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Skyfall press day all day. Had nice chats with the cast and crew... but no I will not tell you anything about the movie (it was great)
Skyfall press day all day. Had nice chats with the cast and crew... but no I will not tell you anything about the movie (it was great)
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
This is good. Q was always (imo) going to have big shoes to fill. And Ben is one of those character actors who will never be classic "leading man" but deserves to have his name in lights for his talent.Germangirl wrote:This approach is helped, of course, by the man playing him. Daniel Craig, rugged, authoritative and mesmerisingly muscular, has grown into the role marvellously -- not only handling Bond's descent into darkness with a sense of cracked, on-the-edge vulnerability, but managing to deliver trademark one-liners with dead-pan finesse. Joining him is the new Q, Ben Whishaw, who affirms himself with ease -- developing a chemistry with Craig that's natural, fun and surely destined to last.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... all-review
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So Sam was definitely Daniel's idea!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... yfall.html
James Bond: secrets from the set of Skyfall
A lot has changed in Istanbul – Ian Fleming’s favourite city – in the 49 years since James Bond first visited it in From Russia With Love. In Eminönü Square, on the banks of the Bosphorus, nestled against the steps of the New Mosque, Dennis Gassner, production designer of Skyfall, the 23rd Bond film, has created his own grand bazaar with 196 market stalls and 500 extras. It’s part of the pre-credit chase that opens Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007, an elaborate sequence involving trains, cars and a rooftop motorcycle pursuit that will take two months to complete.
Bad guy Patrice, played by Swedish actor Ola Rapace, crashes a black Audi A5 sideways into the crowded market, then commandeers a police motorcycle. A silver Land Rover driven by MI6 field agent Eve (Naomie Harris), with Craig’s Bond riding shotgun, collides with a cart, spilling oranges everywhere. Craig, impeccably dressed in a tight-fitting, grey Tom Ford suit, leaps out of the car. Rapace shoots, then flees. Craig returns fire, then hotfoots it after him. The scene is over in an instant.
Resetting the bullet hits, stunt vehicles and breakaway props for another take will take much longer. Four cameras capture the action from every angle, under the direction of American Beauty Oscar-winner Sam Mendes. “Each director comes with his own agenda for what he wants to see,” says Gary Powell, who is working on his third Bond as stunt coordinator. “Sam is very character driven. Even though this is a huge opening sequence, it’s all about character.”
When Daniel Craig made his Bond debut in 2006’s Casino Royale, he brought a real physical presence to the character but also a darker, more dangerous, more emotional side that harked back to Fleming’s original novels. Indeed, “Back to Fleming” has become a mantra espoused by everyone working on Skyfall. “Back to Fleming means finding that character again,” says Mendes. “What [Fleming] created is a very conflicted character. He suffers from a kind of lassitude, depression, difficulty with what he’s chosen to do for a living, which is kill. That makes him a much more interesting character. and some of those things are explored in this movie because Daniel is an actor capable of exploring them. The last novels take him into an area where he is increasingly disaffected by what he’s doing, and aware of his own fading powers. And that, as Chris Nolan has demonstrated brilliantly with Batman, is exhilarating to watch if it’s done by a great actor.”
Mendes’s involvement with the new film began three years ago, when Craig bumped into him at a party in New York, and suggested to him he direct the next Bond. “I just asked him if he was interested and he was,” recalls Craig who, in 2002, starred in Mendes’s Prohibition-era gangster film, Road to Perdition. “I knew what kind of director he was, I knew how much of a Bond fan he was, and how much it meant to him growing up. It’s always a tough thing when we get around to making a movie — what qualifies a director to be the perfect Bond director? – and it came to me in a flash.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film ... yfall.html
James Bond: secrets from the set of Skyfall
A lot has changed in Istanbul – Ian Fleming’s favourite city – in the 49 years since James Bond first visited it in From Russia With Love. In Eminönü Square, on the banks of the Bosphorus, nestled against the steps of the New Mosque, Dennis Gassner, production designer of Skyfall, the 23rd Bond film, has created his own grand bazaar with 196 market stalls and 500 extras. It’s part of the pre-credit chase that opens Daniel Craig’s third outing as 007, an elaborate sequence involving trains, cars and a rooftop motorcycle pursuit that will take two months to complete.
Bad guy Patrice, played by Swedish actor Ola Rapace, crashes a black Audi A5 sideways into the crowded market, then commandeers a police motorcycle. A silver Land Rover driven by MI6 field agent Eve (Naomie Harris), with Craig’s Bond riding shotgun, collides with a cart, spilling oranges everywhere. Craig, impeccably dressed in a tight-fitting, grey Tom Ford suit, leaps out of the car. Rapace shoots, then flees. Craig returns fire, then hotfoots it after him. The scene is over in an instant.
Resetting the bullet hits, stunt vehicles and breakaway props for another take will take much longer. Four cameras capture the action from every angle, under the direction of American Beauty Oscar-winner Sam Mendes. “Each director comes with his own agenda for what he wants to see,” says Gary Powell, who is working on his third Bond as stunt coordinator. “Sam is very character driven. Even though this is a huge opening sequence, it’s all about character.”
