Re: Daniel Craig Films
Thunderpussy wrote:from the latest Boxoffice results "Dream House" is not going to be a hit either. Also the trailer for "Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" he seem to be playing his standard, slightly sad, grumpy character, as it hasn't been a huge hit so far I can't see "Tatoo" being any different.
I totally disagree with you TP - The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo will, I'm sure, be a great hit.
The books are best sellers, with a huge fan base, and it seems that the general feedback from these fans are that the trailer looks just how it should.
The character he is playing is a gruff journalist. He fits the character perfectly - and I really think that this will be one of his hit movies - along with Layer Cake. The trailer is the antithesis of what TGWTDT is all about - and if you haven't read the books, then sorry, but you wouldn't know what the movie should be. The one problem with the current Swedish movies is that if you haven't read the book, then you wouldn't know what was going on - and they changed the major plot ending at the end of TGWTDT - which really annoyed me. I'm hoping the this remake will stick more closely to the story - and people who haven't read the book will be able to join in.
As for Dream house - well I didn't even know it had been released
It has been plagued by problems, and I'm not going to try to defend it, as a) I haven't seen it and b) the reports do suggest that it's not a keeper - which is disappointing.
However, when I watched the so called "appalling" Invasion (the remake he was in with Nicole Kidman) I thought it wasn't as bad as everyone was making out. Maybe because the original was a cult classic, it had a lot to live up to, but sometimes I do feel like Craig's movies are much more credit worthy than the press/critics/public think.
But then, as a fan girl I probably would.....
Couple of observations...
1) it always pays to read the book before criticizing a film - leaves you wide open to the "if you havn't read the book " riposte
2) we call them "groupies" on here lex...