quantum of solace

konnichiwa! ok, so the spam count for the weekend is 25, and em was forced to plod 2356 steps today. now ... not 10 things i hate about you, just ... 10 things PIG mum forced me to do last night:
1.walk from the benchtop to the bathroom
2. right hand sneaked in a rinse first, so PIG mum forced my left hand to help rinse 4x afterwards.
3. wash and dry both hands
4.walk to the loo.
5. yank my own daks down for a tinkle
6. yank them back up after tinkling
7. walk to wash my right hand
8. walk to dry my right hand
9. walk back to my bedroom.
10. still no pull-up pants. argh, em is BLOODY grateful that i didn't pee myself last night, poor PIG mum must be so DISMAYED. oh, it's actually twelve, not ten, sorry.
11. PIG mum forced my left ankle go up and down 25x.
12. PIG mum forced my left ankle to go up and out 25x. so ... here come the spotty points, yeah? (ok, so i mean DOT points:P)
-PIG mum dug me up this morning, got me kitted (i can't remember what she helped me with and what she forced me to do)
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out to the gobbling table :P
-breakfast was a piece of toast with a little rice oil spread and breakkie marmalade
-dad Forced me to walk out to the car, where off to church we tootled. i think PIG mum said no CD AND no singing out aloud, so i had a sing in my head
-mum Forced me to walk inside. i congratulated both joey and jacinta on graduating yr 12 and pestered joey for formal photos:P
-mum forced me to stand up and sing. thanks to aunty a who helped steady me
-i needed to pee, so PIG mum Forced me to walk in there. she also forced me to pull my own daks down, but pulled them back up for me as i took the opportunity to wash and dry my right hand.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk back to my seat
-speaker today was dear papa liam, who spoke on psalm 46. i must remember to send him an email - his eldest daughter just got engaged!
-there was communion afterwards
-PIG mum Forced me to walk out. dad tumbled in, and off we went to uncle eddy's for bible study.
-parents Forced me to walk in - so began our last bible study for the year!
-we finished - genesis chapter 50. charlsy sat next to me and helped me to write.
-when we'd finished, i needed the bathroom, so aunty a and dear clo took me.
-parents came to pick me up; i needed the bathroom again, so PIG mum Forced me to walk in there for another tinkle
-PIG mum Forced me to walk over to the tap to wash and dry my right hand.
-PIG mum Forced me to walk to the car. dad piled in, we said bye to huldah and tootled off to plaza
-dad couldn't find an underground park >< meaning PIG mum really enjoyed being able to Force me to walk UPHILL.><
-we sat down at cafe mi, with uncle slam and uncle tyrone.
- i asked for KFC, but PIG mum refused coz she said we couldn't buy food from other places and sit there, even though we were seated OUTSIDE. >< huh. go figure.
-PIG mum also refused me a pudding milk tea, even though she had already forced me to stand during worship. i can't remember the excuse she gave for it though. just that she owes me TWO drinks now. funny thing is, if i dare try to refuse standing during worship, PIG mum threatens to make us leave. go figure again. (or is that for the 3rd time?)
-anyways, uncle stephen ordered a western fried rice, both PIG mum and uncle tyrone ordered a B meal - yummy fish fillet in corn sauce with rice. i can't remember what my dearest dad ordered, but i got my favourite fried pork chop with an egg on tomato rice.
-dad pinched MORE THAN HALF of my cold milk tea, and also [inched MORE THAN HALF of my yummy pork chop meal. (go figure for the 4th time)
- i was gratefully swapped into sparkless to go see quantum of solace.
-here come the good quotes/trivia!
-Paul McCartney turned down the offer to write a new James Bond song for the film
-Screenwriter Paul Haggis described James Bond in this film as "a very human and flawed assassin, a man who has to navigate a morally complex and often cynical world while attempting to hold onto his deep beliefs of what is right and wrong." Daniel Craig further described Bond as "an unfinished article with a sense of revenge, who is still headstrong and doesn't always make the right decisions."
-According to Mathieu Amalric, it was easy to accept the role of Dominic Greene because "it's impossible to tell your kids that I could have been in a Bond film but I refused!"