When Daniel Craig made his Bond debut in 2006’s Casino Royale, he brought a real physical presence to the character but also a darker, more dangerous, more emotional side that harked back to Fleming’s original novels. Indeed, “Back to Fleming” has become a mantra espoused by everyone working on Skyfall. “Back to Fleming means finding that character again,” says Mendes. “What [Fleming] created is a very conflicted character. He suffers from a kind of lassitude, depression, difficulty with what he’s chosen to do for a living, which is kill. That makes him a much more interesting character. and some of those things are explored in this movie because Daniel is an actor capable of exploring them. The last novels take him into an area where he is increasingly disaffected by what he’s doing, and aware of his own fading powers. And that, as Chris Nolan has demonstrated brilliantly with Batman, is exhilarating to watch if it’s done by a great actor.”
Mendes’s involvement with the new film began three years ago, when Craig bumped into him at a party in New York, and suggested to him he direct the next Bond. “I just asked him if he was interested and he was,” recalls Craig who, in 2002, starred in Mendes’s Prohibition-era gangster film, Road to Perdition. “I knew what kind of director he was, I knew how much of a Bond fan he was, and how much it meant to him growing up. It’s always a tough thing when we get around to making a movie — what qualifies a director to be the perfect Bond director? – and it came to me in a flash.”
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Oscar talks
http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2012/10/c ... wards.html
Oscar talks
http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2012/10/c ... wards.html
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
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Daniel Craig Confesses To Sleeping Underwater While Filming ‘Skyfall’
Most humans can barely open their eyes underwater, let alone sleep there without drowning, but ‘Skyfall’ star Daniel Craig has revealed that sleeping below the water was one of his “favourite bits”, while filming the new movie. Well, he is James Bond.
The British star discussed the upcoming movie with Wenn, where he revealed that he had to film some underwater scenes, and between takes he would let himself sink to the bottom of the huge water tanks to chill out.
According to the site. Craig is a keen scuba diver, and rather than panic beneath the surface, the 007 star was so relaxed he could actually catch 40 winks.
“It’s my favourite bit because no one can find you. I spent most of my time underwater. When we're not shooting I swim to the bottom of the huge tanks at Pinewood (Studios), which are 30 feet deep. I just sink to the bottom, put the respirator on and hide,” he said.
"It's so great and sometimes I fall asleep as well and get some sleep down there. It's wonderful being in the water... And then you hear, 'Where's Daniel?'"
Can he get any cooler?
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/9 ... ng-Skyfall
Most humans can barely open their eyes underwater, let alone sleep there without drowning, but ‘Skyfall’ star Daniel Craig has revealed that sleeping below the water was one of his “favourite bits”, while filming the new movie. Well, he is James Bond.
The British star discussed the upcoming movie with Wenn, where he revealed that he had to film some underwater scenes, and between takes he would let himself sink to the bottom of the huge water tanks to chill out.
According to the site. Craig is a keen scuba diver, and rather than panic beneath the surface, the 007 star was so relaxed he could actually catch 40 winks.
“It’s my favourite bit because no one can find you. I spent most of my time underwater. When we're not shooting I swim to the bottom of the huge tanks at Pinewood (Studios), which are 30 feet deep. I just sink to the bottom, put the respirator on and hide,” he said.
"It's so great and sometimes I fall asleep as well and get some sleep down there. It's wonderful being in the water... And then you hear, 'Where's Daniel?'"
Can he get any cooler?
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/9 ... ng-Skyfall
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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/bond-bi-da ... 07110.html
A friend shared this with me, so I'm sharing. I have not read the article, I stopped reading about SF some time ago for fear of spoilers.
But in my opinion, I think Bond will do anyone and/or anything to get the job done. Watching DC and JB flirt sounds like fun to me.
A friend shared this with me, so I'm sharing. I have not read the article, I stopped reading about SF some time ago for fear of spoilers.
But in my opinion, I think Bond will do anyone and/or anything to get the job done. Watching DC and JB flirt sounds like fun to me.
Crazy!
there are some discussions on other site about that scene, well we'll see in a few days!Elaine_Figgis wrote:http://movies.yahoo.com/news/bond-bi-da ... 07110.html
A friend shared this with me, so I'm sharing. I have not read the article, I stopped reading about SF some time ago for fear of spoilers.
But in my opinion, I think Bond will do anyone and/or anything to get the job done. Watching DC and JB flirt sounds like fun to me.
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I always knew he had 'water wings'. I wish that applied to all Pisceans. I haven't had the opportunity to go swimming for a few years....!!!!!!! 
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REVIEW: Skyfall - Something Old, Something New, A Lot Of Things Borrowed, But Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem Both Shine
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10 ... _hp_ref=tw
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10 ... _hp_ref=tw
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There seems to be several interesting couplings. Bond and M, Bond and Q, Bond and Silva. From what I read, the girls might be his least interesting relationship,.
The top notch acting in the Weisz/Craig/Spall 'Betrayal' is emotionally true, often v funny and its beautifully staged with filmic qualities..
what s wording!Sylvia's girl wrote:REVIEW: Skyfall - Something Old, Something New, A Lot Of Things Borrowed, But Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem Both Shine
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/10 ... _hp_ref=tw
If I ever had the possibility to meet this woman I would kiss her feet!is all testament to the bruised but unbowed warrior of Daniel Craig at the centre of it all, and one fine decision made eight or so years ago - the bold choice of Barbara Broccoli to walk up to the table with her famous family's most prized possession in her hand, defy the doubters and put all her chips on blonde. Just like M, she "got one thing right" and now, after his third outing, clearly, nobody does it better...
