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Your favorite Bond title of the Official 25 Films

0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
edited August 2019 in Bond Movies Posts: 28,694
What is your favorite Bond title of all time in respect to EON's official films?

Mine is probably:

From Russia With Love
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  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited January 2013 Posts: 18,264
    Moonraker

    though Quantum of Solace is a close second!
  • JBFan626JBFan626
    edited January 2013 Posts: 1,497
    Good topic! Perhaps this could be poll?

    I'll go with <b>From Russia With Love</b> too.

    Close runner ups would be Diamonds Are Forever and For Your Eyes Only
  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Favorite Bond release is Live and Let Die, but as for overall title ?

    On Her Majestys Secret Service sounds damn fine though, and is after all, what James Bond does for a living, so I see no reason not to go with that. It was the first thing that came to mind

    You Only Live Twice, Diamonds are Forever, For Your Eyes Only, License to Kill, and The World Is Not Enough all deserves a mention also
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,160
    Best titles:
    Dr.No: simple and clean, but with a dark, menacing tone behind it
    Diamonds Are Forever: I just like the sound of it
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service: because it summarizes the essence of Bond

    Worst titles:
    Die Another Day: what does it even mean? Also, sound pretty unoriginal at this point
    TomorrowNeverDies: again, sounds cheap and unoriginal
    Thunderball: sorry Ian, it's a pretty lousy title ;-) (But I love both book and film!)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Thunderball is the name of the operation in the film, so at least it is relevant, and more than most other titles.
  • DarioOnatoppDarioOnatopp
    Posts: 40
    Top three would be Goldeneye, Quantum of Solace and The World Is Not Enough.
  • Pierce2DanielPierce2Daniel
    Posts: 4,408
    FRWL: It has such great romantic overtones but also suggests something slightly more dangerous in the offering. Perfect Cold War spy title.
    OHMSS: Great sweeping romantic Bond title. sums it all up so perfectly.

    As for the worst:
    TND: Its non-nonsensical; essentially all they did was throw some words together and hope the outcome was something that sounded exciting but in actual fact it falls flat.
    QOS: Silly silly title. Has little to no real relation to the film and if you call a film 'Quantum of Solace' it makes sense that at some point in the film you should explain what it means. Here your probably more clueless what it meant coming out of the film then you were going in. I know that it refers to Bond's mental state etc. but Bond isn't an arthouse brand and QOS is far from an arthouse movie. So why the title?! They should have just called it 'The Property of a Lady' in reference to Vesper's necklace. Boom. A good use of a Fleming title that actually fits with the overall film.
  • SandySandy Somewhere in Europe
    Posts: 4,012
    The Living Daylights, it's by the way probably my most quoted Bond line, I simply don't lose an opportunity of putting it to use.

    Honorable mentions: On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Quantum of Solace and You Only Live Twice.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    The reason From Russia With Love works is because it's the only title to mention a country in it's name. My personal favourite is On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
  • 00130013
    edited January 2013 Posts: 1,817
    Not by accident, my favorite movie has also my favorite title:
    From Russia With Love
    Casino Royale and On Her Majesty's Secret Service are as well favorites both in films and titles.
    The weakest perhaps are Licence to Kill (I much rather Licence Revoked) and Die Another Day, as they are too simple and dull.
    The World is Not Enough and Quantum of Solace are good in sound but fall apart because they are underused in their movies.
    Anyway most of the titles are great, even better than the movies in some cases.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
    Posts: 5,404
    I've always liked You Only Live Twice! From Russia with Love is up there too.For chessiness Octopussy is about as cheesy as it gets. Once had to do a charade for that one at a party once. Good times!
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,355
    If only the title The World is Not Enough was used the way Robert Wade intended it to be: to describe the fact Bond is always reaching for something and never satisfied. But EON took it literally and look what happened.
  • 00130013
    edited January 2013 Posts: 1,817
    Samuel001 wrote:
    If only the title The World is Not Enough was used the way Robert Wade intended it to be: to describe the fact Bond is always reaching for something and never satisfied. But EON took it literally and look what happened.

    And if it's the family motto, shouldn't have had a reference his family in some way?
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    best:
    FRWL & OHMSS they are simply the best Flemingesque movies.

    worst
    QoS which is a great title too bad it is one of the only great things about it.
  • LeChiffreLeChiffre
    Posts: 1,548
    Casino Royale followed by Goldfinger, From Russia With Love and Skyfall
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    Surprised QOS is getting so many mentions. I hated that title myself. Yes it relates to the film but Bond titles should be snappy and memorable, I think QOS was just EON using a Fleming title for the sake of it.

    As for my favourite, I always really liked The Man With The Golden Gun. Not a huge fan of the film but I really like the title.

    TLD, YOLT, FRWL, LALD and TWINE are close runners up.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
    Posts: 16,351
    GoldenEye
    Skyfall
    The World is Not Enough
  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    -GoldenEye
    -Tomorrow Never Dies
    -The World is not Enough
    -Die Another Day
    -Live and Let Die
    -From Russia with Love
    -A View to a Kill
  • OligarchOligarch Banned
    Posts: 110
    Although Goldeneye isn't my favorite film, I love the title. There's a mystique around it of some sort that will just never go away.

    Coming in 2nd I would say Dr.No, it feels tropical and exotic to me

    and 3rd I would say License to Kill, it's to the point and explains Bond's field of work simply.
  • Risico007Risico007
    Posts: 9,843
    Casino Royale Quantum of Solace as I never thought I'd live to see another fleming title v
  • RogueAgentRogueAgent
    Posts: 12,526
    Casino Royale and On Her Majesty's Secret Service!
  • RollTide15RollTide15
    Posts: 8
    Octopussy because I like... ;-)
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    RollTide15 wrote:
    Octopussy because I like... ;-)

    ...Maud Adams, right? RIIIIIIGHT?! :D
  • RC7RC7
    edited January 2013 Posts: 10,512
    A View to a Kill

    Yes I know technically it should include 'from'.
  • mepal1mepal1
    Posts: 1,098
    0BradyM0Bondfanatic7 wrote:
    RollTide15 wrote:
    Octopussy because I like... ;-)

    ...Maud Adams, right? RIIIIIIGHT?! :D

    Naughty boys.......but i know what you mean...hahaaha

    Anyway i think the title:- "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"........hits the nail on the head.

  • Goldeneye95Goldeneye95
    edited January 2013 Posts: 546
    Top 5-

    1.Goldeneye
    2.From Russia With Love
    3.The Living Daylights
    4.A View To A Kill
    5.Tomorrow Never Dies/For Your Eyes Only
  • echoecho 007 in New York
    Posts: 6,277
    The Living Daylights or You Only Live Twice.
  • myworldisenoughmyworldisenough
    Posts: 1,143
    No one has yet mentioned For Your Eyes Only? This is my favourite. It conveys the spy and romance
  • CraigMooreOHMSSCraigMooreOHMSS Dublin, Ireland
    Posts: 8,205
    For Your Eyes Only, From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The World Is Not Enough
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    edited April 2013 Posts: 14,556
    Quick ranking from best to weakest (based on how it sounds):

    FRWL
    TSWLM
    FYEO
    LALD
    TLD
    GE
    YOLT
    LTK
    TMWTGG
    TB
    DAF
    CR
    GF
    OP
    OHMSS
    DN
    MR
    TND
    AVTAK
    DAD
    SF
    QOS
    *NSNA
    TWINE

    Later on, I'll post a more detailed list ranking them based on title meaning/reference in the films, or how it was conceived.
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