With the end of 007: No Time to Die, Daniel Craig's version of "Bond" officially came to an end. Although for decades, the actors of 007 have changed like marquees, but the Craig version of 007 has been subverted, changing the gentlemanly demeanor of the previous 007 suits and shoes, handsome and elegant!
In fifteen years, he went from office to death, which completely changed "James Bond".
In 2002, after the end of "007: Choose a Day to Die Again", no one expected that Pierce Brosnan, who was in full swing at that time, would step down from 007.
At that time, many bookmakers in Europe and the United States even deliberately opened a market for this world-renowned problem, Colin Farrell's market is the most optimistic, and its odds are the lowest, 3:1, Ivan McGregor 14:1, and the odds of another most unlikely candidate, Australian film star Dar Winton, are as high as 1000:1.
Farrell then rejected the film, saying: "Thank you very much for Pearce Brosnan's strong recommendation, but he himself is not interested in this role at all." And his thick Irish accent is not suitable for this film. "Regarding his possible appearance as a sixth-generation Bond, he thinks it's just media hype.
Another candidate, Ivan, also withdrew, and it wasn't until 2015's "007: Ghost Party" was released, when Ivan McGregor's name reappeared among the "Bond" candidates, that he revealed why.
After all, it was early in his career, and McGregor had refused to take on the role for fear of being stereotyped, but today McGregor has expressed a willingness to have the opportunity to play Bond. Ivan, who is now 50 years old, is too old to miss this opportunity in 2021!
When the filmmakers announced in October 2005 that 38-year-old Daniel Craig would replace 52-year-old Pierce Brosnan as Bond, it caused an uproar. The global blog system was almost paralyzed, and some people even set up a website called "Craig is not Bond".
There are three reasons for this dissatisfaction: Craig is too short (180 cm, the shortest of all the Bond), blonde (Bond is black in the original book), and he is too "academic" (before appearing in stage plays). In addition, leaving aside the factors of Brosnan's older age, people do not see that the role of Bond needs to be changed.
After all, this is just a classic British spy, sitting at the casino table, surrounded by beautiful women, with a handsome smile on the winning large handful of banknotes. In the film, Craig has many close-ups, with well-defined chest and abs, and Saga's face.
It is worth mentioning that "007 vs Casino Royale" is actually the first 007 movie released in Chinese theaters, because it has always fought the enemies of the Soviet Union and North Korea, and it is politically incorrect. Today, 007 is fighting terrorists, which is already the most inhospicious hot topic in the world!
Craig's previous film resume is still remarkable, having played gay in "Love Painting Color", playing a mad patient in "Psychic Jacket", and also starring in "Bottle Of Beauty", "Trench", and "Tomb Raider". Once he plays Bond, the biggest disadvantage is that he may be stereotyped by the role.
"That's the biggest problem for me." Craig said. As for another concern — not having time to pick up other films — Craig took comfort from his predecessor, Brosnan, "He persuaded me to take on the role." ”
Talking to the producers, Craig was a little moved to find out that they were going to give The Bond film a new lease of life, but at first he refused, "The reason I refused was because this role could take up too much of my time." ”
In the process of starring in "Munich", he consulted the director Spielberg, and Spielberg replied: "If the script is good and the conditions they prescribe are superior, why not enjoy it?"
Craig wasn't handsome enough, not tall enough, and had blonde hair, a far cry from Ian Fleming's Bond, but he had superb acting skills, a toned figure, and deep eyes.
And Bond in "007 vs Casino Royale" is very fragile, he has painful memories (he is an orphan), but also tormented by love (extramarital affair), this Bond is no longer the handsome guy who fell from the sky as everyone saw in the past, but the slightly sad tough guy character of Bourne in "Spy Heavy".
After all, the "Spy Movies" series (the first two in 2006) were already "anti-Bond" blockbusters, not as fancy superweapons as Pierce Brosnan's later 007 movies!
The agent played by Matt Damon is a cold and rough man, who also has his own helpless sorrow. Daniel Craig clearly followed the "Bourne" route!
Paul Haggis, co-writer of Casino Royale, also acknowledged the impact of Nolan's version of Batman: The Shadow of man on the film.
Casino Royale returned him to the "quiet, tenacious, cruel, sneering" side of Ian Fleming's novels, to his instinct to do the dirty work for the British government. This 007 invited the director of "007 GoldenEye" Martin Campbell to escort, after all, he won the Brosnan version of 007, obviously prepared.
From then on, Bond was no longer the gentleman and handsome man with a false smile, but a fierce and capable tough guy killer. Craig grabbed the enemy and beat him up, torturing him to extract a confession, and casino royals began by chasing black terrorists and blowing up embassies.
Directly complained by Mrs. M: "I let him catch the terrorists, he stabbed me in such a big basket, a generation is not as good as a generation!" ”
007 gambled with terrorists with public funds in Casino Royale, and easily made a lot of money. Immediately, chased by terrorists, Bang Girl Eva Green was so frightened that she cried bitterly because she assisted in the killing, hiding in the bathroom and drenching in water, and 007 comforted her in the bathroom, showing tenderness.
When Bond burned the note that read "Forgive me" in front of Vespa's tomb, if you remember the woman in red who chose to abscond in the water and committed suicide in the water, you can understand why 007 will also love to the depths of tears and flicks, Craig's version of Bond is still more humane.
