We’ve talked a lot on The Movie Blog about how much we loved the latest James Bond incarnation “Casino Royale”. That movie just bloody rocked, and Daniel Craig instantly become my favorite Bond of all time (and that’s saying something considering I liked all of them up to this point). So despite the fact that the new Bond film has one of the dumbest titles in the history of the franchise (Quantum of Solace?!?!) I’m pretty stoked about seeing it.
Interesting news came out that two very popular and famous phrases that are synonymous with James Bond have been cut out of the new movie. His lines “Bond, James Bond” and “Shaken not stirred” have both been withheld from the movie. Our fiends over at Incontention give us this:
In this morning’s Oscarweb round-up, we linked to a story in London’s Independent newspaper about the upcoming 22nd installment of the James Bond franchise, “Quantum of Solace.” It appears director Marc Forster and company have opted to exclude the infamous catch phrase, “Bond. James Bond.” from the film’s script. Also getting the cut is the “shaken, not stirred” aside that we all know and love. It’s an unexpected departure that could have a few fans up-in-arms…or not.
Ok, here’s my take on the situation. Would I rather have the “James Bond” and “not stirred” lines in the movie? Sure, who wouldn’t? But at the same time does it really bother me that they won’t be in there? Not even a little. What words are spoken over 3 total seconds of screen time will neither improve nor detract from the film. Yeah it would be nice to still have them in there… but its not like without those lines the movie will be a 5 out of 10… but WITH those lines it suddenly becomes a 9 out of 10. That’s just nonsense.
I hope they get put back in… but I REALLY hope no one makes an actual big deal out of this.
