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  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    Posts: 1,984
    @Birdleson - I'm curious to see what you think the appeal of The Man With The Golden Gun is. To me, it sounds rather bland.
  • ForYourEyesOnlyForYourEyesOnly In the untained cradle of the heavens
    edited February 2016 Posts: 1,984
    @Birdleson- Interesting. I'd understand if something like A View To A Kill would produce something of that effect, but TMWTGG doesn't seem to produce a threatening or overtly ominous effect. I guess I could buy that it sounds like noir. I personally don't see it, but to each their own.
  • suavejmfsuavejmf Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
    Posts: 5,131
    -- Outstanding Titles--

    From Russia With Love
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    Live And Let Die
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    For Your Eyes Only
    Casino Royale

    -- Good Titles --

    Thunderball
    You Only Live Twice
    GoldenEye
    Licence to Kill
    The Living Daylights
    Moonraker


    -- Average Titles --

    Goldfinger
    Diamonds Are Forever
    A View To A Kill
    The World Is Not Enough
    Spectre
    Skyfall
    Octopussy
    Quantum of Solace
    Dr No
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Never Say Never Again

    -- Poor Titles --

    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Die Another Day

  • GBFGBF
    Posts: 3,195
    Oh why don't you all like the title "Goldfinger". I think it is just perfect

    1. Goldfinger
    2. The Man With The Golden Gun
    3. From Russia With Love
    4. Dr. No
    5. Casino Royale
    6. Skyfall
    7. Golden Eye
    8. You Only Live Twice
    9. Live And Let die
    10. Thunderball
    11. Moonraker
    12. Spectre
    13. Diamonds Are Forever
    14. The Living Daylights
    15. A View To A Kill
    16. For Your Eyes Only
    17. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    18. The Spy Who Loved Me
    19. Licence To Kill
    20. Octopussy
    21. The World Is Not Enough
    22. Tomorrow Never Dies
    23. Die Another Day
    24. Quantum Of Solace
  • jackdaggerjackdagger
    Posts: 498
    1. Live and Let Die (just a certain ring to it I love)
    From Russia with Love
    The Spy who Loved Me
    The World is Not Enough
    Goldeneye
    Diamonds are Forever
    Skyfall
    The Living Daylights
    For Your Eyes Only
    Goldfinger
    Casino Royale
    Dr. No
    The Man with the Golden Gun
    Thunderball
    You Only Live Twice
    Octopussy
    Moonraker
    A View to a Kill
    Quantum of Solace
    Spectre (uncreative)
    On Her Majesty's Secret Service (I feel bad putting it this low, but it's NINE syllables. Just too long.)
    License to Kill (boring and uncreative)
    Tomorrow Never Dies (just awful, I much prefer 'Lies')
    24. Die Another Day (just awful all around)
  • SoundofthesinnersSoundofthesinners
    Posts: 3,236
    I've always loved The Man with the Golden Gun. It has an air of danger, mystery, and an exotic character that is at the core of all things Bond.

    Spectre, incidentally, is somewhere between Skyfall and Die Another Day, and looking back at my list, The Living Daylights should be a fair bit lower.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    A good James Bond title must 'say' things. It should say 'espionage', 'danger' and can also hint at exoticism or romance.

    1. The Spy Who Loved Me
    2. From Russia with Love
    3. Live and Let Die
    4. The Man with the Golden Gun
    5. GoldenEye
    6. Tomorrow Never Dies (shoot me)
    7. Die Another Day (shoot me again)
    8. Casino Royale
    9. For Your Eyes Only
    10. Goldfinger
    11. The World Is Not Enough
    12. Skyfall
    13. You Only Live Twice
    14. Licence to Kill
    15. A View to a Kill
    16. Diamonds Are Forever
    17. Thunderball
    18. Moonraker
    19. The Living Daylights (why would you call a movie 'the living daylights'?)
    20. Octopussy (hilarious immediately, disagreeable later)
    21. Spectre
    22. Dr. No (errrrrmmm a movie about doctors?)
    23. Quantum of Solace (what?)
    24. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (so is Bond in every film, and God that is a long title...)
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    I like this idea of ranking!