-According to Mathieu Amalric, his character does not have any distinguishing features to make him more formidable and to represent the hidden villains of society: "He has no scars, no eye that bleeds, no metal jaw. I tried everything to have something to help me. I said to Marc: No nothing? A beard? Can I shave my hair? He said: No, just your face." Amalric also described Greene as "not knowing how to fight, so James Bond would be more surprised. Sometimes anger can be much more dangerous. I'm going to fight like in school."
- To prepare for her role as Camille, Olga Kurylenko spent three weeks training with weapons and learned how to fight and body fly, a form of indoor skydiving. Kurylenko dislikes filming stunts, but Daniel Craig's compassion helped her to carry them out. Kurylenko also trained with a dialect coach to perform with a Spanish accent, which was easy since "she has a good ear and can imitate people." She was also given a DVD box set of all the 007 films since she has not seen many of them, although the Bond franchise is quite well-known in her homeland of Ukraine.
- Out of the 400 women who auditioned for the role of Camille, Marc Forster chose Olga Kurylenko because she seemed the least nervous of them all.
- In an interview with GQ Magazine, Daniel Craig stated that he was involved in making the decision for the title, Quantum of Solace. He also admitted that "in the great tradition of Bond movies, the film's title is often meaningless."
-This film marks the first time since You Only Live Twice (1967) that Bond does not introduce himself with the catchphrase "Bond, James Bond." The line was shot for several different scenes but was completely cut out as Forster and the producers found it unnecessary. (The Bond films From Russia with Love (1963), and Thunderball (1965) also do not use the line) The other staple Bond line stating a "vodka martini, shaken not stirred" does not appear in this movie either, the fourth Bond movie not to do so.
- Marc Forster is the first director in the EON Productions James Bond series not have a nationality from the British Commonwealth. Forster was born in Germany whereas all previous directors were from England or New Zealand.
- This movie represents the first time that a Bond movie or any Hollywood Blockbuster for that matter will open in India prior to its US premiere. It debuts in India on 7 November 2008, exactly a week before it rolls out in Northern America.
- Daniel Craig was injured at least three times during the making of this movie. The most prominent ones included an injury to his face, which required four stitches; another to his shoulder, which required 6 surgical screws to be inserted in an operation and his arm in a sling; and then his hand was injured when one of his finger tips was sliced off.
- sorry, PIG mum is sleepy now, and wants to hit pig land, so i'll be back toms to finish this all off, ok? and ... toms i'm having visitors! and amanda says she'll get me a piece of twix for correctly getting her bday! yay!
cheers,
em. ^^
hello again! It’s now another evening, so let’s continue, ok?
• -SPOILER: The title "Quantum of Solace" has two connections with the movie. First, "Quantum" is the name of the secret criminal terrorist organization first introduced in Casino Royale (2006). As such, QUANTUM replaced SMERSH, the latter which featured in the original "Casino Royale" novel and in Casino Royale (1967). Second, "Quantum of Solace" is the condition of James Bond's emotional state.
• SPOILER: James Bond and the leading Bond Girl (Camille, played by Olga Kurylenko) share a kiss in this movie but do not make love, making it the second James Bond film where a relationship with a leading Bond Girl is not consummated since Tomorrow Never Dies (Michelle Yeoh).
SPOILER: To shoot the foot chase in Siena, officials supplied 1 million Euros to the filmmakers for them to build four camera cranes, alter rooftops, and hire 300 extras needed for the scene. The centuries-old roof-top tiles had to be removed by the production from the old houses and the roofs reinforced so actors and stunt-men would not fall through them.
The Governor character alludes to the "Quantum of Solace" in the original Ian Fleming short-story of the same name as follows: "The Governor paused and looked reflectively over at Bond. He said: "You're not married, but I think it's the same with all relationships between a man and a woman. They can survive anything so long as some kind of basic humanity exists between the two people. When all kindness has gone, when one person obviously and sincerely doesn't care if the other is alive or dead, then it's just no good. That particular insult to the ego-worse, to the instinct of self-preservation-can never be forgiven. I've noticed this in hundreds of marriages."
• -The phrase "Quantum of Solace" is never spoken or seen as written text in this movie. The phrase however is mentioned on more than one occasion in the Ian Fleming James Bond short-story "Quantum of Solace".
