Can you guess which movie poster each letter comes from in the above ‘ransom note’ collage? The answers after the jump!
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A highlight from Spectre (2015) didn’t involve explosions or a chase, but was the mysterious Spectre meeting.
Global interest and plausibility of a complex criminal conspiracy is peaking. Daily, the drip drip drip of information between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign and Presidency is consistent and amazing. If it weren’t for real daily news broadcasts and headlines, it might seem we are stuck in an unbelievable episode of House of Cards or a (slightly muted) James Bond movie.
Politics and results of this real world scandal aside, the next James Bond movie (tentatively titled Bond 25) should reflect the times now more than ever and should partially retreat from following the traditional Bond movie formula. Simply put: it’s too good to pass up.
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Quantum Of Solace (2008) boasts one of the most brutal deaths at the hand of James Bond (Daniel Craig).
After tracking would-be assassin Edmund Slate (Neil Jackson) to Haiti, Bond visits Slate’s hotel room only to instantly jump into a fight to the death. Slate meets his end when Bond mercilessly stabs him in the neck (likely in the jugular vein) and his leg (likely in the femoral artery) only to let him bleed out on the floor.
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Agent Strawberry Fields (Gemma Arterton) from Quantum Of Solace (2008) is underrated. Not only is she sexy, I was initially sold on her insistence that she wasn’t going to fall into James Bond’s (Daniel Craig) clutches. But alas, as we see in this scene, she even surprised herself in her collapse at the hands of Bond’s charm. There was definitely something about her short, red hair, fair skin and overcoat that was seriously attractive.
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007 is often asked who he works for, and the fictional import/export company he says is his employer is called Universal Exports.
It is mentioned several times throughout various James Bond movies, which I have listed below:
Dr. No (1962)
007 is shown walking into M’s office, which has a Universal Exports sign on the outside
The Aston Martin DBS montage at the beginning of Quantum Of Solace (2008)
The Quantum Of Solace (2008) gun barrel sequence is unique because it comes at the end of the movie, not at the traditional start. I actually enjoyed this subtle change more than I thought I would – specifically because there’s nothing better than hearing the Bond theme blaring at the end of a Bond movie. It’s an exclamation point!
Following this gun barrel sequence is a cool animation to incorporate the gun barrel circle into the movie’s logo, as seen below. Nothing crazy, but another way the series has had fun with the 007 logo and movie title logos over the years. Kudos!
The Quantum Of Solace Gun Barrel Logo
Shirley Eaton as Jill Masterson – covered in gold paint in Goldfinger (1964)
Gemma Arterton as Strawberry Fields- covered in oil in Quantum Of Solace (2008)
(Check out the street sweeper in the background.)
