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Ever since seeing American Psycho, I've wanted Christian Bale to play Bond. I can't see that happening after Batman but I can still hope. To be honest, I've lost interest in the Bond series of late. I haven't been impressed with any of the recent movies. Bring back Connery!
I would have to vote for Julian McMahon. His IMDB pic has a Bond-ish look about it, but more importantly, his age is perfect. Here's why the others are all wrong. According to Chapter 1 of Moonraker (the third book in the Bond series by Fleming), the statutory retirement age from 00 service is 45. Bond reflects he has eight years to go, making him 37. Both Connery and Brosnan are too old for the part, Connery being WAY too old - long past the retirement age of 45. Orlando Bloom is 28, which is nearly 10 years short. Christian Bale is closer at 31, but he's got too soft a face. Julian McMahon is 37 and looks the part. If he's up for it, I'd say he would be a strong contender based solely on his appearance and age. Finally, Clive Owen at 41 would also be a strong candidate, but just based on their IMDB pics, Julian's face looks a little harder...
I would hope this film would return to the earlier era of Bond. The book has no gadgets, consists of Bond outwitting a villain by gambling, has Felix Leiter of the CIA (but probably won't be in it due to his shark issue in License to Kill - they do attempt continuity of some sort between the films), and a hideous torture scene in which the bad guys sit Bond naked in a bottomless chair and tug on his family jewels with fishing line -- but I can't see that scene making the movie as Fleming wrote it...most of Bond's stunts in the movies are tame to Fleming's vision.
Awesome twist of an ending in the book involving Bond's relationship with Vesper Lynd that I pray translates well to the movie. Let's just say it almost rivals Bond and Tracy DiVicenzo from On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Almost...but not quite.
Read Ian Fleming's novels. What it takes to be Bond is a serious devotion to the job he does. Fleming puts Bond through hell in the books. Timothy Dalton did a good portrayal of Bond, and Sean Connery was all but coached by Fleming himself (of course, he got bored with it as time went on). Roger Moore's wisecracks and finally geratrics didn't help much, and he was the longest running one.
He does have a soft spot for women, but his face portrays a cold seriousness when he is working. He usually takes a severe beating during his missions, but the service provides a one month holiday for him to recover after each one. He understands the danger of what he does and his mannerisms portray that.
Hey George. I read a James Bond novel once, and it had nothing -- I mean absolutely nothing -- to do with the movie that bore the same title.
It's been years, but I think it was "The Spy Who Loved Me". Whatever it was, virtually the whole story took place at an old motel. No Q, no gadgets, no hovercraft chases or any stuff like that.
I am assuming you have read at least a couple of these. Are they all like that, or did I get hold of an exception?
The Spy Who Loved Me is an exception because it follows a woman named Vivienne rather than Bond, who makes an appearance. Ian Fleming gave EON the rights to the title of that book only, but not the novel, because he felt it would not make a good film.
Several of the movies had nothing to do with the books. Relatively faithful adaptations include Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Live and Let Die, and The Living Daylights (the first part of this movie is the entire short story almost verbatim; after Bond states the title line, the screenwriters took over the story). Others such as The Man With The Golden Gun use names and general situations from the books, and yet others like Octopussy (although the title character does relay the plot of the short story to Bond and also uses the short story "Property of a Lady"), The Spy Who Loved Me, Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only, and You Only Live Twice use the title only, and a couple of characters, but the stories are pretty much original.
If you want to see how the adaptation compares to the movie, check some of those earlier titles. The Spy Who Loved Me is an exception along with For Your Eyes Only, which is a collection of short stories. The other novels by Fleming are about Bond in action how he should be portrayed.
I just finished Moonraker, and I thought it was very cool. They should have adapted that story with all the wonderful intrigue instead of the Bond in Space tripe we got, which was nothing more than a space version of the movie version of The Spy Who Loved Me. One megalomaniac underwater, the other megalomaniac in space. Roald Dahl should stay with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and keep away from Bond.
Depends on the book. Most of the time Bond drives a souped up Bentley that he owns and babies when the bad guys aren't blowing it up.
His first car, a 1933 Mark IV which only was damaged in Casino Royale, is destroyed in Moonraker. Bond had stored it during the war and kept working on it as he went along as a hobby. At the end of Moonraker, Bond bought a 1953 Bentley Mark VI.
Bond's final car was a Bentley Mark II Continental, which was in Thunderball. This car last appears in On Her Majesty's Secret Service when Bond upgrades it with an Arnott Supercharger controlled by a magnetic clutch. He calls it "The Locomotive."
The other cars (Aston Martin, etc.) are just in the movies.
Bummer. Oh well. I'll keep hitting the second hand stores.
And when I like something, I like to keep up with it.
That poor Bentley got flattened in Moonraker when Drax's henchman jumped onto the back of a slow-moving semi carrying rolls of newspaper. Cut the ropes, Bond goes for an unpleasant ride and no more Bentley.
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-- but I can't see that scene making the movie as Fleming wrote it...most of Bond's stunts in the movies are tame to Fleming's vision.
It's the only Fleming novel I don't have.