C'Mon, Make Clive Owen James Bond Already! [Archive] - Movie Fan Central Discussion Forums

ToddRH

10-10-2009, 01:22 PM

SpiralEye

10-10-2009, 04:33 PM

Nay.

bigred760

10-10-2009, 04:40 PM

Daniel Craig has become one of the best Bonds, 2nd only to Connery. Craig's movies have been awesome and he's helped the franchise return to form with good stories, characters, and they haven't been dependent on gadgets and special effects, that the Brosnan movies fell into, unfortunately. Owen would be a good Bond, but don't hold your breath for a change in Bond. People, both behind the franchise and watching it are very happy with Daniel Craig.

Tagia_Romero

10-10-2009, 06:21 PM

Both can do me.

FireCaptain4

10-10-2009, 08:53 PM

Nobody ever hears me out, but I want this guy as Bond:

http://images2.fanpop.com/images/quiz/184000/184232_1239353968314_309_278.jpg

... and this guy as his Q:

http://m.gmgrd.co.uk/res/913.$plit/C_71_article_1097658_image_list_image_list_item_0_ image.jpg

echo_bravo

10-10-2009, 09:20 PM

Both can do me.

At the same time??? DP?;)

I actually just picked up Quantum of Solace at the library today and I'll have to give it a look.

I've never been a big fan of Bond. Just cant get into the franchise that much. Although I really really enjoyed Golden Eye.

Even without seeing Craig as Bond, I think its safe to say his job is safe. Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace were box office hits.

Weapon X

10-10-2009, 10:39 PM

Am I the only one who didn't want Clive Owen as Bond? Hell, Clive Owen didn't want Clive Owen as Bond.

bigred760

10-10-2009, 10:54 PM

Am I the only one who didn't want Clive Owen as Bond? Hell, Clive Owen didn't want Clive Owen as Bond.

Daniel Craig was always my first choice after I saw Layer Cake.

Danny Brow

10-10-2009, 11:00 PM

Daniel Craig is helping the franchise get back to what it needs to be, so basically if it's not broke don't fix it. I do like Clive Owen but Bond he is not....

FireCaptain4

10-10-2009, 11:18 PM

I, too, think Daniel Craig is just fine.

Owen would be a better Bond than P. Diddy though.

Frosty_86

10-10-2009, 11:43 PM

When they first announced Daniel Craig as the new Bond way back when I was "What the fuck are they thinking, Clive fucking Owen should be Bond what the fuck." I was throwing shit at the TV, I was pissed because the only thing I had seen Craig in at the time was Road to Perdition and let's face it he was not a likable character at all and I just didn't see how he could be Bond. Me and my friend were bitching for months about it, but we heard all the great early buzz for Casino Royale and so we had to see it. Both of our minds were changed really fast, we were convinced Craig was the right choice after the first scene. Clive is a great actor but I wouldn't trade Daniel for anything he's the best Bond that isn't named Connery.

FireCaptain4

10-10-2009, 11:58 PM

I don't think anyone will ever top Connery. However, when Casino Royale came out, one of my friends was still hating on Craig. He claimed it was despicable for Craig to wear a (?) pink tie at the end of the film--claiming it was something Bond and/or Connery would never do.

What a damn minute! Didn't Connery where a pink suite in one of the older Bond films (I'm thinking either Diamonds are Forever or You Only Live Twice).

Edit: Yes, yes he fuckin' did. (http://www.hmss.com/films/survey/Connery%2007.jpg)

Badbird

10-11-2009, 12:51 AM

Clive Owen has said he didn't really want to be Bond anyway.

I was actually in favor of Gerard Butler myself, based on his performance in Tomb Raider 2. IE: before he got fat.

dellamorte dellamore

10-11-2009, 02:10 AM

Craig plays Bond on one level, a coiled spring of emotion. Clive could have brought many layers to the character that Craig simply cannot.

Ever see those short commercials starring Clive as The Driver. That's it right there, that sold me, although i always felt he was the heir apparent when i saw him in Croupier.

Natty

10-11-2009, 11:34 AM

Clive would have been a good Bond, Craig is perfect though.

Heisenberg

10-11-2009, 05:41 PM

Daniel Craig is the best bond thus far. No need to change it.

QUENTIN

10-11-2009, 10:33 PM

Owen is too good for Bond. Bond is not a particularly complex character, I'd much rather see Owen doing Children of Men and Closer than Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace, they'd be a waste of his talent and would threaten to typecast him.

Craig is certainly a good enough actor to portray all the depth there is to Bond, he has the physicality, sensuality, and a more icy version of his charm. His turn in Casino was the best since Connery.