    I prefer titles that tell you what the movie or the movie's main character is about.


    The profession:
    1 On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    2 Licence To Kill
    3 The Spy Who Loved Me
    4 For Your Eyes Only

    The motto Bond lives by:
    5 Die Another Day
    6 You Only Live Twice
    7 Live And Let Die
    8 The World Is Not Enough

    The villain:
    9 The Man With The Golden Gun
    10 Dr. No
    11 Goldfinger
    12 Octopussy
    13 Spectre

    The villains means to do evil:
    14 GoldenEye
    15 Moonraker

    Where the movie takes place:
    16 Skyfall
    17 Casino Royale

    I'm afraid that's it, the rest is...well...let's see..

    The misleading title:
    18 From Russia With Love
    - ok, so it's a romantic date movie, great

    19 Diamonds Are Forever
    - wow, finally, the long awaited sequel to Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend!

    20 Thunderball
    - an ecological disaster movie, hmm...

    FAIL!
    21 Tomorrow Never Dies
    - call the author, we don't need that esoteric, mystic crap.

    22 A View To A Kill
    - call the lector, there is something wrong grammatically!

    23 The Living Daylights
    - call the lector, there must be some mix-up with the nouns

    24 Quantum Of Solace
    - call the lector and tell the bloody author he is FIRED!!!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    Posts: 45,489
    The best: LIVE AND LET DIE.

    It is very islamic.
  • IncompetentHenchmanIncompetentHenchman
    Posts: 1,817
    Something I've always thought about the title 'A View to a Kill' is that it naturally suggests a sniper. And that therefore it is more appropriate for TLD in regards to the beginning sniper arc, notwithstanding the short story on which it is actually derived from.
  • BondJasonBond006BondJasonBond006 on fb and ajb
    Posts: 9,020
    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    The best: LIVE AND LET DIE.

    It is very islamic.

    No, it is Klingon.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 6,786
    1. You Only Live Twice
    2. The World Is Not Enough
    3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    4. The Living Daylights
    5. Casino Royale
    6. From Russia with Love
    7. Octopussy
    8. Diamonds Are Forever
    9. Spectre
    10. The Man with the Golden Gun
    11. Licence to Kill
    12. GoldenEye
    13. A View to a Kill
    14. Moonraker
    15. Live and Let Die
    16. Goldfinger
    17. Thunderball
    18. Skyfall
    19. Dr. No
    20. The Spy Who Loved Me
    21. Quantum of Solace
    22. For Your Eyes Only
    23. Tomorrow Never Dies
    24. Die Another Day
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
    edited October 2021 Posts: 45,489
    01 LIVE AND LET DIE
    02 DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
    03 THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    04 ON HER MAJESTY S SECRET SERVICE
    05 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    06 LICENCE TO KILL
    07 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    08 FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    09 FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    10 SPECTRE
    11 CASINO ROYALE
    12 GOLDFINGER
    13 DR NO
    14 MOONRAKER
    15 A VIEW TO A KILL
    16 THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    17 SKYFALL
    18 OCTOPUSSY
    19 DIE ANOTHER DAY
    20 NO TIME TO DIE
    21 THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    22 THUNDERBALL
    23 GOLDENEYE
    24 QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    25 NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    26 TOMORROW NEVER DIES
  • IGotABrudderIGotABrudder UK
    Posts: 631
    I’d need to ponder these but I will say right now that IMO the title of Fleming’s novel, From Russia, With Love, with the comma, is just the best goddam title for a spy novel ever.

