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Your favorite Bond title of the Official 25 Films

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  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
    Posts: 1,874
    From Russia, With Love
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, also happen to be my favourite two Bond movies, with FRWL being favourite book, and OHMSS probably 3rd or 4th!
  • PanchitoPistolesPanchitoPistoles 2.0
    Posts: 4,619
    My favourite is DR. NO, easily. Short, yet unique + mysterious and sexy. Runner-ups: Casino Royale, GoldenEye.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    Posts: 25,413
    Best You Only Live Twice
    Worst Die Another Day, though I think the quality of the film may be influencing this choice
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    I have adjusted the title of the thread.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    edited August 2019 Posts: 12,523
    Thunderball, purely for the way it sounds. I even picked it as my first ever Bond film for its title alone. I actually like all of the titles to a degree. My full ranking from favorite to least favorite (very subject to change with the exact spots, but my general feelings are here):

    1. Thunderball
    2. Goldfinger
    3. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    4. From Russia with Love
    5. Casino Royale
    6. Live and Let Die
    7. The Spy Who Loved Me
    8. You Only Live Twice
    9. Skyfall
    10. Moonraker
    11. Dr. No
    12. For Your Eyes Only
    13. The World Is Not Enough
    14. The Living Daylights
    15. GoldenEye
    16. No Time to Die
    17. A View to a Kill
    18. Licence to Kill
    19. The Man with the Golden Gun
    20. Diamonds Are Forever
    21. Quantum of Solace
    22. Tomorrow Never Dies
    23. Die Another Day
    24. Spectre
    25. Octopussy
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,213
    Moonraker is probably my favourite Fleming title and The World Is Not Enough my favourite non-Fleming title. Tomorrow Never Dies is my least favourite of the bunch.
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
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    I certainly would have preferred Tomorrow Never Lies.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited August 2019 Posts: 17,821
    Ranking the titles:

    1. Live and Let Die
    2. For Your Eyes Only
    3. Diamonds Are Forever
    4. You Only Live Twice
    5. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    6. Thunderball
    7. From Russia with Love
    8. The World is Not Enough
    9. Octopussy
    10. Casino Royale
    11. The Spy Who Loved Me
    12. The Man with the Golden Gun
    13. Goldfinger
    14. A View to a Kill
    15. The Living Daylights
    16. No Time to Die
    17. Moonraker
    18. Goldeneye
    19. Dr. No
    20. Tomorrow Never Dies
    21. Quantum of Solace
    22. Die Another Day
    23. Licence to Kill



    Way below the rest:
    24. Skyfall
    25. Spectre
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,213
    FoxRox wrote: »
    I certainly would have preferred Tomorrow Never Lies.

    Me too. In the case I think DAD would be at the bottom, though I’m not crazy about SF either.

    QOS, on the other hand, I truly love.
  • GatecrasherGatecrasher Classified
    Posts: 265
    Moonraker.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
    Posts: 12,480
    Lists? OK, but I'll just put my favorite:
    From Russia With Love
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    I like the Fleming titles and missing is still Risico I think.

    The worst would be Skyfall Mendes made up property of the Bond family, which lacks a true Flemingesque feeling.
  • IGotABrudderIGotABrudder UK
    Posts: 631
    Ian Fleming’s orginal novel titles are inspired, he had such a gift for a good title.

    The title of the original novel for FRWL includes a comma which makes it one of the best titles for any novel ever written, IMO. From Russia, With Love. Fantastic. A pity they dropped the comma for the film.

    Diamonds are Forever is my EON movie title favourite out of a very strong field. (FRWL would be top if they had kept the comma.)

    Worst title is Licence to Kill. Just dull. I think it was a factor in how poorly the film did, alongside the cheap-looking poster designs.

    Most of the rubbish post-Fleming titles just sound like fan fiction to me. “Die another day.” Ugh.

    I don’t think Fleming would have called one of his novels Spectre. He would have worked it into a phrase somehow, like Spectres Never Die or something, only much better of course.

  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    LALD for me for sure.
  • MilovyMilovy
    Posts: 676
    Live and Let Die, easily. It's a simple but very amusing play on words, it suggests ruthlessness, and it's become an iconic phrase in pop culture.

    I don't really care for titles that simply name a recurring element of Bond's world, e.g. Licence to Kill or Spectre. I would have preferred Licence Revoked and Spectreville. (This last one isn't a title that was considered, but it's a chapter title from DAF, where Fleming first used the word "spectre" prominently in a story. It's an amusing take on the phrase "ghost town.")
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    Posts: 4,412
    Birdleson wrote: »
    Redundant Crap:
    23. Die Another Day
    24. No Time to Die
    25. Tomorrow Never Dies

    I echo this.