I say it ain't broke and don't need fixing.

Shinigami

10-11-2009, 10:54 PM

Nah. Another white dude.

After Craig goes I want a black bond purely for superficial reasons, since Bond is a character made entirely of the superficial. Making bond black would be an easy evolution for the franchise. Look he's black now! can be added to the long list of substantial revisions such as Look he's jason bourne now!, Look he's got Halle Berry now!, or Look he's driving that new car model!
/sarcasm

I enjoy Bond, I'm impressed with its longevity, and I'm sure people will find a new and exciting adventure for him (hopefully with a darker color). Buuuut I haven't heard anything about the next Craig James Bond. What is going on with that?

Highspeed

10-15-2009, 08:56 PM

Meh...bring in Clive as a villain :cool:

bigred760

10-15-2009, 10:09 PM

Meh...bring in Clive as a villain :cool:

Now I could get behind that.

miguel_montes

10-16-2009, 07:23 PM

Now I could get behind that.

Me too! That's a brilliant idea, actually.

ToddRH

10-16-2009, 09:22 PM

Meh...bring in Clive as a villain :cool:

I think that would be brilliant casting! Thank you! He could be another "00" (yea, I know they did that already) but Craig vs. Owen would be a great Ying vs. Yang.

Or, how about "Spy vs. Spy"!?! (A "Mad Magazine" strip for you youngin's!)

bigred760

10-16-2009, 10:20 PM

I think I'd prefer to see him as a henchman and/or hitman. Probably not too dissimilar from his role in Bourne Identity, only more expanded and deeper. QUANTUM hires him to kill Bond . . . or M (or both).

jbar1026

10-17-2009, 03:11 AM

After Craig goes I want a black bond purely for superficial reasons, since Bond is a character made entirely of the superficial. Making bond black would be an easy evolution for the franchise. Look he's black now! can be added to the long list of substantial revisions such as Look he's jason bourne now!, Look he's got Halle Berry now!, or Look he's driving that new car model!
/sarcasm

i only hope this never happens! and i do see the /sarcasm. but then you wrote
(hopefully with a darker color).

now its not like i think a blackman cant be a superspy englishmen! i just think that when characters have well known characteristics they should not be changed. like i would never want to cast a white man as blade! its just wrong! or even something as silly as making piccillo yellow instead of green in the dragonball movie.

Shinigami

10-19-2009, 01:35 PM

I don't think Bond is substantial enough to have a defined skin color, and this has everything to do with my arm length relationship with the franchise. I enjoy it as the sleek sexy british blockbuster and that's all. I'm not a huge fan. I don't have a fan's respect. Suggesting Bond a black brit is no more revolutionary for my audience than suggesting he have a new actor, a new suit, a new gun. I appreciate that Craig and crew are attempting to make Bond realer and more substantial, but he's still just an avatar for the latest trends of cool and suave. In any other context it would be borderline to suggest that skin color could ever enter the realm of trendy, except the Bond series has a history of making both men and women into disposable props of sex appeal, so why not skin color too? I'd go for a hot sexy black Bond.

http://coopdujour.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/idriselba.jpg

But I'd even go for a british female Bond, so I have zero mind for any authenticity or substance in this franchise. :D Thank god I'm not calling the shots. The people behind Bond have been very careful and very respectful with him ever since Craig was brought on. That they're lying low after Quantum of Solace shows how much they care for biding their time and preserving the integrity of this series, so I'm confident my nonsense will fall on deaf ears.

APzombie

10-19-2009, 04:03 PM

i don't want to think of another Bond right now. Daniel is as perfect to James Bond as anyone i could have imagined.

I'll gladly pitch in the moment Daniel announces his departure, which i hope won't be for a very long while. Until then, i have my preffered 007.

bigred760

10-19-2009, 04:27 PM

That they're lying low after Quantum of Solace shows how much they care for biding their time and preserving the integrity of this series, . . .

That . . . and the fact that MGM is heavily in debt and is having money issues.

Tagia_Romero

10-23-2009, 05:04 AM

At the same time??? DP?;)

That too. :D

grungehippy

11-11-2009, 11:22 PM

Strider

11-12-2009, 02:08 AM

Why?

Daniel Craig is kicking all kinds of ass as James Bond. I thought he was simply terrific in Casino Royale. Clive Owen would've made for a great Bond as well, but he'll never play that character, and I don't think he wants to. So it's time to move on. As others have mentioned, Owen as a Bond villain would fucking rule. Perhaps that's something that could happen in the near future.

