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BOND POLLS 2015: Best Main Title Experience "GOLDENEYE" until "SPECTRE" (Your TOP 3 please)

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  • timmertimmer
    edited November 2014 Posts: 4,622
    here are my votes. The songs for both QoS and DAD are so brutal that they effectively negate any good work done with title design itself.

    of the remaining 5 choices. Top three would be.

    1. TWINE (the song is doing most of the heavy lifting here, but the titles are compelling enough too)
    2. SF ( moreso the title design here, than the very derivative and dirgy song)
    3. GE ( equal combo of good song and sold titles)
  • chrisisallchrisisall Brosnan Defender Of The Realm
    edited November 2014 Posts: 17,800
    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    I think TWINE is really underrated. I love the mysterious slow-paced, soulful song from Garbage, especially Shirley's voice.
    Moreover, I think the song was really David Arnold's best attempt, creative-wise, of a Bond song.
    While I agree the song was pretty excellent, I think his work on "Surrender" was his best... and not using No Good About Goodbye was the biggest musical D'OH of the franchise IMO.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    edited November 2014 Posts: 11,119
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  • MooseWithFleasMooseWithFleas Philadelphia
    Posts: 3,369
    4 Points - Casino Royale. Just brilliant
    2 Points - GoldenEye. Revolutionized a new era. Always will prefer the Binder titles, but this new style with computer imagery is just great
    1 Point - Skyfall. Decent, but not great. Love the dragons.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    edited November 2014 Posts: 11,119
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  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,217
    Pretty much the only one I dislike is the Quantum of Solace sequence. Find it very bland and uninteresting. They're all pretty damn good otherwise.
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    Posts: 4,341
    1. CR
    2. SF
    3. GE
  • Crazysoul95Crazysoul95
    Posts: 3,336
    1. CR
    2. GE
    3. TND
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Pretty much the only one I dislike is the Quantum of Solace sequence. Find it very bland and uninteresting. They're all pretty damn good otherwise.

    Without the music, the QOS-titles are a bit like SF. They are also like a "tour" into something. And I do like the sandy colors a lot. Just have a look at one of the screenshots I made. The one with Bond's hand holding a gun. Truly nice. Design-wise, I like them more than those from DAD and TND.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,217
    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Pretty much the only one I dislike is the Quantum of Solace sequence. Find it very bland and uninteresting. They're all pretty damn good otherwise.

    Without the music, the QOS-titles are a bit like SF. They are also like a "tour" into something. And I do like the sandy colors a lot. Just have a look at one of the screenshots I made. The one with Bond's hand holding a gun. Truly nice. Design-wise, I like them more than those from DAD and TND.

    I could understand you seeing the SF titles as a tour as they actually have a theme running through them, but I can't see it in QOS. You're probably right about TND, but at least DAD had stuff going for it in that it furthered the plot as opposed to just being a collection of related imagery as per the norm.
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Pretty much the only one I dislike is the Quantum of Solace sequence. Find it very bland and uninteresting. They're all pretty damn good otherwise.

    I think the QoS sequence completely evokes the stark, stripped down nature of the film/narrative. It's not as refined as a Binder or Kleinmann at their best, but I think it's a really good effort and absolutely works with the title song.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Gustav_Graves wrote: »
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Pretty much the only one I dislike is the Quantum of Solace sequence. Find it very bland and uninteresting. They're all pretty damn good otherwise.

    Without the music, the QOS-titles are a bit like SF. They are also like a "tour" into something. And I do like the sandy colors a lot. Just have a look at one of the screenshots I made. The one with Bond's hand holding a gun. Truly nice. Design-wise, I like them more than those from DAD and TND.

    I could understand you seeing the SF titles as a tour as they actually have a theme running through them, but I can't see it in QOS. You're probably right about TND, but at least DAD had stuff going for it in that it furthered the plot as opposed to just being a collection of related imagery as per the norm.

    Well, the sand for instance, is directly related to the drought and absence of water. Which was a bit the underlying theme of QOS. It also relates to the empty, dry locations of this film.

    Then there are these vector lines from the map of Earth that keep appearing. They directly relate to Greene Planet....and the world domination of Quantum.
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,217
    RC7 wrote: »
    CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: »
    Pretty much the only one I dislike is the Quantum of Solace sequence. Find it very bland and uninteresting. They're all pretty damn good otherwise.

    I think the QoS sequence completely evokes the stark, stripped down nature of the film/narrative. It's not as refined as a Binder or Kleinmann at their best, but I think it's a really good effort and absolutely works with the title song.