    They dropped the comma for the film which I think was a mistake.
  • IGotABrudderIGotABrudder UK
    Posts: 631
    From Russia With Love
    You Only Live Twice
    Diamonds Are Forever
    Dr No
    The Spy Who Loved Me
    Live And Let Die
    On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    The Man With The Golden Gun
    Casino Royale
    Thunderball
    Goldfinger
    Moonraker

    (Big gap)

    The World Is Not Enough
    For Your Eyes Only
    Goldeneye
    The Living Daylights
    No Time To Die
    Never Say Never Again
    A View To A Kill

    (Another big gap)

    Octopussy
    Spectre
    Licence to Kill
    Tomorrow Never Dies
    Die Another Day
    Skyfall
    Quantum of Solace (I really like the film though)

    (Special award section)

    Property of a Lady
    Risico
    The Hildebrand Rarity
    You Asked For It
    007 in New York
    Deadly Gamble

  • marcmarc Universal Exports
    Posts: 2,609
    1. On her majesty's secret service
    2. Dr. No
    3. For your eyes only
    4. Thunderball
    5. You only live twice
    6. The world is not enough
    7. Diamonds are forever
    8. Tomorrow never dies
    9. No time to die
    10. Die another day
    11. From russia with love
    12. The spy who loved me
    13. The man with the golden gun
    14. Goldfinger
    15. Never say never again
    16. The living daylights
    17. Casino royale
    18. Skyfall
    19. Licence to kill
    20. Quantum of solace
    21. Spectre
    22. A view to a kill
    23. Live and let die
    24. Goldeneye
    25. Moonraker
    26. Octopussy
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 15,818
    So I'm biased and put the Fleming titles above the made up titles.

    1. GOLDFINGER
    2. CASINO ROYALE
    3. ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE
    4. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY
    5. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
    6. THUNDERBALL
    7. MOONRAKER
    8. THE SPY WHO LOVED ME
    9. DR. NO
    10. LIVE AND LET DIE
    11. OCTOPUSSY
    12. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN
    13. DIAM0NDS ARE FOREVER
    14. YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE
    15. THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS
    16. A VIEW TO A KILL
    17. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
    18. NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN
    19. THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH
    20. GOLDENEYE
    21. SPECTRE
    22. LICENCE TO KILL
    23. NO TIME TO DIE
    24. SKYFALL
    25. TOMORROW NEVER DIES
    26. DIE ANOTHER DAY
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited October 2021 Posts: 15,818
    Birdleson wrote: »
    @ToTheRight , I do the same thing with the exception of OP (funny, but dumb). And I put SP rather high.

    Had Eon maintained the original titles: FROM A VIEW TO A KILL, TOMORROW NEVER LIES and LICENCE REVOKED, those would probably be higher for me.
    I really preferred TOMORROW NEVER LIES and LICENCE REVOKED to their final titles.
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    Posts: 15,818
    I'm not huge on the "DIE" trio. I put SKYFALL down among those for the simple reason that was a Transformers toy back when I was a kid.
    To me that was kind of like naming a Bond film SKELETOR.
  • StirredNotShakenStirredNotShaken Toronto
    Posts: 2,400
    ToTheRight wrote: »
    I'm not huge on the "DIE" trio. I put SKYFALL down among those for the simple reason that was a Transformers toy back when I was a kid.
    To me that was kind of like naming a Bond film SKELETOR.

    Someone made a similar comment about Citizen Kane, that his last word being "Rosebud" because of a sled he owned as a child would be like if your mom sold your Transformers set when you were a boy and your last word was "Hasbro" :)) :)) :))
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,268
    Time for an update. I like most of them though!

    1. On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
    2. Thunderball
    3. Skyfall
    4. From Russia with Love
    5. Casino Royale
    6. The Spy Who Loved Me
    7. For Your Eyes Only
    8. Live and Let Die
    9. Moonraker
    10. You Only Live Twice
    11. Dr. No
    12. Licence to Kill
    13. Goldfinger
    14. Quantum of Solace
    15. GoldenEye
    16. The Living Daylights
    17. The World Is Not Enough
    18. Spectre
    19. A View to a Kill
    20. Diamonds Are Forever
    21. The Man with the Golden Gun
    22. No Time to Die
    23. Tomorrow Never Dies
    24. Die Another Day
    25. Octopussy
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,268
    Always adored it. But I seem to be alone.
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