Bond Backlash

I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to bring up James Bond, or Casino Royale on this blog for a while...but the way the story has developed on the film recently, things just keep getting stranger and stranger.

A group of disgruntled Bond fans are so upset by the casting of Daniel Craig in the title role of the new film, they've started a website called Graig Is Not Bond, to let the producers of the film know exactly how they feel. The founders of the website are a group of international Bond fans who posted this "mission statement" on the home page:

...to launch a boycott of the upcoming Bond film, Casino Royale. Chief among their concerns is Bond producer Barbara Broccoli's questionable decision to fire popular Bond star Pierce Brosnan and replace him with an unknown with a penchant for oddball roles, Daniel Craig.

And that's not all...the site has a petition for folks to sign...My favorite section is "What do the press and public think?", complete with evidence and poll data to support their claims that Graig is an unpopular choice--coming from all corners.

At this point, I can't say for certain that Graig is the wrong choice, (haven't seen too much of his work) but I do think Pierce Brosnan deserved at least one more time at bat before he was shown the door.

At least we now know who might have hexed the new film...that I speculated about in Sunday's post. And to those that started the anti-Craig site, I ask, if he's that bad a choice-why weren't you making more noise when he was cast last year?