Oh, James... I have a bad feeling about this. The title of the 22nd James Bond movie, Quantum Of Solace, went down like a fart in a yoga class recently, and now the poster has been released...
Issues:1. The title hasn't grown on me. It's leaden, a mouthful to say, and more befitting a straight-to-video science-fiction turkey starring Christopher Lambert. When I bought my ticket to the last Bond flick at my ODEON box-office, I said: "Casino Royale, please". I'll be saying "James Bond, please" this November.
2. Daniel Craig may be in the iconic tuxedo again, but that isn't a good pose. It's just blunt and threatening. Not cool.
3. What's with the big mansion in the background? Is this film going to be Bond-meets-Cluedo? Worryingly, the Ian Fleming short story they got their title from concerned Bond attending a dinner party -- is that mansion the venue? Are we going to be stuck inside a house for a big chunk of the film, the same way Casino Royale focused on one location?
4. The poster is unbalanced, with all the information crammed in at the bottom. Horrid.
5. Why is it "Marc Forster's Quantum Of Solace"? Talk about ego! Nobody cares that Marc Forster is directing this. In fact, some people would rather try and forget! Get over yourself, Forster! We just care about Bond... James Bond.
6. The blue/black/white colour scheme is meant to be classy and cool, but the whole thing resembles something any fan with 30-minutes to waste on Photoshop could knock out.
Bad title, bad promotional poster. I was more psyched for Tomorrow Never Dies than I am for Quantum Of Solace right now! I hope something exciting leaks from the production soon... or is QOS destined to be the atrocity they avoided with Craig's debut?
Well, this behind-the-scenes footage doesn't look too shabby.