Craig should play Bond until he's 70. ;)

Strider

Puck Bond

11-14-2009, 08:28 PM

I like Daniel Craig but he just doesn't do it for me as Bond. I just saw Clive in "Duplicity" and it clinched that he should be Bond. Yes, it could go the way of Roger Moore's more humorous Bond but the writing and could prevent that. He'd have to bulk up but not as much as Craig had to for the role. The main thing preventing it is that he's not hurting for acting roles so why take it.

Amen brotha...I've said this for years!!! Craig just doesn't do it for me and I believe its killin' the franchise...QoS was awful let's face it! As a Bond aficionado it hurts me to see the franchise go down this route...

SpiralEye

11-14-2009, 09:33 PM

I have to laugh when someone says Craig is "killing the franchise". Casino Royale was amazing. And as for all the hate that Quantum of Solace gets, it's still better than 3 out of the 4 Brosnan Bonds, and ALL of the Daltons or Moores.

Never forget the horror of Die Another Day.

Reigh Kaufman

11-14-2009, 09:41 PM

If there was a film called Clive Owen, a biopic concerning the career, life and times of the actor Clive Owen, I would most definitely hire someone more capable of acting like Clive Owen than Clive Owen.

Makes Jude Law look like a capable actor.

QUENTIN

11-14-2009, 10:07 PM

ilovemovies

11-14-2009, 11:52 PM

I love Clive Owen but I thought Closer kind of sucked. Owen was excellent in it though.

jeo4

11-15-2009, 11:03 PM

Clive Owen has said he didn't really want to be Bond anyway.

I was actually in favor of Gerard Butler myself, based on his performance in Tomb Raider 2. IE: before he got fat.

He's 40 and he's not that fat.

He'd make a better Bond than Clive Owen any day of the week. He's even got the look.

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2008/05/gerard-butler.jpg

CoryChaos

11-24-2009, 09:20 PM

although i always felt he was the heir apparent when i saw him in Croupier.

Co-signed.

He'd make a better Bond than Clive Owen any day of the week. He's even got the look.

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/uploads/2008/05/gerard-butler.jpg

..just as I was about to say "Why would they have a Scotsman play Bond"..haha..

Marley515

02-14-2010, 12:49 PM

The Bond movies are starting to suck with Craig as Bond. He just doesn't get it done. Or maybe it's the way they are portraying Bond in the films.
What happened to him saying, "Bond, James Bond" Craig doesn't want to say it anymore. He thinks it's dated. I say fire him NOW! LOL.
Seriously, the movies aren't the same. And I don't think Clive Owen should do it because in the last few films he's done, it seems like he's trying to prove that he can be Bond.
Just a thought.

cerealkiller182

02-14-2010, 03:45 PM

I definitely do not like Clve Owen for Bond. I dont find that he has any charisma, and outside of Children of Men I havent found him particularly talented.

Sgizzy316

02-19-2010, 10:57 AM

Daniel Craig is an awesome Bond. I think Owen would have been great too, but I don't think we are missing out without having him as 007.

Sheriff Jigsaw

02-19-2010, 04:08 PM

Forget Clive owen this fella should be the next Bond. Apparently he auditioned for the part before Daniel Craig got offered it. Needs to sort out his bow tie if he does eventually don the famous Bond suit.

http://www.contactmusic.com/pics/m/british_comedy_awards_2_061207/david_mitchell_1689649.jpg

moviehound

02-19-2010, 05:14 PM

I think clive owen could have been the next bond, I mean when I saw him in shoot em up I was sold, but then he started doing some bad movies. I hated the international, except for the scene at the Guggenheim, and dont get me started on duplicity. Anyway, I was a huge pierce brosnan fan, so Daniel craig had some big shoes to step into in my mind. He lived up to most of those expectations, but what I dont like now is the plots they are taking for these new bonds. I mean Bond used to be a one man army, but now he is fighting to stop someone from taking like 2% of a teeny tinny countries water. It is too realistic now, I miss the old bad guys aiming for world domination using the sun to burn our own planet into submission.

bigred760

02-19-2010, 10:31 PM

He lived up to most of those expectations, but what I dont like now is the plots they are taking for these new bonds. I mean Bond used to be a one man army, but now he is fighting to stop someone from taking like 2% of a teeny tinny countries water.

But the organization behind the plots is what I like about the Craig movies. QUANTUM reminds me of the Connery movies and SPECTRE.

It is too realistic now, I miss the old bad guys aiming for world domination using the sun to burn our own planet into submission.

I got tired of those really quick. I like the realism; like I said, it hinders back to the first Connery movies.