    These three titles all basically say the same thing and achieve next to nothing. James Bond won’t die today because he has no time and he probably won’t die tomorrow either. We get it!!!!!!! You like to specify a time and death in titles. Move on.

    The best two titles by a country mile are FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE – it’s evocative, romantic and hints at the brilliant Cold War espionage film to come – and SPECTRE – adore this title, it’s simple, elegant and mysterious. It's sinister and cool.

    There are two favourites. The runner up is LIVE AND LET DIE
  • LeonardPineLeonardPine The Bar on the Beach
    edited August 2019 Posts: 4,078
    Fleming's titles were just genius.

    My favourites are;

    From Russia With Love
    Live And Let Die
    You Only Live Twice
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    The makers haven't done a very good job with their own titles

    The World Is Not Enough was a good title. Using a phrase from the OHMSS was a good idea.

    Licence To Kill is one of the worst. It's original title of Licence Revoked is just perfect. I don't know how true it is that it was changed because Americans wouldn't know what 'revoked' meant....

    Goldeneye was also a great idea for a title.

    Skyfall and SPECTRE were ok as they both served their pupose adequately

    The lack of imagination shown for the new film's title is pretty pathetic.

    I really liked John Gardner's title Brokenclaw (Shame about the book!)
  • JamesStockJamesStock
    Posts: 572
    When I did this exercise, I realized that I prefer the longer titles that typically have a double meaning or a twist on an idiom. How about you - what types of titles do you prefer? Feel free to be more brief than I and just do a countdown.

    1. Live and Let Die - Just an awesome twist on a well know idiom that says James Bond. Definitely the most clever and bad ass title to date.
    2. For Your Eyes Only - Love its double use. Very, very Bondian.
    3. The World is Not Enough - Such a great motto and definitely Bond. I like the all or nothing mentality it brings. When I read it, I do so with Shirley singing. I may be a bit biased with this one.
    4. The Man with the Golden Gun - A very fun title that gives intrigue. I mean, what type of person gets to carry a golden gun around? Who is the (obviously) wealthy hitman bad ass? There have been many following titles that share "The XXXX with the XXXX" so it does something right.
    5. From Russia with Love - Love the plot centric title with the sharp British jabbines to it. Also a commonly borrowed phrase, even today.
    6. You Only Live Twice - This idiom twist always came across as forceful stretch to me, but I still like it.
    7. Casino Royale - Love how this flows out of the mouth, which is why it's my top single-word pick. Classy.
    8. Goldfinger - Bold, Innuendo-y, Bond. Although it is the epitome title of mockery.
    9. Moonraker - Just an intriguing title. Mysterious.
    10. On Her Majesty's Secret Service - A bit long and matter of fact-ish, but very British. Only thing is it could be used for any mission really and it completely ignores the most pertentent plot point, which is Bond falling in love. I know, I know, I'm evaluating the title based on the storyline and not the name itself...
    11. The Spy who Loved Me - A little too mushy of a title for my tastes, but it works.
    12. Dr No - Just sounds like a bad ass. Nuff said.
    13. Diamonds are Forever - I don't have a really good reason why I put the title here. It's good but not great.
    14. Spectre - I love the word spectre in itself. The fact that it is the Bond's archnemisis organization that has already been established in older films, helps give it more value (granted I did say I was evaluating the titles on their own). Interestingly enough, it is the only true non-compound single-word title.
    15. Goldeneye - Has that spy-esqe ring to it, probably being more relevant today than ever (even though that's not what the story is about).
    16. A View to a Kill - I like that this title foreshadows, giving it an urgent feel.
    17. No Time to Die - To me this is a very Daltoneque era title. It fits with his style of Bond as well. It's a bit generic, but I like the message it sends (as opposed to A Reason to Die).
    18. The Living Daylights - Meh.
    19. License to Kill - Generic, but at least it's very Bond.
    20. Skyfall - Skyfall is where it's at only because of how it ties into the phrase, "the sky is falling." I don't particularly like how it is the name of Bond's house - which is odd sounding, but at least gives the title more value.
    21. Thunderball - Thunderball is ok. It just says "I'm exciting" to me and that's it.
    22. Quantum of Solace - Kinda fun to say, but feels a little bit like it forcefully uses lesser know words to attempt to make it clever. Quantum is hard and mathematic sounding word whereas solace is obviously a word of emotion. Clashes in my mind, but maybe that's the point. At least the title relates to the story.
    23. Die Another Day - Most generic Bond title ever.
    24. Tomorrow Never Dies - Would have been soooo much better as Tomorrow Never Lies. It has the same meaning (and even has more value when you consider the story) but just doesn't sound as stupid. Sorry but tomorrow isn't a thing that can even die.
    25. Octopussy - I'm sorry, but this is too overboard for a title and doesn't belong outside a gentleman's club.
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