    The titles are certainly better than the title song deserved.
  • SuzanneStoneSuzanneStone
    edited December 2014 Posts: 372
    4 points: Goldeneye
    2 points: Skyfall
    1 point: The World is Not Enough

    Couldn't decide between TWINE and CR, but there's a sadness to the TWINE song which I think fits the plot of the movie (I always felt bad for Elektra and what she's been through). However, YKMN with the orchestra in the background is magical.

    Honorable mentions go to TND and DAD. I used to hate DAD when I was younger; the torture scenes scared me as a kid and they left me with an unnecessary negative feeling. However, I have come to appreciate it over the years because I love the Korean woman who tortures Bond with this stern look in her eyes, and I thought the part where the digital ice woman helps Bond keep his head up is kinda sexy.

    QoS was crap.
  • 00Ralf00Ralf Germany
    Posts: 149
    4 points: Goldeneye - Tremendous. The end of the Cold War in one intro sequence. Tina is a boss.
    2 points: Skyfall - Mysterious. Fits the film well. Adele is a boss too.
    1 point: Casino Royale - While it had no silhouettes of naked women spinning around, the animations were simply brilliant. Especially when you see someone pierced with a diamond symbol accompanied by the line 'I've seen diamonds cut through harder men'.

  • TrueMiracle85TrueMiracle85
    Posts: 300
    4 points: Casino Royale
    2 points: Skyfall
    1 point: The World Is Not Enough

    Casino Royale and Skyfall are pretty neck and neck for me. Both have great designs and direction by Kleinman. And they both match their respective stories really well without revealing too much. TWINE was pretty interesting. Definitely matches the story, but I think it was a little too heavy handed with the design. The song is great though.
  • Mi6LisbonBranchMi6LisbonBranch Lisbon, Portugal
    Posts: 243
    4 points - Goldeneye (for me the BEST in the entire series)
    2 points - Casino Royale (fantastic concept for the reboot of the series. Particularly loved the end with DC walking into the camera - great shot and fantastic way to introduce the new 007!)
    1 point - Die Another Day (for starters i dont hate the music as many here, and i love the mixture of real footage with very nice animation)
  • Zorin61Zorin61
    Posts: 418
    1. Skyfall
    2. Casino Royale
    3. GoldenEye
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    I really hope Kleinman returns for SPECTRE. Curious to see what he does with that theme.
  • DRush76DRush76
    Posts: 533
    My opinion of the "Goldeneye" main title sequence is not that hot.

    My favorite between 1995 and 2012 is 2006's "Casino Royale".
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited December 2014 Posts: 4,043
    1. Casino Royale 4 points (Love it definitely one of the best of the series, a great introduction to Craig and the dissolve from the PTS, to the gun barrel into the credits is genius. Plus Cornell and Arnold's song is a winner, the best in 20 years. DK's finest work he truly knocked it out the park on this one)

    2. Skyfall 2 points (A very haunting and effective title sequence and while Adele's song doesn't really sound that great on it's own it's perfect coupled with DK's visuals and sets up my favourite Craig entry perfectly)

    3. Goldeneye 1 point ( I don't like GE and I certainly prefer QOS as a whole but Kleinman's first effort was a great job so must acknowledge it. Using MK13 was an example of letting the director have too much control, a good job Mendes returned to for SF, look forward to what DK can do with Spectre)

    Daniel Kleinman definitely grabbed the baton with a aplomb from the late Maurice Binder.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    I really hope Kleinman returns for SPECTRE. Curious to see what he does with that theme.

    He will be back. After his fantastic, longest ever, main titles for Skyfall.
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    Please keep voting a bit more in this poll guys. It would be nice if we can make this poll a bit more succesful.
  • SharkySharky
    Posts: 266
    1. CR
    2. SF
    3. GE
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
    Posts: 4,151
    1. CR
    2. GE
    3. SF
  • royale65royale65 Caustic misanthrope reporting for duty.
    Posts: 4,423
    Can't believe I haven't voted yet!

    1. Casino Royale - 4 pts
    2. Skyfall - 2 pts
    3. GoldenEye - 1 pt

    DAD is a worthy 4th
  • OHMSS69OHMSS69
    Posts: 2,341
    Since GE?
    My ranking
    1. CR -- so freaking cool
    2. SF
  • RC7RC7
    Posts: 10,512
    TND is my favourite. Hard to pick between the rest. DAD probably my least favourite.
  • slyfoxslyfox
    Posts: 940
    1. Casino Royale - 4 points
    2. Skyfall - 2 points
    3. GoldenEye - 1 point
  • Gustav_GravesGustav_Graves
    Posts: 11,119
    RC7 wrote: »
    TND is my favourite. Hard to pick between the rest. DAD probably my least favourite.

    So cool to see you have a favourite :-P. Now who's your 2nd place and 3rd place?

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