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Reply to comment by shaoting in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
Poor guy got it bad by the press and a large portion Bond fans and you could tell Craig and everyone involved in the film wanted to shove it down the critics throat and those fans throats.
And after CR it went all quiet on the criticisms for Craig.
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Reply to comment by tqbh in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
Skyfall certainly isn't mediocre imo. No Time To Die is better then most other Bond actor films and a good send off. Spectre plays it way too safe for me. QOS there is a great Bond film in there and for it's flaws I still rate it higher then most people do.
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Reply to comment by Fangasgaf in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
It's my second favourite after CR, I loved it. I especially loved the ending...
"With Pleasure M, with Pleasure"
and the third act, it shows Bond doesn't need gadgets or such things and can handle himself well enough. It's first time I've seen that in a Bond film.
Javier Bardem is a great villain. Ralph Fiennes was a great addition. The Opening sequence is top notch. Adele song is great.
I still like No Time To Die, it makes the top 10 of Bond films. But CR and Skyfall are Craig's best and two of franchises best.
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Altered States by Ken Russell
The late William Hurt first major role. Total bonkers of a film expect when coming from Ken Russell
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
Great film, yeah it's before she started to go for that old 40's femme fatale look she does so well. She was perfectly cast as she looked like she would have fitted in with Nouvelle Vague film scene. She definitely left her mark in that film.
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Reply to comment by Retikle in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
"Shaken or Stirred" "Do I look like I give a Damn" that line just summed up Craig's Bond perfectly.
I like that at times he showed his Bond to be the most human of the Bonds, something that I don't think a lot of old school Bond fans liked. But I certainly did. I also liked he didn't sleep with every woman he met, that's why I liked QOS more then most. Olga Kurylenko character like Bond is grieving and that's what drives both of them and they both get what they want in the end and it's refreshing to see Bond doesn't sleep with her.
His chemistry with Eva Green is off the wall. And they are heart of the film. And when she betrays him and he finds out, seen Bond heart break gives CR a different feel.
That's why he's my favourite Bond why someone like him was needed to give Bond franchise that clean break from the past and bring him into the future.
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Reply to comment by [deleted] in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
I don't think she's ever looked as beautiful then in CR.
Looper007 t1_ja79cho wrote
Reply to Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
Best Bond film by a good distance for me. Daniel Craig is fantastic as Bond (he was always the best thing even in his weaker efforts). Skyfall is also a top 5 Bond Film. Spectre is okay. QoS, I have a soft spot for and I like it more then I do Spectre. No Time To Die is a great send off for Craig's Bond.
The opening and credit scene with Chris Cornell's You Know My Name (my favourite Bond Theme as well) with Craig walking up as a badass to the end of the credits is great. That's why him and Connery are my favourite Bond's as they look like they could handle themselves in a fight but can do suave stuff to perfection.
Best Bond Girl with Eva Green too. The Bond girls definitely in Craigs tenure have a lot more depth to them and he wasn't like Roger Moore or Pierce going around sleeping with every woman he meets. Special praise for Olga Kurylenko from QOS, who was probably most interesting Bond Girl and one of the rare times Bond doesn't sleep with her by the end.
Mads Mikkelsen adds a bit of depth and coolness to his villain. Great scenes with poker games. Great fight scenes. Craig's Bond is a bit more of a hot head and bastard in his first two films which I loved. And the ending is great as hell.
Martin Campbell did a great job with it too.
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Reply to comment by AllenWoody34 in Which movies definitely require more than one viewing? by Delta_Geminorum
I think all his films require more then one viewing. Although I loved both the Square and Triangle of Sadness, they are way too overlong and could have done with some tightening up.
Looper007 t1_j9woiy1 wrote
The Master and Inherent Vince from Paul Thomas Anderson.
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Reply to comment by FoxOntheRun99 in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
Jeremy Allen White has been acting since 2006 when he was 15 , he was even in that awful film Movie 43 playing Naomi Watts/Liev Schreiber's kid in their segment.