2008's Quantum of Crises chose to continue casino royale's unfinished story, which is not common in Bond films.
The film ends with Bond killing Vespa's ex-boyfriend, who throws Vespa's necklace in the cold Russian snow to say goodbye to the past. But this 007 story is more chaotic, Bond chasing and killing people, and does not make a good impression.
Perhaps because "Quantum of Crises" was not as well received as expected, 2012's "Skyfall" directly invited "American Beauty" Oscar-gold director Sam Mendes! Whether it's the Hills of Scotland or the Macau skyline (though not in Macau), photographer Roger Deakins has captured it luxuriously and beautifully.
Because there are Oscar-gold directors joining 007, the story of "Sky Curtain Killing Machine" is relatively more independent and critical realism, but it is like reflecting on the importance of the secret agent organization from the perspective of the humanization of Mrs. M's trouble and being destroyed by the hot hand!
Spanish film emperor Javier Baden plays the villain of bad agents, and his energetic performance is very similar to the Joker in dc superhero films. He was raised by Mrs. M and regarded her as a mother.
Unexpectedly, after he was arrested after the failure of his mission, Mrs. M gave up on him and went to rescue others, this cruel way of abandoning the pawn to protect the car, let him hold a grudge in his heart to take revenge, and finally ended up with the same end!
"Skyfall Crisis" also surprised to dedicate a very cute and handsome young Dr. Q, watching Ben Weishaw operate the computer satellite monitoring, directing how Bond will take the next step, quite with the times.
Judy Dench, who has played 007 7 times, she is so temperamental, thoughtful, and has ideas, she has persisted for so many years, witnessing Craig succeeding Brosnan, but Mrs. M has died!
This agent leader actually dared to mutilate his own people, resulting in infighting and murder and explosion of the loss of the hard disk, the villains were all provoked by her, and finally completed the end of her life in the controversy!
When Mrs. M was questioned at the hearing, the female official opposite was critically insulting, and the shallow and ignorant face stimulated the old leader.
She passionately confessed that without their secret service organization, terrorists could be mixed around people, and everyone would become no longer safe, and she finally read aloud the poem "Ulysses": "I will work tirelessly, seek, and fight forever!" ", let people's blood boil!
Judy Dench's version of Mrs. M, completed the curtain performance in "Sky curtain crisis", ending with a sense of sad ceremony.
This kind of special agent leader who kills colleagues, unscrupulous means, and has stains for the organization has sacrificed his youth and life to defend the country and the safety of the people!
At that time, "Sky Curtain Crisis" created a 007 historical box office record, in addition to the increasing popularity of the Chinese market, it was also this drama that criticized realism and poked at the g-spot of many people!
And M also transitioned from Judy Dench in the Brosnan era to Ralph Fiennes, who had bid farewell to "Voldemort".
2015's Ghost Party started well, and while the long shots at mexico's Day of the Dead are no longer by Deakins, the film's cinematographer Hoyt van Hotma (Nolan's favorite) is also excellent!
But the process and the ending are really not powerful, 007 finally shot down the enemy helicopter with a pistol, and captured the villain alive, which made people feel very boring. In the end, "Ghost Party" failed to break the box office record of "Skyfall Crisis"!
Craig later said in person, "I will cut my wrist when I return to play 007", but the truth is unpredictable, we really waited for Craig's real last film, "No Time to Die".
The film constantly switches beautiful filming locations, as well as jumping up and down drag racing scenes, and even makes people feel a little shadowy from Universal Pictures' "Fast and Furious" series, including the superweapon cars of The Sean Connery era 007, this episode is retro!
The villains attack the lab by pulling a rope from the mansion, snatching the Doctor and the super weapon. MI6's m rushes to find 007 on a mission, at which point Bond, who has been retired for many years, appears in the form of re-employment, and the 007 code name has been given to the black female agent Nano!
Affected by the epidemic in Hollywood, 007 does not have the classic plot of the past, can only be as simple and rough and humane as possible, Craig subverted the gentlemanly demeanor of the past, but this episode still has super weapons, forced to start playing retro and emotional, and finally the longest-lived 007 in history was accidentally killed by his own missiles, but the box office did not break the record.
M, q and others toast to Bond at base camp to mourn 007 The line is vividly remembered: "The correct function of man is to survive, not to exist." I'm not going to waste my time extending them. I will use my time! ”
This tragic ending is very "anti-Bond", the Craig version of the 007 five-part character is also very "anti-Bond", and the next 007 series of movies will face a new casting and will be an unprecedented new journey.
So far, the most vocal "Tang Teacher" Tom Hardy, "Superman" Henry Cavill, "Shakeson" Tom Hiddleston, "Hunan Brother" Charlie Hannum, "Guess the Train" Ivan McGregor, but maybe it is not them!
Who will take over as the next James Bond? Is it a continuation of Daniel Craig's tough guy route, or a return to the traditional Connery, Brosnan style 007? Or just get a female version of 007?
In the face of the era when Marvel movies dominate the global box office, in the face of competition from series such as "Fast and Furious", "Spy in The Shadows", "Mission Impossible" and other series, how does 007, a classic and slightly old-school secret agent series, break through? It has become a serious problem for MGM's top brass.
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