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• That’s not a nuke you just heard. Just the sounds of millions of rabid anti-Daniel Craig trolls blowing their brains out because, for all their petty internet sniping and attacks on him personally, people flocked to his second Bond movie.

  Comment by Francine Fishpaw — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 2:40pm PST  Reply to this post

• Mazel-Tov!! — perhaps the house that Louie B. built will get it’s much needed jumpstart and give some life back to the company, especially now that they’ve rid themselves of the industry-cancer Sweinstein brothers. Those vampires would suck the last drop of blood out of a dying child. This is Sloan’s reward for having the balls to kick them the hell out on their collective asses.

  Give em hell Harry!

  Comment by Harry Fan — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 3:14pm PST  Reply to this post

• Comment by Francine Fishpaw — November 9, 2008 @ 2:40 pm:

  “people flocked to his second Bond movie”

  As they did to the first – almost $600 MILLION worth of flocking.

  The performance of “Quantum” so far is another blow for the rabid Internet fringe. There is so much Internet chaff that there is not much reward to search for the few grains of wheat.

  And they wonder why fewer and fewer take Internet input seriously – assuming anyone did.

  “Twilight” and “Watchmen” fanboys/girls, prepare for reality. Get ready to roll out the standard excuses for underperformance. “They didn’t promote it enough” is a favorite. You can help your credibility by making those (usually false) claims BEFORE the films fall short of expectations.

  Comment by Harold — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 3:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• Hey can someone please let me know why this new Bond flick is being released in the U.S. so much later then other countries? There must be some justified reason behind this…?

  Comment by Johny Drama — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 3:47pm PST  Reply to this post

• Johnny, I’m guessing the producers made a deal with the countries in which they filmed the movie with those countries getting the movie first. Makes sense to me. After all, if America did SFA to help them, why should they get the movie first?

  Comment by Francine Fishpaw — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 4:11pm PST  Reply to this post

• “Hey can someone please let me know why this new Bond flick is being released in the U.S. so much later then other countries? There must be some justified reason behind this…?”

  I think they originally wanted to release it this weekend in the U.S., but I guess they didn’t want to go up against Madagascar 2. It’ll have no competition at all next weekend, except for Madagascar 2 in its second weekend.

  Plus, Casino Royale was released on the same weekend two years ago. It was up against Happy Feet that weekend, so I guess they wanted to avoid that (going up against a high-profile animated feature) this time.

  Comment by Satan's PA — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 4:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• Harry Fan,

  I am curious? What do you think MGM or Harry did to revitalize Quantum of Solace? They did squat. Casino Royale and QOS are huge hits because of Sony and EON and because MGM was out of the picture and they stayed out of the way. Yes, it seems likely that the Bond franchise will go back to MGM on the next film and it will be interesting to see whether they can keep up with the extraordinary success that has relaunched the film’s under Sony’s leadership and care.

  Bond is Bond afterall and it will always be successful on some level, but I was baffled at your comment because you made it sound as though Harry was involved in these films when the bottom line is that he showed up to the premiere and smiled. That was the extent of his involvement.

  Comment by Curious — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 4:18pm PST  Reply to this post

• Two words for ya Johny, Harry Potter.

  Comment by A-Dog — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 4:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• This movie is gonna be so big its not even funny. There’s not one person I know that isn’t planning to see Quantum on opening weekend. And these are some cynical bastards. It’ll probably take up at least 70% of the b.o. I’ve already bought my tickets.

  Comment by Alboone — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 5:20pm PST  Reply to this post

• “Hey can someone please let me know why this new Bond flick is being released in the U.S. so much later then other countries?”

  Yeah, I’m also curious. There are already numerous bootlegs being sold on the streets and available online. It is strange that such an anticipated movie would release this early overseas and give the bootleggers bragging rights.

  Comment by mikey — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 5:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• As you all know, the film was going to be released last weekend both here and internationally. But, when Harry Potter moved to the summer, Sony moved the domestic released to this coming weekend to put the release closer to Thanksgiving, when the movie market expands tremendously. You might also know that Thanksgiving is only a US holiday, so there was no need to shift the international release date. Plus, I believe Boxing Day is this weekend, which (I think) is a big holiday in some countries (?). Or for all I know Sony might not have been able to move the international date b/c of contracts or something similar?

