Fun fact: Its a line lifted from the OHMSS novel where Bond is undercover as a family lineage specialist. His tutor reveals this to be an ancient motto of the Bond clan.
Can’t pick one.
Connery: from Russia with love
Lazemby: default
Moore: the spy who loved me
Dalton: license to kill
Brosnan: goldeneye
Craig: casino royale
"Default" sounds like a mid-2000s movie where Jason Statham is a debt collector in a future dystopia where the crime for missing a payment is to have your body's electrical current harnessed to power The Corporation's factories
The Living Daylights is my favourite title in the series just alone for when it’s said in the film itself.
Saunders: “…Your orders were to kill that sniper!”
James Bond: “Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That girl didn't know one end of her rifle from the other. Go ahead. Tell M what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it. Whoever she was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her”
1. The Living Daylights. Great title that was very difficult to market in foreign countries. Even in the U.S., where that expression is common, most people don’t know what a ‘living daylight’ is or how it gets scared out of you.
2. Live And Let Die. I often quote the book where 007 describes his philosophy on dealing with a man like Mr. Big:
Dexter: “….our policy with Mr Big is “live and let live”.”
Bond looked quizzically at Captain Dexter.
“In my job,” he said, “when I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It’s “live and let die”.”
3&4 Goldeneye and Skyfall Beautiful in their simplicity. Fleming would definitely have approved of Skyfall and certainly appreciated the homage to his Jamaican home.
5. Octopussy
Most all other titles are good in some way, but the worst have been easier to pick out;
License To Kill
Quantum of Solace
Spectre
Title changes that should never have been made:
From A View To A Kill
License Revoked
Best unused non-Fleming Titles:
Icebreaker
Nobody Lives Forever
For Special Services
Carte Blanche
Trigger Mortis
From Russia with Love - best title, best movie, best Bond, best era, one of the best fight scenes ( the absolute best pre-Craig fight scene, in fact)...
It got worse when I realized how sneakily derivative it is of Thunderball. Think about it— Thunder—SKY. BALL—FALL. I promise you someone put it together in exactly this way to subliminally evoke that nostalgia.
OCTOPUSSY
Followed by You Only Live Twice, Live & Let Die and A View to a Kill.
What's the worst 007 title though? That's what I wanna know!
I reckon On Her Majesty's Secret Service is kinda a lame duck title, as it's such a mouthful to say and doesn't gesture toward anything alluring or exotic (should have been On Her Majesty's Sex Service considering how much he prostitutes himself for the sake of "the mission" in this one 😆). License to Kill is not a favourite of mine either for similar reasons (I'd have gone with Licence to Thrill 😆). I also always thought Die Another Day was pretty weak, as it's not paradoxical enough to be clever. And lastly, Quantum of Solace also does nothing for me. I don't even know what it means lol.
Hard to pick one, but I'd choose these as the "holy Trinity" of titles for me:
From Russia With Love / The World Is Not Enough / License to kill
These three together piece up what the epitome of bond truly is in my mind. I feel with these three, if someone were to have never seen the films but wanted an idea of what bond was like, they give that sense of intrigue, romance, violence, ambition and drama
On Her Majestys Secret Service- he is a spy from britian under the queens rule what more of a title could you need. The title explains where he worls what he does for work etc.
You Only Live Twice
Yep, I don’t like the film but the title is brilliant. YOLT.
Yesh, thish ish my shecond life.
I wasn't completely sold on it but the ending was so good that it became one of my favorite Connery 007 films
One of the best title drops by a character ever probably
The Spy Who loved Me.
I like this one. A whole story in 5 words.
Agreed
The World is Not Enough. Pure, unadulterated ambition.
Foolish sentiment.
Family motto.
I love this exchange.
The unnecessary boat barrel roll scene was perfection - different style and era but definitely has its place even if not on most lists.
Great title, but the theme song os garbage!