• Villains in the Bond movie series have often had some physiological dysfunction or trait that makes them distinguishable. For this movie, some may have thought that there was none for Dominic Greene, but arguably, critics have noticed his distinguishable and menacing bug eyes which do set him in the company of Bond villains of old.
In this direct sequel, the characters that return from Casino Royale (2006) include James Bond, M, Felix Leiter, Rene Mathis and Mr. White. Characters referred to from that film mentioned in this movie include Le Chiffre and Vesper Lynd. Characters that appear in this film who were in the original "Casino Royale" novel include James Bond, M, Rene Mathis and Felix Leiter. Of all these characters, only James Bond appeared in the original Ian Fleming "Quantum of Solace" short-story. The character of Strawberry Fields has been considered a version of Mary Goodnight
This is only the third time that an M character's home has been shown in an official EON Productions James Bond film
• -Released in Brazil with its original name since a proper translation could not be formed
• The cocktail that Bond has aboard the plane is called a "Vesper". Only the ingredients are mentioned in the movie, not the name. This drink is taken from the novel "Casino Royale". The scene suggests Bond is reflecting on Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale (2006) by way of using emotive music score reminiscent of their romance in a scene where he is drinking the martini which is known by her name.
• The literal translations of some of this film's foreign language titles include A Quantum Consolation (or A Quantity of Consolation) (Germany); Quantum of Mercy (Russia); 007 Quantum (Mexico & Canada); A Grain of Comfort (Croatia); 007 Quantum of Solace (Argentina & Brazil); and 007: Reward of Comfort (Japan).
• Whilst filming in the hot and humid town of Colon in Panama, the film crew drank over one thousand bottles of cold water per day
• The Governor character introduces the Law of the Quantum of Solace in the original Ian Fleming short-story as follows: "I've seen flagrant infidelities patched up, I've seen crimes and even murder foreign by the other party, let alone bankruptcy and other forms of social crime. Incurable disease, blindness, disaster - all of these can be overcome. But never the death of common humanity in one of the partners. I've thought about this and I've invented a rather high-sounding title for this basic factor in human relations. I have called it the law of the Quantum of Solace."
• The first line of the Ian Fleming short-story "Quantum of Solace" read: "I've always thought that if I ever married I would marry an air hostess."
• With an estimated (US) $225,000,000 budget, to date, this is the most expensive James Bond movie ever
• Of the film's somewhat different title, Daniel Craig said that it was "meant to confuse a little. It's meant to make you sort of wonder" and "We want people to start thinking as they come and see the film" whilst producer Michael G. Wilson said an original Ian Fleming title was "really important to us" and "We thought it was an intriguing title that references what's happening to Bond and what's happening to him in this film."
• As the first ever direct sequel in the series, Daniel Craig has commented: "We felt we needed to tie up the loose ends from Casino Royale (2006) and make sure people realize we are back making Bond movies. For me it's about creating something that is going to stand alone but if you put the two films together, you're going to have an incredible experience because you will see one continuous story."
• Well, I walked 894 steps today. PIG mum thinks that’s a great big LIE, that I must’ve shaken it or sth … well, for that matter, I haven’t. and, for that matter, if she forces me to go to bed at 9pm, that’s ok, but it just means that she’ll owe me an extra 50mins toms.
• In the original Ian Fleming source short-story of the same name, James Bond comments on the Law of the Quantum of Solace as follows: "That's a splendid name for it. It's certainly impressive enough. And of course I see what you mean. I should say you're absolutely right. Quantum of Solace - the amount of comfort. Yes, I suppose you can say that all love and friendship is based in the end on that. Human beings are very insecure. When the other person not only makes you feel insecure but actually seems to want to destroy you, it's obviously the end. The Quantum of Solace stands at zero. You've got to get away to save yourself."
• A minor sensation erupted
• This is the first Bond film that is a direct sequel.
• First Bond film to be released in a year ending with the number 8. There was no Bond film in 1968, 1978, 1988, or 1998.
• Designer Tom Ford, working with the film's costume designer, Louise Frogley, to create made-to-measure suits, shirts, knitwear, and ties for Bond. More than 400 pieces were made for 11 costume changes. For each scene they made three suits that were perfect, three suits that were bloodied and blown up, three suits that were bloodied, blown up and had been in a pool. These were made for various stunt-men as well.
