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To go with die when it's been done three times before.... it really is astonishing. But Eon moved the gun barrel and Craig's first was in a toilet so perhaps this title is just "more of the same wacky stuff" from Eon. I don't mean to be ultra-critical but an unoriginal title is an unoriginal title. Fan that I am, I have to be honest in my opinion.
Die may be overused but it's relevant.
I don't like it either. It sounds like a third-rate continuation novel.
"No Time..." So far, so good...
But then comes the clunker: "...To Die."
It didn't have to be Fleming, but where's the flair?
No Time For Goodbyes, maybe?
What a missed opportunity.
I don’t do Twitter, but I watched the the Bond Bulletin’s review and they said the general Twitter consensus was negative.
It’s a generic title and as soon as I saw Die I came on here expecting people to be bored with the repetition. I’m glad so many like it and feel positive. I don’t get the Fleming vibes some are getting because its 4 words.
It’s surprising how opinion is split on this. Positive here, negative on Cbn. Positive on YouTube reviews and comments, negative on social media.
It’s meh for me. But I remain positive for the movie.
Excellent point, sir! TND and DAD imply nothing like this.
Oh great, can´t get enough of more Bond melodrama.
Why Twitter is used as a barometer for anything is beyond me. It’s just individuals bellowing into the ether. 90% of it crying about how sh*te something is.
The opinion of someone who has made the effort to post on a forum or visit a dedicated page should carry a little more weight in reading the genuine reaction in my opinion, whether positive or negative - so here, CBn etc. I noticed the James Bond Radio Facebook poll which is just shy of 1000 votes (so pretty hefty) is 73% Love - 27% Don’t Know/Don’t Like.
https://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/bond-25-title-no-time-to-die?id=04546
The definitely wanted to put the "die" word in the title.
A Reason to Die
A Day to Die
No Time to Die
Plus, I don't understand why people are so adamant saying NTTD reminds "Brosnan". Just because half of Brozza's entries had die in it? Superficial.
Truth is No Time to Die has a more noirish, dangerous and vintage vibe to it - something that the logo font elevates pretty well - that reminds far more of Fleming's masterful Live and Let Die than the two Brosnan more videogamish, well, Nineties titles, without mentioning that its closet cousin is LALD with four words, four syllables, both ending in die.
It refers to the newspaper 'Tomorrow' and the power it has that cant be broken or killed.
Very relevant to the film.
Hopefully NTTD will somehow do the same.
Still mourning that one of your titles hasn't been chosen by EoN? :D
Hard to believe they were considering A (Good) Day To Die (Hard)
Wasn't Die Another Day a take on a line from a poem. "Lives to fight another day" or something. Plus as Baz suggests TND makes perfect sense in regard to the plot. I don't find either of those to be horrible titles. I think NTTD is just going back to the "die" well and so doesn't seem that original. I don't hate it, it's middling. I love a noir movie, but for me NTTD doesn't evoke any of that.
"A Day To Die" would have been too much to handle, I'm afraid. After "Die Another Day"... That's like using "My Love For A Spy", "The Finger Of Gold", "The Ball of Thunder", "Let The Dying Live", "The Gun with the Golden Man", "No, Doctor!" (which sounds like a '70s porn flick anyway ;-) ), "Kill To View" and "The Fall of the Sky". :)
I agree, @barryt007. At least I want the title to receive some kind of a meaning.
1) CR --> obvious.
2) QOS --> it wasn't made explicit, but given Bond's (and Camille's) emotional states, implicitly clear.
3) SF --> well, it's a house... and apparently a major trigger for Bond (word association game) but otherwise unclear to me what's so important about it
4) SP --> obvious.
5) NTTD --> ??
Is the NTTD logo font a nod to LALD? Previously seen on various LALD Schick adverts, except the 'N' is slightly different. One example here:
Good spot, NTTD alludes to quite a lot of Bond related history I am happy with it.
They came up with the following titles:
A DAY TO DIE
ALWAYS LIVE TO DIE
NEVER SAY DIE
A REASON TO DIE
MG Wilson was getting bored and looked at his watch.
"I know, how about NO TIME TO DIE?"
Babs smiled and said "brilliant, Michael!" You're a genius!"
;))
Are you being sarcastic or?
I'm a little confused.
It's not something I tend to dwell on too much, but I can understand why some of our members find it bland and not quite up to expectations.
As titles go, Tomorrow Never Lies would've been a better title than the one we got. (If the rumour of the typo is to be believed.)
Die Another Day is a weak title too me, but it fits the film.
Quantum Of Solace as a title just doesn't work. It's terrible reason to shoehorn an un-used Fleming title into the series. Most people outside the Bond world have / had no idea what a quantum of solace was or is.
I think No Time To Die is solid enough to be acceptable to general moviegoers, and fans alike. Obviously you cant please all of the people all of the time.
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I generally like one-word titles,
- Goldfinger
- Thunderball
- Moonraker
- Octopussy
- GoldenEye,
as most of these are really good, Fleming(-related) titles. That said,- Skyfall
- Spectre,
... yeah, some change was needed. I think NTTD is a good return to the more classic titles people automatically associate with Bond. Generic, lazy, uninspired, ...? Yes, I agree. But for once, I don't necessarily think that's necessarily a bad thing for B25, a film that may have to win audience confidence back in a hard way."Daniel Craig
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would sound more "bondian" imo...
As someone said before, the line between classic and generic sometimes is very thin.
NTTD sounds cool and Bondian. I can’t stop thinking about LALD - arguably one of the best Fleming titles, if not the best if you ask me - while looking at it. In the book Bond explains that his motto while dealing with men like Mr. Big is “live and let die”. From this perspective NTTD sounds exactly like a motto that perfectly fits both Bond as a fictional character and the Bond franchise itself. I really love that. Plus, NTTD has both a kind of sense of closure in it and a vintage 50s/60s vibe that I find quite appropriate. Time is also a prominent theme in the Craig era, since both the last two entries dealt with it. If you add the fact that the titles also looks like an homage to a film that meant so much for the team that later brought Bond onscreen, I’d say I’m pretty happy with EoN choice.
To be fair: https://www.mi6-hq.com/news/index.php?itemid=6071
My ranking of the titles is the following:
1. Casino Royale
2. Quantum of Solace
3. Skyfall
4. No Time To Die
Huge gap
5. SPECTRE
Our whines are not enough
Yes.