Suantum of Quolace? Something of Boris?

[cleolinda]

Just got back this red hot second from Quantum of Solace. Can't talk now. Still trying to figure out what the hell happened through most of it ("I have a suitcase? Do you want it? Make me an offer? I'm a geologist? I'm not a geologist? Was I supposed to kill you? Are you going to kill me? Who's that guy? Why hasn't he killed you yet? Look, whatever, call me. \m/ "). Will discuss later.

(Also, we got every trailer in the world EXCEPT Watchmen. *shakes fist at sky*)

Hey, polls are fun! Why don't y'all play with one that I wrote before I left while I go figure out what the hell Quantum of Solace was about, other than "My vengeful manpain, let me show you it it's pretty hot, I think you'll like it"? Let me give you a little background on each question first, though:

1) Quantum of Solace made $70 million this weekend ($70,000,036, now that we've seen it), a record for a Bond movie. By comparison, The Dark Knight made something like $158 million its first weekend, but keep in mind that they were showing it around the damn clock--I saw it at 9 am that Saturday--and also, it was the summer. And the economy hadn't completely tanked yet. (ETA: Take the Dark Knight number as "money that Twilight could not possibly make." So we have "really really good for a November weekend" and "no way in hell," those are the numbers I'm giving you.)

(As a side note, a Twilight/Robert Pattinson feature ran in the A&E supplement of our Sunday paper this morning. The title? "The dark knight." I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.)

2) There's a premiere in LA tomorrow. Apparently they'll be handing out fan wristbands (oh God) at noon, but I'm unclear on when the movie actually starts. And the wristbands may be just for people to stand next to the red carpet and scream. Regardless of who actually is sitting in that theater when the movie runs, even if it's just industry types, I think there is a certain eventuality we can definitely count on.

Remember: place your bets realistically. E-cookies and bragging rights are at stake here.

[Poll #1298650]

Comments

[orangeaide.livejournal.com]

The Twi cast needs the Pope-mobile stat.

[madelrocio7.livejournal.com]

LMAO! Sad, cuz it's true.

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

OH YAY just in time for True Blood!

[elizardbits.livejournal.com]

Yes, but with added sparkle.

[lalumena.livejournal.com]

I truly have no idea how much money it will make because I'm no good at that sort of estimating! But I definitely wouldn't be surprised if it made a packet. Especially if fans go to see it several times.

I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE SPARKLE. I am going to have to hunt down my sparkle eyeshadow, aren't I?

[vampychick.livejournal.com]

I understood the movie, but I think it was trying to give me motion sickness. But it was okay because every now and then there would be a shot that reminded me that yes, Daniel Craig's eyes really are that blue, and all was right with the world again.

[worldforawhile.livejournal.com]

I am feeling some sweetly embarrassing nostalgia right now, because the Twilight premiere theater is EXACTLY where I camped out with friends for the Interview With A Vampire fourteen years ago, after desperately trying (and failing) to win tickets through a radio station all weekend. It was right about this time of year, too.

And somehow, even with the Anne Rice, the Tom Cruise, the Brad Pitt playing a sad sack character with EXTRA ADDED sad sackitude, I feel like my crazed teenage vampire period had a lot more authenticity and a lot less TMI creepiness than this latter era.

Which is my story, and I am sticking to it.

(They gave out numbered t-shirts for your spot in line, and I still have mine.)

[odontomachus.livejournal.com]

Quantum made a hell of a lot more sense the second time through, I found.

[graydown.livejournal.com]

Quantum of Solace was about explosions and chase scenes. I thought it was also going to be about Shirtless Daniel Craig, but I was mistaken. :(

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of praying for a total bombing. Frankly, the trailers look breathtakingly stupid to me. BREATHTAKINGLY. I know there are rabid fangirls, but I'm kind of hoping there's them, and there's the rest of the world who thinks it looks dumb, and it does very, very poorly. Very. Please, if there's a god.

[emeryboard.livejournal.com]

You remind me of all the Doctor Who macros I've seen of the TiemCock. It makes me happy ;D

[poppingummies.livejournal.com]

This would be hilarious.

However not only do we have the Twihards, but also the lulseekers. And the Twihards who see it multiple times.
And their parents.

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Quantum of Solace was about revenge? Or something?

[emeryboard.livejournal.com]

Apparently, Twilight is the most conclusive evidence for the lack of intelligent design since NASA admitted they goofed about the moon dust.

[metonymy.livejournal.com]

WAIT. There was no shirtlessness in this one? Now I'm not sure I want to go at all. :(

[emeryboard.livejournal.com]

I fully intend to go and see it with two friends so we can spork it on our journals and laff at the PHAIL.

On another note, I now love Robert Pattinson for his lack of mouth-to-brain communication. If only my own slip-ups where this hilarious.

[dhaunea.livejournal.com]

The Twilight trailers thus far have been horrendous and I can only guess that they've been carefully edited to show special parts of the book to appeal to people who are already fans. At least, I hope that's the reason. Otherwise, it just looks like a really terrible job.

[mmaresca.livejournal.com]

Even still, the Twihards can only see it so many times on the opening weekend. And the Lulseekers and parents will only stand once. Maybe.

[word-herder.livejournal.com]

I picked 5 minutes because we live in the age of the iPhone.

Also, you weren't supposed to look THAT closely at the plot. I just said it had a plot, not that it was an airtight Agatha Christie plot. And it was fun, yes? It will be good for m15m someday, perhaps?

[kitsune17.livejournal.com]

Realistically? It takes a little time to upload a video to YouTube. I'm not sure if it can actually be done via cellphone yet. So, adding in time for getting home, uploading to the computer, and then uploading to the internets...I'm putting my money on an hour after.

[graydown.livejournal.com]

There was some shirtlessness. It just wasn't enough. Nothing like Casino Royale, anyway. I enjoyed the movie, but ... yeah.

[belldandy100.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on the WTF plot of Quantum of Solace. Daniel Craig looks mighty fine in those suits - that was worth at least half of my 10.50, the fight and chase scenes make up the other half.

[cleolinda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I understood the overall storyline. I just had a hard time following why we were doing this or that particular thing at that particular moment. Although I laughed really hard as "We are teachers on sabbatical who just won the lottery."

[mercat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Quantum of Solace was kind of hard to follow (I'm still not sure what comment of M's Bond was referring to at the end), but there was an interview with...er... the writers or the cast, I don't remember which, discussing Bond. And apparently he isn't out for revenge, he's just out to figure out what's going on because now he's kind of lost between Vesper and MI6, and whats-her-face-out-for-revenge-on-General is the foil in that she's actually out for revenge. And in the end it turns out that Bond really figures out his place in MI6 and keeps the guy he was out to kill alive, and apparently he was not out for revenge the whole time he's just... vicious in interrogation. Or something.


...I need to go see it again though, barring the idea that I will have a weird Greene-induced semi-nightmare-chase again.

[sucrelefey.livejournal.com]

There is fantastic certainty that it will bomb on the real critics front. I would cackle with delight if it gets razzies just for the fan outrage wank it would generate. I foresee fans trying to take professional critics to task publicly for the reviews.