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Rank the titles (yes, the TITLES!)

HappiestinthesaddleHappiestinthesaddle Banned
edited April 2013 in Bond Movies Posts: 101
Don't think it's been done - mods, please point me in the right direction if so.

Here is where we rank the titles.
I think we all agree Fleming was the real maestro at this, and that nobody at Eon has measured up since.

5 BEST TITLES
1) Thunderball (simple, unusual, has real power, best one-word title)
2) You Only Live Twice (best use of the live/die keywords that Bond titles get made fun of for!, very dramatic)
3) Diamonds Are Forever (delicious camp, would never get used today, but is perfect Bond - love it!)
4) Moonraker (another unusual one-word title - what is a moonraker?)
5) From Russia With Love (not my favourite movie, but very evocative title, romance, and again UNUSUAL)

5 WORST TITLES
1) Tomorrow Never Dies (literally meaningless, trash, a parody)
2) Die Another Day (zzzz give me a break Eon)
3) Skyfall (nice attempt at one-word title, but they forgot to make any component interesting - sky and fall as keywords? Snooze)
4)GoldenEye (great movie, bad title - smells like a Goldfinger ripoff)
5) Casino Royale (yes that's right, I worship Fleming but this is too generic for him, he was just finding his way as an artist)

Best non-Fleming title is The World is Not Enough.
The film is a snooze but the title is very good!
They should have used it for GoldenEye (very appropriate to Trevelyan or even Carver)

Comments

  • Baltimore_007Baltimore_007
    Posts: 5,634
    Sounds mighty familiar, but OK if you insist

    Best titles

    From Russia With Love, Casino Royale (how could you trash that), Live and Let Die, On Her Majestys Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, The World Is Not Enough

    Worst Titles

    Diamonds are Forever (as with the release itself), A View to a Kill, Die Another Day, Quantum of Solace

    PS Moonraker of course was the name of Hugo Drax' shuttle fleet, but it's literary meaning is from a nautical term. One of the upper rigging of a boats sails. Hope that helped you out
  • JWESTBROOKJWESTBROOK
    edited April 2013 Posts: 5,745
    1. From Russia With Love
    2. You Only Live Twice
    3. Live And Let Die
    4. For Your Eyes Only
    5. The World Is Not Enough
    **Once Upon A Spy (on the shortlist before SF was decided)**
    6. Goldfinger
    7. The Spy Who Loved Me
    8. Casino Royale
    9. Diamonds Are Forever
    10. Moonraker
    11. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    12. A View To A Kill
    13. Dr. No
    14. Thunderball
    15. Skyfall
    16. The Living Daylights
    17. The Man With The Golden Gun
    18. License To Kill
    **Tomorrow Never Lies (the original title for TND)**
    19. Quantum of Solace
    20. GoldenEye
    21. Tomorrow Never Dies
    22. Octopussy
    23. Die Another Day
  • thelivingroyalethelivingroyale
    Posts: 12,837
    I think Live And Let Die is probably the best. Worst has to be Quantum of Solace.

    I'll edit this and do a full list later on.
  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 14,601
    Here:

    http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/5485/your-favorite-bond-title-of-the-official-23-films/p1

    I'll post my list there.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    Posts: 24,191
    Thank you, @QBranch!
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