Dropping the Catchphrase
Filed under: Anglophilia > Film Flickers
Is this a good or bad thing???
The British media reports that the famous "Bond, James Bond" line has been dropped from the new movie.
Apparently, the director, its producers and star, Daniel Craig, all agreed that the "Bond, James Bond" line just didn't work where it was written into the script so they dropped it.
The report goes on to say that getting away from the sometimes cheesily placed catchphrase is all part of a "deliberate attempt to bring the agent with a licence to kill into the 21st century, yet also to take him back to his 1950s roots."
In case you didn't know, James Bond started his life in books written in the 50's by a Brit named Ian Fleming.
Hard core fans are supposedly welcoming this news because they feel that previous films, with catchphrases and other gimmicks, have veered away from how Fleming saw his 'cold-blooded hero'.
What do U think?
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FUCKING LOVE DANIEL CRAIG, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT!
Why mess with success?
He's so hunky as 007
That just seems wrong!
very welcome change. you don't need to repeat that and "stirren not shaken" in every movie
im first!…first …first
Make sense though I'm not a fan of the movies anyway
I'm never watching another James Bond movie now!
i think hes hot
BLAH BLAH, FUCKING SLOW PEREZ!
thats not a good thing
His face is a little rough, but with that body, he is sexy as shit. I'd be his Bond-boy.
Nothings seems sacred any longer when it comes to 007 it seems. The last James Bond move was so violent and gory, I can't imagine Roger Moore do anything like that in his JB movies. I want the action comedy James Bond movies back!
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just plain wrong…
I've been a Bond fan for ages and I don't think it makes a difference. The thing is, it's been in every single movie. That will be weird. However, it was in only a few of the original novels, which are fantastic, btw. I certainly don't mind the movies being more like them!
Re: LettyB – we agree on everything today. this is boring. say some crazy shit and start calling people FUCKFACE
Sure…take all away…the catchphrase, the martinis, Q and his gimmicks, ignore reason and defy logic…and tada…we get a shallow common bla-bla action movie like any other…
Hey it's not broken, but let's fix it anyway.
Dumbshits.
Douche, Perez Douche
A little cheeze is fun - it's what we expect and there's nothing wrong with putting in a few fan-lines. I grin when he says his 'required' lines and love them - have ever since going to the Bond movies in the 1960s with my Dad!
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I bet he was smokin hot when he was young.
Who cares? I have not watched a Bond movie since they dropped Pierce Brosnan. This man just does not have IT.
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Daniel Craig is the HOTTEST Bond ever. Period.
Re: harrysnatch – Me luv you dirty girl!
Re: Swimstud – I TRIED ALLREADY IT HASN'T WORKED!
They may as well deop the catchphrase. The REAL James Bond isn't blonde, anyway.
Loved the turn daniel craig made in the last so i could give a rats ass what cheesy lines he does or does not say, just make it a great flick like i expect in the new one and worry not about this.
Daniel Craig is just not a James Bond! he's hot and everything but he's not Bond!!!!!
and you can't drop the catch phrase! these are no longer bond movies just action movies and its becoming more and more apparent…. they should change his name too while we are at it!
It sucks. He was a sucky James Bond anyway, so let them totally ruin the image
Daniel Craig is very different than other James Bonds that came before him - that's a good thing!
Please, it's 3 words, you mean it can't be fit in any where?
I tried that line, she said "Off, fuck off!"
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Fucking sacrilege! It's bollocks, Bond, James Bond, fucking bollocks!
stoopid crapper idea as usual…brosnan was the best bond since connery, and should be still playing the part. craig looks and acts more like a villian than a hero - i know the new bond is supposed to be 'edgier' and without the campiness, but creaigs eyes just scream psycho meglomaniac world destroyer to me..
Daniel craig is the best bond ever!!!!!!!
but i wish they were keeping the phrase, its like changing his name ITS NOT RIGHT!!!
If they drop the catch phrase he isn't James Bond any more than he would be if he didn't bone some skank with an accent. Bad move IMO!
Look at his sparkling blue eyes…
so adorable
I can't believe people are still on the Daniel Craig is not James Bond. Bullshit. Mr Craig is a great actor, and has done a lot of great movies. Typically action movie actors are great actors right, yeah. People need to stop hating because he did a great job. Who gives a shit if he's blond, people are just being stupid about it. He has the rugged looks that most actors who played the role have had. They put pretty boy Bronson in there and people expect that now. Considering his movies were some of the worst in Bond history, people need to get over it.
As for taking out his catch phrase, if it's not working in the movie, it's not working bottom line. The problem with James Bond as of late is not the "cheesy catch phrases", it's Hollywood's need to bastardize films. As this article states James Bond is an Ian Flemming creation. The Bronson films were written, and I use the term loosely, scripts. The good James Bond movies have been based on the Ian Flemming books. "Quantum of Solace", is another Ian Flemming book, so it is going to be good. People need to get past who is starring in the movie, and the catch phrases, and enjoy this movie because it is going to be a killer film. Why can't people just enjoy a movie on it's merits. Considering it is rare to see any new idea's coming out of Hollywood, all you get is sequels and remakes of movies that weren't good in the first place. Or my personal favorite, lame TV shows made into movies. Although this one is a sequel, at least I know I can count on Ian Flemming literary brilliance. I am excited to watch a good movie, that is written well, with solid acting. Can't wait for that first opening scene!
No Way. what he is going to say now? So bad! LOL
Yummy!
James bond is supposed to be sexy!! They need to get a sexy man to play him…
his smokin and drinkin are catchin up with him: looks old.