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All in all, the first sequence of the series which is a bit forgettable. I ranked it at 24.
Same here.
Her song used to be one of my least favorites in the series but I've started to warm to it over the last few years.
She certainly handles the highs and lows very well; when she's singing more softly and sensually, it's beautiful, but it's also catchy as hell when she belts it out. Definitely had a more positive reassessment of this one lately.
Given what little time there was to compose the song (and music) for the film, I'm quite pleased with the results. And yes, when she belts it out, I'm gettin' in to da groove, baby. ;)
OCTOPUSSY
Main title sequence designed by
MAURICE BINDER
OP manages to escape the bottom 5 thanks to one participant in particular, who gave it the bronze medal, making OP the lowest ranked entry with a podium finish.
One other member placed OP in his/her top 10, which turned out to be a 10th spot.
With four bottom 5’s it doesn’t do to terribly poor at that end, but it did receive one bottom finish. Together with MR’s single last place, these were the only two instances someone did not rate either CR67 or NSNA as the worst title sequence.
OP’s main title sequence received a total of 58 points, the same as TMWTGG’s, but it wins the toss-up by way of more medals.
Love the blueish-purplish colour patterns and that use of lasers. It's so 80's and I absolutely adore it. Third place for me.
I suppose my taste in these is quite different than most. Already three from my top 10 are out.
They were very hard to rank, as I enjoy all the titles sequences. I reckon Kleinman is going to feature highly in the top 10, but he had a lot more tools to play with, but I always admire Binders work, and by all accounts he was a lovely man ( who drove the Producers mad as he was always late with his titles, but always delivered, according to John Glen)
It's got a lot of bad ideas badly implemented. Roger with five arms wrapped around him? It looks like crap, and the movie isn't called "Pentapussy". I don't know what it's supposed to be. A silhouette of either Mischka or Grischka on roller skates swinging a woman around? Why? A woman with string covering her nipples smiling wide at the camera? Completely artless.
There's even a shot that appears to include a reflection of someone's head that isn't meant to be seen. Could fit thematically with a Guy Hamilton joint perhaps, but not with this movie (one of my favorites).
I don't hate all the 1980s titles: FYEO, AVTAK, and LTK are all pretty decent. But they all feature an unfortunate trend of showing well-lit faces of models, some of whom are grinning like morons and making eye contact with the viewer. The silhouettes are a bit thematic or symbolic; showing random models' faces is just, well, random.
The titles are ok, and clearly there are lesser title sequences, but this is all 80's mediocre. Binder is playing it safe by this time in his career, something reflected in his next two title sequences, which are all quite similar.
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
Main title sequence designed by
MAURICE BINDER
The Dalton films are both already out of the competition, with also his first entry stranding just outside the top 20.
TLD’s highest finishes were one 7th, one 11th and three 14th spots.
Five bottom 5’s were counted. Two of those ended up in 25th position, while the three others ended up 23rd.
TLD’s title sequence obtained 59 points in total.
The only worse efforts from EON, in my view, are OP and DAF. I will be fascinated to hear what is apparently so good about the latter....
Cat Lovers of the World Unite !!!! =))
Still though, I love the gunshot that presents Timothy Dalton to us, the sunglasses that accompany Maryam’s credit and, when your host was a teenager, he used to have a slight crush on the lady in the champagne glass at the end ;)
We all have our reasons for liking this, that, or the other in the series. It's all subjective in the end anyway!
The titles for TLD are kind of noirish with lots of smoke, sunglasses and wide-rimmed hats, and rain falling before headlights. The more I think about it the more I realize Binder's sequences during the 80s were all starting to include the same tropes and effects, but they nevertheless captured the essence of the decade well.