  Comment by Dan — Sunday November 9, 2008 @ 10:48pm PST  Reply to this post

• Sure I understand that there is somewhat limited competition this upcoming weekend, but A.) Madagascar 2 is a different demographic with little cross over, and B.) it would give then an extra week without competition from Transporter 3, which I think is a closer demographic, and C.) They are going to loose HUGE money to bootlegs and online piracy. Baffles me..

  Comment by Johny Drama — Monday November 10, 2008 @ 7:34am PST  Reply to this post

• Yes. It’s sensational and a must see…

  Comment by KT — Monday November 10, 2008 @ 8:23am PST  Reply to this post

• “Sure I understand that there is somewhat limited competition this upcoming weekend, but A.) Madagascar 2 is a different demographic with little cross over, and B.) it would give then an extra week without competition from Transporter 3, which I think is a closer demographic, and C.) They are going to loose HUGE money to bootlegs and online piracy. Baffles me..”

  Well, it’s not that baffling.

  A.) If the parents are taking the kids to Madagascar, they’re not going to be able to sneak out to see Bond later that night. Bond attracts a wide demographic. It doesn’t just attract teenagers. Madagascar is competition for Bond in the older demographics.

  B.) The Transporter series attracts teenage boys and male young adults. It’s a very narrow demographic.

  C.) Don’t believe all the hype about piracy. Anyone who buys a fuzzy, poor quality cam copy bootleg wasn’t going to see it in the theater anyway! I’ve yet to hear any producer claim piracy affected box office revenue. The complaint has been about bootlegs affecting DVD revenues.

  Comment by Dan Zee — Monday November 10, 2008 @ 9:12am PST  Reply to this post

• The problem with going against a big kids movie isn’t that it’s a different demographic, though Bond clearly isn’t aimed at kids, but that it shares much of the same demographic which would also go to see Bond if they didn’t have to accompany their kids who are demanding to see Madagascar 2.

  Comment by Henley Regatta — Monday November 10, 2008 @ 9:18am PST  Reply to this post

• I cant wait to see this movie! I heard that it is very good and I love this “new” James Bond. Casion Royale was very good. What is amazing to me is how computers are being used to digitally enhance movies only now the work of the computers is being better disguised. I think many people dont even realize how pervasive the role of digital special effects is! If any of you would like to learn more about computers please dont hesitate to check out PC Fixer. All I know is that I would love to have her as a client. Lindsay, do you need to have a cool computer dude in your entourage? PC Fixer is the answer! computer training and repair.

  Comment by Robert Portillo — Monday November 10, 2008 @ 12:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m fairly excited for this to come out.
  Oh, and wtf is up with America getting the movie after Europe? We defeated the flippin’ Nazis! Gah. :]

  Comment by Tug — Monday November 10, 2008 @ 11:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• I am 99% certain that Quantum will be the biggest overseas grosser for 08-09 (in a calendar year), unless of course WB re-releases Dark Knight assuming it receives Oscar nominations or winning some.

  Given its B.O. performance in UK which is certain to be the 2nd or 3rd highest grossing pic over there, and the smashing performance elsewhere, all bets are off.

  And the funny thing, it will be a deserving record for such an excellent movie, 2nd of course to DK.

  Comment by Armand — Tuesday November 11, 2008 @ 9:10am PST  Reply to this post

• This is going to be sooo big in North America! Don’t miss it for anything.

  Comment by Henrietta — Thursday November 13, 2008 @ 5:23am PST  Reply to this post

• David O. Russell directing The Grackle. I read this script. It is so bad. How ridiculous is it that loud mouths like David Lemming are now following the herd and doing Craple. My god. The movie busy is dead.

  David O. Schmucko.

  Comment by anHonestAnswer — Thursday November 13, 2008 @ 5:26pm PST  Reply to this post