Something I have noticed however, it looks like they are fitting DC's suites on the small side. This was a trick that was used for Tom Cruise (at least 2" shorter than DC at an alleged 5"8") in the film "Collateral" to make him look bigger and more ominous as a hitman.
Nah, that's not it -- after a couple decades of the baggy fitting suit in one form or another for fat guys and (American) football players, suits have returned to looking trim, following the natural lines of the body closely. For a brief period, we had that weird bell shape -- where the shoulders were narrower than the bottom of the jacket -- but it seems they've worked out the problems. I just purchased another wardrobe set and can tell you that the suit Craig is wearing is very much what is in style right now and essentially a retro design from the mid to late 60s. I'm not as beefy as Craig, but the lines of my body are similar, and my suits fit the same as his.
Crikey, he isn't ageing well at all. I'm confident though that there'll be enough awesomeness in this film for me not to notice :007)
He's aging fine, just as a traditional man rather than a male model -- it would be ridiculous to think that a world adventurer like Bond, a Navy man and rough and tumble type who is constantly in sea and sun, would somehow make it to his 40s looking like someone who spends most of his time at the salon rather than a treacherous duty station. That's one of the reasons he is so appealing to so many women -- after several decades, starting with the late 1970s but culminating in the 1980s and 1990s, of the overgrown teenager type, people forgot what traditional masculinity looks like. It isn't everyone's cup of tea, but it's a breath of fresh air to those that prefer their action hero actually look like a man of action.
Craig looks good and it's nice to see a properly fitted suit make its return . . . definitely has a 1960s vibe, especially the pocket square, except for the slightly-too-crew-cutted hair. Craig has more and more of Connery vibe the older he gets, and I suspect he's going to be excellent in this outing.
Don't you think that the Trousers are a little short? In fact the suit is a smidgen too close fitting I feel.
I don't think so. Look at some other pics from today. The daily mail pics show it as silky looking squares with heavy black outlines (see close up pic)
The suit is definately very tailored, especially the pants and could pass for something Connery wore in the 60's. What I really liked about Connery's suits in the 60's is they were classic as opposed to trendy and would have not looked out of place in any generation. I don't like Bond in trendy wardrobe....some of Roger Moore's leisure suits and safari jackets along with Connery's short wide ties in DAF were pretty funky looking IMO.
It's true that the camera is not always kind to DC. When I first saw the image below I was quite shocked. Ultimately though it will be how he looks in the film that will matter the most. The official still was fine but pleased to see him clean shaven in yesterday's shoot.
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Craig looks good and it's nice to see a properly fitted suit make its return . . . definitely has a 1960s vibe, especially the pocket square, except for the slightly-too-crew-cutted hair. Craig has more and more of Connery vibe the older he gets, and I suspect he's going to be excellent in this outing.
Don't you think that the Trousers are a little short? In fact the suit is a smidgen too close fitting I feel.
It's partly because he's walking and partly because he's so muscular -- because Craig's body isn't Schwarzeneggar or Stallone bulky, he still has a relatively lean profile, but the bulging muscles generally give a fitted suit the same "bundled up" look that it does on someone who is overweight. In Craig's case, the tailor has done an admirable job of making him look fit and suave and not like a gorilla in a monkey suit, and Craig, himself, moves without the telltale waddle that bodybuilders usually have, so he has that advantage. But the length of the trouser break is right for the look, as they're going for that 1960s "stovepipe" style that ended right at the top of the shoes; in order for it to work properly, the shoes must have a little height -- half boots are generally what look best, but Craig's oxfords have the basic idea and look classically appropriate as well. I prefer a little more length to my trousers but that's because I'm part of that generation that started wearing suits in the late 80s/early 90s, where length was part of the style.
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Yet another photo posted on Twitter. This one titled Pillar of Strength :
Why is the top of that clapperboard black and white and the others were all different colours? Is this the pre-title sequence being shot in b&w?
A few pages back someone explained why some of the clapperboards are B&W and other are color. I did a quick look on wikipedia and this is all I could find:
Traditional clapperboards consisted of a wooden slate and a hinged clapstick attached to the top of the slate. Modern clapperboards generally use a pair of wooden sticks atop whiteboard or translucent acrylic glass slates which do not require additional lighting from the camera side to be legible. Some versions are also backlit. Smart slates or digislates are electronic SMPTE time code versions with LED numbers. The clapsticks traditionally have diagonally interleaved lines of black and white to ensure a clear visual of the clap in most lighting conditions. In recent years sticks with calibrated color stripes have become available. In some productions, particularly those created in the digital domain, electronically superimposed versions of a clapperboard have supplanted the real thing.
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Hope the DB5 gets more than just a cameo...one of the best parts of GE was when Brozzer put it through its paces against Xenia :007)
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I'm sure Lexi and Craigs fans will Love the look,But I think that suit it Fitted a little too Tightly.
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Don't you think that the Trousers are a little short? In fact the suit is a smidgen too close fitting I feel.
The shots in the Mail somehow look better.
Skyfall filming in London.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOOPI3hUKhU&feature=player_embedded
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I am relieved that I'm at least not the most nerdy, as even I struggle to get excited re Clapper Boards. Still, good luck to those that do
Berenice's cleavage would be a good start
A few pages back someone explained why some of the clapperboards are B&W and other are color. I did a quick look on wikipedia and this is all I could find:
Traditional clapperboards consisted of a wooden slate and a hinged clapstick attached to the top of the slate. Modern clapperboards generally use a pair of wooden sticks atop whiteboard or translucent acrylic glass slates which do not require additional lighting from the camera side to be legible. Some versions are also backlit. Smart slates or digislates are electronic SMPTE time code versions with LED numbers. The clapsticks traditionally have diagonally interleaved lines of black and white to ensure a clear visual of the clap in most lighting conditions. In recent years sticks with calibrated color stripes have become available. In some productions, particularly those created in the digital domain, electronically superimposed versions of a clapperboard have supplanted the real thing.
http://www.zimbio.com/photos/Daniel+Craig/Daniel+Craig+is+a+Dusty+Bond/Nzt062bsLPL
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Sounds a lot like TLD, when Bond leaves the scene shortly before Necros the milkman turns up to grab Georgi.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0da0AQDqZw&feature=player_embedded
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2098912/Daniel-Craig-gets-wheel-James-Bonds-traditional-Aston-Martin.html
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