Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Quantum of Solace

Looking at the title to this post, perhaps you wonder what I am referring to. Let's go to the definitions:

Solace: consolation, comfort.
Quantum: a finite amount, probably a small amount, possibly to do with subatomic physics.

Quantum of Solace, therefore, is likely to be interpreted as a small finite amount of comfort or consolation.

So why in the name of all that is shaken and not stirred would you make Quantum of Solace the title of the next James Bond Movie. Here's the IMDb page. But why? Why choose a lame-ass title like this one.

Bond movies, especially once they started having to depart from the book titles, have always been eccentric to say the least. Let's take the Pierce Brosnan set:

GoldenEye.
Tomorrow Never Dies.
The World is Not Enough.
Die Another Day.

These are all laughable if you look at them long enough. But they all have something going for them that makes them work ... at least for a little while.

But Quantum of Solace? Count me skeptical. The movie looks like it has a good cast, but they will be laboring under a dumb title.

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