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• Worst bond film becomes top-grossing bond film. Sad. Can you say “inflation”?

  Comment by Un Francais a Hollywood — January 8, 2009 @ 11:01 pm  Reply to this post

• In no way was Quantum of Solace the “Worst bond film”.How many Bond films have you seen to make such a ridiculous comment?

  Comment by redmenace — January 9, 2009 @ 2:20 am  Reply to this post

• Not worst all-time, but definitely the worst since the Timothy Dalton era (even Pierce Brosnan’s spin in the invisible car provided more excitement than Quantum’s nauseating Bourne rip-off).

  In fact, I’d put Quantum on par with Dalton’s first, The Living Daylights.

  God, I’m a geek.

  Comment by Here In Flyover — January 9, 2009 @ 5:25 am  Reply to this post

• Nothing could be worse than the self-parodying Roger Moore films of the 1970’s like “The Spy Who Loved Me” and “Moonraker.” Those are the Bond equivalent of “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.”

  (NOW who’s a geek, Here In Flyover?)

  Comment by Pokey — January 9, 2009 @ 8:40 am  Reply to this post

• so interesting since it’s soooo not a real bond film, more of a straight action film. keep daniel but please bring back some charm and humor, please!

  Comment by kate — January 9, 2009 @ 9:03 am  Reply to this post

• I have to side with the cynics — in most ways, from the missing floating-circle open to the absence of plotting, characterization and most beloved formula elements, QoS was not a Bond film at all. It was a nearly incoherent, generic puree of 21st-century action film conventions. I remember watching the “24: Redemption” telefilm the same weekend I saw QoS and thinking the “24″ movie was better in most ways: a clearer story with richer characters that stirred more emotion. It’s a shame a mess like QoS was so richly rewarded at the box office.

  Comment by TomF — January 9, 2009 @ 9:18 am  Reply to this post

• Casino Royale was the worst Bond movie ever. I can’t even watch Quantum of Solace now. They completely ruined the series. I doubt Daniel Craig had 1 fullpage of dialog in the movie.

  These 2 movies are just proof as to why SAG, DGA, WGA, etc doesn’t deserve more money. They should be paid for performance. And if you completely ruin a series like this one has been, then you should get nothing and pay back your wages.

  Comment by Infamous — January 9, 2009 @ 11:19 am  Reply to this post

• That figure is only correct…if you don’t adjust for inflation. Connery’s Thunderball is still the top grosser of all the Bonds, if you adjust.

  Comment by Paul — January 9, 2009 @ 12:27 pm  Reply to this post

• “Casino Royale was the worst Bond movie ever. I can’t even watch Quantum of Solace now. They completely ruined the series. I doubt Daniel Craig had 1 fullpage of dialog in the movie.

  These 2 movies are just proof as to why SAG, DGA, WGA, etc doesn’t deserve more money. They should be paid for performance. And if you completely ruin a series like this one has been, then you should get nothing and pay back your wages.”

  You, sir, are a fucking idiot.

  Did you see Die Another Day? Now, that is probably the worst Bond movie ever. It’s certainly one of the worst. Casino Royale was the best thing that could have happened to the Bond franchise. Now, Quantum of Solace was indeed not as good as Casino Royale, but it was a pretty good follow-up.

  Comment by Satan's PA — January 9, 2009 @ 3:00 pm  Reply to this post

• “They should be paid for performance. And if you completely ruin a series like this one has been, then you should get nothing and pay back your wages.”

  I’m going to go out on a limb and say that EVERY studio would love to have their franchises ruined by back to back $500M+ films. Especially when the highest grossing (unadjusted) film in the series is marketed in a serious global meltdown.

  I hated QoS, the hole Bournd, James Bournd schtick that eliminated all traces of a Bond film. Craig even looks like a more grizzled Matt Damon to extend the knock off.

  All this after such a great relaunch in Casino. DAD and QoS had the same problems – pointless action and a script that never knew where it was going.

  I was hoping for a but more traditional Bond elements after CR, and instead they nearly chucked the entire franchise. Too bad that people seem to have loved it – probably due to how much CR buoyed the series. The good news out of these box office records is that we’re guaranteed to have another Bond film soon – heck Sony is probably right now in the middle of kidnapping Daniel Craig and dragging him to a set somewhere so they can have some chance of a 2010 film. Poor guy is going to need to start build a vault to keep all the money in (since no bank is safe these days).

  Comment by Hey — January 10, 2009 @ 11:10 am  Reply to this post

• My vote for worst Bond film is “View to a Kill,” with Tanya Roberts and Grace Jones.

  But the posters are correct. “QofS” was nothing but a Brit version of the Bourne films. Why bother with the “M” character at all? Was Joan Allen not available?

  Even the poorly-made Bond pics of the past offered fans a few familiar tropes to remind us that we were in the land of 007. And some of the theme songs were actually memorable.

  This last picture featured a murky opening title sequence and a theme song to rival Madonna’s as the worst of the franchise. And it all went downhill from there.

  I think I can sum it up best by noting that, as I walked out of the theater, some college kids were discussing the movie they had just seen. One asked his friends, “What the hell was that?”

  Yeah, dude, exactly.

  Comment by Rick — January 10, 2009 @ 1:19 pm  Reply to this post

• Indy 4 was the highest grossing of the Indiana Jones films in unadjusted dollars. That didn’t make it a good movie either.

  Comment by Bob — January 10, 2009 @ 3:09 pm  Reply to this post