• Daniel Craig has said he wanted to avoid titles that mention dying or death for this film's title. Ironically, the name of the title song for this movie is "Another Way To Die".
• The media in 2008 reported that Gemma Arterton once had six fingers on each hand. This is a condition known as polydactyly. She called it her "little oddity". Bond villains have long been famous for having some kind of physiological dysfunction. To date, no Bond movie villain characters have had this trait, though Dr. No (1962) had metal hands, Carl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) had webbed-hands and there was also Mr. Goldfinger (1964). Lee Fu-Chu in the Bond novel "Brokenclaw" was born with his left hand's thumb on the opposite side of his palm.
• Parody t-shirts of the movie's teaser poster which showed a tall silhouette of James Bond with a gun featured taglines such as "Shoot First - Vodka Martini Later", "Never Stirred, Never Shaken" and "Even My Shadow Has A Big Gun".
• This is the first James Bond movie to have both a boat chase and a car chase since Live and Let Die (1973). This film is the only Bond movie that has a foot chase, a car chase, a plane chase and a boat chase.
• QUANTUM, the name of the criminal organization, is not actually an acronym. James Bond creator Ian Fleming was famous for creating the acronymic criminal organization. SPECTRE stood for Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion whilst SMERSH is derived from "Smiert Spionam" which means "death to spies". Many James Bond and spy parodies have organizations with spoof acronyms, but QUANTUM isn't an acronym, at least not yet.
• In an interview, the producers explained the meaning of the film's title: "The title originally comes from an Ian Fleming short story and, in the context of that, it means that a relationship cannot be salvaged unless there is a 'quantum of solace' between the two parties - 'Quantum' meaning 'measure' and 'solace' meaning 'comfort' - so if they are not willing to share that then their relationship is not redeemable. In our case, it is a couple of things: Bond is looking for a 'quantum of solace' after his experiences in Casino Royale (2006), and QUANTUM also happens to be the name of the villainous organization in the film."
• Real life intelligence operatives acted as on-the-set consultants for the movie including spies and assassins from the British Mi6 and the Israeli Secret Service.
• Reportedly, Daniel Craig was paid (UK) £4.5 million for the movie, more than twice as much as the (UK) £2 million he received for Casino Royale (2006).
• Mathieu Amalric based his character of Dominic Greene on two political figures: France's current President Nicolas Sarkozy and former English Prime Minister Tony Blair.
• The film shoot used 200,000 rounds of blank bullets which were used for training, testing and filming.
• James Bond's eleven costume changes in the movie required about 420 pieces of clothing. There were nine versions of every suit used in the movie. Three were normal, three were battered with blood and debris whilst three were this but also waterlogged.
• This movie marks the return of semi-clad / naked girls dancing in the opening title sequence, a trademark of the series, and something that was left out of the previous Bond movie Casino Royale (2006)'s opening title sequence.
• At 106 minutes long, this is the shortest James Bond movie in the EON Productions Official Series. This film is a direct sequel to Casino Royale (2006) which ironically is the longest film in the official series.
• Cool – and now comes the cool quotes!
• Mr. White: I was always very interested to meet you. I heard so much about you from Vesper. If she hadn't killed herself we would've had you too.
• Dominic Greene: Be careful of this one, Mr Bond. She will not go to bed with you unless you give her something she really wants... but you make a fine couple - you are both, what is the expression? Damaged goods.
M: I thought I could trust you. You said you weren't motivated by revenge.
James Bond: I am motivated by my duty.
M: I think you're so blinded by inconsolable rage that you don't care who you hurt. When you can't tell your friends from your enemies, it's time to go.
James Bond: You don't have to worry about me.
Camille: You lost somebody?
James Bond: I did.
Camille: You catch who ever did it?
James Bond: No, not yet.
Camille: Tell me when you do, I'd like to know how it feels...
Mathis: [Agent Fields gets into a car] I think she's got handcuffs...
James Bond: You hope so.
Mathis: [speaks to Bond regarding Vesper] She would have done anything for you... forgive her, forgive yourself.
[last lines]
M: Bond, I need you to come back.
James Bond: I never left.
James Bond: [to hotel receptionist] We're teachers on a sabbatical and have won the lottery.
Camille: [Regarding Bond] There is something horribly efficient about you.