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New Bond Movie Should Have Stuck With "Bond 22"

Posted by Bryan Christian

All right, if you have been paying attention to this blog, you will have noticed that we have been totally excited about the next Bond film -- in part, because we've been hoping that they would hammer out the kinks they ran into during the first go-round with Daniel Craig, and in part because the ladies they've tapped for roles in the movie have been so. Freaking. Hot.

Then, yesterday, we learn that the new Bond film is gonna be called Quantum of Solace.

Quantum.

Of.

Solace.

And also, we see that they've given new Bond girls Gemma Arterton and Olga Kurylenko some seriously crappy haircuts.

What.

The.

Fuck?

We get it. At least, we think we get the title, anyways. Bond -- after having his heart broken by -- SPOILER!!! --Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale is looking for a modicum -- some might say a "quantum" -- of solace in... what? Bloody Revenge? The ripe buttocks and supple lips of the lovely ladies who've been cast in the flick? OK, fair enough. And yet. It's sort of... how do we say this... the WORST TITLE EVER.

WORST.

EVER.

Right?

Right?


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Posted Jan 25 2008, 08:00 AM
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Comments

lilith212 said:

To be fair, they didn't just make the title up. It's from an Ian Flemming short story-maybe the story picks up after Casino Royale?

January 25, 2008 10:18 AM

Bryan Christian said:

yeah, that's the case, it apparently picks up exactly where Casino Royale left off, like, as in, there was maybe time between the movies for Bond to have a tinkle.

speaking for myself, tho, that doesn't change the fact that it's a crummy title.

January 25, 2008 10:27 AM

Adri said:

Does it say anything about terrible haircuts in this short story? I didn't think so.

January 25, 2008 10:47 AM

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January 25, 2008 5:41 PM

Oliver Miller said:

It's such a fascinatingly weird title...  I dunno.  I mean, yeah, it's awful, but doesn't it also sort of loop around and become great?  And there's no way to predict if this will be the second good James Bond movie in a row, or if "Casino Royale" was a once in a lifetime event, and now we'll be back to twenty more years of shitty movies.  Only the future knows!

January 26, 2008 2:08 PM

About Bryan Christian

Bryan Christian has worked as a writer for Epicurious, GenArt and ID magazine; a web producer for WWD and Condé Nast; and a cameraman for his friends. He's married and lives in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

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