, a secret agent (not a spy) who worked for the Ministry of Defence. He did not approve of killing in cold blood but understood that killing was justified at times. I believe Sam probably read only the first part of Goldfinger.
31 posted on 04/30/2012 5:49:35 AM PDT by Perdogg
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To: Perdogg

Sergio Mendes is directing movies now? Could work.


32 posted on 04/30/2012 9:32:04 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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To: SJSAMPLE
Craig’s doing a FANTASTIC job.

Agreed.
Craig looks to me like the first "real" Bond since Sean Connery.

33 posted on 04/30/2012 9:40:58 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Lancey Howard

Craig is 1000 times better than Roger Moore, who camped it up way too much.


34 posted on 04/30/2012 9:42:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: a fool in paradise
Sergio Mendes is directing movies now? Could work.

Yep. And he's got Brazill 66 doing the costumes.

35 posted on 04/30/2012 9:42:52 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: dfwgator

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rte7E6HGGq4


36 posted on 04/30/2012 9:52:44 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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