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Sound like uncomfortable medical procedures... :>
If Daniel Craig does indeed return Blofeld
If Tom Hiddleston is Bond then The Property of a lady
If Michael Fassbender is bond The Hildebrand Rarity
If Tom Hardy is Bond then Risico
:)
A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate
Cards With a Stranger
The Eye That Never Sleeps
We Don't Like Mistakes
The Job Comes Second
Death is So Permanent
The Slaughterer
The Wizard of Ice
The Beautiful Lure
The Killing Bottle
The Finger on the Trigger
The Long Scream
Reflections in a Double Bourbon
The Pressure Room
Crime de la Crime
The Richest Man in History
Take It Easy Mr. Bond
How to Eat a Girl
When the Kissing Stopped
The Shadower
The Gambit of Shame
Death For Breakfast
Fork Left For Hell!
Bloodlift
Hell's Delight
The Death Collector
Slay It With Flowers
The Question Room
Blood and Thunder
The Easy Grand
One other choice is Fleming's original title for OHMSS--The Belles of Hell. It would also supply a catchy title song, since it's a pun on the old World War I marching tune "The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-ling-a-ling". Since the song is in public domain, the composer can make (and copyright) a modern arrangement with some extra lyrics. Here's the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNpoO9yISDw
Yes because die another day and tomorrow never dies were fantastic titles...
Nope I say use fleming's work as much and as often as possible.
Last time I checked, James Bond was a Fleming character, so that might be a little tough to do...
Erm... I think you know the point that I made. ;)
Waiting For Godot, And Craig
To Bond Or Not To Bond
Turnerbender
When She Hid Les Stone
well we will have to agree to disagree as the only original title I felt worked was Skyfall the rest felt well bland I feel the same way about the post Fleming novel titles as apart from a handful most are just ok.
Tomorrow Never Dies (Lies as I preferred), The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day are all better titles than TPOAL. It's the epitome of bland. They're all (particularly the latter two) bound to films that the majority of hardcore fans don't rate, so by association are disliked. If they were great films there wouldn't even be a debate.
The world is not enough is from Fleming himself and sure Fleming did have a few clunkers but since three of them have been used for official titles (are you going to tell me Octopussy the spy who loved me and the living daylights were all better titles then risico?)
Obviously TWINE is Fleming and yes, they're all better titles than Risico. The Spy Who Loved Me is brilliant.
What is it that makes 'Skyfall' work as a title for you where the others don't?
It has a symbolic significance.
Indeed.
On another note, it seems every other Craig film is named after a geographical location, alternating with an organization.
Casino Royale - location
Quantum of Solace - organization
Skyfall - location
SPECTRE - organization
Perhaps Bond 25 will be titled "Garden of Death".
I just like it a bit more I admit this is all subjective but it is clear I am not alone as Risico tends to be the most used title for fan trailers also Michael Fassbender is the most used for fan casting bond in these trailers as he has 2 for Risico and 1 for a Moonraker redo if you can believe it.
Again for me I like when the title Comes from the man who invented the character I admit it's a personal biasis but we all have those and to assume other wise is silly at the very least
Nobody Lives Forever
Death to Spies
Property of a Lady
The Death Collector
The Garden of Death
Risico: could be the name of Blofeld private Villa
The Silver Phantom: climax on a train could be kind of cool honestly
The Garden of Death: speaks for itself really
007 in New York: a bland title but Spectre isn't really the most exciting title if they are using a new bond perhaps giving him this much joked about Fleming title wouldn't be the worst thing in the world (though if they use this first out of the 4 remaining I will complain)
I don't love the title however a few fan artists here have done a cool job with it. My post above was more about the pattern I see in bond titles and where it could go rather then what I want (though The Silver Phantom is a cool title heck I named my bachelor party that)
:)
or This Time It's Not Personal! or It's Just A Mission, 007
or
regaining redemtion
and Blofeld doing an OHMSS
That would be a mistake. I think the list of chapter titles I provided are considerably better than original efforts like Die Another Day and also better than short story titles like "Property of a Lady." Fleming was a master of evocative titles, and there are plenty left if one knows where to look. Certainly we should beware of over-reverently using his weaker titles (Quantum of Solace was a mistake, since unlike Fleming the filmmakers never unpacked the phrase), but his better efforts are usually better than what screenwriters come up with.
A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate - Overused, too long. Not so spy-like.
Cards With a Stranger - Not much of an evocative espionage thriller. More like a suspense crime thriller story that perhaps takes place over the course of a night.
The Eye That Never Sleeps - This one is rather good.
We Don't Like Mistakes - A bit too campy for this day and age? Like Gardner's "No Deals, Mr. Bond".
The Job Comes Second - As it is, sounds like a chapter title.
Death is So Permanent - Too simple and not sophisticated enough.
The Slaughterer - A slasher horror?
The Wizard of Ice - Hmmm... If I say something bad about this @TheWizardOfIce will annihilate me. :))
The Beautiful Lure - While it has sophistication to it, it's a bit too short for a novel/film title?
The Killing Bottle - Sounds more like a comedy film title. No one will take this seriously in this day and age.
The Finger on the Trigger - Too descriptively simple. Worthy to be a chapter title, perfectly.
The Long Scream - Again, it sounds like a slasher film title.
Reflections in a Double Bourbon - Once again, a chapter title worthy. The word 'Bourbon' wouldn't be much of a key to the whole film's plot, now would it?
The Pressure Room - Chapter title, again.
Crime de la Crime - This one actually has potential.
The Richest Man in History - My apologies, but this isn't a spy thriller film/novel title. At best, it's a chapter title.
Take It Easy Mr. Bond - Same as reasoning as "We Don't Like Mistakes".
How to Eat a Girl - As good as "007 in New York"... And it won't be taken seriously.
When the Kissing Stopped - Chapter title worthy.
The Shadower - Mixed feeling about this. Could work, or couldn't.
The Gambit of Shame - Now, I love this one.
Death For Breakfast - Mixed feelings.
Fork Left For Hell! - Good one.
Bloodlift - Very good one.
Hell's Delight - Mixed feelings.
The Death Collector - Sounds like a crime thriller and/or slasher horror.
Slay It With Flowers - A good one.
The Question Room - Chapter title at best.
Blood and Thunder - Too simplistic, perhaps?
The Easy Grand - People, who haven't read the novels, will just assume this one is one of the misused titles for Casino Royale.
Now, that I've demonstrated my view on these titles, feel free to insert an expansive but intellectual, nevertheless, discussion.
I'm afraid I don't have time for that, but I will make the following points
(a) Just because a title is long doesn't mean it won't work (On Her Majesty's Secret Service anyone?)
(b) One man's camp is another man's humor (those who've been around know that "How to Eat a Girl" has adult implications too)
(c) Live and Let Die would be a pretty good slasher/horror film title too, so that criticism is irrelevant
(d) Casino Royale was ten years ago, so I don't think the public will react as you suggest
(e) One does not have to like every title in the list and I don't anticipate that anyone will. The fact that you liked a good number of them is justification enough.
As for the other points, I can't argue with them as they come from a personal preference.