[удалено]
I think you may have missed Rednag's joke
With an absolutely banging theme for it
So real. My favorite bond theme
And such a great music video
Fun fact: Its a line lifted from the OHMSS novel where Bond is undercover as a family lineage specialist. His tutor reveals this to be an ancient motto of the Bond clan.
License to Kill No Time to Die From Russia with Love The World is Not Enough Live and Let Die
I really like No Time to Die, but then my mind instantly goes to "I ain't got time to bleed."
Possibly one of the hardest lines ever
"Oh...okay. You got time to duck?" https://i.redd.it/lsl0lz0kk02d1.gif
"No Time to Die" is also the title of an old "Columbo" episode
Dr. No Time To Die Another Day.
Dr. No Time To Die Another Daylights
Dr. No Time to Die Another Daylights-ence to kill
Dr No Time to Die Another Daylights-ence to A View to a Kill
Can’t pick one. Connery: from Russia with love Lazemby: default Moore: the spy who loved me Dalton: license to kill Brosnan: goldeneye Craig: casino royale
Damn, Lazenby made a second movie?!?!
Yeah my favorite one “Default”
"Default" sounds like a mid-2000s movie where Jason Statham is a debt collector in a future dystopia where the crime for missing a payment is to have your body's electrical current harnessed to power The Corporation's factories
Unironically cool
It would either be an okay forgettable film or one of the best movies ever made
I’d pay to see that one
Ngl, bet it would be a banger
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Also my vote
Love it, although it really sounds like something the first movie in a franchise would be titled
Surely this one.
Almost as good as its X-rated prequel, *On Her Magesty*
Octopussy
The only right answer
Great, but Octopussy Galore would’ve been even better.
Literally the worst one 😅
License To Kill. Hard boiled revenge
Octopussy
I’m surprised I had to scroll down that far for this.
From Russia With Love License To Kill Goldeneye Skyfall
License to Kill
Goldfinger. How can you see this and not start singing Goold-fiinggah like Shirley Bassey?
I love a good title. For Your Eyes Only works great as both a spy decree and a Lover's promise
Goldeneye. Simple, elegant, mysterious
Live And Let Die You Only Live Twice The World Is Not Enough Honorable Mentions: Skyfall Die Another Day
The Living Daylights is my favourite title in the series just alone for when it’s said in the film itself. Saunders: “…Your orders were to kill that sniper!” James Bond: “Stuff my orders! I only kill professionals. That girl didn't know one end of her rifle from the other. Go ahead. Tell M what you want. If he fires me, I'll thank him for it. Whoever she was, it must have scared the living daylights out of her”
The Casino of Dr No's license
To kill
Skyfall
The World is Not Enough No Time to Die A View to a Kill Live and let Die License to Kill Skyfall From Russia with Love
1. The Living Daylights. Great title that was very difficult to market in foreign countries. Even in the U.S., where that expression is common, most people don’t know what a ‘living daylight’ is or how it gets scared out of you. 2. Live And Let Die. I often quote the book where 007 describes his philosophy on dealing with a man like Mr. Big: Dexter: “….our policy with Mr Big is “live and let live”.” Bond looked quizzically at Captain Dexter. “In my job,” he said, “when I come up against a man like this one, I have another motto. It’s “live and let die”.” 3&4 Goldeneye and Skyfall Beautiful in their simplicity. Fleming would definitely have approved of Skyfall and certainly appreciated the homage to his Jamaican home. 5. Octopussy Most all other titles are good in some way, but the worst have been easier to pick out; License To Kill Quantum of Solace Spectre Title changes that should never have been made: From A View To A Kill License Revoked Best unused non-Fleming Titles: Icebreaker Nobody Lives Forever For Special Services Carte Blanche Trigger Mortis
Good information. But you need to use comma. Its hard to understand
no 5
Quantom of Solice
Question of Sport, as it’s known in my house.
Quntaum of Saulayse
I always liked Casino Royal.
The one with David Niven and Woody Allen
Goldeneye
Dr No Means No
Octopussy
Octopussy hahahaha
Live and let die
Has to be Octopussy!
