Cinema is Dope » People: Daniel Craig http://www.cinemaisdope.com An Exploration and Ongoing Archive of Cinema Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:20:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Quantum of Solace (2008) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Roman Polanski as an Evil Bond Villain? http://www.cinemaisdope.com/quantum-of-solace-2008-new-cinema-wallpaper-of-the-day-roman-polanski-as-an-evil-bond-villain/ http://www.cinemaisdope.com/quantum-of-solace-2008-new-cinema-wallpaper-of-the-day-roman-polanski-as-an-evil-bond-villain/#comments Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:00:15 +0000 blake http://www.cinemaisdope.com/quantum-of-solace-2008-new-cinema-wallpaper-of-the-day-roman-polanski-as-an-evil-bond-villain/ Anatole Taubman as Elvis and Mathieu Amalric as Dominic Greene in Quantum of Solace 2008
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Joaquin Cosio Mathieu Amalric Anatole Taubman Jesus Ochoa Quantum of Solace 2008
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Joaquin Cosio Mathieu Amalric and Olga Kurylenko Quantum of Solace 2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

Dominic Greene as evil Bond villain as played outstandingly by Mathieu Amalric certainly felt like a very Roman Polanski influenced character. I couldn’t help but watch the film throughout its run time and feel like they were totally riffing off a, “What if Roman Polanski was an evil Bond villain?” His evil sidekick Elvis played by Anatole Taubman that sports an absolutely ridiculously mod haircut and gets the films funniest prop laughs was a really interesting choice.

The main weakness of the newest Bond film (I did dig the film as a whole) was that it felt like a much much longer film that had been condensed and edited down greatly. While I could certainly see the editing style in parts an attempt at style, to me it seemed rather like it was a technique employed to cut down the run time and rush a locked down print out. As such I certainly hope someday to see the full uncut version of this film minus the many awkward moments of editing where everything is sped up and the sound muffled. If this was an attempted style it still seems like an 11th hour change that never comes together, so perhaps there will be a new cut where they have more time to get it right.

As for the gadgets of the film I think they are building still the pre-Bond story of how he became Bond, so we quite haven’t gotten to the point where he is teamed up with cool gadgets. I expect this to come into play in the next outing.

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Mathieu Amalric and Anatole Taubman in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Joaquin Cosio, Mathieu Amalric, Anatole Taubman and Jesus Ochoa in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Joaquin Cosio, Mathieu Amalric and Olga Kurylenko in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

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Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Thursday, November 13, 2008

I really hope that if nothing else this new Bond film goes back to the classic action opening set pieces that served as great adrenaline kicks despite often implausibility.

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Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Susie Allnutt.

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Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Another action packed image from the latest Bond film which led me for some reason to wonder what my favorite Bond film of all-time was… I certainly need a Bond marathon to review so many titles I saw in my youth but have yet to see and experience with my adult eyes. Funny how pictures we see when we are young can turn out not to be quite what we remembered upon review. For Your Eyes Only certainly stands out among my favorites although I’m not sure if I’d call it my top favorite.

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Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Seems up in the air at the moment if Craig will reprise the role of James Bond anytime soon. If by some random chance he does back out from future installments, I can’t for the life of me (at least at this moment) think of anyone else that could really pull it off effectively.

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Daniel Craig and Gemma Arterton) in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Karen Ballard.

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

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Monday, November 10, 2008

This image seems to confirm we will get some parkour sports/Bourne Identity style sprawling multi-level multi-surface high sprinting/jumping chase scene in QUANTUM OF SOLACE.

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Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures/Columbia Pictures/EON Productions’ action adventure QUANTUM OF SOLACE. Photo by Susie Allnutt.

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release for this film. © 2008 Danjaq, LLC, United Artists Corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Related Links:
::: Official Site
::: IMDb Profile

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