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The Spy Who Loved Me
From Russia With Love
For Your Eyes Only
The Living Daylights
Goldeneye
From Russia With Love and The World Is Not Enough are both favs of mine, but my absolutely favorite Bond title is, You Only Live Twice
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds are Forever
Goldfinger
Thunderball
For Your Eyes Only
Live and Let Die
The Spy Who Loved Me
Worst: Licence to Kill, Quantum of Solace
some of those, great titles - lousy content
- Goldfinger (catchy, brings the topic, the villain and his greed into play)
- You Only Live Twice (produces interest by making an absurd claim)
- Live and Let Die (illustrates Bonds deadly efficiency)
Worst:
- Licence To Kill (boring, making a pseudo-sensation with something that everybody knows)
I like Tomorrow Never Dies (there will always be a tomorrow because of heroes like Bond) and Die Another Day (Bond is mortal in principle, but also immortal, he simply dies another day)... :)
I think Tomorrow Never Dies would have been better titled Tomorrow Never Lies, which is a bit more imaginative ad evocative, talks about the uncertainties of the future. I never liked Die Another Day much as a title (and I hated the movie), the Italian translation ''Death Can Wait'' sounded much better. it wouldn't have made the film any better, but it was a great title.
"When you got a job to do
you gotta do it well
you gotta give the other fellow hell".
FRWL
OHMSS
These two had such a special "ring" to them.
Its a little naughty and a little mysterious.
From Russia with Love
Dr No
Casino Royale
You Only Live Twice
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
Live And Let Die
The Spy Who Loved Me
For Your Eyes Only
...are the best titles.
Goldfinger,
Thunderball,
Moonraker,
Octopussy,
The Living Daylights,
GoldenEye,
The World Is Not Enough,
Casino Royale,
Skyfall
... are quite good titles
Dr. No
The Man With the Golden Gun
A View To A Kill,
Licence To Kill,
Tomorrow Never Dies,
Die Another Day
...are correct titles. (I may except Dr. No, which is poor)
The very worst is "Quantum Of Solace", by far in my eyes.
This was my classification.
Casino Royale is unique and special because it describes the place where the heart of the story resides. Moonraker is also another good one because it is specific.
Yes, another good one. I second that.
You only live twice, once when you are born. And once when you stare death in the face.
If only You only live twice the film had followed OHMSS and stuck close to the novel. You only live twice title evokes a great deal in Bonds rise from despair. One of the main reasons i love that title.
I agree - sadly I don't think that we'll ever see a faithful film version of YOLT, not even in the Craig era.
Agree mate, unless the series keeps running for decades to come, maybe Flemings novels will be revisited.
Mine too and great song.
We can but hope.
Novel titles rank first for me............
1. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
2. CASINO ROYALE
3. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
4. GOLDFINGER
5. DOCTOR NO
6. THUNDERBALL
7. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
8. DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
9. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
10. OCTOPUSSY
11. LIVE AND LET DIE
12. MOONRAKER
13. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
14. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
Then this rival opus...................
15. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
Then the short story titles..................
16. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
17. (FROM) A VIEW TO A KILL
18. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
Fleming related titles...........
19. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
20. GOLDENEYE
21. SPECTRE
Eon and Purvis/Wade "masterpieces", a.k.a made up titles that have little or nothing to do with Fleming rank last for me........................
22. NO TIME TO DIE
23. LICENCE TO KILL ( I preferred LICENCE REVOKED)
24. SKYFALL
25. TOMORROW NEVER DIES (I preferred TOMORROW NEVER LIES)
26. DIE ANOTHER DAY
I love The Living Daylights to me it represents some mystery and I love how Bond references this within the first act of the movie. Wonderful.
Diamonds are Forever is another great title as it teases what's to come and also have a timeless feel about it.
Skyfall it has a sense of mystery about it. Then we see Bond's sky fall as he has to deal with being out on his own and presumed dead and then the death of a mother figure. Wonderful stuff in this title.
I must say that Never Say Never Again is a nice title for me. I think it's playful and with the double meaning of Connery saying he'd never play Bond again I think it's a great title.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
From Russia With Love
Casino Royale
Quantum of Solace
Live and Let Die
The World Is Not Enough
GoldenEye
Skyfall
Thunderball
Never Say Never Again
The Spy Who Loved Me
The Man With The Golden Gun
Moonraker
The Living Daylights
No Time To Die
Die Another Day
Tomorrow Never Dies
You Only Live Twice
Diamonds Are Forever
A View to a Kill
Licence to Kill
Goldfinger
Octopussy
Dr No
SPECTRE
Worst? Licence to Kill
Writing my choices down, I find it interesting that they are the two titles that more or less just sum up what Bond does, yet one is a classic title and the other is just dull. I mean, something like Die Another Day might be a more painfully generic Bond title but I still think Licence to Kill is the most boring title of them all.