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The Hildebrand Rarity would also be good as it would, no doubt, confuse the public like Quantum Of Solace did. Never really a bad thing as I feel it's adds interest.
Why The Hildebrand Rarity, it's upon a fish, isn't it?
If it has to be a one-word title for BOND 23, then I vote SHAMELADY. I don't know why. It just sounds right.
'The Property of a Lady' works well for the current era, I think. Bond being the 'property' of her majesty, Vespa, a-nother woman, in addition to the original auction meaning. I'm coming round to the idea of dropping the definite article....
'Risico' is a great Fleming word. Though they'd be better off pronouncing it 'Ris-eeko' as opposed to the original 'risk' variation. This word could mean anything of course and sounds glamourous. And if they can't get a song out if it, we're doomed musically...
'The Hildebrand Rarity' sounds horrible to me. On the one hand it follows that standard Jack Higgins type thriller title (ie The Quiller Memorandum) which Fleming more or less avoided. And the word 'Hildebrand' just makes me think of old ladies!
No idea what to make of '007 In New York'....
John Gardner has some poor books and some great (and terrible) titles. The ones that immediately leap to mind that seem filmic:
'Nobody Lives Forever'
'Role of Honour'
.....and, my favourite 'spare' title from any Bond source, Gardner's:
'For Special Services' - I love this title. And it has a Fleming connection. I believe it was the inscription on a commemorative pistol given to Fleming after the war. Anyway, just very Bondian for me.....
'Shatterhand' gets bandied about a lot, from YOLT, which I like...although it sounds a bit 60s to me....
Probably nobody'll agree with me, but hey... ;)
While I'd prefer maybe using just "A Whisper of Hate" as a title or perhaps having a pair of films with one titled "A Whisper of Love" and the other as "A Whisper of Hate" (with one serving as a sequel to the other), I could definitely get behind a Bond film carrying the title "A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate".
:-bd
Darkturn
Quantum Threshold
Secrets in Blood
Valley of Shadows might be a nice title. Its a chapter title from Live and Let Die.
It's a Hard Hard Spying
Elisabeth and the Spy Who Worshipped Him
Saturday Night Spying
Boogie Spying
A Spy in a Wardrobe
When The Gloves Come Off and the Fat Lady Sings
The Spy
The English Professional
Risico
The Undertaker's Wind
A Whisper of Love, A Whisper of Hate
Shatterhand
Property of a Lady
I've also always liked "Mondays Are Hell," a discarded book title for Moonraker (which ended up as the first chapter title).
Carte Blanche might make a good film/title as well.
I Do Like Vally of Shadows
Red Doomsday
Below Zero
The Day After Forever (although this title is now tainted after that awful film The Day After Tomorrow lol)
Roses For The Damned
Hammerhead
..those were the best i could come up with.. lol..
For Fleming titles I like PoaL or Risico. As much as people thought QoS wouldn't work as the title for a Bond film I think The Hildebrand Rarity would work less well. I never liked Shatterhand in the past as it sounded too cheesy to me but now I think it could work if it referenced some type of Operation Shatterhand (like TB). Sounds like some sort of overpowering military strike. Most of the Fleming chapter titles sound too pulpy to me - they sound more like an Austin Powers film than a Bond film.
As for making up a new title I agree that most don't carry the romantic or lyrical nature of Fleming's titles. Like Barry's scores I don't think we'll ever come close to replicating them.
Thats No Moon Its A Space Station
No Man Is An Asteroid Belt.
I'll see myself out.
Say this
"Daniel Craig as Ian FleMing's James Bond 007 In __________________________"
"Daniel Craig as Ian FleMing's James Bond 007 In Double Or Die" (with the OO7 coming down from the "O" of the "Or" on any posters would look good)
"Daniel Craig as Ian FleMing's James Bond 007 In By Royal Command"
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