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Bond movie titles ranked that are not taken from titles of Fleming novels and short stories.
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The films include the following titles...
Never Say Never again (1983)
License to Kill (1989)
GoldenEye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)
Skyfall (2012)
Spectre (2015)
No Time to Die (2021)
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My ranking may have good titles lower because I think they wasted the title, for example Spectre.
1. GoldenEye.
2. License to Kill.
3. The World is Not enough.
4. Spectre.
5. Tomorrow Never Dies.
6. Never Say Never Again.
7. Skyfall
8. No Time To Die
9. Die Another Day
The last two on my list feel very interchangeable.
Never Say Never again (1983)
License to Kill (1989)
GoldenEye (1995)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Die Another Day (2002)
Skyfall (2012)
Spectre (2015)
No Time to Die (2021)
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My ranking may have good titles lower because I think they wasted the title, for example Spectre.
1. GoldenEye.
2. License to Kill.
3. The World is Not enough.
4. Spectre.
5. Tomorrow Never Dies.
6. Never Say Never Again.
7. Skyfall
8. No Time To Die
9. Die Another Day
The last two on my list feel very interchangeable.
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Have to say I was never keen on any of the non Fleming titles, but anyhow here goes...
1. Licence to Kill
2. Spectre
3. The World Is Not Enough ( though this does come from Fleming, but obviously not a book/short story)
4. Never Say Never Again
5. GoldenEye
6. SkyFall
7. No Time to Die
8. Tomorrow Never Dies ( the original Tomorrow Never Lies was better, but both are still a bit naff!)
9. Die Another Day ( yep, worst title, worst Bond etc, etc!!)
Despite not being one of the official Bond films I do like Never Say Never Again as a title as it feels organic, even more so knowing how the title came about, I should have maybe ranked it higher.
Yeh, I don't think it sounds Fleming, but I always liked it, and it's clever and relevant to Connery/ Bond returning!
Of the rest:
1. SF (perfect)
2. NSNA (almost perfect, ruined a bit by the song)
3. TND (TNL was better)
4. LTK (bland; Licence Revoked was a lot better)
5. DAD (meh)
6. NTTD (feels like a DAD-retread; they should have just called it All The Time in the World)
TWINE just is a great title: they wanted to use it for a Benson book but I think Eon may have vetoed that as they wanted it! It's just perfect.
GE is absolutely spot-on too.
I really like NSNA: I know it's a bit jokey but it feels like Bond, and it even sort of coined the use of 'never' in Bond titles.
TND and DAD both read like good 007 titles but I'm a little put off by their rather optimistic meanings- I always feel a Bond title should be more downbeat and kind of fatalistic. But they work.
NTTD is the same I guess, but I can't help but like it because it pays tribute to Cubby rather than Fleming, and I think that's a really nice touch.
SF is a nice title but I don't know if it feels very Bond- I prefer them at least a syllable longer. SP at least has a nice double meaning.
LTK comes in a distant last: I remember thinking how wrong it sounded when the film was released- it's so sort of blunt and straightforward you may as well call it 'James Bond'. It is the right 'shape' for a Bond title at least: it looks right, if you know what I mean.
2. GoldenEye
3. The World Is Not Enough
4. Licence to Kill
5. Spectre
6. Tomorrow Never Dies
7. No Time to Die
8. Die Another Day
9. Never Say Never Again
But was it as effortlessly smooth as "Wow, what a view..."/"...to a kill."? I doubt it. ;)
I like that scene in AVTAK despite a few commentators saying the scene makes no sense lol
It's not a bad scene to be fair and somewhat inspired by Goldfinger but I suppose the title sounded too shoehorned into the script for some people.
I always saw it as a view to make a killing on some financial basis, the film is certainly inspired a lot by GF.
Prepositions are our friends.
Yes, that's what it was referring to. Perhaps it just seemed a little clumsily done and obvious.
I think it only really makes sense if you're familiar with the context, or hunting terminology perhaps! I don't think the 'from' would help most people really :D
I mean, Patrick McNee shares a scene with Grace Jones! I love that.
2. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
3. GOLDENEYE
4. SPECTRE
5. LICENCE TO KILL
6. SKYFALL
7. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
8. NO TIME TO DIE
9. DIE ANOTHER DAY.
Here's my ranking had Eon not changed the title for the 16th official Bond:
1. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
2. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
3. LICENCE REVOKED
4. GOLDENEYE
5. SPECTRE
6. SKYFALL
7. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
8. NO TIME TO DIE
9. DIE ANOTHER DAY
I was disappointed when I found out about the title change, the reasoning at the time did not make sense to me though I am from the UK.
I was disappointed as well. I thought it was a cool sounding title, similar to LICENCE RENEWED, but harsher.
1. The World Is Not Enough
2. GoldenEye
3. Spectre
4. Skyfall
5. Never Say Never Again
6. (Tomorrow Never Lies)
7. Licence to Kill
8. (License Revoked)
9. Die Another Day
10. No Time to Die
11. Tomorrow Never Dies
The only title that I don't actually like is Tomorrow Never Dies because it's a dumb way to say tomorrow will come. It's almost a meaningless statement. I much prefer the original "Tomorrow Never Lies" which is saying the truth will be revealed and it's a nice play on words relative to a media outlet.
That's the reason why I DIDN'T like it. Sounded too similar to Gardners novel. LTK to me sounded cooler, and is associated with 007. However, as John Glen himself pointed out, it was a bit off considering this is the one Bond movie where he doesn't have his Licence to Kill!!
I do wish they used that poster though. 007 Magazine showed a stunning version, sans text, in their LTK special magazine a while ago!
I agree with this sentiment.