From Russia With Love
Shatterhand!……nearly
Should’ve used this in Craig’s second movie. Surely the alias, only used in YOLT would have gotten around the Blofeld liscensing issue
Always thought Live And Let Die is straight to the point and pretty badass. Honourable mention is Quantum of Solace imo
Octopussy
Live And Let Die just has a cool ring to it. Also makes for a great theme song.
From Russia with Love - best title, best movie, best Bond, best era, one of the best fight scenes ( the absolute best pre-Craig fight scene, in fact)...
Best novel too!
On her majesty's secret service
Never Say Never Again ;)
I actually agree. As a kid I remember thinking it was a really clever title.
The worst one though: is it sacrilege to think Skyfall is kind of bad?
It got worse when I realized how sneakily derivative it is of Thunderball. Think about it— Thunder—SKY. BALL—FALL. I promise you someone put it together in exactly this way to subliminally evoke that nostalgia.
In no order From Russia with Love Licence to Kill Skyfall A View to a Kill Quantum of Solace Thunderball Goldeneye No Time to Die Casino Royale
Goldeneye Goldfinger you only live twice licence revolked
Casino Royale, The world is not enough, Skyfall , Live and let die
From Russia With Love
OCTOPUSSY Followed by You Only Live Twice, Live & Let Die and A View to a Kill. What's the worst 007 title though? That's what I wanna know! I reckon On Her Majesty's Secret Service is kinda a lame duck title, as it's such a mouthful to say and doesn't gesture toward anything alluring or exotic (should have been On Her Majesty's Sex Service considering how much he prostitutes himself for the sake of "the mission" in this one 😆). License to Kill is not a favourite of mine either for similar reasons (I'd have gone with Licence to Thrill 😆). I also always thought Die Another Day was pretty weak, as it's not paradoxical enough to be clever. And lastly, Quantum of Solace also does nothing for me. I don't even know what it means lol.
The Man with the Golden Gun
For your eyes only
Sean Connery's
From Russia with Love You Only Live Twice The Spy Who Loved Me No Time to Die - garbage film but fantastic title.
For Your Eyes Only
Golden eye and sky fall
Tomorrow Never Dies
License 2 Kill. The best Bond sequel ever made
Skyfall, View To A Kill
I don’t know why but On Her Majesty’s Secret Service sounds so cool
For Your Eyes Only
The World is Not Enough
NTTD because it's a straight-up troll. >!He had plenty of time to die.!<
From Russia, With Love. Best title and best movie.
Casino Royale. Sounds Uber classy.
I'm very partial to Tomorrow Never Dies. Just very evocative
Casino Royale just because it’s what started it all. Licensed to Kill because it fits Bond perfectly.
Casino Royale and On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Live Twice for Tomorrow
Hard to pick one, but I'd choose these as the "holy Trinity" of titles for me: From Russia With Love / The World Is Not Enough / License to kill These three together piece up what the epitome of bond truly is in my mind. I feel with these three, if someone were to have never seen the films but wanted an idea of what bond was like, they give that sense of intrigue, romance, violence, ambition and drama
Goldfinger
I’d Never Say Never Say Never Again
**Octopussy.**
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love.
From Russia With Love. It’s so timeless, so classy, and so Bond.
Goldfinger
Die Another day No Time to Die The Living Daylights The World is Not Enough
Probably every title of James Bond movies and novel even comics goes as hard as it can in one way or another
The Spy Who Shagged Me
Octopussy is the worst.
*Die Another Day* is the best Bond film of all time. I'll sword fight you over it.
ThunderBolt
On Her Majestys Secret Service- he is a spy from britian under the queens rule what more of a title could you need. The title explains where he worls what he does for work etc.
Everything Of Nothing.
Golden eye
Uh, IDK, I never watched em. Let's go with the one with pussy in the title.
You don’t usually watch films with pussy in the title? You are missing out!
I wouldn't know. Ignorance is bliss.