And even before the Bear he was in Shameless for years. Guys got a ton of experience under him.
It was indeed Emma's first film. She done a lot of TV before that.
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Reply to comment by Whiteness88 in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
You ain't the only one. I think many assume a lot of actors or actress break through performances on screen are their debuts (I've seen a bunch mentioned here already that think that).
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Reply to comment by FredererPower in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
No way, he was acting all the way back in 1969. It's his first lead role for sure.
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Reply to comment by RagsTTiger in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
Not his debut to be fair, he did a film called Summer City before Mad Max.
Sam Neill did like 5 or 6 films before My Brilliant Career, also one amazing one in Sleeping Dogs. He's great in the film I give you that but nowhere near his debut.
Not Judy Davis debut either, she did a film two years before that was her debut.
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Reply to comment by FredererPower in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
Critters 3 before that.
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Reply to I hated the film 'Nope' by jonah_wilkie
I liked Nope, I've seen some people say it's their film of 2022 but for me it wasn't at that level but I enjoyed it a lot more then Us.
The Performances carry the film especially Keke Palmer and some of shots are fantastic. I still think Get Out is still a tough film for Jordan Peele to top and his two films following it have been very good but not at the level of his debut film.
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Reply to comment by Blames_Jake in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
Didn't Paquin even win a Oscar for it.
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Reply to comment by Whiteness88 in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
Great performance, Wasn't his film debut though. He did a film called The Men a year before Streetcar. Not a great film but very good performance from Brando.
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Reply to comment by WhyDidILogin in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
She was even in a crappy Steven Sengal film before Kick Ass playing his daughter.
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Reply to comment by Huevos___Rancheros in What Are the Most Impressive Debut Performances by Actors/Actresses? by SherbertEquivalent66
It's going to be tough for young Corio to find anything as great as Aftersun even this early into her career. It's a damn shame she's not got any award buzz. I hope (also with Paul Mescal), they can be in good to great films and produce great performances. It be tougher for Corio as she's still pretty young and she's not going to get the chance straight away to do a bunch of films like Mescal can.
But excellent debut performance for sure.
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Reply to comment by nowhereman136 in Film acting debuts of actors/actresses that are just so impressive to you by ChrisEvansFan
She never really struck while the iron was hot, half her roles have been for voicing . Us definitely was only thing she's done that I've seen her in that gives me hope that it wasn't a one off performance with 12 years a Slave. It's been 10 years now since that film, and only really one more eye catching performance. She definitely hasn't been prolific for sure.
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Reply to comment by QuePsiPhi16 in What is your honest opinion on Leonardo DiCaprio acting by Leather-Climate3438
That year Michael Fassbender should have won for Steve Jobs, one of the best performances of recent times.
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Reply to comment by AgentUpright in What is your honest opinion on Leonardo DiCaprio acting by Leather-Climate3438
Hit the nail on head, he's always Leo and listen nothing wrong with that he always delivers. There's no transformation like Day Lewis or prime De Niro, Oldman or Bale or even Hardy. That's why I don't have him as top tier like some do. When I see someone like Joaquin Phoenix act on screen, it's mind blowing and exciting watching him. With Leo, I always come out and feel a great performance but I've seen better this year.
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Reply to comment by ValOMD in What is your honest opinion on Leonardo DiCaprio acting by Leather-Climate3438
Basketball Diaries, Gilbert Grape and This Boy's Life are top 5 of his best performances along Wolf of Wall Street and Django. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has the same mind set that Leo's earlier career, he went to depths he just doesn't do anymore since post Titanic. I love to see him work with a young director and not all the established name ones and just do something that surprise you.
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Reply to comment by Truefreak22 in Casino Royale still gives me Goosebumps to this day.. Absolutely Brilliant. by MarloChrisSnoop
Even though I think Hollywood has not given him anywhere near the roles that he deserves. Go see his Danish work to see the truly best of Mads. I think CR is probably his best performance along with Hannibal from his non Danish work.