Just getting on record early like I did with Superman Returns. How has that one played out again?
Most Overrated "Recent" Bond Movie.
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Just getting on record early like I did with Superman Returns. How has that one played out again?
Just getting on record early like I did with Superman Returns. How has that one played out again?
This is kind of different. Casino Royale has been the most successful James Bond film financially and perhaps even critically. Superman Returns was received fairly well by critics (it has something like a 76% at RottenTomatoes, which is far from bad) and performed lukewarm at the box office.
Quantum of Solace hasn't been that successful as Casino Royale but it's not a flop either. Yes, it has had a mixed reception from critics but it's done fairly well at the box office. I certainly didn't expect it to pass Casino Royale at the box office since not many James Bond films have (if any?).
So yes, Superman Returns wasn't the huge hit everyone was expecting, and it hasn't garnered a sequel. However Casino Royale WAS a huge hit and it has garnered a sequel.
I am not sure how your smug remark regarding Superman Returns plays into effect here.
Not adjusting for inflation, Casino Royale was the highest grossing James Bond movie ever. But then, that's the case for nearly every James Bond movie when it comes out. (If you adjust for inflation, I think Goldfinger & Thunderball are undisputedly the top 2.)
Hold up, did flop come out of my keyboard? Not even dissapointment. Just saying its expectations were high after that superb European opening and its not keeping pace Stateside.
I wasn't going for smug, cheeky perhaps but not smug. Don't be upset.
It opened high in the US, and it has had a drop-off...what film doesn't drop off big-time after opening weekend?
Like I said, to most, Craig's Bond is seen as liked by most. He's had two successful films, at least financially, while the first is generally more liked than the second (it seems). I doubt now that people are suddenly going to begin disliking Craig's Bond. It's going to take more than a mixed received movie to do that.
Furthermore, I think the public's reaction to Craig's third film is going to be the real tell, as I've said all along.
And I'm not upset. I just don't like smugness.
Like I said, to most, Craig's Bond is seen as liked by most. He's had two successful films, at least financially, while the first is generally more liked than the second (it seems). I doubt now that people are suddenly going to begin disliking Craig's Bond. It's going to take more than a mixed received movie to do that.
Furthermore, I think the public's reaction to Craig's third film is going to be the real tell, as I've said all along.
And I'm not upset. I just don't like smugness.
Given Quantum Of Solace's supposed $230 million dollar budget I don't thik it'll be the success that Casino Royale was, but I don't think it's anywhere the end for the franchise.
I wasn't going for smug, cheeky perhaps but not smug. Don't be upset.
Aren't you in Nashville? Are Americans even allowed to be "cheeky"?
Brosnan also had a strong outing. His first two were at the time seen in a nearly identical way as you've just described Craig's Bond. For whatever reason(s) D.A.D. left a sour taste, despite its success, in many mouths to the point where once he was described as the best since Connery he now isn't mentioned. And Craig is mentioned as "the best since Connery", not "as good as Brosnan", who after all was "the best since Connery" also.
Just an interesting observation
Cheeky!
I wasn't going for smug, cheeky perhaps but not smug. Don't be upset.
Aren't you in Nashville? Are Americans even allowed to be "cheeky"?
I am. I'm just...cultured.
Roger Moore - the man who starred in Moonraker and had villains with steel teeth - even called DAD's car over the top.
Roger Moore is the man.